"Luoyang is the most suitable for the vein flowers, and peonies are especially strange in the world." Peonies are deeply loved by people because of their grace and magnificence, and the land of Luoyang has preserved many cultural relics related to peonies. Recently, the reporter walked into the China Peony Museum and took you to see some of the "year-round" peony fangs.
Jin Dynasty three-color peony pattern plate
Jin Dynasty three-color peony pattern plate: bright glaze color, rich floral fragrance
"This is a special golden peony." The museum staff said that when people mention Sancai, the first thing that comes to mind is Tang Sancai, in fact, Tang Sancai is a period and an important stage in the development of Sancai. In fact, after the Tang Dynasty, the Song, Liao, and Jin all fired sancai, and the sancai works of each era have distinct artistic characteristics of each era, and the sancai of each era exudes its unique historical charm.
This three-color peony pattern large basin is a three-colored work of the Jin Dynasty, the large basin is open, folded, flat bottom, the basin wall is obliquely closed, the whole instrument is regular, the workmanship is exquisite, and it is a masterpiece of early peony ceramic art. Its mouth edge and outer wall are glazed with green glaze, the inner wall is decorated with a tangled peony pattern, the bottom of the pot three yellow peonies and green branches and leaves surround each other, the composition is exquisite, yellow, green, white three glaze colors complement each other, the glaze color is bright, like a rich floral fragrance through time, coming to the face.
Song Dynasty Linru kiln peony bowl
Song Dynasty Linru kiln peony bowl: fresh and elegant, refreshing
"This is a 'jade peony.'" According to the staff, the Linru kiln was located in Linru, Henan (in present-day Ruzhou City), Henan In ancient times, it was created and burned in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty gradually declined. The glaze color of the fired porcelain is mostly blue and green, which has the characteristics of the Jun kiln "red in the purple, purple in the dark blue", and the characteristics of the Ru kiln "like jade is not like jade like jade", so everyone calls this Linru kiln peony bowl "jade peony".
The bowl is dignified and generous overall, with a thick carcass and a full glaze. The flower silhouette of the tangled peony pattern in the heart of the bowl is clear and the three-dimensional sense is strong, and its flowers and leaves are full and the petals are three-dimensional, which embodies the beautiful meaning of wealth and auspiciousness symbolized by the peony. Although the peony bowl is damaged, it does not affect its sense of simplicity in the slightest, but has a special beauty that has been precipitated over the years.
White glazed scratched porcelain pillow
Song Dynasty peony pattern porcelain pillow: peony as a pillow, floral dream sweet
"Peony decorated pillows were already common in the Song Dynasty." The on-site staff pointed to the two peony porcelain pillows in the museum and said that in the Song Dynasty, there were peonies cultivated from the imperial court to the people, and the wind of ornamentation prevailed, and peonies have penetrated into all aspects of people's lives. In the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty, social and cultural order gradually recovered, the political situation tended to be stable, and many northern Song dynasty scholars had a leisurely and leisurely heart. The Song Dynasty literary scholar Ouyang Xiu's "Luoyang Peony Record" describes in detail the infatuation of the people of Luoyang with their peonies at that time, and these two Song Dynasty peony-patterned porcelain pillows are good physical examples.
White peony pattern pillow
Among them, the white glazed scratched porcelain pillow as a whole is in the shape of a yuanbao, and the white glaze and white glaze flower decoration are a decorative process widely used in the porcelain industry in the northern region of the Song and Yuan dynasties. The peony blooms in the center of the picture, surrounded by stems and vines, flowers and leaves, and its lively and bright style is deeply loved by people, and it is a rare Song Dynasty porcelain masterpiece. Another white peony pattern pillow (pictured below), the pillow surface is octagonal, white glaze, the pillow body is upright octahedron, and the two tangled branches of peonies in the center bloom together, exquisite and beautiful. Can you imagine how sweet it is to sleep with a peony on your pillow? (Luo Bao Rong Media Luoyang Network reporter Liang Xiaoyu correspondent Duan Lei text/photo)