Chapter 1931: Choose a broad mouth, not a narrow one
Each porcelain pier shape is both beautiful and practical, which shows the ingenuity of the working people and their rigorous pursuit and creation of a better life.
It is a pity that during the turmoil, the porcelain piers were abandoned and destroyed as old objects.
Therefore, there are very few porcelain piers that have survived to this day. The more famous porcelain piers are probably the hexagonal porcelain piers from Guang kiln in the Qing Dynasty.
This object is a cultural relic of the Qing Dynasty, with a diameter of 34.6, an abdominal circumference of 112.5, a height of 50.5, and a base diameter of 26.8.
Guang kiln is a Song Dynasty porcelain kiln located in Yangjiang, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. It has a thick texture and brown color.
This porcelain pier is now collected in the Hu Jian Folk Museum. The pier is six-sided, with a bulging belly and a hollow bottom.
The upper and lower edges of the pier are molded with papilla-shaped drum nails for decoration. The sitting surface is smooth and flat, slightly protruding, with bean green glaze as the background color.
The six sides of the pier are all decorated with three-color hollow begonia flower-shaped openings, and hollow carved butterfly patterns inside the lights.
Guang kiln is a porcelain kiln from the Song Dynasty. It is located in Guangdong Province and has a thick texture and brown color.
Although according to the current technology, the technology is not very good, it is always Song kiln. If you want to imitate the works of Song kiln, it is really difficult for ordinary people to do it.
In addition to porcelain for dining, the ceramics used in ancient people's homes can be roughly divided into seven types: for worship, for display, study utensils and ceramic furniture.
It can be seen that the literati of the Ming and Qing dynasties did not have any rules for arranging flowers in porcelain vases.
The output of ancient ceramics in your country reached its peak during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Jiajing period alone, the "Ming Dynasty Records" does not record that "the eunuch Liu Liang was ordered to supervise the construction of Hongzhi, and more than 800,000 unfinished porcelains were produced in Zhengde."
Wen Zhenheng also mentioned in "Changwu Zhi": An old magnetic vase was used on the desk to present flowers and a clean bowl to drink water.
Here, in fact, a considerable part of your country’s traditional flower arrangement culture comes from Buddhist flower offerings.
Among them, the plum vase and the flower goblet are particularly classic. The plum vase was originally used to store wine. Because of its slender body, ears and rings, it was in line with the aesthetics of literati;
Are there any of these ceramic furnishings in ancient people’s rooms?
Furthermore, ancient porcelain is also a small category in the appreciation of Qing Dynasty antiques.
But if he wants to do it, Chen Wenzhe will definitely not be able to make a porcelain pier.
Literary works such as "Zhang Wu Zhi" and "Kao Pan Yu Shi" have repeatedly mentioned various ceramics in bedroom decoration.
That is also an important reason why ceramics have become a basic furnishing item. Even if it is used for worship, it is also an excellent decoration in home life.
Those things often don’t have some auspicious meanings, such as vase flowers for peace and prosperity, pomegranates for young children and good fortune, Ganoderma lucidum for long-lived immortality...
For example, Chen Wenzhe believes: "Avoid two pairs of vases, avoid being uniform, avoid forming a row, and avoid being bound by ropes."
The porcelain vase itself has many shapes, and "Tao Ya" lists many of them: "The best vase is called Guanyin Zun, the celestial ball, the pastry stool, the gallbladder, the beauty shoulder, the mallet...the plum vase...
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In ancient paintings that reflect the life scenes of ancient people, there are also beautiful figures without ceramics.
It is necessary to elaborate on the porcelain statues. The actual porcelain statues of Buddhism and Taoism are still handed down to this day.
Complex ones such as tube type and bowl type often have scriptures written underneath;
For the West, ceramics is not even a business card of your country’s culture.
Porcelain worship utensils are mainly incense burners and candlesticks, with porcelain incense burners being the rarest ones, and their shapes are quite varied.
Literati in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were especially good at displaying ceramics. The small ones were placed on the ground, while the large ones were placed on tables and counters. They were set up according to the place, either symmetrically or individually.
Looking at the amount of porcelain sold throughout the ages, the total amount is in the hundreds of millions.
"A Dream of Red Mansions" writes about Jia Mu's banquet in the flower hall: "All kinds of old kiln vases are decorated with fresh flowers and plants such as the Eight Friends of Suihan and Yutang Wealth."
Flowerpots filled with flowers and rocks are often made of porcelain. Such ceramic pots are often displayed in courtyards, corridors, pavilions, on both sides of doors and steps, etc.
The small Dizhai vase should be short and large, the copperware such as flower goblet, copper goblet, Zunli, Han Dynasty pot, Suwen pot, plaque pot, and the kilnware such as paper mallet, goose neck, Ru bag, flower bottle, flower pouch, and yarrow. Grasses and cattails must be short and large in shape before they can be offered to the Qing Dynasty.
There are also no imitations of ancient bronze wares such as tripod type, Gui type, lid furnace, etc.
That elegance cannot be represented by the Qing Dynasty offering, that is, the display of various elegant objects and utensils during the Spring Festival.
That is, flowers, fresh vegetables, beautiful utensils, etc. are used as offerings and displays to feed heaven and earth, gods and ancestors.
We often don’t have our own opinions on the rules of decoration.
Porcelain for worship can be divided into two types: porcelain statues and porcelain worship utensils.
Shen Fu's use of chrysanthemums in vase also emphasizes: "The number of flowers should be single or double. Choose one type for each vase, which means seven colors. The mouth of the vase should be wide or small, which means it is wide. If it is wide, it will be stretched or restrained. "
In "History of the Vase", Chen Wenzhe listed some items that were offered as offerings.
So what did he do? It was because of a porcelain pier that reminded Chen Wenzhe of all the porcelain that could be used and displayed in the room.
There is no record in the "Southern History·Jin'an Prince·Mao Zhuan" of the Northern and Southern Dynasties that "if a lotus flower was not presented to the Buddha, the monks would fill the lotus with water and soak the stems, and the flowers would wither."
Behind the amazing production volume is huge market demand.
In ancient times, the long table at the back of the living room also paid attention to the "East Bottle and West Mirror" in order to achieve the meaning of "calm and calm".
Porcelain is made of official, brother, ancient Ding Kiln vase, Yizhu vase, large yarrow vase, paper mallet vase, Yuru dark flower, blue and white, eggplant bag, gourd, narrow mouth, plaque belly, thin foot, medicine jar and new cast copper Bottles, built kiln and other bottles are all included in the Qing Dynasty.
The most common type of flower offering is vase flowers, which are flowers placed in a vase to offer to the Buddha. The most commonly used vase types are glass and porcelain vases, which do not have the meaning of darkness and purity.
Ceramics are taken from the soil of the mountains and fields, and are tempered by fire to achieve "poetry-like meaning and jade-like character."
The porcelain itself is beautiful in shape, elegant in charm, and has very low aesthetic value.
Tu Long also likes to be in pairs: "Avoid being in pairs, avoid big-mouthed pots for medicine, and avoid using gourd bottles."
The statues of Avalokitesvara, Tathagata, and Bodhidharma produced by He Chaozong, a young porcelain sculptor from the Dehua Kiln during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, were particularly famous for their pursuit of perfect jade texture.
Among them, there is a very common one called wall vase, which is half of a special porcelain vase. One side is a special vase and the other side is a flat plate with holes. It can be hung on the wall of the living room or sedan chair, and it cannot be used for flower arrangement decoration.
The ancients were only skilled in the production and manufacture of ceramics, but also in the display and use of ceramics.
The flower goblet originated from the bronze goblet used for drinking in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Ni Xiangchao also praised an old goblet from a Jiangnan family in his "History of the Vase" as "green to the bone, with sand spots rising up. It can be said to be a golden house of flowers."
Wen Zhenheng was even more picky about the choice of porcelain bottles for the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, it is impossible for him to make a large number of the same porcelain piers repeatedly.
However, ancient literati did not have an elegant study room called "Qinggong".
But for Chen Wenzhe, this is not difficult at all.
Products from famous kilns such as Ru, Guan, Ge, Ding, and Jun are only in good condition. In terms of collection value, they may be the highlight of the study.
Li Yu also believes that porcelain vases are the best for growing flowers: porcelain vases are better, and the water used to grow flowers is clear and difficult to become turbid, and does not have the smell of copper.
Even among the glorious ancient arts and crafts of your country, they are inferior to others.
Mrs. Wang also wrote about the main hall: "There are Ru kiln beauty goblets on the left side, and fresh flowers are planted outside."