How beautiful the pencil cases were during the Kangxi dynasty, are you curious?

The pen case is now a must-have for every student, used to hold pens, pens, rulers, erasers, etc.

From the material point of view, there are iron, cloth, plastic, etc.; from the shape point of view, there are square, round, small car wash shape, rabbit shape and other cartoon images, and even personalized custom version; from the color point of view, there are transparent, monochrome, color and characteristic patterns.

In fact, ancient people had a pen box, which is a kind of writing utensils, also known as "pen bed". It is mainly used to place brushes, ink and seals, because the ancients went out to play and were convenient to carry with friends. Now some calligraphers also buy retro-style roller shutter pen bags, and carry their own pens and seals and printing clay when they go out.

According to the data, porcelain boxes first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, mostly oval or polyangular square; while pen boxes only appeared during the Ming Xuande years, there are blue and white, colorful, doucai and pastel and other varieties. I saw a "plain three-color double phoenix wearing a pattern oval pen box" in the Forbidden City.

Do you have the same doubts about "vegetarian sancai" as I do, is there still a difference between color and meat?

There is also a fact that in traditional Chinese culture, red belongs to the meat color, and other colors belong to the plain color. "Su Sancai" is a colored porcelain that does not contain red or basically does not contain red, and like "Tang Sancai", it belongs to the multi-color low-temperature glaze.

The "three" of "Su Sancai" is also the same as "Tang Sancai", not the real number three, but refers to a large number of colors. "Tang Sancai" is mainly yellow, green and white, while "Su Sancai" is mainly based on the three colors of yellow, green (melon skin green) and purple (light eggplant skin purple).

"Plain three-color double phoenix wearing pattern oval pen box", the outer wall of the box body is yellow glazed, the painted double phoenix wears a peony pattern, and the two phoenixes live on both sides of the box, looking back and spreading their wings. The lid of the box is made of yellow glaze, the perimeter wall is painted with miscellaneous treasure patterns, and the top surface is painted with a peony pattern of double phoenixes. This pencil case was made by imitating the shape of the Ming Yongle Royal Kiln Blue and White Pencil Box, and the Yongle product was fired by imitating the brass inlaid silver pen box in the Islamic country at that time. In the shape of utensils, decorative techniques, pattern decoration, glaze color changes have reached an unprecedented level.

How about such a beautiful porcelain pencil case, do you like it?