My system is not decent

Chapter 1537 Unique ingenuity, a generation of famous products

In fact, compared to the emperors of the past dynasties, apart from Qin Huang, Han Wu, and the Heping emperors, which one is comparable to Ming Xiaozong?

It's a pity that the four words "Eternal Emperor and One Emperor" ah!

Therefore, please remember this good emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he is the one who is called the eternal emperor among the people.

Of course, Chen Wenzhe is not a historian, nor does he study history professionally. He is just a porcelain worker.

It is definitely not easy to make delicate yellow glazed porcelain.

If you want to imitate qualified Hongzhi Jiaohuang glazed porcelain, you must have some understanding of this kind of porcelain.

Therefore, according to the routine, Chen Wenzhe imitated from the shape of the utensil first.

Yellow-glazed ware belongs to the imperial ware, and its shape is also mainly regular and dignified, and it is rare to see strange shapes.

This is also inseparable from the preferences of Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi liked simplicity and elegance, and he admired and liked the simple and elegant beauty of monochromatic glazed porcelain in the Song Dynasty very much.

Therefore, the porcelain of this period has fine glaze.

Bottle-like utensils, with a shallow mouth and a straight foot, glazed on both the outside and the mouth.

Porcelain with a three-dimensional shape, that is, a cutter, is generally not repaired inside and has no glaze.

For example, in the two types of Yuhuchun and Meiping, some of them will change the octagonal mouth into a lotus mouth, and add auspicious beasts with ears attached to the head.

This is a good meaning for a loyal subject and a harmonious country.

Of course, no matter what type of utensil it is, there must be good fetal soil.

Judging from the surviving Hongzhi yellow-glazed porcelain, its fetal soil is also very special.

If it was the original, Chen Wenzhe would not choose to imitate this kind of porcelain even because of the soil.

In fact, everyone in the industry knows that from the Yuan Dynasty to the Wanli period, the high-quality imperial kiln porcelain used Macang soil as the body.

When it came to Hongzhi, the fetal soil was basically the same as that of the pre-Ming dynasty.

But the washing is more delicate, so the green tire is dense enough, grayish white with yellow, and a little brownish red.

There is no need to say more about Ma Cangtu's troubles.

Chen Wenzhe recently imitated Yuan blue and white, and has some leftover Macang soil.

Otherwise, he must have avoided all classic porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty to the Wanli period.

This is the difficulty of imitating fine porcelain, especially historical terms.

In addition to the shape of the vessel, the soil of the fetus, and the color of the glaze.

People who have seen many Hongzhi yellow-glazed porcelains will feel that they have a strong vitrified impression.

But this is actually because the glaze formula at this time is special, and there are no clear records in the inherited literature.

Therefore, we do not have a very accurate way to judge.

It can only be seen from the sensory and contact surfaces that Hongzhi Yellow Glaze not only has a "chicken oil yellow" glaze that is moist and yellow.

Moreover, when the expansion coefficients of the glaze and the mud are different, bursting will occur.

In some dark engraved patterns, the place where the glaze is darker is brown.

If you look carefully with a magnifying glass, you can often see the scattered glaze cracking away.

Therefore, the engraved pattern has a jagged phenomenon, and the pouring method (glazing method) has a better glaze layer above the convex line pattern, and the color is darker.

As the porcelain used by the royal family, the yellow glaze ware is indeed relatively rare.

How the color is, whether it is outstanding or not, is the key basis for distinguishing Hongzhi yellow glazed porcelain.

If the most important color is done, the last thing left is the signature.

It can be seen from the unearthed Hongzhi utensils that the inscription at the bottom is the standard inscription of "Daming Hongzhi Annual System".

There are blue characters on a white background and ink characters on a yellow background, both of which are arranged in two vertical lines.

Standing vessels are generally white characters on a blue background, and are generally written in double circles.

The bowls and plates are mostly in ink and color, and are written in a beautiful pavilion style, with clear strokes and moderate spacing between words.

Of course, there are some vertical vessels, as well as plates and bowls with small bottoms, all of which have no rings.

Touching a porcelain body in his hand, Chen Wenzhe felt very satisfied.

The tire made of Ma Cang soil is in the shape of a fair Ming Dynasty palace bowl, on which four peonies are carved.

The soil, the shape of the vessel, and the decoration are all there, and then there is the glaze.

For glazing, Chen Wenzhe's skill level has also surpassed the master level, reaching the master level.

The Grand Master doesn't need to think about it, he doesn't even have a clue.

In other words, he still can't touch the craft of glazing, the edge of a grand master.

However, he touched a little corner of the great master in the kiln firing process.

That's enough, with the combination of kiln firing techniques, the possibility of firing failures has been minimized as much as possible for the fine products he has painstakingly produced.

In this way, the cost of firing a piece of porcelain will be greatly reduced.

Not to mention other things, but the money saved from Macang soil and glaze is a lot of money.

This is him, if he doesn't have some family background, this kind of fine imitation of antique porcelain is really not something anyone can make.

For example, Yuan blue and white, when the imitation first started, the country took the lead.

That is to say, with the country's large investment, the foundation for imitation was laid, and it took decades for the next few masters to imitate it.

Otherwise, given the social situation decades ago, where would they have the capital to conduct experiments?
Without firing dozens of batches experimentally, how can the real Yuan blue and white be imitated?
This time it is not Yuan blue and white, but also delicate yellow glaze, but the situation is the same, and the cost is very high.

Squeeze the big bowl in your hand tightly, penetrate into the glaze, press it, and lift it.

Pause briefly to allow the glaze to effectively adhere to the inner and outer walls of the bowl.

When the time is about the same, feel that the thickness of the glaze has reached, and lift it up quickly, so that the glazing is over.

It is very simple to do, but it is difficult to grasp the heat during the period.

"It's time to make some more complicated shapes, so let's make a big flower pot first!"

In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, it would be a pity not to make big pots.

For the delicate yellow glazed porcelain of the Hongzhi period, one should be made first to see the effect, and then it cannot be done later.

Chen Wenzhe still has self-knowledge. Although he can learn experience in his dreams, it is the first time for him to actually do it.

From simple to complex is his way of learning all porcelain, and this time is no exception.

Of course, he will not be able to make the simplest yellow-glazed porcelain this time, so his starting point this time is relatively high.

"Let's make a big Ming Dynasty Xuande yellow ground glaze flower pattern jar!"

"It's a bit too ordinary, let's add blue and white, yellow ground blue and white, this should be regarded as a famous product in the Xuande period."

It is too simple to make a large pot of tires, anyway, there is suitable mud.

To do a good job is to carve and glaze.

Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji is not simple, he is a talented artist,
Very sensitive to color, very imaginative and creative.

In the firing of official kiln porcelain, in addition to the fine texture and exquisite workmanship, he combines tradition and innovation with ingenuity.

This makes Xuande blue-and-white porcelain have the characteristics of ink and wash painting, with different shades.

The fresh and refined vivid natural beauty makes people infinitely reverie, produces visual pleasure, and becomes a famous product of a generation.

(End of this chapter)