Chapter 1,640: Craftsmen come from all over the world to make the world a success
Most of the Cong-style vases of the Song Dynasty were fired in the Longquan kiln, and the shape of the fired vessels was mostly multi-sectioned long Congs, which were simple and dignified.
The background pattern of the paper "To the Loyalty Chang Xin En Zhong Excludes the Virtuous Brother" written by Du Liangchen, a calligrapher of the Southern Song Dynasty, is the "Picture of Narcissus in a Cong Style Vase".
It can be seen that during the Southern Song Dynasty, flower arrangements in Cong-style vase were also a common decoration method in the lives of ancient people.
The firing of Cong-style bottles was inherited into the Yuan Dynasty. Cong-style bottles were common in the Longquan kilns of the Yuan Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Cong-style bottles were fired in various varieties.
In the late Qing Dynasty, Cong bottles appeared in the form of Bagua, which fully reflected the essence of Chinese Taoist culture and was the concentrated expression and inheritance of our country's traditional culture.
Also known as the "Bagua Bottle", its shape is symmetrical up and down, simple and elegant, and expresses the ancient cosmology of a round sky and a round earth.
But when it comes to making this kind of Cong-style bottles, there are many varieties.
However, the Cong-style vases from each dynasty only differed in glaze color and did not change much in shape.
Chen Wenzhe gradually imitated it starting from the Qing Dynasty.
Since then, the first imitation must have been the bean green glaze Bagua pattern Cong style bottle from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
This Cong-style bottle has a lip, a short thick neck, a rectangular belly, and a bottom ring foot.
The whole body is covered with bean green glaze, the glaze layer is thick and pure, the color is elegant and pleasant, and the decoration is clear and orderly.
The whole device has exquisite craftsmanship, balanced proportions, green and pleasing to the eye, simple and elegant, showing a unique and elegant temperament.
After thinking for a while, Chen Wenzhe imitated a Qianlong tea-glazed Bagua Cong-style bottle.
This bottle has a diameter of 9cm and a height of 38.5cm.
This bottle has a lip, short neck, flat folded shoulders, and a rectangular belly.
The belly of the vessel is decorated with raised Bagua patterns on all sides, encircling the feet.
The carcass is thick, the edges are simple and simple, and it is made of porcelain to imitate the ancient times, capturing the solemn and mysterious style of ancient ritual vessels.
The whole body is covered with tea powder glaze, which makes the glaze rich, moist, warm and mellow, with a jade-like luster and a condensed glaze color.
After imitating this one, the next one is the turquoise-green glazed elephant ear Cong style bottle from the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty.
This bottle has a diameter of 7.5cm and a height of 24.3cm. It was made in the Yongzheng year of the Qing Dynasty.
The round mouth is slightly convergent, with a ring foot at the bottom. The middle section is square and straight. The two sides are decorated with elephant heads and ears. The shape of the vessel is solemn and elegant, imitating the ancient jade cong.
Applying turquoise green glaze, it is even and moist, the glaze surface is moist and thick, and the glaze color is elegant.
The whole device is dignified and elegant in shape, graceful and graceful, showing the pure beauty of the monochromatic glaze.
After finishing this piece, Chen Wenzhe stopped. There are still many Cong-style bottles from the Qing Dynasty.
In addition to Yongzheng and Qianlong, there were also many classic Cong-style bottles during the Guangxu period.
After thinking about it for a while, Chen Wenzhe started doing it. After all, he had recently dabbled in various glaze colors, and it was very easy to do whatever he wanted to do.
Guangxu's imitation official glaze Bagua pattern Cong-style vase is still very neatly made.
The one imitated by Chen Wenzhe has a diameter of 8.8cm and a height of 27.9cm.
It has a round mouth, short neck, flat folded shoulders, square body, and circle feet.
The shape is dignified and honest, the carcass is thick, and the Bagua lines are protruding on all sides of the abdomen.
The whole body is covered with imitation official glaze, which has a moist color and thick enamel.
The opening of the film is natural, showing a very smooth and elegant effect, with a graceful and subtle atmosphere.
Next is the glaze color that is a bit difficult, such as the Guangxu Ji Blue Glaze Pastel Shoutao Elephant Ear Cong-style bottle, with a diameter of 9cm and a height of 28.8cm.
This bottle has a narrow mouth, a short neck, a square barrel belly, and a circle foot.
Its shape is modeled after the jade cong from the Cultural Period, and its entire body is covered with a blue glaze.
The glaze color is uniform and thick, like sapphire, calm and rich.
The two sides of the abdomen are decorated with elephant ears and a ring is held underneath, which has the auspicious meaning of peace and elephant.
The mouth and bottom are both decorated with a week's pastel pattern.
The body of the bottle is painted with pastel peach trees, the tree trunks are lit with rich ink colors, and the plump peaches and fresh peach leaves are painted with pastel and green colors.
The painting on the whole vessel is meticulous, the pastels are lifelike, and it is very exquisite.
In addition to this beautiful Cong-style vase, Chen Wenzhe remembers that during the Guangxu period, there seemed to be a Ji-blue glazed elephant-ear Cong-style vase.
This bottle has a diameter of 9cm and a height of 29.5cm.
The body of the bottle imitates the shape of a jade cong, taking the shape of a round sky and a square earth.
The two sides of the abdomen are decorated with double elephant-shaped ears and an elephant trunk holding a ring. The carvings are exquisite and resemble the rectangular images of heaven and earth.
The entire vessel is covered with Ji-blue glaze, the glaze surface is thick and shiny, the glaze color is dignified and deep, the glaze surface does not flow or crack, the color is rich and even, as blue as the deep sea, and the color is relatively stable.
The whole shape of the vessel is upright, solid and honest, quiet and simple.
I have already made celadon glaze and blue glaze, so I don’t mind making another purple-gold glaze Cong-style vase.
This piece has a diameter of 7.4cm and a height of 25.4cm.
It has a square, straight belly and is decorated with raised horizontal and vertical lines on all sides.
Applying purple gold glaze, it is dignified and simple, with elegant charm and strong luster.
The glaze layer is as fat as fat, the texture is dense and hard, the shape is upright and dignified, and full of ancient charm. It is a typical fine antique-shaped vessel.
Just a few copies of Cong-style bottles from the Qing Dynasty are enough.
Next came the Ming Dynasty, and the imitation official kiln wares of this period were generally completed in Jingzhen.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the porcelain industry in Jingzhen began to flourish.
By the Ming Dynasty, Jingzhen occupied the main market in the national porcelain industry, almost becoming a "one flower blooming alone" situation.
In the Ming Dynasty, the porcelain industry in Jingzhen was unprecedentedly prosperous. Famous masters and craftsmen from all over the world came to Jingzhen one after another. It is known as "craftsmen come from all over the world, and their porcelain products spread all over the world".
In order to meet the needs of the palace for porcelain, as well as the imperial court's internal and external rewards and exchanges, the imperial kiln factory began to be established in the early Ming Dynasty.
Among the products produced by the imperial kiln factory, the characteristic of imitating the famous porcelain of the previous generation at no cost and pursuing the value of artistic appreciation is very prominent.
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A large part of them are imitations of famous porcelain from famous kilns in the Song Dynasty.
This was also the beginning of mass production of antique porcelain in ancient my country.
In the Ming Dynasty, the imperial kiln factory in Jingzhen was the Chenghua official kiln, and there were imitations of the official kilns.
Since Jingzhen is a kaolin clay body, the kaolin clay body has no iron and the iron content is very low. In order to imitate the effect of the official kiln, the kiln workers will add porcelain elements containing iron to the porcelain body.
As a result, the imitation porcelain has an effect similar to a purple mouth and iron feet, and the enamel also has a thick feeling.
Ming Dynasty imitation Song Dynasty official kiln porcelain can be roughly divided into two categories. One category is complete imitation, from shape to glaze color, so that it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the fake.
One type inherits the porcelain-making tradition of the Song Dynasty and aims to show the superb level of porcelain-making in the Ming Dynasty. It only imitates the glaze color but retains the shape of the porcelain of that dynasty.
Compared with previous imitations after the Song Dynasty, the level of imitation Song official kiln porcelain in the Ming Dynasty is first-rate, reproducing the elegance of the Song Dynasty official kiln porcelain.
Chen Wenzhe first imitated a regular Cong-style vase, and then he began to imitate some special types of vessels.
For example, there are Cong-style brush washers that imitate the official kilns, and Cong-style brush washers that imitate the official kilns.
Cong style imitation official kiln pen lick, side length 8 cm, height 2.4 cm.
This imitation of Song Dynasty official kiln Cong style brush lick, moon white glaze, purple mouth and iron feet.
It is washed in the style of an official cong, with the piece hidden and the iron additives in the fetal bone visible at the edge of the thin glaze, forming a purple mouth.
The shape is just like a lower plate, but the decoration on the outside is in the style of a Cong-style bottle.
After imitating these two pieces, Chen Wenzhe directly made a Ming Dynasty imitation official glaze triptych bottle.
After all, the triple bottle is a very special type of device.