Chapter 1536: Unique ingenuity, a famous product of a generation
In fact, comparing the emperors of the past dynasties, except for Emperor Qin, Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Heping, which one can compare with Ming Xiaozong?
What a pity for the words "one emperor for eternity"!
Therefore, please remember this good emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He is the person who is known among the people as the emperor through the ages.
Of course, Chen Wenzhe is not a historian, nor does he study history professionally. He is just a porcelain worker.
It is definitely not easy to make delicate yellow glaze porcelain.
If you want to imitate qualified Hongzhi Jiaohuang glazed porcelain, you must have some understanding of this kind of porcelain.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe followed the routine and copied the device first.
Yellow-glazed wares are imperial wares, and they are mainly regular and dignified in shape, and odd-shaped objects are rarely seen.
This is also inseparable from Emperor Hongzhi's preferences.
Emperor Hongzhi liked simplicity, elegance and purity, and he greatly appreciated and liked the simplicity and elegance of the Song Dynasty's single-color glazed porcelain.
Therefore, the porcelain of this period had fine glaze.
It is a jar-like vessel with a shallow and straight mouth, and the exterior and mouth are glazed.
Three-dimensional shaped porcelain, that is, carved ware, generally has no interior decoration and no glaze.
For example, on the Yuhuchun and Meiping vessels, some have the eight-sided mouth changed into a lotus mouth, and auspicious animals attach their ears to their heads.
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This is a good metaphor for the loyalty of a subject and the harmony of the country.
Of course, no matter what type of device it is, it must have good fetal soil.
Judging from the existing Hongzhi yellow-glazed porcelain, its body soil is also very special.
If it were the original, Chen Wenzhe would not choose to imitate this kind of porcelain even because of the soil.
In fact, everyone in the industry knows that from the Yuan Dynasty to the Wanli period, high-quality imperial kiln porcelains were all made of Macang soil.
When we arrived at Hongzhi, the embryo soil was basically the same as that of the Ming Dynasty.
But the washing is more delicate, so the green tire is dense enough, grayish white with yellow, and a little brownish red.
There is no need to say more about the troubles of Macangtu.
Chen Wenzhe is the one who recently imitated Yuan Qinghua and has some leftover Macang soil.
Otherwise, he would have definitely avoided all classic porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty to the Wanli period.
This is the difficulty of imitating fine porcelain, especially historical nouns.
In addition to the shape of the vessel, the soil, and the glaze color.
Anyone who has seen a lot of Hongzhi yellow-glazed porcelain will feel that they give people a strong vitrified look.
But this is actually because the glaze formula at this time was special, and there are no clear records in the inherited literature.
Therefore, no one has a very accurate way to judge.
It can only be seen from the sensory and contact surfaces that Hongzhi yellow glaze not only has a moist and yellow "chicken fat yellow" glaze.
And when the expansion coefficients of the glaze and tire mud are different, bursting will occur.
In some darkly carved patterns, the darker glaze areas appear brown.
If you look carefully with a magnifying glass, you can often see the scattered glaze cracking away.
Therefore, the engraving has a jagged phenomenon, and the pouring method (glazing method) has a better glaze layer above the convex lines, and the color is darker.
As the porcelain used by the royal family, yellow glaze ware has relatively few high-quality products.
The color and whether it is outstanding are the key criteria for identifying Hongzhi yellow glaze porcelain.
If the most important color is done, the last thing left is the identification.
It can be seen from the Hongzhi artifacts that have been unearthed that the inscriptions on the bottom are the standard inscriptions of the "Hongzhi Year System of the Ming Dynasty".
There are blue characters on a white background and ink characters on a yellow background, both arranged vertically in two lines.
The stand usually has white characters on a blue background, and the inscription is usually in a double circle.
Bowls and plates are written in a variety of inks and colors, and are written in elegant Guange style, with clear strokes and moderate spacing between characters.
Of course, some standing utensils, as well as plates and small porcelain bowls with small bottoms, are available without rings.
Touching the porcelain body in his hand, Chen Wenzhe felt very satisfied.
The body made of Macang soil is in the shape of a palace bowl from the Ming Dynasty, with four peonies carved on it.
The soil, shape, and decoration are all ready, and then the glaze is applied.
Regarding glazing, Chen Wenzhe's skill level has surpassed the master level and reached the master level.
There is no need for the Grand Master to think about it, he doesn’t even have a clue.
In other words, he has not yet touched the level of master-level craftsmanship such as glazing.
However, when it comes to kiln-firing craftsmanship, he has touched upon a few corners of the great master's skills.
That's enough. With the cooperation of the kiln firing process, the possibility of firing failure of these exquisite products he has worked so hard to make has been reduced as much as possible.
In this way, his cost of firing a piece of porcelain will be reduced a lot.
Not to mention anything else, just the money saved from the makang soil and glaze is a lot of money.
This is him. If he doesn't have some wealth, not everyone can make such fine imitations of antique porcelain.
For example, when Yuan blue and white were first imitated, the state took the lead.
That is to say, with the country's large investment and laying the foundation for imitation, the following masters could spend decades to imitate it.
Otherwise, given the social situation a few decades ago, where would they have the capital to conduct experiments?
Without experimentally firing dozens of batches, how can one imitate the real Yuan blue and white?
This time, instead of Yuan blue and white, the glaze is delicate yellow, but the situation is the same and the cost is very high.
Hold the big bowl in your hand tightly, penetrate it into the glaze, press it, and lift it.
Pause briefly to allow the glaze to effectively adhere to the inner and outer walls of the bowl.
When the time is almost up and you feel that the thickness of the glaze is reached, lift it up quickly and the glaze is finished.
It's very simple to make, but it's difficult to control the heat during the process.
“Now that we can make some more complicated vessel shapes, let’s make a large pot with a floral pattern first!”
During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, it would have been a pity not to make large pots.
For delicate yellow glazed porcelain from the Hongzhi period, make one first to see the effect, but you can’t do it later.
Chen Wenzhe is still self-aware. Although he can learn from experiences in dreams, it is his first time to actually do it.
From simple to complex, this is his routine for learning all porcelain, and this time is no exception.
Of course, he couldn't make the simplest yellow-glazed porcelain this time, so he started from a higher level this time.
“Let’s make a large jar with yellow ground glaze and floral pattern from Xuande of the Ming Dynasty!”
"It's a bit too ordinary, so let's add blue and white, yellow ground and blue and white. This should be regarded as a famous product from the Xuande period."
Making a large pot of utensils is too simple, as long as you have the right mud.
Making the vessel is a matter of engraving and glazing.
Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji was not a simple man. He was a talented artist.
Very sensitive to color, very imaginative and creative.
In terms of firing official kiln porcelain, he not only has meticulous texture and exquisite workmanship, but also combines tradition and innovation with unique ingenuity.
This point makes Xuande blue and white porcelain have the vivid and vivid ink painting, with different shades.
The fresh and refined vivid natural beauty makes people endlessly daydream and produces visual pleasure, making it a famous brand of a generation.