Xuande Official Kiln Blue and White porcelain production level can reach its peak. The reason was that during the Xuande period, the country's power began to rise, and the world was prosperous, which promoted the prosperity of the porcelain industry. In addition, Xuande Emperor himself likes art and has a profound attainment in painting. Under his personal advocacy, the strong artistic atmosphere provided the foundation for the creation of Huahua.
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Xuande has been in power for only 10 years, but the varieties and quantity of blue and white porcelain in the official kiln are the highest in the Ming Dynasty. Xuande official kiln flower has always been a sample of imitation of the Ming and Qing palaces. The fetus is white. The glaze color is a few white, most of which contain green in white, the citrus glaze is water-green, the glaze layer is thick, with dense bubbles, and orange peel patterns are seen on the glaze surface.
Ming Xuande Blue and White Branch Small Can
Most of the bottom of the instrument is glazed, and the sand base is flint red or light red slurry, all of which are polished without rotary cutting. There are obvious rotary cutting marks in the imitators in the early Qing Dynasty.
There are two types of green materials imported and domestic. The summary of the use of imported green materials when they started Yongle is already mastered. The green color is stable, and the green is bright and beautiful. The black color in different lines with different depths has a deep and strange sense of nobility. The color is blue and contains green. The color of domestic blue materials is slightly lighter but pure and elegant. Some utensils use two materials to paint patterns. For example, the sea water dragon pattern high foot bowl , use bright imported materials to draw dragons and elegant domestic materials to draw sea water, which plays a mutual support.
Use a small pen to draw, and large pieces of green are connected to the pen, and there are smooth and smooth stroke marks. Patterns and flowers, animals, figures, eight treasures, dragons and phoenixes, etc. are all included, especially tangle lotus and treasure flower . The decorative patterns are programmed, and the configuration of the instrument shape and patterns are relatively fixed. For example, the large plate of diamond mouth uses lotus, the large plate of light curved plate uses lotus and peonies, and the large plate of plate uses lotus, grapes, melons, fruits and chrysanthemums along the plate.
Ming Xuande Blue and white flower pattern plate
Dragon pattern is widely used, and the painting method of slender neck in the Yuan Dynasty is no longer seen. The claws and toes of the dragon claws are connected in front and back to form a circle. The lotus dragon, the flying winged dragon and the flower-carrying dragon appeared for the first time.
Characteristic drawing methods include: back patterns connected by strokes; the stems in the burnt leaves are hooked with thicker double lines, and the leaves are not pointed together to form a triangle shape; the border of the lotus petals is not filled with color, and the lotus is full of color; the dragon pattern opens its mouth and sticks its tongue, and the forehead is protruding; the ladies' patterns match the courtyard scenery, etc.
Yongle and Xuande Guanmi blue and white porcelain are in line with each other, and the craftsmanship is similar, and sometimes it is difficult to make a practical distinction. Generally speaking, the one with fine shape and fatter glaze is Yongle products.
Article source: Times Collection | ID: sdsc2004
