There must be people who like Danya and plain white.
Let's not talk about other people, but Chen Wenzhe. Every time he sees those beautiful and exquisite dinner plates, he can't help but stop and stop.
Seeing such a magnificent plate, he will definitely marvel at the fact that flowers bloom not only in the forest, but also on the dinner plate.
How do these beautiful dinner plates transform into beautifully designed dinner plates?
Of course Chen Wenzhe was curious, so he saw their production technology with the help of some fine and famous porcelain.
As long as it is a famous brand, especially the works of some modern masters, it is not simple.
For a work of this level, each intricately decorated plate requires several craftsmen to invest up to 36 hours of work to make one.
Therefore, it takes more than three days of creative time from start to finish.
So what did the master craftsmen do during the more than three days of creation?
Making large plates, especially the large dinner plates used abroad, is still very technically difficult.
The first is to use the overturning method, which is to place a long strip of clay on a rotating model and shape it into the front of the plate.
Then match it with a prototype of the section that forms the back of the plate, and remove the excess clay.
Next, use a sponge to absorb water, repair some seam marks produced during the mold filling process, and cut off excess clay.
Just use a sponge to absorb the surface moisture and smooth it with your hands, and the work is ready for firing.
Compared with domestic porcelain making, foreign masters make a large plate, which is as simple as that.
Once a large plate is made, it is glazed and fired.
Once fired, a fine layer of mist glaze is sprayed onto the work.
Before firing again, wipe off excess glaze from the bottom of the work.
If it is a white work, it is considered completed at this stage.
After burning this time, it is time to decorate it with pictures.
Don’t think about the so-called famous porcelain produced by ordinary companies. They are all hand-made fine porcelain.
After all, the speed of doing so is too slow and the output is limited.
Therefore, all processes that can increase production are used.
For example, when it comes to decorative patterns, is there anything simpler than printing?
Foreign famous brand dinner plates are definitely obtained using this process.
There are two types of printing designs they use.
One is to use your hands to draw it carefully one stroke at a time.
The other method is to carefully transfer the stamped pattern onto it before firing it for the second time.
Of course, foreign porcelain, especially expensive porcelain, also has some merits.
Otherwise, how can people recognize its value and be willing to buy it?
And this recognition is specifically reflected in the later processing, such as relief and glazing.
Of course, this further decoration is done manually.
This time, some factors that can show that porcelain is expensive must be used.
For example, with gold, liquid gold is first carefully placed on the surface of the body to form a layer of relief.
Different colors can then be added to create glazed patterns.
After everything is done, that is, after the last step of firing, there is still another process, which is selection, or screening!
Inspect the completed works and only select flawless ones for shipment.
After these six complicated steps, a dinner plate with bright and attractive colors can be shaped.
As long as you work hard, the finished product will be harder than ordinary porcelain and not easy to break, and has good heat preservation and light transmittance, and it has both beautiful and practical value.
Since we are talking about the Xuande market, Chen Wenzhe doesn’t mind making a few.
After all, the materials are all readily available, and the most indispensable thing in his factory is the utensils for making plates.
The craftsmen who could come to Chen Wenzhe were all masters, and the embryos they made were quite easy to use.
With a large number of various kinds of equipment, it is convenient to do anything.
It can be said that no matter what you want to do, you can trim it a little and get the most out of it, and then you can get a dry embryo that satisfies Chen Wenzhe.
After that, it’s just a matter of classifying and making them according to the patterns and glaze colors.
Therefore, when making Xuande peony pattern platters, it is very convenient to make some dragon pattern vessels at the same time.
The large plate with blue and white clouds and dragon patterns on a yellow ground is very beautiful when made.
Well, the color fighting during the Xuande period can also be considered a major feature.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe imitated a Ming Dynasty Xuande doucai plate with a mandarin duck and lotus pond pattern!
This plate has a diameter of 21.5 cm, a full diameter of 13.3 cm and a height of 4.2 cm.
The mouth is curved, the wall is curved, the short feet are slightly convergent, and the bottom is slightly concave.
There is a Tibetan auspicious sutra in blue and white along the inner mouth. The main idea is: "Peace during the day and peace at night. Peace at noon during the day. Peace for a long time day and night. The Three Treasures bless you peace and tranquility."
Using Tibetan religious blessings as decoration on porcelain can be said to be unconventional.
The heart of the pan is painted with three groups of red lotuses using the boneless method, interspersed with reeds, red polygonum, arrowheads, duckweed, etc.
The mandarin ducks are outlined with blue flowers, and their feathers are painted in red, purple and yellow.
The outer wall is painted with four groups of red lotuses and decorated with red polygonum, arrowheads, and two pairs of mandarin ducks interspersed between them. There are six characters in two lines and two circles on the bottom.
Such doucai porcelain is very simple to make for Chen Wenzhe.
He has all kinds of qualified glazes. He first makes the underglaze, and after the firing is successful, he adds the overglaze on top of the underglaze.
Once fired in the kiln, a piece of exquisite Doucai porcelain will be perfectly presented before your eyes.
“There are so many good things from the Xuande period, let’s make another one!”
After making a batch of doucai porcelain, Chen Wenzhe thought of a unique bowl.
Ming Dynasty Xuande red-glazed gold bell bowl. The red glaze is originally Xuande's exquisite product, especially the ruby red glaze porcelain, not to mention this is a gold bell bowl.
The diameter of this bowl is 13.5 cm, the foot diameter is 8.1 cm, and the height is 10.4 cm.
The authentic product was unearthed in the Xuande Formation of Zhushan Mountain in 1993. It has a wide mouth, a deep belly, an arc wall and a shallow circle foot.
The whole body is covered with red glaze, without any decoration, and the inside of the bowl is covered with white glaze. On the center of the bowl is the inscription "Made in the Xuande Year of the Great Ming Dynasty" with six characters in two lines and two circles.
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The porcelain shape of the Golden Bell Bowl is very attractive and makes people feel very comfortable at first sight.
This kind of porcelain shape is worth collecting. Most people don't know it is a golden bell bowl when they see it.
my country has a long history of porcelain, but exquisite porcelain shapes are rare and few are attractive.
For people who don’t understand aesthetics, many people like the shape of this golden bell bowl porcelain when they see it, and they can see its uniqueness from now on.
The origin of the porcelain shape of the Golden Bell Bowl should be the Ming Dynasty!
To be precise, the porcelain shape of the golden bell bowl originated during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty.
The Xuande official kiln clearly produced this kind of golden bell bowl shape.
However, bowls like the Jinzhong Bowl were only made in large numbers in the mid-Ming Dynasty.
By the late Ming Dynasty, it was rare to see official kilns firing porcelain of this shape.