"The sky is blue and waiting for mist and rain, and I am waiting for you." This song "Blue and White Porcelain" by Jay Chou once sung on the streets and alleys of our country.
But few people know that the lyrics of the line "The sky is blue and blue waiting for mist and rain" are not originally sung by the blue and white porcelain in the song title, but by the Central Plains Ru porcelain , which is more than 800 kilometers away from it.
Thinking of the sky that is about to come outside the window next to the summer evening, I will immediately think of "blue and white porcelain" after looking at it. The sky blue color is indeed true.
One year, when I went on a trip in winter, there were ice ridges hanging on the eaves of the small wooden roof on the mountain. The sky was clear, and the ice ridges were broken and placed in my hand to reflect the bright light. I couldn't help but sigh: It's like crystal . A friend answered: That's why crystal is called "crystal". Human civilization is really easy to expand itself to put the cart before the horse. I think that the initial term "sky blue" was born because of first appreciation of the beauty of natural nature, and then the artifacts of craftsmen.
Ru porcelain is a device that mobilizes natural essence and spirituality.
Smoky rain in the south of the Yangtze River (image from the Internet)
has a rich and thick waist, not as much as Ru porcelain
Ru porcelain is because of its bright color as blue as the sky, its texture of "like jade but not jade", its mysterious firing skills of "nine out of ten kilns" and its deep civilizational inner world, have become the veritable highest example of my country's artistic ceramics, ranking first among the five famous kilns "Ru, Jun, Guan, Ge, and Ding". What is amazing is that due to the mysterious war in the Song and Jin Dynasties, the kiln was empty and cold for only more than 20 years, and its skills were lost. Now there are less than a hundred pieces of them, each of which is priceless.
In April 2012, at Sotheby's auction house in Hong Kong, a mysterious telephone bidder amazes everyone present. The phone bidder bought a piece of Northern Song Ru kiln sky green glaze sunflower wash for a high price of HK$207.86 million. The auction passed 34 bids in just 15 minutes, and the transaction price also set a new record for the international auction of Song Porcelain.
This piece of "Northern Song Dynasty Ru Kiln Sky Green Glaze Sunflower Washing " with a 900-year history was a collection of Mrs. Clark, a well-known British ancient ceramic collector. It was collected by Longquantang, the Longquantang, Tokyo before 1976, and then transferred to the hands of Japanese private collectors.
So, what is the color of Ru kiln sky green glaze? Why is it so precious? This starts with a dream of Emperor Huizong of Song.
Northern Song Dynasty Ru Kiln Sky Blue Glaze Sunflower Wash
Sky Blue Soft Misty Rain
Legend has it that Song Huizong once dreamed of the sky blue color in the place where the clouds broke. After waking up, he sighed very much. If he wanted to reappear his appearance, he ordered people to fire porcelain of the same color.
" Qingbo Magazine " by Zhou Hui of the Southern Song Dynasty said: "It is forbidden to burn in Ru kiln palace, and there is agate powder inside it as glaze." Ru kiln products have delicate soil, firm body, and moist glaze color. The glaze contains agate powder, which produces a special color. The colors include egg white, sky blue, pink green, bean green , shrimp green, shrimp green usually has a slightly yellow color, as well as emerald green and sky blue. The sky is especially precious, and the blue sky is the best. The sky is very precious, and it is praised as "the place where the clouds break after the rain."
The glaze color of Ru porcelain is as light as the blue sky, which is called "the sky blue"; the deep one is like rain passing through the sky and sunny place is called "the sky blue"; the light white one is like the moon shining, which is called "the moon white". Observing from different lighting and different angles, the color will change differently. Under the bright light, the color is yellow in the blue, just like the clouds and mist dissipated after the first clearance after the rain; and in the dim light, the color is blue in the blue, just like the clear lake water.
The rain passed by the sky and the clouds broke. Such colors are the future
According to legend, ancient craftsmen used to refer to the color accurately. Each time they burn the kiln, they can only wait for heavy rain to fall. After the rain, they will compare the fired Ru porcelain with the sky. If the colors are different, they will break and wait for the next day to clear after the rain. This seemingly fresh thing was only 20 years in the Song Dynasty. It is extremely difficult to imitate in ancient times or modern times. The value can be imagined.
The open piece of Ru porcelain is like a tiny, and its texture is like gold. Due to the separation of Ru kiln glaze (agent crystals), the surface of the instrument shows fine and beautiful fish scales, and the pearl-like crystals are scattered around the bubbles, which are as rare as morning stars, which is very unique.Agate is used in the glaze, which is elegant and quiet, with a soft luster and a rich sense of water.
Ru porcelain minimalist
The Song Dynasty admires literature and loves the style of introverted porcelain. The five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty are all famous for their monochrome and exquisite qualities. Song Huizong was worthy of being the founder of minimalism. In the Song Dynasty, he emphasized literature over military affairs, and literati aesthetics occupied the mainstream. The literati painting initiated by Su Shi Miti also began at this moment. The "yi" style has become the highest norm for literature and visual arts since the Northern Song Dynasty. Among Huizong's preferences, Ru porcelain is the best.
Blue and white porcelain has no sense of distance from people, a fresh expression and a loud tone. And Ru porcelain is in front of me, and I still feel far away. Where does it come from? It may be a place where people are rarely visited and cannot fly. With a look on the icon, they entered their view of color and emptiness.
"Sky Blue Waiting for Misty Rain" made many Jaylen fans fall in love with blue and white porcelain. Originally, "Sky Blue" porcelain has always been exclusive to the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty (Jun Ge Dingru Guan) led by Jun Kiln.
Tang Sancai , Yuan blue and white porcelain, and Ming enamel are like talented people for a while, and Ru porcelain is the only one that has won the favor of literati.
If you use porcelain to describe a woman, I feel that pastel porcelain is like a beautiful and ostentatious woman, with gorgeous clothes, and trying to show 100% charm; while Ru porcelain is like a gentle and restrained woman, with an extremely beautiful and indifferent appearance. I don’t care whether everyone keeps their vision on her, but those who know how to appreciate her know her beauty.
