My system is not decent

Chapter 1116

Pots like the Xuande Ruby Red Priest's Hat Pot are actually beautifully imitated by folks, but no one has ever been able to imitate the bright red color.

It was a bright red with a real gem luster, even better than Chinese red.

Although ordinary people cannot own an antique jumbo jug, it is still very beautiful to collect a fake one at home and place it in the living room or study.

And Chen Wenzhe went a step further, he was not satisfied with the inferior products made by the people, so he simply made one himself.

The shape of mitral pot is difficult to make, and it is not easy to fire with pure ruby ​​red glaze.

Especially bright red, bright, and ruby ​​red with gem luster, it is even more difficult to fire.

He definitely wants to make such porcelain, but unfortunately he can only make one piece.

Because of a mitral pot, it is very troublesome just to connect the tire, not to mention that it needs to be well designed.

Fortunately, it is an imitation, he only needs to copy one according to the ratio of the shape on the picture.

Here, it needs to be mentioned in particular that the production of this kind of Xuande ruby-glazed porcelain requires fresh red clay.

The use of bright red soil actually began in the Yongle period.

Therefore, in the Yongle Dynasty, some people commented at that time that "it was fired in the inner government during the Yongle and Xuande years, and it has been the most expensive so far. At that time, brown eyes and sweet white were common, with Su Ma Liqing as decoration, and bright red as treasure".

It can be seen from this that sweet white was a common thing at that time, and bright red was a rare treasure.

Later generations also called Yongle bright red, ruby ​​red or treasure burning red.

Because the red glaze is used as a sacrificial vessel for the altar of worshiping heaven, it is also called sacrificial red.

According to literature records, "Sacrifice red, the glaze color is finished with western ruby, the bright red is shining, and the precious light is dazzling."

Zhao Ruzhen's "Guide to Antiques" stated that "the red glaze juice in the Ming Dynasty is thicker, forming a kind of wood grain, like peaks and waves, it looks deep but deep, and it is called chicken wing wood grain."

It is hard to say whether this Yongle red-glazed porcelain used imported red gemstones, but there are indeed historical records of "bright red earth" in the late Ming Dynasty in the literature.

After arriving in Jiajing, almost all red glazes stopped firing, and this is the reason.

So what kind of soil is bright red soil?In fact, the truth is very simple.

After modern scientific research, this kind of bright red clay should be a natural copper oxide mineral that can be directly fired into bright red glaze.

Perhaps it came from Zheng He's voyages to the West and brought back one of the many gemstones rich in Southeast Asia.

Of course, this ruby ​​is by no means a ruby ​​in the sense of gemology.

Pigeon's blood red like that is extremely rare and precious, and it is definitely impossible to use it to make porcelain.

Therefore, bright red soil is likely to be a red low-grade gemstone similar to garnet, which was difficult to distinguish in ancient times.

In the modern production of copper red glaze, copper is calcined on fire, and the calcined copper oxide powder is scraped into the glaze.

The proportion of copper oxide in the copper red glaze is only a few percent, which is a trace element.

If the copper oxide is not ground finely enough, the hair color will not be bright, and it is easy to appear the blemish of green moss.

The best copper red glaze does not have green moss spots, the unavoidable flaws of early red underglaze porcelain.

This is why red glaze was invented to replace underglaze red.

Underglaze red is copper red as a pigment, painted directly on the porcelain body blank, and then covered with transparent glaze and fired at high temperature.

In history, there is a technique of red and white underglaze, which is to apply copper red on the porcelain body and the ground on the edge of the decoration to form the effect of red ground and white flowers.

This has a relationship with the later Xuande red glazed white flower porcelain.

But if you have seen the real thing, you will know that this kind of craftsmanship is not beautiful. The reason is that the hair color is not good, so the firing was not continued.

Yongle's bright red glaze is improved on the basis of red and white underglaze painting.

Of course, none of these are actually important. The important thing is that during this period, Chen Wenzhe knew exactly what bright red soil is.

What he can know, will the seniors in the domestic ceramic industry not know?

Therefore, although bright red soil has been extinct since Jiajing, our descendants have artificially synthesized more useful bright red soil.

To put it bluntly, it is just some natural copper ore. After crushing and grinding, it is configured in a suitable proportion, so that it is more convenient and easier to succeed in firing ruby ​​red glaze.

This is the power of modern technology. At this time, Chen Wenzhe not only has bright red clay, but also grinds it very finely.

After being made into ruby ​​red porcelain in this way, the color will be better when fired in the kiln, not to mention more colorful, and the glaze layer will be very uniform without flaws.

It is because of these advantages that Chen Wenzhe tried firing a few times, and he was able to perfectly fire the ruby ​​red porcelain he wanted.

But even so, he took advantage of fragmentary time and worked on it for a week before he finished a ruby ​​red glazed mitral pot.

Of course, it is impossible for him to make all ruby ​​red mitral pots during this period, nor is he only making Chinese red porcelain or red glazed porcelain from past dynasties.

During this process, he also made a lot of Ru kiln wares, enamel colors, Tang Sancai, and other single-color glazed porcelains.

To make all kinds of porcelain with complex crafts, it is necessary to use the time wisely and rationally.

This one needs drying, so do another one.

The same variety has already been fired in the kiln once, or is being fired in the kiln for the second time.

Then he will change to another species and continue to work, anyway, he just can't be idle.

In this way, Chen Wenzhe kept making batches of classic porcelain in rotation.

On this day, he felt that the research on Xuande gemstone red glaze was almost finished and was about to finish.

Looking at the specially prepared glaze, a lot of gem materials can be used in it, and some of all kinds of gems are used.

There are not many left now, but there are still some, this thing cannot be wasted, after all, it is too troublesome to deploy.

Besides, the cost is also very expensive, it is a pity to waste it.

So, he conveniently made another jade pot spring vase.

This time there is not much soil, so the bottle body he made is very thin.

He remembered that during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, there seemed to be a ruby ​​pot and spring vase with dark carved gemstones handed down.

This bottle has a delicate body, sharp and regular feet, and a sweet white glaze engraved with Tianzi, with regular strokes.

It was produced by the supervision and supervision of the Chenghua court in the Ming Dynasty. It belongs to the royal utensils and has a very high grade of porcelain.

In addition, it is Tianzi type. This type of Ming Dynasty Chenghua porcelain can be said to be a famous brand among famous brands. It is very popular among modern collectors, and Chen Wenzhe is no exception.

Unfortunately, he has never seen this kind of famous brand porcelain.

This ruby ​​red glaze jade pot and spring vase is really floating.

Not to mention the glaze color, but the carcass is as thin as paper. People who see it really feel as if it is unreal.

See it clearly, touch it in your hand, and think it is a treasure bestowed on us by God.

(End of this chapter)