Ribbed vessel, is one of the three major types of purple sand pot, the natural melon ridge, petals, cloud water pattern and other shapes are divided into several equal parts, the vivid and smooth rib pattern into the precise and strict design, is its basic requirements.
According to Zhou Gaoqi's "Yang Envy Tea Pot System and ZhengShi", Dong Han in the Ming Dynasty was the first person to create a ribbed pot, "Dong Han Houxi, the beginning of the diamond flower, has been skilled."
Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been popular to make melon-style wine vessels with gold and silver, and until the early heyday of purple sand during the Ming Dynasty, it is also mostly used in the shape of ribbed vessels. The ribbed sand pot is one of the important forms of purple sand ware in the late Ming Dynasty.
Shi Dabin, Chen Mingyuan, Gu Jingzhou, three purple sand masters, three monuments in the history of purple sand, let's look at the three masters' ribbed works.
| Shi Dabin |
▲ Shi Dabin melon ridge pot
Museum of Asian Art, San Francisco, USA
▲ Shi Dabin Juju petal pot unearthed in Sichuan Province
Liuzhou Museum
| Chen Mingyuan |
▲Chen Mingyuan Diamond-shaped pot
Beijing Art Museum
▲Chen Mingyuan Diamond flower pot
Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Society in Washington, D.C
▲Chen Mingyuan Curved prismatic pot
Shanghai Museum
Another gluten vessel with the same shape is the 2016 Beijing Juli International Autumn Auction, Mingyuan Jiayi Pot, but there are slight differences in detail.
This pot is divided into semi-circular pots with three edges and six petals, with clear bones and bones, clear edges, composed of yin and yang two lines, the yin line is embossed with a thin bamboo stick, and the yang line is shaped by a fine mud pile.
Vivid edges, melon petals with knots, and fat star fruit in pairs.
The tendon pattern of the pot body is natural and vivid, and the spout and the handle of the pot are facing on both sides, especially the flow of light and shadow, and the tension is full.
The spout and the slightly raised middle ridge line on the handle of the pot echo the radial melon ridge line of the pot body, unifying the charm of the whole instrument, and the momentum is consistent.
The inscription on the bottom of the pot reads,"Never a Good Tea Like a Beautiful Po Gong Sentence", which speaks from Su Dongpo's Song Dynasty's "Second Rhyme Cao Fu Sending Yuanyuan Trial Roasting New Shoots".
The inscription is presented in lishu, which is different from the usual xingkai script, which is extremely rare among all Chen Mingyuan's works.
| Gu Jingzhou |
▲Gu Jingzhou Baoling pot
▲Gu Jingzhou Line round diamond flower
The ribbed vessel can best show the artistic charm of the purple sand pot line, and the strong and powerful lines build the bones of the pot and burst out the bone charm of the pot.
Line and symmetry are our constant pursuits. The Chinese beauty in creation is contained in many national essences, architecture, painting, poetry, porcelain, Yang lian, calligraphy... Both reflect the unique yin-yang balance aesthetic of Chinese.
The beauty of the combination of rigidity and softness in the purple sand rib pattern is precisely the Chinese aesthetics, interpreting the essence of Chinese aesthetics.