My system is not decent

Chapter 1284

The silver burnt blue handicrafts are bright and bright in color, fresh and bright like watercolors, which is very interesting.

There are also some silverware that are gilded, painted with gold, etc., and then decorated with bluish, inlaid and other decorative techniques.

This kind of finished product has rich patterns and colors, full and gorgeous, which is another kind of luxurious atmosphere.

However, from a global perspective, filigree enamel products reached their peak in the Eastern Roman Empire in the 10th to 12th centuries!
In terms of time, it was much earlier than the Qing Dynasty, which reached its heyday. Therefore, the cloisonné craft is not our local art, but was brought into my country by craftsmen in the Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, there is still a kind of enamel handicraft that exists in our country, but it is a real foreign craft - Chakta.

The enamel handicraft of this craft is very similar to cloisonné in appearance and is often confused by people.

The best way to identify is to look at the style.

There is not much difference in the production process of the two, but there is a big difference in the artistic style.

Kyakhta craftsmanship has a strong Slavic style, and its shape also retains quite a few styles from the ancient Ross period.

And when Chinese manufacturers mastered the Qiaktu craft, they also tried to apply it to traditional Chinese utensils.

Although the craftsmanship is the same, the overall artistic style is completely different from that of cloisonne.

The exotic style of Chakta is really different from our Chinese style.

Therefore, this kind of enamel technology, in our country alone, has been given two names - Cha (Ka) Ketu and Faberge.

After checking Chinese and foreign literature, there are only a few materials.

Even when it is occasionally mentioned, it is often vague.

What is so special about this "niche" craft?

This requires starting from the above two strange names to decipher its secrets.

If you are looking for real objects, then the more famous treasures seem to come from the Russian royal family.

As far as Chen Wenzhe knows, there are two most famous treasures, one is the famous Russian royal egg, and the other is the tribute cup.

Peter the Great Easter eggs in gold, platinum and silver plating.

Set with diamonds, rubies, painted enamel, and mammoth ivory painted in watercolor.

Portraits of Peter the Great and Nicholas II can be seen around the eggshell, and miniature sculptures of Peter the Great on horseback are hidden inside the eggshell.

As for the praise cup, it is even more gorgeous. Its material is silver-gilt, enamel, and garnet.

Cloisonné enamel trifecta in Old Russian style.

The three paintings on the body of the cup depict a Kievan Rus nobleman with a beard, wearing a blue tunic and holding a cup in his hand;

A noblewoman holding a tray with a bottle and a cup;
There is also a musician playing an instrument, on which the enamel process can be clearly seen.

However, this is an authentic Chakta, or Faberge work.

Of course, this is also a good thing. This is the integration of foreign cultures into our country.

It is a pity that Chinese culture has been integrated into foreign countries. For example, the Huaxia Pavilion of the Palace of Fontainebleau in France contains more than 1000 cultural relics, a considerable part of which comes from the Old Summer Palace.

Among them, a cloisonné enamel chandelier located in the display C of the Huaxia Pavilion can be regarded as a classic of overseas Chinese cultural relics.

This also makes us feel sad for such exquisite cultural relics scattered overseas.

Therefore, whether it is overseas or in China, cloisonné enamel is very cherished.

In 2014, the British Museum held a large-scale special exhibition "Ming Dynasty: Fifty Years of Changing China", which can be regarded as one of the highest-level exhibitions of Yongxuan cultural relics in the world in recent years.

Among countless treasures, the British Museum still chooses a piece of Xuande cloisonné enamel as the cover of the exhibition album.

Needless to say, it must be a Ming Xuande cloisonné enamel jar with a cloud and dragon pattern.

Chen Wenzhe has seen how exquisite this one is and how difficult it is to make. After all, he also has utensils with the same opinion.

In today's auction market, cloisonné enamelware is often the guest of honor in major auction houses, and the high transaction prices are eye-catching.

Almost as soon as it appears at the auction, it will cause countless placards, and the price will be refreshed repeatedly.

After combing through the enamelware he made before, Chen Wenzhe found that he did not make Yongzheng enamelware.

This is not possible, he must find an imitation.

Therefore, Chen Wenzhe directly selected the cloisonné enamel double-crane incense burner made by Emperor Yongzheng of Qing Dynasty in the 2010 autumn auction of Christie's, and imitated it.

This piece is definitely a rare masterpiece. After all, it set a record for the highest auction turnover of this type of lot with HK$1.2946 million.

Since this treasure can be sold for a price of [-] million, it is naturally made with ingenuity.

It is naturally not easy to imitate such a treasure.

Of course, in the final analysis, it is also made of red copper, and various patterns are glued on the copper tire with copper wire, and then colors are filled in various forms of small grids made of copper wire.

After smelting, welding, polishing and other processes, it is finally fired in a kiln to become a brightly colored handicraft.

After imitating this one, Chen Wenzhe planned to finish it.

Next, we need to adjust the process a little bit, and start to imitate some cloisonne from the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the cloisonne of the Qing Dynasty, although the cloisonne of the Ming Dynasty is also very good, it is still a little bit worse.

The Yuan Dynasty introduced the filigree enamel technique, and in the Ming Dynasty, especially the cloisonne glaze, a series of changes also took place on the basis of the Yuan Dynasty.

If you want to make Ming Dynasty cloisonne well, you need to understand the differences between the materials and techniques of Ming Dynasty and those of Qing Dynasty.

If you don’t understand it, then it’s the same as what you did in the Qing Dynasty, and you’ll be ashamed of yourself.

The main raw material of cloisonne in the Ming Dynasty was enamel, and its colors were blue, red, yellow, green, black and white.

When in use, use an imported oil agent to make a paste and fill it.

After being fired, the glaze surface is thick and the color is crystal clear.

Most of the cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty did not use enamel, but colored glaze, and the glaze lacked brightness.

During the Qianlong period, the most common colors of cloisonné were yellow and white. White was Chequ Shibai, yellow was a dry yellow, and later yellow turned green or red.

Appreciating cloisonné, you can get a unique spiritual enjoyment, it has metallic light, which is different from porcelain and lacquerware.

Porcelain has pottery body and enamel, and the best is blue and white porcelain, which is bright, delicate and smooth;
And cloisonne combines the ductility of copper and the characteristics of glaze closely, some of which are solemn and generous, while others are slender, complex and high-end.

As the saying goes: if you look at the shape from a distance and look at the flowers up close, the patterns also have different styles. Flowers and patterns can be used to express various artistic shapes rigorously and delicately.

The glazing can also be colored according to the requirements of the shape and pattern.

Cloisonné art includes plastic art, decorative art, environmental art, space art and other art forms.

Therefore, the appreciation method is different from other handicrafts, and it has the characteristics of resplendent and magnificent, which feels particularly precious.

(End of this chapter)