During the Southern Song Dynasty, the shapes of Longquan celadon became more abundant. In addition to various daily utensils, bowls, water fountains, pen holders, pen holders, etc. were also common in study utensils. Chess pieces and bird feed jars were also quite distinctive.
In addition, various types of antique bronze and jade ware such as ke, goblet, kettle, and cong-style vases are related to the antiquity style in the late Northern Song Dynasty.
In short, the Longquan celadon of the Song Dynasty was distinguished by its glaze color.
The Longquan celadon in the old collection of the Forbidden City is mostly produced in the Southern Song Dynasty. Most of the glazes are pink celadon, and a few are decorated with double fish patterns.
Its top-grade glaze is even in color and as smooth as jade.
Plum celadon glaze is rare, and the year mark of Longquan kiln porcelain has never been seen!
When he woke up from his dream, Chen Wenzhe was confused for a long time because he had received too many inheritance items this time.
It can be said that he participated in the production of all types of Longquan celadon.
However, he just replaced an ordinary craftsman and participated in the entire firing process of Longquan celadon, and the products he made were ordinary goods.
Therefore, although he learned a lot this time, he did not learn any profound skills. It just gave him an overall understanding of Longquan celadon.
In fact, whether it was the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty, the porcelain production techniques were very simple.
But simplicity does not mean it is easy to copy.
Within this simplicity, there are many things that are not simple.
For example, glaze, whether it is pink green or plum green glaze, can achieve the effect of ancient times in modern times, but it cannot replicate the glaze of ancient times.
The glaze in the Song Dynasty was light cyan, thin and shiny, which was typical of thin-bodied glaze and thick glaze.
To form a thin and thick glaze, pink green and plum green glazes are definitely needed, because this kind of glaze has greater viscosity and less fluidity at high temperatures, so it is suitable for hanging thick glazes.
If other glazes are used, the hanging will be too thick, and the glaze will definitely drip during the firing process.
Therefore, after the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty, pink green and plum green glazes became famous in the world.
There are a few key items here, including pink green glaze, plum green glaze, and thin tire.
As long as you master these three points, firing Longquan celadon is not difficult at all.
After fully waking up, Chen Wenzhe knew that in order to make Longquan celadon, he must master the body and glaze.
But these two techniques cannot be learned by his basic manufacturing skills. This is actually a secret recipe.
Secret recipes need to be passed down, and skills can be learned through the system.
It was already past six o'clock. I got up and hurried to the cafeteria for breakfast. Chen Wenzhe came to the studio.
At this time, the studio was already very lively, even Professor Tao was there, with cardboard boxes in front of him.
"Wen Zhe is here, come and take a look. Those guys in the museum are not kind. What they sent us are broken porcelain that is difficult to piece together, and they are not very big."
Chen Wenzhe came to the front, and sure enough, at a glance, there was no porcelain bottom in the cardboard box.
There was nothing at the bottom of the bottle or the bowl. All you could see were broken pieces of porcelain.
It is simply impossible to piece together a complete vessel from such porcelain pieces.
Even finding two pieces of the same type is difficult.
"There is no other way, just spend more time piecing it together!"
Chen Wenzhe shook his head. If it is simple, there are many experts in the museum, so why not complete the restoration by yourself?
"Professor, these are actually secondary. How to solve the problem of tire and glaze?"
"Don't worry about this. We bought purple gold clay and the glaze was provided by the museum. I don't know how effective it will be!"
Hearing this, Chen Wenzhe frowned. Why did he feel that the museum was so unreliable?
"Let's sort out these broken porcelain pieces first. There are a hundred broken porcelain pieces in a box. Wang Jing and Chen Xingchen, each of you will receive a box and keep them well. If anyone is missing, I will hold you accountable.
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Chen Xingchen, Wang Jing, Bai Jingjing, Wang Wei from the third year of study, Zhang Cheng and Chen Weijie from the first year of study, a total of six people, each received a box, which is a total of 600 broken porcelain pieces.
"You should pay attention. You must remember clearly when exchanging. These are all roughly distributed. Each box contains almost the same type of equipment. Try not to exchange them randomly. In the end, you really can't put them together, so you can find a way to exchange them.
Change."
Chen Wenzhe was watching from the side. The six of them were all graduate students, so they should all have some ability.
Besides, this Longquan celadon is really not difficult to make, but what’s remarkable is the various details inside.
Chen Xingchen excitedly carried a box and came to his workbench.
He was in a group with Chen Wenzhe, and Chen Wenzhe naturally followed him back to the workbench.
"Wenzhe, what do you think we should do?"
When Chen Wenzhe opened the box, he saw that they were all fragments of bowls. It was easy to put this kind of thing together.
I took two pieces at random, but it was impossible to connect them, so I had to keep experimenting.
This requires a lot of effort, so Chen Wenzhe randomly connected it twice and couldn't put it together, so he gave up.
He picked up another large piece of broken porcelain, which occupied one-third of the small bowl. Such a large piece of broken porcelain could be repaired if the bottom of a bowl could be found.
It's a pity that there is no bowl bottom here. I think the museum has put together every bowl bottom.
The broken pieces of porcelain sent to them now are all rubbish that cannot be put together.
However, it is not impossible to repair it, because it is really not difficult to make a Longquan small bowl.
The characteristics of Longquan celadon are that the utensils are flat and smooth, and the decorations are mainly carved. Of course, there are many kinds of decorations, but these small bowls are very simple, and some do not even have carved patterns.
They just make the bowl embryo, apply glaze, and then fire it in the kiln.
It would be unreasonable if they couldn't repair such a simple small bowl from Longquan kiln.
Chen Wenzhe randomly rummaged through the porcelain pieces in the box, and after checking them all, Chen Wenzhe was disappointed.
These are probably broken porcelain pieces from the Longquan Kiln of the Ming Dynasty, so the celadon glaze looks pretty good, at least the color is darker, and it still has a jade-like color to this day.
Unfortunately, compared to the celadon of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, although the celadon of the Ming Dynasty was more exquisitely made, its value was not as great as he imagined.
Also, since it is broken porcelain discarded from the Longquan kiln, it must be defective, because the fine products will be retained, and only the defective ones will be smashed and buried.
But now, he didn't find any flaws in these broken porcelain pieces at all.
Either this was picked out in advance, or there is something wrong with this batch of porcelain.
No matter what, it can be repaired, but only with qualified glaze and purple gold clay.
"Put one together first, let's try to repair it." After thinking for a while, Chen Wenzhe said.
"Repair it directly? Do you want to fire a Longquan kiln first? Let's see the effect." Chen Xingchen hesitated and said.
Chen Wenzhe thought that it would be safer to do this, and he immediately agreed.
Chen Xingchen found Professor Tao and received the purple gold soil, which is an essential material for making Longquan celadon.
Not only can this thing be used to make utensils, it can also be added to the glaze to adjust colors.