Ming Xuande Blue glaze dark flower plate Collection of Shanghai Museum Arterial shadow© Ming Xuande Blue glaze dark flower plate Collection of Shanghai Museum Arterial shadow©
Things Taoist king's words:
The name of Emperor Xuande is called Lan.
It can be as confident and ostentatious as blue and white , it can be as romantic as sprinkled blue, it can be as grand and calm as blue, and it can be as dazzling as peacock blue.
Do you know what the bluest blue in the world is?
Some people say it is "Klein Blue". Because the color is extremely pure, saturated, it looks very impactful, and looks both ostentatious and mysterious, so people call it: Ideal blue and absolute blue.
and Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty regarded "blue" as a pursuit and invented various blues. If you have seen Xuande porcelain, you will be amazed by those blues, blue and white, peacock blue, sprinkled blue, sprinkled blue, , jilan...
It turns out that Xuande blue is the most extreme blue among Chinese blues.
blue and white porcelain , perhaps the first time that the world has seen the beauty of Chinese porcelain.
The world famous painting "Feast of the Gods" Ming Dynasty blue and white porcelain bowls are filled with the delicacies of the gods, with divinity. Blue and white porcelain, from the distant oriental prosperity, slowly penetrates into the hearts of foreigners. For them, this is the Chinese blue.
"Blue and white are valuable for Yongxuan", the "Xuan" of "Yongxuan" means that Xuande blue and white are one of the leaders of blue and white porcelain. The blue and white flowers at this time were crystal clear and gorgeous, and were praised as "the unsuccessful generation" . Compared with the blue and white porcelain of other dynasties, it is considered the peak.
Because Yongxuan blue and white , especially in "glaze color". During the 4 years of Yongle html, the fleet of Zheng He html
"Feast of the Gods" Giovanni Bellini and Titian
"Feast of the Gods" Giovanni Bellini and Titian
The main color agent for this glaze color is cobalt blue material. The dark blue cobalt oxide is the most stable. Whether it is repeated fire or under any glaze, it is a steady blue color.
Moreover, the porcelain fired by "Su Maliqing" looks like a staggered spot, like the ink dimness of ink paintings. If you caress with your hands, the glaze surface will be a little uneven and three-dimensional.
is like a "bouquet of lotus pattern plate", using white porcelain as paper and blue material as ink, and the stems and leaves of the lotus are gentle and soft, as if flowing with the waves of water. Su Maliqing has its own unique dizzy effect, covering the petals with a layer of water mist. "A bunch of lotus" opened in the porcelain plate like this. This is to remind the ministers to be honest in their officials and be a lotus gentleman.
Ming Xuande A bunch of lotus pattern plate of blue and white blue and white collections in Wuzhong Museum Arterial shadow©
Ming Xuande Jingdezhen kiln blue and white wrapping pattern plate of Guangdong Provincial Museum Arterial shadow©
And such blue and white, used to draw dragons, will make people feel a sense of leaping. It slowly climbed up to the clouds, opened its eyes with its anger, its dragon's claws wide open, and it went up to the sky and into the sea.
Just like Ma Weidu says that there are actually differences in the dragons on porcelain in the Ming Dynasty, while the dragons on porcelain in the "Yongxuan" are the most ferocious. This just showed the momentum of the dynasty at that time.
Ming Xuande Blue and White Sea Water Dragon Pattern Pan British Museum Daweide Foundation Arterial Shadow©
This time it was a prosperous era, so Xuande can enjoy his hobbies while guarding the country. He likes painting and appreciating porcelain, and he loves to play, and even likes to "fight crickets".So he ordered Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory to make many blue and white " Cricket Can ".
Oriole green willow or green bamboo. This innocent emperor must also arrange food, clothing, housing and transportation for the favorite crickets and birds.
Xuande has been in power for only ten years. After his death, his mother ordered all these "expendables" things to be smashed. In 1993, many blue and white fragments were unearthed in Jingdezhen. After being assembled, it was discovered that they were 21 cricket jars.
ming Xuande Blue and White Egret oriole Picture Cricket Can Collection of Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum Arterial Shadow©
ming Xuande Jingdezhen Kiln Blue and White Bird Food Tank Collection of Shanghai Museum Arterial Shadow©
ming Xuande Jingdezhen Kiln Blue and White Bird Food Tank Collection of Shanghai Museum Arterial Shadow©
ming Xuande Jingdezhen Kiln Blue and White Bird Food Tank Collection of Shanghai Museum Arterial Shadow©
ming Xuande Jingdezhen Kiln Blue and White Bird Food Tank Collection of Shanghai Museum Arterial shadow ©
But even more regrettable, Chenghua html began to implement sea ban in 4 years, and the pigment of "Su Maliqing" can no longer be found, and the purest and brightest "blue and white blue" gradually disappeared. "Su Maliqing" disappeared after the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty.
Xuande blue and white can be as fresh and elegant as a lotus, or as fierce and unrestrained as a dragon; it can be used to fill the fruits of gods, or to stay in crickets and pretend to be birds.
Xuandelan, it turns out that it can be very confident and romantic.
ming Xuande Blue and white morning glory pattern beast ear Japanese horn square bottle collection Tianjin Museum Arterial shadow ©
For Southern people, watching snow once is a rare thing. For people in the city, watching the stars is also a luxury. But Emperor Xuande made these two rare beauties turn into a glaze color.
I remember the first time I saw the "Ming Xuande Blue Glaze Bowl", I was attracted by the "Blue Blue". The glaze surface is like drops of blue water, and it is like snowflakes falling on the deep blue sea, so it has another name - "Snowflake Blue".
bowl is not a very beautiful and creative tool, but sprinkled with blue glaze casts a dazzling color on the bowl. Just like scooped a bowl of Milky Way water, the bowl fell into the water again, and the stars were sprinkled outside.
Blue glaze porcelain is beautiful, but only a few pieces are left in the world. It was born because Emperor Xuande was very entertaining.
Emperor Xuande not only raised birds and teased insects, but also liked to throw colored pieces, so he ordered Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory to fire a porcelain for it that specializes in colored pieces, and the glaze color was unprecedented and no one came later.
The best craftsman, the best materials, and the best technology can be fired into a sprinkled blue glaze at that time. On the fired white glaze utensil, dip the bamboo tube into a blue glaze juice and blow it on the surface of the utensil to form spots of uneven thickness and different depths; then add a layer of thin glaze to fire at high temperature.
If the glaze is blown unevenly and has different depths, it is called "Snow Cover Blue". If it is evenly distributed and the stars are dotted, it is the real blue glaze.
ming Xuande Blue Glaze Bowl Collection of Capital Museum Jingxizhai©
ming Xuande Blue Glaze Bowl Collection of Capital Museum Jingxizhai©
The process is very complicated and the success rate is very low. Therefore, after Xuande's death, the blue glaze stopped firing, and the blue glaze process only existed for about ten years in the Ming Dynasty.
I never forget it, there will be a resounding sound. sprinkled blue, just like the thoughts left by Emperor Xuande, and it was not until Kangxi that Emperor actually took over this echo. He did not want the process of sprinkling blue glaze porcelain to be lost, so he asked Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory to redevelop blue glaze porcelain.
The snow in the south, even if winter goes and spring comes, I still want to reminisce; the stars in the sky illuminate the long river of time, shining brightly. The same is true for Xuandelan. From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, even if it is beautiful, it has been silent, but it still transcends time and space.
Qing Kangxi Blue glaze gold-drawn small hammer bottle Collection of the Palace Museum Arterial shadow©
Qing Kangxi Blue glaze gold-drawn small hammer bottle Collection of the Palace Museum Arterial shadow©
Qing Yongzheng Twelve-color chrysanthemum petal plate Sprinkled blue Palace Museum Arterial shadow©
For the royal family, sacrifice to the heaven, earth, sun and moon is a major event. The Temple of Heaven, Earth, Sun and Moon Altars sacrificed by emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties were corresponding to blue, yellow, red and white respectively.
Therefore, when offering sacrifices to heaven, the emperor also needs to wear a blue dragon robe. The tiles of the Temple of Heaven Prayer for Youth are also very similar to the "blue" porcelain. Therefore, Ji Lan, who has a noble status, is also called " sacrifice to the blue ".
For Emperor Xuande, who pursued "blue" as a kind of pursuit, he also wanted to do Jilan to the extreme. The earliest blue glaze was fired at low temperatures, so the color was always bright and not calm enough. High-temperature blue glaze finally appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, and high-temperature glaze was difficult to burn, but Xuande insisted on pursuing it. Because only in a kiln at 1300℃ can such an ideal blue be born.
is the same as the "Klein Blue" in the hearts of modern people. Jilan is extremely pure. Although it has a high saturation, it looks very low-key. Therefore, together with sweet white and sacred, it was later praised as the three famous monochrome glaze products during the Xuande period.
"Ji Lan" means that the weather is clear and the wind is beautiful. The clear blue clear sky, is like the clear sky after the rain, like the tranquility of the deep sea when it is calm.
Ming Xuande Blue glaze dark flower plate Collection of Shanghai Museum Arterial shadow©
Ming Xuande Blue glaze dark flower plate Collection of Shanghai Museum Arterial shadow©
Ming Xuande Jiqing carved flower lotus petal pattern squeegee Collection of Taipei Forbidden City
At first, I always felt that such a playful emperor did not like the deep and steady color of Jilan. It is not like the agility of blue and white, and the romance of blue, but it is calm and contains everything like the sea.
In fact, although he loved to play, his administration was in peace and tranquility during his reign, and even created one of the three great times in the early Ming Dynasty. Perhaps, "Jilan" is his blessing and persistence to the people and the country deep in his heart!
Therefore, Emperor Qianlong, who was in the prosperous era and loved porcelain, couldn't help but admire him when he saw blue glaze , so he wrote "The falling clouds scattered and the shape is left, and the sky is blue."
Qing Qianlong Jilan Glaze Jue Collection of Shenyang Palace Museum Arterial Shadow©
I couldn't help but think of "clouds fade away, rain clears, autumn water grows long in the sky". From the emperors thousands of years ago to today's today, whenever we see Ji Lan, the peace and openness that arise in our hearts are unchanging.
Even if you occasionally experience "the sky is cold at dusk", you hope that one day "the rain clears, the mountains and rivers are clear". Maybe this is a prayer hidden in Xuandelan!
ming Xuande Sacrifice for red glaze plate/Salute for blue glaze dark flowers and two dragons playing with pearl pattern plate Ming Hongzhi Yellow glaze plate Collection of National Museum Arterial shadow©
Turkish writer wrote in " My Name is Red ": What we want to draw most is something that no one knows in the dark, not something that everyone knows in the light.
, The name of Emperor Xuande is Lan. The glaze color on porcelain hides something unknown, which may be his willfulness and innocence, or his entanglement and depression.
It can be as confident and ostentatious as blue and white, or as extremely romantic as sprinkled blue, or as atmospheric and calm as blue, or as dazzling as peacock blue.
blue, even if it has thousands of faces, it is Xuande.
ming Xuande Peacock Green Glaze High-foot Bowl National Museum Arterial Shadow©
