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Chapter 1248 The Peak of Blue and White Porcelain

The artistic achievements of ceramics in the Qing Dynasty have attracted the attention of the world, and their influence on modern design has been far-reaching and huge.

From the connection between the past and the future during the Shunzhi period, to the flourishing of Kangxi, Yongqian and Qianlong periods.

Although in the end due to the turbulent situation and other reasons, it inevitably went into decline.

However, it still left a strong mark in the history of arts and crafts in our country.

Its works handed down from generation to generation reflect the aesthetics, world outlook, and morality of the time.

Its aesthetic value is very high, not only a precious cultural relic, but also a precious work of art.

Of course, it is also the embodiment of the creativity, imagination and aesthetic ability of the traditional working people.

At that time, Kangxi's blue and white, five-color, three-color, Langyao red, cowpea red, enamel and other decorative varieties had unique styles;

Yongzheng's famille roses, bucket colors, blue and white and high and low temperature color glazes are soft, simple and elegant.

Qianlong's porcelain-making technology is exquisite and exquisite, and it is unprecedented.

Blue and white exquisite porcelain, Xiangsheng porcelain carving, antique copper, bamboo wood, lacquerware and other special craft porcelain are lifelike and exquisite.

It is worth mentioning that enamel color and pastel color during the Kangxi period were major inventions of the working people during this period.

Enamel color is a decorative technique imported from abroad. In the early stage, enamel color is painted with ground color on the unglazed part of the carcass, and then flowers are painted. It is a feature that there are flowers but no birds.

Pastel is a new variety based on Kangxi five colors and influenced by enamel colors.

When depicting character clothing or plant flowers, first use arsenic-containing "glass white" as a base, and then use rue oil for rendering on top.

Its effect is more elegant and soft, visually softer than colorful, so it is also called "soft color".

The style of porcelain paintings in the later period of Kangxi was mostly influenced by the famous painters of the time "Four Kings". The decorations were mostly landscapes and pine stones, figures in ancient costumes, gods and arhats, ladies and beautiful women and so on.

Of course, during the Kangxi period, imitating the famous porcelain of the previous generation was also a production feature of this period.

For example, in terms of shape, it imitates ancient bronze wares, and in terms of style and characteristics, it imitates the glaze color decorations of famous kilns, etc.

This imitation depends largely on the appearance of glazes of various colors.

For example, snakeskin green, eel yellow, Jicui, watered yellow and so on produced by "Zang Kiln".

In the forty-fourth year of Kangxi, Langting served as the governor and also took charge of kiln affairs, known as "Lang Kiln" in history.

During his tenure, he vigorously promoted the innovation of porcelain.

Cowpea red, Langyao red, carmine red, sacrificial red, sa blue, melon rind green, peacock blue, bean green, gold and silver glaze and other varieties appeared one after another, competing for splendor.

In the Qianlong period, Qianlong porcelain retained the essence of ancient times while absorbing Western art.

Most of the exterior shapes are relatively regular, except for common utensils, there are some weird and weird objects.

It is mainly used for entertainment, and it is said that "it is not as thick as Kangxi, and as beautiful as Yongzheng".

At this time, it is popular on the cutter, using techniques such as turning the heart and turning the neck, and the production process is extremely delicate.

Elephant raw porcelain is highly skilled, imitating wood grain, imitating bamboo, imitating lacquer ware, imitating metal ware, etc., which are almost fake.

This is inseparable from the superb technology of the porcelain makers at that time. They highly accurately mastered the preparation of glaze and the control of fire, and even imitated the effects of other materials vividly.

In the Qianlong period, famille rose completely replaced the five colors, but the quality of the products was not as good as that of the previous generation.

On the famille rose vessels, the decoration methods of hollowing out and stacking are emphasized, supplemented by "rolling process", consecration, carving and so on.

Chen Wenzhe is very clear about how good these crafts are and what kind of effects they can achieve.

For example, the famous "Gu Yuexuan" rare porcelain, which is a kind of precious porcelain with the signature "Gu Yuexuan", is named after Gu Yuexuan in Qianlong Palace.

The production process is also not simple. This kind of porcelain is made by selecting well-made plain tires from Jingzhen and bringing them to Beijing.

It can be said that these three dynasties are already the essence of Qing Dynasty porcelain.

There are quite a lot of glaze colors involved, and the high-quality ones include snakeskin green, eel yellow, Jicui, and poured yellow, which are the high-quality products of the Kangxi period.

Of course, Kangxi's emerald blue and sapphire blue are even more special, after all they are even rarer.

There are also main colors in the Kangxi period, such as red, yellow, green, purple, blue, black and other glaze colors, which are worth mentioning.

It is particularly important that blue and white flowers were rarely used during this period, so Kangxi blue and white flowers were even rarer.

Use less, not without, and not without.

After that, it was the Yongzheng period, and more glaze colors were used in this period.

Yongzheng and thin-bodied porcelain are classics, followed by "color glazes" such as "pink", "doucai", and "blue and white".

The representative of the color glaze is the twelve-color single-glazed chrysanthemum plate.

In addition, there are more glaze colors such as cowpea red, langyao red, carmine, sacrificial red, sprinkled blue, melon skin green, peacock blue, bean green, gold and silver glaze, etc., all achieved brilliant achievements in this period. .

The last is Qianlong, among which famille rose is the pinnacle, and then there is the revolving bottle.

In addition, he inherited the artistic achievements of the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, so during this period, he was able to do anything with all kinds of artistic achievements.

If you want to really imitate various famous porcelains of the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the entire Qing Dynasty, even the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, it is enough for Chen Wenzhe to imitate.

There were really too many types of porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, so Chen Wenzhe planned to choose the high-quality porcelain among them, and just make a few pieces of each kind.

Thinking about it this way, in fact, there is no need to do too much. First of all, we must make emerald blue and sapphire blue porcelain, which are classics in blue!
Let’s talk about emerald blue first, this is really not ordinary porcelain, because Kangxi emerald blue is known as the pinnacle of blue and white porcelain.

Blue and white porcelain can be said to be a kind of porcelain with the most Chinese characteristics, and it matured in the Yuan Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty was a prosperous period for blue and white porcelain, but the real peak was in the Qing Dynasty, to be exact, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

The reason why it is said that the blue-and-white porcelain in the Kangxi period was the pinnacle of all dynasties is because a blue-and-white porcelain named Cuimaolan appeared during this period.

Emerald blue is made of the pearl material of domestic Nanyun. Among the whole domestic green materials, the pearl material belongs to the top grade.

However, if you want to fire emerald blue, even pearly materials need to be carefully selected.

It is also processed by advanced calcination method, so that it is possible to burn emerald hair color, that is, emerald hair blue.

According to the description of an old artist in Jingzhen, the emerald blue is a gift from the "God of the Kiln", and whether it can be burnt is entirely a matter of luck.

Modern society has also made a summary of the firing of emerald blue.

It is believed that the emerald blue is the result of "burning" when the kiln temperature is relatively high.

But this statement is more biased towards the theoretical level.

People fired many times according to the same temperature, and could not get the desired effect.

Even in modern society, there are still unknown factors in the firing of emerald blue. People still need to continue to work hard in the exploration of porcelain.

Emerald blue and white porcelain is difficult to fire, so there are not many left in the world.

This is why this kind of blue and white porcelain is so popular.

Of course, in addition to the quantity problem, emerald blue is also very attractive in color.

(End of this chapter)