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Chapter 1152 The pinnacle of porcelain making

The large vases of various glazes in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty are its name, and they are called large vases of various glazes, not large vases of glaze.

From then on, you can also know the craft of ordering this bottle.

This large bottle of various glazes in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty hidden in the Palace Museum in Shendu is 86.4 cm high, 27.4 cm in diameter, and 33 cm in foot diameter.

It has a mouth, a long neck, a bulging abdomen with melon ribs, a retracted shin, and a pair of Kuilong ears on the neck.

The body is decorated with as many as 17 layers of glaze and color from top to bottom.

The large vases of various glazes, which integrate various high-temperature and low-temperature glazes and colors, are known as the "Mother of Porcelain".

This bottle reflects the height and level of porcelain production technology in the Qianlong period, and also marks the pinnacle of ancient Chinese porcelain production technology.

How complicated is the craftsmanship of such a bottle?
Not to mention anything else, just the glaze, which is extremely complicated.

The types of overglaze decoration it uses include gold color, enamel color, pastel color, etc.;

Underglaze decorations include blue and white flowers, and bucket colors that combine overglaze and underglaze colors.

Let’s talk about the firing process and techniques. This large vase of various glazes in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty is decorated with thematic patterns on the belly of the vase. The auspicious patterns of gold consecration and pastel color are painted on the Jilan glaze, and there are 12 consecrations in total.

Six of them are realistic pictures, namely "Sanyang Kaitai", "Jiqing Yuyu", "Danfeng Chaoyang", "Taiping and Elephant", "Xianshan Qiongge", "Bogu Jiuding".

The other 6 pieces are Jindi's "Swastika", bats, Ruyi, Panchi, Ganoderma lucidum, and flowers, which respectively imply "ten thousand", "blessing", "ruyi", "exorcism", "longevity" and "wealth".

Turquoise green glaze is applied to the inside of the bottle and the ring foot, and the six-character three-line inscription "Qianlong Years of the Great Qing Dynasty" is written in blue and white seal script in the center of the outsole.

The whole vessel uses colored ground enamel, turquoise ground pastel, imitation Ge glaze, gold glaze, blue and white, turquoise glaze, kiln change glaze, bucket color, holly glaze dark engraving, orchid painting with gold, consecration painted pastel, imitation official glaze, There are more than a dozen glazing methods such as green glaze, coral red glaze, imitation Ru glaze, and purple gold glaze.

It can be said that this is a masterpiece that combines high and low temperature glaze and color, and its firing process is extremely complicated.

Such a complex process can only be successfully completed after fully mastering the properties of various glazes and colors.

From the perspective of firing process, blue and white, imitation official glaze, imitation Ru glaze, imitation brother glaze, kiln change glaze, pink green glaze, sacrificial blue glaze, etc. are all high-temperature glazes and colors, which need to be fired at high temperature first.

The foreign color, gold color and turquoise green glaze are all low-temperature glaze colors, which should be roasted in a low-temperature charcoal furnace.

This large bottle of various glazes is a collection of more than 10 kinds of high and low temperature glazes and colors, and all kinds of glazes and colors are pure in color.

Such a complex process can only be successfully completed when the chemical properties of various glazes and colors are fully mastered.

In addition to these, there is also the shape of the vessel. This porcelain mother body is huge. The bottle is divided into 15 decorative layers from top to bottom, with a total of 17 different glaze colors.

According to the level of decoration of the porcelain mother, Chen Wenzhe really didn't know how many times to fire it in order to successfully fire it in the process of repeatedly entering the kiln.

You know, every time you go into the kiln for firing, there is one more possibility of failure.

And such a large bottle may have to be fired more than ten times in the kiln.

Fifteen decorative layers must be fired at least fifteen times, right?

What's more, there are seventeen different glaze colors. If each glaze color is fired once in the kiln, it will be at least seventeen times.

The difficulty of firing this kind of porcelain is definitely beyond everyone's imagination.

Even Chen Wenzhe was a little dumbfounded when he first saw it.

He really never thought that there would be such a complicated bottle in this world.

It never occurred to him that there are people who are so painful that they will concentrate all the top glaze colors and craftsmanship that can be imagined on one bottle.

After careful calculation, he finally figured out what kind of bottle it was.

This is really a work specially used to show off skills, firing it, dozens of it is for showing off.

However, when you really see such a bottle, no matter how artistic it is, you can only admire it, because it is really amazing.

In particular, there are layers of techniques densely covered on it. Just analyzing these techniques is enough for Chen Wenzhe to study for a long time.

First of all, on the first to third floors of this porcelain mother, the edge of the mouth of the mouthwash is decorated with "foreign color rouge ground flowers".

On the first layer of foreign color decoration, the decoration technique of rolling is also used, which can be said to be the icing on the cake.

It's just this level of craftsmanship, as long as it is done well, the value of this piece of porcelain will not be lowered, and this is the most recent decoration.

Next, the second layer of the mother-of-porcelain imitates the copper-bodied cloisonné enamel.

It is also commonly known as cloisonné, and the decoration is "foreign color green field wrapped branches and flowers".

Another new technique from the Qianlong period was adopted here, that is, biomimetic porcelain technology. Biomimetic porcelain refers to the use of ceramics to imitate utensils made of other materials.

The third layer of decoration and decoration adopts the technique of imitating Ge glaze.

This is also the reason why Chen Wenzhe imitated the Ge Kiln bile bottle, because this large bottle also uses the technology of Ge Kiln.

Especially Ge Kiln's waste crushing technology, the characteristics it can achieve are too obvious.

Such as gold wire and iron wire, purple mouth and iron foot, if you don't know Ge Kiln, you will definitely not be able to make it.

The fourth layer of decoration is a typical Qianlong official kiln blue and white wrapped branch flowers. The blue and white flowers used on it are green in color, calm and stable, and have clear layers.

On the left and right sides of the fourth layer of decoration, that is, the neck of the bottle, are decorated with gold-colored dragon-shaped ears.

The double ears of Kuilong pattern imitate the shape of jade wares in the Han Dynasty, with exquisite workmanship.

The fifth layer is decorated with a turquoise green glaze, which is also another layer of bionic porcelain.

It is a combination of turquoise green glaze and split pattern, imitating the color and iron wire of natural turquoise, vivid.

When it comes to the sixth layer of porcelain mother, it becomes a little more difficult. The decoration at this time is called imitation Jun glaze, also known as kiln glaze.

Jun kiln, like Ge kiln, was listed as one of the five famous kilns in ancient times.

The biggest characteristic of Jun kiln is the kiln change. The so-called one color in the kiln and multicolored color in the kiln sometimes does not refer to a specific kind of porcelain, but many high-quality porcelains have this characteristic.

If he encountered such a craft before imitating Jianzhan, Chen Wenzhe would definitely avoid mentioning it.

But now, he has some confidence.

The kiln changes, entering the kiln with one color, and leaving the kiln with a variety of colors, he is also sure to play with flowers.

At this time, it is the first five floors. How many crafts are involved?
The simplest blue-and-white and green glazes are a little more difficult, especially the decorations on copper-bodied cloisonné enamel.

This is another glaze color that Chen Wenzhe has never played with, and needs to be studied carefully.

Other crafts, such as famille rose, bionic porcelain, Jun kiln, and Ge kiln, are more difficult.

Fortunately, Chen Wenzhe has done many crafts before, and he can do the best.

Otherwise, who would dare to think of imitating a porcelain mother?
And this is only one-fifth of the decoration and craftsmanship in the front, there are still ten floors below!
(End of this chapter)