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Chapter 1239 Fine micro-engraving, unique porcelain altar

Chen Wenzhe is already very familiar with the printing process.

This technique is to use a mold engraved with patterns to emboss patterns on ceramic tires.

Because carving on the mold is more in-depth and detailed than direct carving on the porcelain body, the fine patterns on the porcelain can only be completed by printing.

Ding Kiln's exquisite mold engraving technique in the Song Dynasty brought the artistic effect of printed porcelain to its peak, and played a huge role in promoting the development of my country's porcelain industry.

In addition to the engraving of the mold, the difficulty of printing technology is also reflected in the demoulding process.

The more complicated and deep the engraving of the mold, the more difficult it is to remove the mold after it is printed on the porcelain body.

In the demoulding process, if the handling is slightly improper, it will affect the printing effect of the tire device.

Ding kiln's printed peony decoration is unique in the porcelain world in every step of mold carving, printing and demoulding.

It was also at this time that Chen Wenzhe truly realized the extraordinary printing process.

It doesn't mean that porcelain made with printing techniques are all modern handicrafts made in a rough way.

Mold engraving, printing and demoulding are three steps in one. If any step is not done well, fine porcelain cannot be produced.

The ancients were different from today's people. They made porcelain with care and never made it in a rough way.

If you want to make crudely, it is a folk kiln, not an official kiln.

Since it is an official kiln, every step of the way strives for perfection.

Therefore, before Chen Wenzhe was a little narrow-minded, he actually thought that porcelain made by printing techniques has no art at all?

On the printed porcelain of Ding Kiln, Chen Wenzhe saw the technology, the craftsmanship, and its unique art!
The mold is fully carved, making the printed peony decoration more complex and delicate than the engraved ones.

Just this point is worthy of special mention, and this advantage is especially prominent in the performance of bowls and plates.

For example, the Jinding kiln printed peony pleated plate, such a high-density pattern can only be obtained by printing.

This plate is 2.3 centimeters high, 21.3 centimeters in diameter, and 13 centimeters in foot diameter.

This dish has a folded edge, an open mouth, and a shallow sloping wall.

The peony picture is embossed on the plate, and a large peony is in the center of the picture.

Surrounded by six peonies, the branches are faintly entwined, three are in full bloom towards the center of the disc, and three are in full bloom towards the surroundings.

The flower shapes vary and are lifelike.

The mold is densely carved, with more than one hundred petals and leaves.

The delicate petal folds and leaf veins can also be seen in the micro-engraving, which is breathtaking.

Even thinner, there are a total of 58 flower openings on the edge of the plate. Corresponding to the flower openings are double petal patterns. Inside each petal, there are double-line patterns or dots printed.

The wall of the plate is an arc pleat corresponding to the flower mouth. Because there are many arc pleats, it is called "hundred pleats".

For example, the prints of the peony panchi pattern flower mouth bowls printed in the Northern Song Dynasty are also classics.

This bowl is 2.8 cm high, 21.5 cm in diameter and 13.6 cm in foot diameter.

The wall of the bowl is patterned with peonies, and the heart of the bowl is sunken with patterns of panchi.

Along the edge of the plate, make a back pattern.

There are four peonies on the branches wrapped around the bowl wall.

The tangle of branches surrounds a circle, and the layout of the flowers is very regular, with flowers blooming on the left and right, and peonies on the right of the twigs, opposite to the heart of the bowl.

The peony on the left is circling with the branches, and the flowers turn to the center of the bowl.

The winding branches are smooth and clear.

The petals and leaves are blown by the spring breeze, graceful and graceful.

The print is fine, with more than ten tendons on a petal.

There are more than ten dots in a stamen, all of which can be clearly distinguished.

This meticulous micro-engraving printing process can only be achieved by Ding Kiln.

Ding kiln printed peony decorations are expressed in various forms and rich in content.

In addition to the performance of peony decoration alone, it is also combined with figures, animals and plants.

The printing further improves the ornamental value, and at the same time greatly enriches the auspicious meaning of the picture.

For example, the theme of play babies in Ding Kiln is the most exciting, and the Northern Song Dynasty-Golden printed peony baby play bowl with flower mouth pattern, and the depiction on it is one of the classics.

This bowl is 7.5 cm high, 20.4 cm in diameter and 8.2 cm in foot diameter.

The side of the bowl is stamped with fretwork.Bowl heart printed with cow pattern.

In the limited space on the wall of the bowl, the pattern of peony baby play is operated.

Among the lush flowers, three children in vests are playing happily.

Some of these children are prostrate on the ground, some are climbing branches, some are hanging from barbs, all of them are innocent and lively.

The most important thing is that the decoration layout is full, and the knives are skillful and sharp.

The shape of the whole device is regular, the thickness of the carcass is moderate, and the artistic appeal is extremely strong.

This kind of porcelain is not only a fine product of Ding Kiln, even in the entire Chinese porcelain altar, it is also a classic in decoration and craftsmanship.

Printing decoration first appeared in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty and matured in the later period.

The patterns printed by Ding kiln are all layered, clear lines, complex but not chaotic.

The main themes are flowers, with peonies and lotus being the most common, followed by chrysanthemums.

Peony is known as the "King of Flowers".

For a long time, peony has been regarded as a symbol of wealth, happiness, beauty and prosperity, and is deeply loved by people.

In ancient times, it was also expressed in various art forms, and the peony pattern on porcelain is one of them.

Ceramics with peony patterns can be expressed in techniques such as engraving, printing, and painting, and in forms such as single branches, folded branches, stringed branches, and wrapped branches.

The peony pattern in the Song Dynasty is only a representative of a period.

Porcelain decoration is rich in themes and content.

However, it is still limited by the output, so that the value of the printing craft is not as good as that of the engraving and scratching crafts.

Everyone in the world knows that the value of Ding kiln wares is the highest from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, and among them, the fine works of white porcelain, and the porcelain with carved and scratched patterns are more valuable.

That is to say, for the same Ding kiln wares, the value of the Northern Song Dynasty is the highest, and the works of engraved and scratched flowers are more valuable than the printed works.

The works of printing technology are already classics, so isn’t the porcelain made by engraving and scratching techniques the classics of classics?
Therefore, on top of the peony-patterned porcelain, it is natural that the porcelain with scratching and engraving techniques is the best.

Ding Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty, in the early days, the flowers were drawn on the porcelain body with bamboo sticks.

The drawn lines are relatively thin, the slope is very small, and the image is naturally bold and unconstrained.

The engraving method appeared later than the drawing method.

The engraving is carved on the fetal bone with a knife, using the "one side slope" knife method.

In this way, the engraved line is wider, the slope is large, and the image is strong and powerful.

Sometimes, scratches and engravings often appear on the same utensil.

The engraved patterns include lotus petals, twining chrysanthemums, banana leaves, and frets in the early days.

Later, decorations such as flowers and fruits, lotus ducks, fish and water, and cloud and dragons appeared.

Moreover, a thin line is often drawn on one side of the pattern to highlight the three-dimensional effect of the image.

At that time, the Ding Kiln and Yaozhou Kiln had products with carved peony patterns, while the Cizhou Kiln had products with white ground and black flowers.

There are not only new patterns, but also a combination of plant patterns and animal patterns or human figure patterns.

Its decoration techniques include not only engraving, but also painting, which makes the flowers look more natural and lively.

At the same time, the composition methods include suitable, symmetrical, balanced and so on.

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