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Chapter 1809 Hollowed out, ingeniously crafted

Looking at the ancient mirrors one by one, one really has to study them seriously, maybe there is an extremely exquisite craftsmanship on each mirror.

For example, the hollow compound mirror made by hollow technique, the transparent square mirror with four dragon pattern and the mirror with four bird pattern, these are the high-quality bronze mirrors of the Warring States Period.

Chen Wenzhe had already learned the hollowing out technique when he was making jade wares.

In addition, the hollowing process is also used in the production process of porcelain.

It's just that he really hasn't systematically studied this kind of craft.

Now that he met it this time, he didn't mind studying it systematically.

The main reason is that there are too many places where this technique can be used.

Take a closer look, you can use the hollowing process on bronzes, jewelry, porcelain and jade, so what else can’t be used?

Seriously speaking, hollowing out is actually a kind of carving technique.

The outside looks like a complete pattern, but the inside is empty or inlaid with small hollow objects.

In contemporary times, the term hollowed out is being used more widely.

The fashion industry uses this to express knitting or cutting techniques, and hollow fashion is synonymous with transparency and sexiness.

Many international famous brands have their own classic hollow styles, which are very popular among fashion people.

Hollow clothing is a common form of expression in the modern fashion industry, mainly for women's hollow shirts.

The raw material of hollow clothing is mostly chiffon, which has obvious hollow properties, and the clothes are light and thin, suitable for summer wear.

Of course, Chen Wenzhe definitely wouldn't care about this application.

The inheritance he hopes to obtain must be related to ceramics, jade, bronze ware, and even wood carving, jewelry and other skills.

Let me talk about ceramics first, one of the traditional decorative techniques of hollowed out ceramics.

Refers to the openwork pattern on the pottery body.

Late Neolithic pottery dating back 5000 years ago was decorated with openwork holes.

The thin-bodied black pottery handle cups unearthed at Dawenkou, Qilu, have various hollow patterns on the handle.

All kinds of ceramic aromatherapy from the Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties have openwork decorations;

After the Song Dynasty, the hollow decoration began to develop day by day;
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, works such as hollowed-out rotating heart, neck-turned and hollowed-out bottle sleeves were fired, making this kind of craftsmanship reach its peak.

Therefore, the hollowing process of porcelain originated very early, and it has developed very well, which can be said to run through ancient and modern times.

The hollowing process can find its shadow on the Neolithic pottery.

Later, hollow carving was used on bronze wares. Later, with the appearance of celadon, this hollowing technique was widely used in porcelain decoration, which is one of the decorative techniques of porcelain.

The hollowing process of porcelain is also a manifestation of the continuous progress of porcelain technology. After the development of successive dynasties, it has changed from simple to complex, from single lines to complex and exquisite decorations.

The hollowing process of porcelain is also called "openwork" or "openwork".

It is to hollow out the patterns on the porcelain carcass and carve out the decorative patterns to form a transparent pattern inside and outside.This skill reached its peak in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The hollowing out process has its own characteristics of the times in each dynasty.

After thousands of years of development, with the improvement of the skills of ancient ceramic craftsmen and the improvement of people's aesthetics, the hollow patterns on porcelain have also changed from simple geometric patterns to exquisite and complicated decorative patterns.

For example, on porcelain before the Song Dynasty, the hollow decoration was mainly practical, supplemented by decoration.

Porcelain before the Song Dynasty had relatively simple hollowed-out decorations, either lines or simple geometric patterns.

For example, square, triangle, rectangle, drop-shaped, circular hollow patterns are the main ones.

This is to use tools to carve simple decorative patterns on porcelain.

For example, the Celadon-glazed hollowed-out double-line jars of the Western Jin Dynasty are 17.7cm in height, 12.3cm in diameter, and 14cm in foot diameter.

Shi celadon glaze, the upper part of the belly of the celadon glazed porcelain jar is covered with perforated square decorative figures.

In addition to decorative techniques such as hollowing out, the shoulders and rims of pots, jars, statues, and washing utensils in the Western Jin Dynasty are often decorated with fine geometric patterns.

The porcelain hollow smoked cage of the Tang Dynasty is also a model of hollow craft.

From the shoulder to the upper abdomen, there are four groups of square hollow holes, each group is composed of four long strip hollows, and the shoulders, abdomen and near the bottom have string patterns for a week.
The white-glazed hollow smoker of the Song Dynasty also has the same characteristics.

The white-glazed hollow smoker has a height of 11.7 cm and a diameter of 6.1 cm.

The furnace cover adopts flame-shaped hollow patterns carved by hollowing process, as well as simple patterns such as triangles.

This makes the entire furnace an oval shape, with a thin white body, and the white glaze is shining blue and bright.

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the hollowing out process of porcelain was mainly used in porcelain fumigation stoves.

In addition to the decorative function, these hollow decorations are mostly used as air holes for the incense burner to emit fragrance, and more practical.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the hollow decorations on porcelain began to change from simple to complex.

From the Yuan Dynasty, the hollow decorations on porcelain began to become more complicated, separated from practical functions, and began to change from simple to complex.

During this period, hollowed-out decorations changed from simple geometric patterns to various auspicious decorations or flower decorations.

The Yuan Dynasty Longquan kiln blue-glazed hollow vase is 19 cm high, 3.8 cm in diameter and 6 cm in bottom diameter.

The body of the porcelain bottle is hollowed out as the main decoration technique, and the shoulders are carved with a circle of branches and leaves.

The upper abdomen is carved with two chrysanthemum patterns and two lotus patterns.

Symmetrical to each other.A circle of convex leaf patterns is engraved on the lower abdomen.

On Ming and Qing porcelains, the hollow decorations began to be more beautiful than complex.

The hollowed-out decoration and craftsmanship of Ming Dynasty porcelain have become more complicated, changing from the sparse, elegant and tranquil decoration style of the previous dynasty.

After the Wanli Dynasty, the decoration on porcelain changed to a rich and warm style.

The decorative patterns decorated by hollowing out are dense and messy, covering the body of the vessel.

The decorations in this period were more than gorgeous and vulgar, but not elegant and beautiful.

Of course, there are also boutiques among them, which are not only gorgeous, but also very beautiful.

One of the classic representatives is a five-color hollowed-out cloud and phoenix vase.

The bottle is 49.5 cm high, 15 cm in diameter and 17.2 cm in foot diameter.

The whole body of the porcelain is outlined in brown or reddish brown, decorated with underglaze blue and white and red, yellow, green, eggplant purple, and malachite green. The whole vessel is painted with eight layers of decorations.

Nine phoenixes are carved on the belly of the vase flying among the auspicious clouds, forming the theme pattern of the utensil.

The mouth of the bottle is hollowed out with Ruyi cloud head patterns, the neck ring is painted with colorful banana leaf patterns, and several flying butterflies are carved.

From the mouth to the bottom of the whole utensil, there are layers of patterns densely covered without any gaps, which can be called the most gorgeous.

This hollowed-out cloud and phoenix vase not only successfully uses colorful decorations, but also uses skilled carving techniques to give people a sense of ingenuity.

Such a combination of dense hollowing out and colorful decoration reflects the superb skills of the porcelain craftsmen at that time.

By the Qing Dynasty, porcelain firing and decoration techniques had reached the point of perfection.

In addition to the complicated hollowed-out decorative patterns, the craft has also increased the difficulty, and there have been hollow-out swivel bottles and set bottles.

(End of this chapter)