Chenghua porcelain is a rare treasure fired in Chinese porcelain. Chenghua porcelain tire is thin and light, the glaze is lustrous, the picture is clear and elegant, and the style of blue and white porcelain changes in Chenghua, and its color changes from rich to elegant, exquisite and exquisite.
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white grass pattern jar
Ming Chenghua kiln Blue and white wearing flower phoenix pattern plate
| Tire glaze |
Chenghua blue and white porcelain tire quality is white, fine, carcass is beautiful and thin, some are similar to birth. Glazed white and fat, unique enamel, moist as gelatin, translucent, if the light is fluoroscopic, faintly visible carcass glowing faint flesh red, this glaze color is an important feature of Chenghua blue and white porcelain.
Chenghua porcelain tire repair is regular, bottles, cans, pots and other vertical interface traces are not obvious, the plate has the phenomenon of collapse, bowls, plates and other feet are straighter and higher. Official kiln blue and white porcelain is divided into two types: glaze at the bottom and sand bottom. Most of them are glazed. Some of the sand bottoms are brownish yellow. Commonly known as "rice paste bottom", it is touched by hand, warm and smooth, no rough feeling, and is a unique style of Chenghua official kiln ware.
Ming Chenghua kiln Blue and white six dragon pattern plate
| Green material |
In addition to the early official kiln porcelain, some of the continued use of Su Ma away from the green material, the brushwork is also like Xuande blue flower with small strokes, its blue and white hair color is thick, there are thick and light layers and black brown crystal spots, very close to the late Xuande blue and white, and coexist with most light and light tones. In the middle and late period, It mainly uses Pitang Qing from Leping County, Jiangxi, also known as Pingping Qing. The pigment is refined and refined, contains fewer impurities, the hair color is soft and elegant, the blue is gray, the color is very stable and calm, quite ink painting style, and the white and warm tire glaze and the delicate ornamentation are contrasted, which is particularly unusual.
However, it is often due to the hypertrophy of the enamel, the blue and white color is light, and there is a phenomenon of cloud obscuration. In particular, the blue and white color of the bottom foot is most prominent. Chenghua blue and white lines are slender, mostly using double hook lines to outline the pattern, and then rendered in the pattern, double hook lines with thick pens, rendering with light pens, so that the color of the fired works is mostly light and elegant.
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white dragon and phoenix pattern large bowl
Ming Chenghua kiln Blue and white gardenia floral pattern plate
| Styling |
Chenghua blue and white vessel shape is regular, solemn and round, exquisite and handsome, exquisitely made, consistent in appearance, a change in the style of Yongxuan since the majestic and bold. There are fewer large utensils with thick carcasses, and they are all small pieces that are light and round, so there has always been a saying that "there is no large instrument in Chenghua".
Ming Chenghua kiln Blue and white dough pattern small wash
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white flower bird pattern cup
| Ornamentation |
Chenghua blue and white porcelain ornamentation is slender and lively, and the filling method is mostly outlined with double lines, and the filling color is lighter. Only use flat coating, only divided into shades and not yin and yang, no rendering. The painted figures are dressed, only monochrome coats are painted, and there is no underwear as a background, so there is a saying that the kiln is "a piece of clothing".
Ming Chenghua kiln Blue and white baby play picture bowl (fifteen sons)
The article is rich in content and has a wide range of themes, mainly including dragon pattern, phoenix pattern, seawater seahorse pattern, lion hydrangea pattern, unicorn pattern, sea animal pattern, flower butterfly pattern, Mandarin duck lying lotus pattern, okra pattern, pine bamboo plum pattern, Ganoderma lucidum flower pattern, chrysanthemum alfalfa pattern, orchid mast pattern, Baoxiang pattern, camellia pattern, morning glory pattern, lotus eight treasure pattern, baby play pattern, Coats pattern, tangled branch flower pattern, folded branch melon fruit pattern, cloud pattern, mountain stone pattern, cross pestle pattern, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Eight Treasure pattern, etc. The inside and outside of the mouth are mostly decorated with string patterns, and a few are decorated with curly grass stripes or brocade stripes. The outer wall of the foot is generally surrounded by two or three strings, one leaning up and two near the bottom edge of the foot.
Ming Chenghua kiln Blue and white pattern pattern hand washing
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white Pauline pattern washing
Dragon patterns include Double Dragon, Five Dragons, Kowloon Noisy Sea, Dragon, Pterodactyl, Tuanlong, Yunlong, Flower-piercing Dragon, Lotus Pond Dragon and so on. Most of the dragon's body is relatively thinly painted, and the dragon's eyes look like they are wearing a pair of glasses, and the long neck is crooked. The shape of the dragon is very peculiar, with its lips turned like an elephant's trunk, and a bouquet of lotus flowers in its mouth. Pterodactyls have flying wings, painted front paws but no hind paws, and a curly tail.
Ming Chenghua kiln Qinghua Shoushan Fuhai five dragon pattern bowl
Ming Chenghua kiln Blue and white cloud dragon play beads large bowl
The cross pestle pattern was most popular in the Chenghua period, and the double-headed pestle was crossed into a cross shape, which first appeared in the blue and white porcelain bowl of the Yuan Dynasty.
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white folded branch Po Lotus cup
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white folded branches of the passion lotus pattern cup
The fruit pattern of the folded branch melon is cherry, pomegranate, persimmon, peach, lychee, bayberry and so on. The melons and fruits are painted with vine whiskers, and some are painted with rhizomes, mostly set off by slopes.
Ming Chenghua kiln Blue and white four seasons flower and fruit pattern bowl
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white Sanskrit cup
The birds in the flower and bird pattern are plump, clumsy and dull, and the edges are not very exquisite, and they are only decorated with strings on the mouth edges and circles of the utensils.
Ming Chenghua Blue and white flower bird cup
The mountain stone pattern is mostly non-concave and convex three-dimensional, painted in the shape of a flat key, and some resemble a cactus.
Ming Chenghua kiln Blue and white bamboo zhi three friends plate
Most of the floral patterns are left with white edges, the flowers are only painted on the front, the flowers and leaves are palm-shaped, the leaf edges are jagged, and there is no yin and yang on the opposite side, which is the characteristic of the Chenghua Dynasty.
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white turn branch Baolian pattern bowl
The patterns with the characteristics of the times are decorated with tangled reishi mushrooms, lotuses, peonies or tangled eight treasures. Grapes are a type of vine plant, the vine is painted in the shape of a spring; The lake stone is painted in a spiral shape, and the symmetrical flowers and plants or three-fruit trees are painted next to the stones. The white lotus pond pattern is based on the scales of water waves, and the white lotus algae is painted on it, the algae are slender like soybean sprouts, and the lotus flowers are symmetrical and tilian. The leaves of the peony are jagged, with a circle of white edges on the outer contour, clear veins, the leaves are painted in the shape of chicken feet, and the flowers and fruits are with vine whiskers. The circle foot is generally not decorated, and only two blue strings are drawn. The common edge of the mouth is decorated with turtle back patterns and Sanskrit, which used to be used as a single auxiliary ornament, and formed a three-dimensional pattern when it was formed, which affected the Hongzhi Dynasty.
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white sunflower pattern bowl
Ming Chenghua kiln blue and white chrysanthemum pattern bowl