Chapter 356 Brother Glaze
Zhou Zhi pointed to the box and said: "I don't think my second brother has this ambition, otherwise he would not give up such a good learning opportunity."
"Now there is an old man It doesn’t matter to you, but in the future...if you have to look at me a few times, you may lose everything.”
Liu Sanye was startled, obviously he had not thought that much before.
There is also a small Guanyin vase in the porcelain from the Jiaqing Dynasty that says "a hundred flowers will not fall to the ground". The so-called "a hundred flowers will not fall to the ground", also known as "ten thousand flowers brocade", "a hundred flowers will not show", is a combination of pastel and gold. The overglaze color expression technique of filling the surface of porcelain with flowers of various colors without exposing the bottom of the porcelain,
This kind of decoration is mostly painted with peonies and other large flower patterns in the center of the porcelain, and is surrounded by various small flowers such as chrysanthemums, camellias, roses, lotus, lilies, morning glories, etc. as foils. The auxiliary patterns are fine and cover the entire picture. The whole porcelain symbolizes the good omen of a hundred flowers blooming.
The shape, size, front and side of the flowers are all unique and extremely dense.
Although it is said that "a hundred flowers never fall to the ground", you can still see black or white fields exposed at the edges, among which black fields are the most precious.
This theme was first created in Yongzheng, flourished in Qianlong, and perfected in Jiaqing.
The "Antique Guide" written by Zhao Ruzhen, a famous connoisseur of the Qing Dynasty, stated: "Jiaqing... there are not many good products, but Wanhua porcelain is commonly known as Baihua. In the end, this time is the best."
Compared with the Qianlong Dynasty, the "Ten Thousand Flowers Brocade" in the Jiaqing Dynasty not only inherited the fine and regular style of the previous dynasty, but also paid special attention to overcoming the complicated stacking of the Qianlong Dynasty, and became sparse and simple again, without losing the grandeur, grace and elegance. At the same time, it also reveals a certain elegance, elegance and elegance, and is one of the few outstanding fine porcelains from the Jiaqing Dynasty.
However, in the eyes of Zhou Zhi, who prefers Song style aesthetics, the art form of "A Hundred Flowers Never Fall to the Ground" is not his cup of tea. After admiring it, he handed it back to Manager Fei without any desire to do anything.
On the contrary, it was a younger brother, the Fish Basket Lord, who aroused Zhou Zhi's interest.
Ge kiln is one of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty. According to historical records, there were two brothers of the Zhang family in Longquan, Zhejiang during the Southern Song Dynasty. They were both engaged in pottery, and each owned a kiln. The kiln owned by the brother was named Ge Kiln, and the kiln owned by the younger brother was also called Longquan Kiln.
Brother-glazed porcelain can be distinguished by color, including moon white, gray-yellow, pink-green, gray-green, putty, and dark and light beige. Its most striking feature is that the glaze is thick and delicate, and its luster is like gelatin;
If you put it under a microscope, you can see that the bubbles contained in the glaze are like beads of foam;
The greasy glaze has cracks of different sizes, dense or sparse, and the cracks are like cracks. The light yellow color of the pattern is like gold wire, and the thin black color is like iron wire. The two are intertwined with each other, so it is called "golden wire and iron wire".
The characteristic of Ge Kiln porcelain is that it is covered with glaze inside and outside, which is evenly smooth, crystal clear and moist. Belonging to the celadon series, the glaze is thick and moist, with large and small patterns on the glaze.
In addition, the Ge kiln body of the Song Dynasty was hard and thin, and the rim of the porcelain was pointed and narrow. The thick glaze could not be retained on the rim of the porcelain. The hanging glaze mostly formed a slightly protruding annular band slightly below the rim. The fetal bone is slightly darker, and the delicate and solid black tire under the glaze can be seen, so it is called "Purple Mouth".
The Ge Kiln of the Song Dynasty was favored by people in later generations. There were many imitators in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and each had its own style. It was called imitation Ge Kiln or Ge Glaze, but its production technology was no longer comparable to that of the Ge Kiln of the Song Dynasty. Comparable.
Emperor Qianlong was especially fond of admiring the Ge kiln of the Song Dynasty, and he was delighted to write a poem praising it: "The round waist of iron feet and the cracks of ice make the husband look gorgeous."
The "purple mouth" became the porcelain of Ge kiln of Song Dynasty. After that, there were many imitations of Song Ge kilns in the past dynasties, but they all failed to achieve this unique skill in firing.
Due to the limitations of the craftsmanship at that time, Ge Kiln porcelain did not have large utensils. The utensils were mainly bottles, stoves, washbasins, bowls and jars.
There is an unsolved case about Ge Kiln.
In the 1960s, the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Unit excavated several kiln sites such as Longquan Kiln and found a lot of celadon with black body patterns, most of which were used in daily life. However, its shape, color, glaze and patterns are all different from those of the Ge Kiln handed down from ancient times. The most significant thing is that these porcelains do not use support nails.
On the contrary, in the Ge Kiln porcelain handed down from ancient times, the textures of the gold and iron wires have different thicknesses that are naturally extended, and there are also important traces of purple holes and nails. Therefore, it can be concluded that the history The highly valuable "Ge Kiln" artifacts were produced in places other than the several kiln sites that have been discovered today.
Where exactly? It is still a mystery to this day and remains to be clarified by cultural relics and archaeologists.
This Fish Basket Zun is also a very small object. It can be half-held with one hand and is very comfortable in the hand. Although it is named "Zun", it is actually more likely to be a scholar's treasure. "Water injection" for water.
In other words, no matter what it was used for in the past, it eventually became a "water mark" on the literati's desk.
The small object is perfectly preserved, with a fine layer of patina on it. The soft light of the ancient porcelain is very obvious, and it can be seen that it has been played with by countless previous owners.
Zhou Zhi believes that this small object is very worthy of this treasure, because the shape of the fish basket, the purple mouth and the mesh-like gold wire really complement each other and are extremely cute.
Zhou Zhi took the watch repair magnifying glass that Manager Fei had used to look at porcelain and placed it on his eyes. He carefully inspected several features and bubbles little by little. He couldn't help but speak before Manager Fei: "Old man, this How much do you plan to spend?”
“Zhou Xiaoyou has also studied calligraphy and painting?” Liu Sanye asked.
"I have practiced calligraphy, but I can only read paintings." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Why would the old man ask this?"
"It can be seen from your hobbies." Liu Sanye smiled and said: "Looking at the objects you like, except for the joking lion-ear bottle at the beginning, the rest are all elegant and not in order of high or low. ”
“Look, bronze paint and silver support A tiger pen holder, a dustpan brick inkstone, a longevity star's tooth tip carved seal, a blue and white lotus leaf pen lick, and this glaze ink, this is a set of study and painting supplies."
"These are all. A gift for my fourth cousin, he is a master of calligraphy and painting." Zhou Zhi. He smiled and rubbed the vial of brother's glaze: "But I didn't plan to give this to him. It's too comfortable to hold." , just give this small bottle to your friend, it’s not worth it anyway. Money's stuff."
"Eh? I think this fish basket bottle is very good. At least I don't see what's wrong with it. All the features are in line with the characteristics of the Song Ge Kiln. I dare to ask the third master. What do you think is the problem? ”
"Actually, little friend, you are right. Judging from the details and characteristics, I also agree with what you said." Sanye said with a smile: "But there is only one small problem. This artifact was the first to be fired. What is it for? For? "
"You said it is a vase, but it is obviously too small; you said it is a water drop, but the shape is wrong; you said it is a water bottle, but the capacity is also insufficient."
"Brother Chuanshi. Most of the kilns are in the style of ritual vessels. This one obviously deviates from the elegant style of ritual vessels and takes the path of elegance. It lacks the solemnity of the court and has more of a sense of seclusion in the mountains. Therefore, I conclude from the style that it is not handed down from ancient times. "It's a very powerful imitation."
Liu Sanye doesn't have any scientific methods and relies solely on his eyesight. It should be said that everything he said is reasonable and there is nothing wrong with it.
(End of this chapter)