Kangxi Blue Glazed Porcelain
The Kangxi blue glazed porcelain was a treasure of the Jingdezhen official kiln porcelain during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the porcelain making skills were superb, and the blue glazed porcelain also showed many characteristics. In terms of the glaze color of the blue glazed porcelain,"blue" was the name of the porcelain glaze color, also known as "blue glaze","sacrificial blue glaze" and "green glaze". It was a kind of high-temperature lime soda glaze. After the green glaze was applied, it was fired at a high temperature of 1280 - 1300 ° C. The color was deep, the glaze did not flow or crack, the color tone was even, and the color was relatively stable. The glaze color was blue like the deep sea, and the glaze was even. Later generations called it "Jiqing", and because its color was stable and bright like gems, it was pushed as one of the three "top" of Xuande color glazed porcelain. The blue-glazed porcelain of the Kangxi period continued to be made on the basis of inheriting the tradition of the Yuan Dynasty. However, due to the difference in the tungsten material, the blue glaze was no longer as beautiful as the Su material and the Huiqing material in the early and middle Ming Dynasty. In terms of shape and use, blue glazed porcelain was commonly seen in official kiln color glaze, blue and white, underglazed red porcelain and colored porcelain, most of which were written in two lines of six-character regular script. The main models were sacrificial vessels and furnishings, such as the blue glazed long-necked vase, which was featured by the long neck ratio, straight mouth and thin neck, bulging belly and circle foot; there were also blue glazed porcelain bowls from Jingdezhen kiln in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, round lips, open mouth, deep arc belly and slightly high circle foot. The artistic value and collection value of Kangxi blue glazed porcelain were very high. During this period, porcelain production skills reached an unprecedented height. Its shape, decorative patterns, glaze color, etc. showed superb skills and contained rich historical and cultural implications. Whether it was at that time or now, it was highly valued. It was a popular collection in the collection world. As people paid more attention to traditional culture, its collection value became more prominent. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The characteristics of blue glazed porcelain
The blue glazed porcelain had the following characteristics: 1. ** Color and Color Appearance ** - Cobalt dioxide was used as the main coloring agent. The color tone was uniform and stable. Similar to bright red glaze, the glaze did not flow or crack. During the high-temperature firing, due to the melting of the glaze layer, the mouth of the object became thinner along the glaze layer, revealing the white fetus bone, commonly known as the "lamp grass mouth". The glaze layer at the bottom flowed down and piled up, showing a bluish purple brown color. Blue was the typical color of glazed porcelain, which was the result of the interaction between the glaze and copper dioxide during the firing process. 2. ** Glazing ** - Generally, the circle foot is glazed to the end, and the circle foot is not exposed at eye level. 3. ** Styling ** - Bowls and plates were more common, but bottles and pots were rare. 4. ** In terms of decoration ** - Many of the blue glazes had light carvings, mainly dragon and phoenix, cloud dragon, and flowers, but they were not three-dimensional. 5. ** Quality and Appearance ** - It was hard, had a high density and strength, and had a certain degree of clarity. The porcelain body under the glaze could be seen. The surface was smooth and transparent, making it look even brighter. 6. ** In terms of firing ** - After the green body was glazed, it was put into the kiln and fired at a high temperature of 1280 ° C- 1300 ° C (some blue glazed porcelain needed to be fired more than twice). Green glaze was created in the Yuan Dynasty and has been burned until modern times. 7. ** Different dynasty characteristics ** - ** Early and Middle Ming Dynasty **: Mainly used for official sacrificial vessels and furnishings, belonging to a small number of high-grade glaze. - ** Qing Yongzheng period **: The fetus is fine, white and dense (the best fetus in the Qing Dynasty, but some have small brown eyes), the fetus is thin and light, the glaze is fat, the color is quiet and bright, the glaze color is even and moist like sapphire, and there are orange peel lines on the glaze (need to observe carefully). The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
blue glazed porcelain bottle
The blue glazed porcelain bottle was a kind of porcelain that was made of tungsten dioxide as the main coloring agent. It was a high-temperature devitalized glaze. After the green body was glazed, it was fired at a high temperature of 1280 - 1300 ° C in the kiln. Its color characteristics were similar to that of bright red glaze. The glaze surface did not flow or crack, the color tone was uniform, and the color was stable. Under the high temperature, the glaze layer melted and flowed down, causing the mouth of the object to become thinner along the glaze layer, revealing the white fetus bone, commonly known as the " lamp grass mouth ". The glaze layer at the bottom flowed down and piled up, showing a blue-purple brown color. Blue glazed porcelain bottles had different characteristics in different dynasties. During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, most of the blue glazed porcelain was single-colored glaze, and a small number of them were carved with dark flowers. There were also blue glazed white flowers, mostly with broken branches and fish algae patterns. There were two kinds of official kiln style: blue and white and dark style, both of which were double-line six-character regular script styles of "Ming Xuande Year System". All four-character styles were later imitations. The characteristics of Xuande Ji blue glazed porcelain bottles include the co-existence of blue glaze inside and outside, white glaze inside and blue glaze outside; There are few bowls and plates that are neat along the edge of the lamp grass, and most of the lines are bent irregularly; The glaze is applied to the bottom of the circle foot, and the circle foot is not visible when looking at it; The shallow engraved patterns are mostly dragon patterns, and the dragon patterns of white flowers are rare. Moreover, the white flowers are made by stacking molding method, which are protruding three-dimensional patterns, but when looking at them, they seem to have no three-dimensional feeling; Shaped bowls and plates are common, but bottles and pots are rare among handed down products. Ming Jiajing's blue glaze plum bottle has a small mouth, a short neck, abundant shoulders, gradually widening below the shoulders to the abdomen, and a circle foot. The whole body is covered with high-temperature blue glaze, and the bottom part is purple-black due to the thick glaze accumulation. There is no glaze exposed inside the foot. There were also developments in the Qing Dynasty. For example, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the blue glazed porcelain bottle was 1.7 cm high and 15.6 cm long and was collected by the Palace Museum. In short, the blue glazed porcelain bottle had a profound cultural heritage and unique artistic charm. Different dynasties had their own characteristics in terms of shape, craftsmanship, and glaze color performance. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Kangxi Blue Glazed Cup
The Kangxi Blue Glazed Hand Cup was a unique type of porcelain. The mouth of the cup is flat and tilted outward, and the abdominal wall is almost vertical, converging inward from the lower abdominal wall and encircling the foot. The design of this hand-pressing cup had a unique ergonomical consideration. When it was held in the hand, the slightly tilted edge of the mouth just pressed against the edge of the hand. Its size was moderate, and its weight was moderate. It would have a heavy feeling of pressing the hand, so it got its name. The edge of the blue glaze pressed cup was slightly thin, the cup foot was upright, the glaze color was lustrous, the carcass was white, and the blue and white matched each other. The overall layout was simple and the shape was elegant. In terms of price, there was information that showed that the price of the Qing Kangxi blue wine cup was 600 yuan. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Kangxi blue glazed plate
In this auction, there was a blue glazed plate made in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. The diameter was 16.5 cm, and the starting price was unlimited. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Kangxi blue glazed vase
The blue glazed vase of the Kangxi period had the following characteristics: - ** Craftsmanship **: - During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the porcelain making skills were superb, and the production of the blue glazed bottle also reflected this point. At that time, the production process of the blue glaze bottle inherited the tradition of the Yuan Dynasty and continued to develop. It was a high-temperature lime soda glaze. After the green glaze was applied, it was fired at a high temperature of 1280 - 1300 ° C. The blue glaze of this period had a deep color, the glaze surface did not flow or crack, the color tone was even, the color was relatively stable, the glaze color was blue like the deep sea, and the glaze surface was even. - ** Art Style **: - During the Kangxi period, there were various shapes of blue glazed bottles. The common bottles had different shapes, such as some bottles were full and round, with long necks and thin necks. Some of the bottles were thin and delicate, with smooth lines. The shape was elegant and neat, showing the aesthetic fashion and cultural meaning of the society at that time. - ** Knowledge **: - Most of the common blue glazed bottles in the official kiln were written with two lines of six-character regular script "Qing Kangxi Year System". - ** Historical and cultural value **: - The porcelain making skills of the Kangxi era had reached an unprecedented height. The Kangxi blue glazed vase contained rich historical and cultural contents. It not only had high artistic value, but also had a high collection value. The blue glazed vase of this period was a precious item at that time. As people paid more attention to traditional culture, its collection value became more prominent. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Kangxi blue glazed vase
The blue glazed vase of the Kangxi period had a unique position in the history of porcelain. For example, the blue-glazed long-necked bottle had six words and two lines of blue and white regular script at the bottom. It had a straight mouth and a thin neck, bulging belly and round feet. The outer wall was covered with blue-glazed glaze. The glaze color was uniform and pure, and the treasure light was restrained. It was quiet and elegant. The blue glaze was a high-temperature lime base glaze. It was fired at a high temperature of 1280 - 1300 ° C. The color was deep, the glaze surface did not flow or crack, the color tone was uniform, and the color was relatively stable. The glaze color was as blue as the deep sea. Later generations called it "Jiqing", and because its color was stable and bright like gems, it was promoted as one of the three "top grades" of Xuande color glazed porcelain. This variety was first created in the Yuan Dynasty and was restored during the Kangxi period. It was a famous glaze type in the Qing Dynasty. There was also a blue-glazed wooden mallet vase, which was now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing and was a national cultural relic. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The characteristics of blue glazed porcelain in the Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty blue glazed porcelain had the following characteristics: - ** In terms of body quality, the body quality of the Yongzheng period was fine, white, and dense. It was the better porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, but there would be small brown eyes, and the body was thin and light. - ** Edge characteristics **: During the Yongzheng period, there was a lamp grass mouth on the edge of the mouth, which was one of the key points of identification. - ** Enamel performance **: - During the Yongzheng period, the glaze was plump, the color was calm and bright, the glaze color was even and moist, like a sapphire color, and there were orange peel lines on the glaze, which could only be discovered after careful observation. - The Kangxi period was the heyday of the development of blue glazed porcelain. The glaze was thin and had no cracks, and the glaze color was relatively dark. - ** Overall shape and decoration **: - There are very few of them left in the world, and most of them have exquisite and complicated patterns and unique shapes. There were many breakthroughs in the external patterns. Dark patterns, gold decorations, and many brightly colored three-dimensional decorations were added, as well as characteristics of Qing Dynasty artifacts such as elephant flowers, cross-ear, bat ears, and so on. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The characteristics of the bottom of the blue glazed porcelain in the Ming Dynasty
In the early and middle period of the Ming Dynasty, the blue glaze was mainly used for sacrificial vessels and furnishings, belonging to high-grade glaze. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there were poor quality domestic sapphire glazed porcelain made by civilian kilns. From the middle of Wanli to the end of Chongzhen, no sapphire glazed porcelain made by official kilns had been found. Judging from the existing Ming Jiajing Ji blue glazed bowl, the bottom half of the circle and the foot of the circle are not glazed. However, based on the current information, it was difficult to make a comprehensive and accurate summary of the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty blue glazed porcelain. There might be many different forms of expression, and more physical research and information were needed. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Beauty Glazed Porcelain
There was less information about the porcelain. From the available information, it was known that there was a Qing Emperor Qianlong Beauty Glaze Endowment Bottle. Its size was 34×20, the price was 600 yuan, and the appearance was of the eighth grade. There was also a Korean style of fleshy flower pot with beauty glaze, priced at 29.70 yuan. In addition, in terms of porcelain glaze color, Lang Hong and Beauty Drunken Glaze (also known as pink glaze, child face glaze, cowpea red glaze, peach blossom glaze, etc.) were very similar, but it was not clear whether Beauty Drunken Glaze and Beauty Glaze were related. Overall, there was limited information about the porcelain, and more information needed to be dug up. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Blue Glazed Vase Made in the Kangxi Period of the Qing Dynasty
The blue glazed vase made in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty had many characteristics. The blue glaze was a kind of high-temperature lime base glaze. Its color was deep, the glaze did not flow or crack, the color tone was even, and the color was relatively stable. The blue was like the deep sea, and the glaze was even. Later generations called it "Jiqing" and it was also pushed as one of the three "top" of Xuande color glazed porcelain. This type of glaze was created in the Yuan Dynasty and has been fired until modern times. The blue-glazed vases made in the Kangxi period were varied in shape, such as the blue-glazed window vase with a curved mouth, a ring-shaped bulge on the neck, a slightly round abdomen, and a high circle. There were also different shapes such as plum vase, with small mouth, high and flat shoulders, ice-cracked blue-glazed shoulders, plump breasts, and so on. In terms of decoration, some would open a window in the abdomen (that is, opening the light), shaped like a plum vase and a general jar, and paint flowers and birds in the space of the window. Some of the plum vases had a blue glaze as the base color, with Ruyi patterns, even branch patterns, bats, feathers, ribbons, etc. covered in white patterns. In the middle, there was also a red word of longevity in the red of jujube skin. In terms of the base, most of them were written in six-character blue and white regular script,"Qing Kangxi Year System". The blue glazed vases of this period were solid and meticulous. The glaze was fine and pure, and they were shiny and shiny. The quality of the vases was exquisite. Their production skills were superb. Not only did they have high artistic value, but as people paid more attention to traditional culture, their collection value also became more prominent. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!