The exquisite interior paintings are well-known at home and abroad and have become treasures collected by collectors at no expense. They are exported to more than 70 countries and regions around the world.
Not only that, Boshanuchi's portraits have also become valuable gifts from national leaders to foreign heads of state and friends.
Just like the snuff bottle that Chen Wenzhe bought with a picture of the leader of an ugly country on the inside, it is one of the best.
When he got the snuff bottle before, Chen Wenzhe had seen the craftsmanship of the inner painting, but he had not deliberately learned it.
This time he made up for it. Through the red snuff bottle in his hand, he saw this stunt again.
He even saw another unique skill based on internal painting, which is internal engraving.
This time Chen Wenzhe really found a treasure. The owner of this snuff bottle is versatile, and there is really too much for Chen Wenzhe to learn.
The porcelain making process includes painting and carving.
The old man also has carving skills and can even make ceramic sculptures.
What he knows is the local Boshan kiln ceramic sculpture craftsmanship.
You must know that the pottery making in Boshan area has a long history, starting from the Houli Culture about 8,000 years ago, and entering its prosperous period during the Song and Jin Dynasties, when ceramic sculptures also experienced great development.
The period from the late Qing Dynasty to the mid-1950s was a transitional period for Boshan ceramic sculptures to transform from classical art to contemporary ceramic sculptures.
That master was a craftsman from the 1960s and 1970s. He was a link between the past and the future. He knew both classical sculpture craftsmanship and modern thorn sculpture craftsmanship.
It's a pity that Chen Wenzhe's sculpture craftsmanship does not need to be learned again, because he himself has skills that are superior to those of the masters.
Now he should be regarded as a master of arts and crafts, because many of his techniques are at a level above that of a master.
Therefore, as for the old man's talents, Chen Wenzhe was most interested in raindrop glaze and colored glaze firing.
"Raindrop glaze" is actually broken cobalt porcelain that has been lost for thousands of years.
In the Song Dynasty, it was said that "looking up at the sky and the Han Dynasty in the middle of the night, my eyes are full of stars".
"Raindrop Glaze" is like an ancient legend, both mysterious and desirable.
Now the Boshan Raindrop Glaze Museum is a folk museum with unique ceramic cultural characteristics in Qilu and even the whole country.
It is located at No. 126, Nangou Street, Hebei West Community, Shantou Street, Boshan District, with a construction area of 1,153 square meters.
There are a total of 320 ceramic collections of various types, which truly record the long history, development and cultural connotation of raindrop glaze, and demonstrate the historical and artistic value of Chinese ceramic culture.
Raindrop glazed ceramics were famous tea-fighting vessels in ancient times and are now collection treasures.
If tea is poured into raindrop glazed porcelain, the spots will shine like gold stars.
Add water or white wine, and the silver stars will twinkle and become dazzling.
All these characteristics give people an incomparable sense of magic.
The best raindrop glaze is deep and heavy, the glaze base is black and matte, and the glaze surface is smooth.
Especially the silver star points on it are plump and well-proportioned, and the crystals are round and shiny.
In addition, the crystallization points in it are as large as beans and as small as millet, and resemble the water circle patterns of raindrops falling into the water, so it was also called "oil drop glaze" in ancient times.
Naturally, Chen Wenzhe likes this distinctive glaze color very much.
Then he took this opportunity and fired a batch of tea cups, oil-drop glazed porcelain, which is very famous in itself.
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Of course, this is no longer the point, the most important thing is Liuli.
On the land of Qilu, it can be said that a hundred flowers are blooming, and all kinds of technology and crafts are available.
With the craftsmanship of the ancestors and the humanistic concepts of modern civilization, the modern Qilu people have produced many top-quality colored glaze products.
For example, the now famous Golden Phoenix, etc., all reflect the exquisiteness, delicacy and subtlety of Eastern people.
On the basis of inheriting the craftsmanship of the ancients, we have now resumed the production of precious Boshan colorants such as chicken oil yellow, chicken liver stone, and golden red.
It is precisely with these precious color materials that glass bottles and containers of various precious colors can be blown.
Therefore, the ingredients and production techniques of various colored glassware are very important.
This time, accidentally looking into the history of a snuff bottle, Chen Wenzhe inherited the ancient Boshan glaze blowing art technique and truly reproduced the production process of the traditional craftsmanship at that time.
Especially for the precious coloring materials such as chicken oil yellow and chicken liver stone.
Now Chen Wenzhe can compare its color and composition.
From ingredients and color matching to melting and temperature control, manual operations and scientific control operations are combined.
On the basis of retaining traditional craftsmanship, we finally reproduce traditional precious utensils such as chicken fat yellow and chicken liver stone.
The chicken fat yellow product has a mellow color, a delicate feel, and is natural;
The chicken liver stone vase has a color like chicken liver, a pattern like a fine stone, and a pattern like mountains. It is completely natural and interesting;
Various hand-blown bottles of precious color materials, after carving, show their simple, solemn, elegant, delicate and elegant artistic style. It can be said that each has its own merits.
It was also at this time that Chen Wenzhe discovered that if the color of the colored glaze was properly prepared, the finished product could sometimes be even more beautiful than porcelain.
For example, the true yellow color in colored glaze has a color like chicken fat, is as moist as jade, and has a graceful and gorgeous appearance, hence the name "chicken fat yellow".
According to Sun Tingquan's "Miscellaneous Records of Yanshan" in the early Qing Dynasty, there are many types of Boshan colored glaze, with dozens of colors alone.
Such as: crystal, pure white, plum calyx red, blue, yingqing, tooth white, pure black, green, goose yellow, etc.
Among them, chicken fat yellow is one of the most precious colors in Boshan colored glaze.
Chicken fat has a crystal yellow luster, is warm and dignified, and looks like it has been soaked in butter after polishing, making it elegant and luxurious.
Chicken fat yellow glaze works were popular during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. They were called Yuhuang at that time and were prized by the imperial palace.
The recipe for making chicken fat yellow is very complex and requires careful preparation.
Especially in the firing process, it is even more particular.
There are very few high-quality chicken oil yellow works, and it is said that nine out of ten craftsmen are not successful.
Therefore, this kind of feeder is even more precious.
As long as the "chicken fat yellow" coloring material is available, it is often used to make simple and dignified bottles, pots, cans, boxes, plates and other utensils.
This kind of vessel is engraved with relief patterns, which is subtle and elegant.
Generally, craftsmen will carefully carve various relief patterns on the body of the chicken fat yellow bottle.
Those who are able to work on chicken oil yellow works are generally masters. Their carvings are delicate and vivid, just like the exquisite and clear jade carvings, which are extremely high-end and perfect.
Due to the expensive ingredients and complex production process, the finished product is extremely rare.
In addition, craftsmen carefully design and carve them, so chicken fat yellow products are one of the first choices for collectors.
Of course, it is also a modern home furnishing and an excellent gift for relatives and friends.
No one dislikes beautiful things, so this is definitely a good item.
Firing porcelain is firing, but firing colored glaze is not firing?
And compared with firing porcelain, blowing glass products is much simpler after firing colored glaze.
Since it is also kiln-fired, and the complexity of the process is simpler, glass products should also be one of Yi Niantang's flagship products.