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Chapter 1172 Xianfeng Xuantong Contests Qianlong

In the five thousand years of China, there are many alternative porcelains. Among them, the most commemorative one must be the last emperor of the feudal dynasty and the last emperor of the five thousand years of China.

Not to mention that Xuantong was the last emperor, but the reign time was only 3 years.

He is also the last emperor of China closest to the present, so Xuantong can be said to be an emperor that everyone is very familiar with.

Xuantong, also known as Puyi, had a not-so-short lifespan, at the age of 61.

Classifying him as a "short-lived emperor" means that he officially became emperor for an extremely short time, only 3 years.

However, he still fired the period porcelain of this dynasty, just like the few pieces mentioned by Chen Wenzhe before.

There are also vases like Xuantong famille rose gold cloud and bat patterns, which are still hidden in the Palace Museum.

The characteristics of the times on the utensils are indelible.

Although the porcelain of this period followed the old Guangxu system, its fine, white and exquisite carcass was closer to modern exquisite porcelain.

The same is true of his master Puyi. Although the emperor has a big braid on the back of his head, he has glasses on the bridge of his nose and rides a bicycle under his feet.

Puyi liked to ride a bicycle in the palace very much, and bought more than 20 bicycles in total.

This is in this special period, so that some people and things on porcelain in Xuantong's period show a special state where East and West are mixed, modern and classical coexist.

There is a saying in the ceramic circle: "Xianfeng Xuantong beats Qianlong".

The official kiln wares fired by Xuantong are quite sophisticated. At this time, the imperial wares are exquisite in craftsmanship, correct in shape, pure in glaze, and neat in color decoration.

In the court, these imperial porcelains and the self-ringing clocks from the West were placed in the same room with Puyi's tennis rackets, and they were shining brightly under the newly installed electric lights.

This is a spectacle in a specific history. In the first year of Xuantong, the Empress Dowager Longyu issued a decree to install electric lights in Changchun Palace, Jianfu Palace, Imperial Garden Palaces, and Changjie.

The late Qing Dynasty was in a period of great change, and all kinds of utensils in this period were unique.

Coupled with the quality of Xuantong, the value of porcelain in this short period soared.

This is particularly important. Although the quantity of porcelain in the Xuantong period was small, it was more exquisitely painted and painted than in Guangxu.

The material of the tire is high-quality, the carcass is thin, but the wall thickness is uniform, the tire is fine, the degree of sintering is high, and the percussion can make a clear and pleasant metallic sound.

The craftsmanship of Xuantong blue and white porcelain is the most exquisite among the official kiln porcelains of the late Qing Dynasty.

The characteristics are that the carcass is relatively light and thin, the carcass is fine and white, the white glaze is super smooth, the glass texture is strong, and the feet are polished and smooth.

Of course, there are also flaws, such as blue and white hair color purple, no sense of hierarchy.

Xuantong porcelain has blue and white six-character two-line regular script without circles in the "Xuantong Year System of the Qing Dynasty", as well as red color, ocher color, and ink color seal characters.

The inscriptions are neatly written, well arranged, and the strokes are round and powerful. The blue and white materials are deep, bright and not smudged.

These varieties of Xuantong porcelain were all made in the previous dynasty, most of which were must-fired varieties in each dynasty, and some also showed gorgeous decorative styles.

For example, the white glaze dish is a traditional product that must be fired in the official kilns of all dynasties, and the rim of the white glaze dish unique to the Xuantong Dynasty is decorated with gold borders.

Porcelain like this, as long as it appears, there is no less than a million.

For example, a Xuantong famille rose bottle with crane and deer and water chestnuts with spring patterns was sold for 2013 million yuan in the spring auction of 134.4.

There is also Xuantong famille rose Magu birthday vase, formerly collected by Yangzhitang, which was sold for HK$2010 million at Christie’s Hong Kong 122 Spring Auction.

Geng Baochang discussed Xuantong ceramics in his book "Ming and Qing Porcelain Appraisal".

Since Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, porcelain production has developed from manual workshops since the Ming and Qing Dynasties to large-scale mechanized production, making the porcelain of the Xuantong period show the characteristics of modern new porcelain.

The shape of the mechanism is more regular;

The tire quality, high-quality porcelain, and the change of the glaze make the surface of the utensils full of fire;

Partial seal stamps, instead of labor-intensive handwritten inscriptions;
A large number of colorful printings have replaced some artificial paintings.

All of these are the inevitable results of the continuous improvement of porcelain production with the continuous development of human society.

In the Xuantong period, when the old and new times alternated, the transitional characteristics of porcelain were more obvious, and many characteristics of old porcelain and new porcelain were combined.

Xuantong porcelain can feel the characteristics of modern new porcelain such as "fire light" and "high-quality porcelain of fetal quality" mentioned by Geng Baochang by observing the local details of the high-definition large picture.

Generally speaking, the porcelain carcass of the Xuantong Dynasty is fine and smooth, and the porcelain making style is serious and serious, with a high degree of sintering of modern porcelain, and the surface of the porcelain is full of fire.

These are its very distinctive points, so in the current market auction records, the price of Xuantong official kilns is about one million yuan, and the price of folk kilns ranges from hundreds of thousands.

This is difficult to appear in other historical periods, especially at the end of the dynasty.

For example, recently, some dilapidated official kiln wares in the late Qing Dynasty have repeatedly paid high prices.

As the last emperor, Xuantong has a very special historical status, and his official kiln wares and private kiln wares are of great collection value.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to Xuantong, there was another very representative emperor, that should be Xianfeng, the Xianfeng who came from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

This one reigned for 11 years, which is not long, so porcelain with the Xianfeng date is extremely rare.

It is said that Emperor Xianfeng reigned for 11 years. Among the emperors of all dynasties, this time is not very long, but it is not too short.

For example, the famous Yongzheng only reigned for 13 years.

However, the reason for the scarcity of official kilns in this dynasty was the war caused by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, which caused great damage to Jingzhen's porcelain industry.

In the early years of Xianfeng, Jingzhen Royal Kiln Factory also fired a limited number of official kilns and sacrificial vessels.

In the fifth year of Xianfeng, the Jingzhen Royal Kiln Factory was destroyed in the war, and the burning has basically ceased since then.

In addition, Jingzhen's porcelain industry was greatly affected by the military hinterland where the Taiping Army and the Qing army fought in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

During that period, not only the quantity of porcelain produced in Jingzhen decreased, but also the level of craftsmanship decreased accordingly, and folk kilns were no exception.

The overall impression is that the porcelain of the Xianfeng Dynasty is generally rough.

In fact, although there are not many Xianfeng official kilns handed down from generation to generation, there are still remarkable things.

The decorations on blue-and-white vessels such as Yuhuchun and Appreciation Ping are still delicate and rigorous.

Some experts believe that if the production of Xianfeng official kiln has not been disturbed by the war, it may bring many new surprises.

For example, even though the Xianfeng Dynasty was very difficult, Xianfeng Ceramics also had pioneering measures.

For example, the trend of signing in regular script has re-emerged, and most of the official kilns are signed in six characters in regular script "Xianfeng Year System of the Great Qing Dynasty".

However, the seal script inscriptions that were popular in the Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Daoguang dynasties were greatly reduced.

This style of regular script became the standard for official kilns in the late Qing Dynasty, and continued until the end of the Xuantong Imperial Kiln Factory.

On the other hand, the porcelain of the Xianfeng Dynasty also played the role of terminator at some levels, and some varieties that were originally complicated in craftsmanship were turned into simple ones. This is not an easy matter.

(End of this chapter)