Original Bai Jianjiang, Onseido Museum
Ceramic toys in the past ceramic history, toy history, sculpture history is rarely involved, the systematic collection and collation of porcelain toys is still a blank, so far there is no record of anyone systematically engaged in the exhibition of ancient ceramic toys. The ancient toys exhibited at the Oshengdo Museum fill this gap and are currently the collection and exhibition of ancient toys spanning the longest age and the largest variety in Chinese and foreign history.
Neolithic human face toy
Neolithic human face toy
The Miyido Museum houses a variety of toys from various periods throughout the ages. Among them, there are porcelain, wood, cloth, iron, etc., among which ceramic toys include various toys from various kilns and different origins in ancient China.
Neolithic human face three-hole toy, spoon model toy, seven-hole ball toy, running animal shape toy
Shang Dynasty black pottery monkey mountain modeling toy
Shang Dynasty gray pottery running deer shaped toy
Ancient folk toys are relative to the toys produced by the court and modern industrial machines, it has a deep local atmosphere, mostly for the amateur work of ancient craftsmen, they repeat a certain kind of utensils in a cookie-cutter manner, expand their imagination, easily and naturally pinch a few small toys, take home, play for their children.
Han Dynasty pottery ball toys, green glazed cockfighting toys, dragon-shaped pendant toys, green glazed horse-shaped toys
Han Dynasty blue glazed tengu shaped toy
Sui Dynasty blue glazed pig shaped toy
Tang Dynasty Changsha kiln drumming children's toys, Changsha kiln flute children's toys
Tang Dynasty blue glazed pig shaped toys, unicorn shaped toys
Tang Dynasty yellow glaze "immediately sealed" shape toy
It is often said that the Sheng Tang Dynasty is fat for beauty, which can also be confirmed from the children's toys of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Dynasty characters, animal toys, Rong Yi posture are full, plump, strong, full of spiritual and muscular strength, which is obviously different from the toys before and after the Tang Dynasty, which also proves the maturity of the artists of the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Dynasty black glazed wrestler shape toy
Tang Dynasty white glazed bodhisattva brute plate hair female styling toy
In the Tang Dynasty, there were a number of high hair knots, which were very similar to the toys of modern young people's hair ornaments. During the middle age of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, female barbarians sent emissaries to pay tribute, they were draped in jewelry, wore gold crowns on their heads, and combed their hair in high buns, making people feel like bodhisattvas.
Tang Dynasty white glazed brown colored dog shaped toy
Tang Dynasty white glazed monster shape toy
Tang Dynasty Changsha kiln rat shaped toy
Tang Dynasty yellow glaze "three noes" monkey toy
In the Tang Dynasty, with the continuous development of the commodity market, the production of porcelain plastic toys gradually matured, and some porcelain kilns began to fire ceramic toys in batches.
Tang Dynasty Changsha kiln doll modeling toy
Tang Dynasty Changsha kiln pigeon doll modeling toy
Tang Dynasty Changsha kiln pigeon shape toy
Tang Dynasty Changsha kiln elephant shaped toy
Tang Dynasty Changsha kiln monster shaped water drop toy
Tang Dynasty blue-glazed bull head shape toy
Toys with whistles occupy a considerable proportion, such toys have one or two "holes" that sound as soon as they blow. This kind of audio toy has a long history, and there are three-hole whistles excavated from the Yangshao culture Banpo site, which the ancients called 埙. In ancient times, there is a legend of Fuxi Zhao, which originated from the primitive people who summoned prey when hunting, and has been circulating in the folk for thousands of years.
Tang Dynasty black glazed bull head shape toy
Tang Dynasty face-toy toys
Tang Dynasty blue glazed brown colored eagle shaped toy
Tang Dynasty black glazed cow pendant toy, brown glazed climbing doll pendant toy
Tang Dynasty sancai drumming mother and child doll modeling toys
Tang Dynasty white glazed crawling doll modeling toy
Tang Dynasty brown glaze crawling doll shape toy
Tang Dynasty white glazed brown color rabbit shaped toy
Tang Dynasty dove-shaped toy
Tang Dynasty white glazed Hu people hugging toy shape toys
Tang Dynasty white glazed drummer shape toy
Tang Dynasty white glazed brown color horse toy
Tang Dynasty lying cow shape toy
Song Dynasty strangled tire glazed sika deer shape toy
Song Dynasty strangled tire glazed sika deer shape toy
Song Dynasty white glazed brown color modeling toys
The Song Dynasty was a prosperous period for the production of porcelain plastic toys, and kilns were generally fired in various parts of the north and south, and there were also markets specializing in toys in various places, as well as toy sellers who picked up burdens and sold along the streets.
Song Dynasty red pottery hide-and-seek modeling toy
Song Dynasty red pottery mother and child music modeling toy
Song Dynasty Ding kiln apricot core shape, rubber tire apricot core shape whistle toy
Song Dynasty white glazed brown color wrestling boy toy
Song Dynasty animal-shaped toys
Song Dynasty white glazed brown color, green color giraffe shaped toys
Song Dynasty white glazed brown color sleeping doll toy
Song Dynasty white glazed calf shaped toy
Song Dynasty red pottery dragon boat modeling toy touch
Song Dynasty red pottery goods Lang Tu modeling toy model
Song Dynasty white glazed brown color fish boat shaped pendant toy
The Song people believed that children symbolized auspiciousness and could drive away disasters and blessings, and major activities were attended by children. In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a long drought in Jingshi, and the emperor ordered children to ask for rain" Willow branches in the alleys, pan lizards, and green-clothed children surrounded and shouted: lizards and lizards, xingyun spitting fog, rain pouring down, let Ru go back! "On the birthday of the Emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, an event was held in the court, and a song and dance team composed of hundreds of children participated.
Song Dynasty white glazed brown color "immediately sealed" toy
Song Dynasty white glazed elephant shaped toy
Most of the porcelain sculpture toys combining characters and animals are alluded to with auspicious blessings, such as the peace of the centaurs: the statue of a warrior riding on a horse, pinning people's wishes to bless their relatives with the safe return of the expedition; immediately crowned; monkeys and hou homophonous, meaning to get knighted and become a high official.
Song Dynasty hanging tire glazed dog shape toy
Song Dynasty yellow glazed monkey riding toy (generations of marquis) modeling toys
Animals and characters are more varieties, because animals and characters have bodies, which is convenient for artistic exaggeration and easy to arouse children's curiosity. These ancient toys are very good at showing the physical characteristics of animals and characters, and pursue a funny and ridiculous charm in the image, which is more loved by children.
Song Dynasty turtle type pendant toy
Song Dynasty dove-shaped pendant toy
Song Dynasty white glazed green colored dog type toy
Song Dynasty white glazed tiger shaped toy
Song Dynasty yellow glaze embroidered pier doll shape toy
Song Dynasty yellow glazed dog shaped toy
Ornamental dogs, in recent years, most people have studied it as a breed introduced from the West, and a little observation of ancient porcelain plastic toys can be found that our ancestors have bred many varieties of ornamental dogs as early as 1,000 years ago.
Song Dynasty yellow glaze monkey mountain shape pendant toy, Song Dynasty white glazed brown color jade rabbit medicine toy
The influence of ancient folk toys on modern and modern Chinese painting and folk toys is unmatched by other works of art. From the birds, beasts, fish and insects written by the Bada Shanren in the early Qing Dynasty to the paintings of modern painters Qi Baishi and Han Meilin, you can find blueprints in ancient toys.
Song Dynasty white glazed snake shaped toy
Song Dynasty yellow glazed double dog shape toy
The ancients in the kneading toys of the image requirements are not as high as other porcelain, often with arbitrariness, it is this seemingly and inadvertent performance, so that the ancient ceramic toys are full of fun, giving people a deep sense of human beauty.
Song Dynasty red pottery martial arts boy modeling toys
Song Dynasty yellow glazed bell style toy
Zhong Kui is an excellent student who has studied hard in the cold window, and his appearance is relatively ugly, and he should take the exam three times to win the first place. When the emperor took the empress concubine to watch the upcoming promotion, a concubine was frightened on the spot when he saw that the new champion looked ugly, so Zhong Kui fell to the first place, ten years of hard work, ruined! Zhong Kui roared and jumped into the sea and died. The Dragon King was touched by this, and Zhong Kui was made a god of fighting ghosts, and various toys also came into being.
Western Xia brown glazed horse shaped toy
Western Xia brown glazed bird type whistle toy
Western Xia brown glazed bird type whistle toy
Western Xia brown glazed animal shape whistle toy
Jindai Green Color "Immediately Sealed" toy
Jindai brown glazed dog toy
Jindai lizard pot shape toy
Kindai dog whistle toy
Yuan Dynasty pan snake whistle shape toy
Yuan Dynasty black glazed animal modeling toy
Yuan Dynasty white glazed brown colored dog shape toy
Ming Dynasty white glazed brown pigeon whistle toy
Ming Dynasty Dehua white porcelain beaded boy shape toy
Ming Dynasty blue and white frog doll modeling toy
Ming Dynasty blue and white doll shape toy
Ming Dynasty white glazed blue and white color squirrel grape shaped toy
The Qing Dynasty colorful drama produced character modeling toys
Many of the toys are theatrical characters, born and ugly, and have everything. The ancients took their children to the market to choose toys, often bought Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, lack of Guan Gong, the next time they rushed to the market, did not find Guan Gong, but found Qin Shubao, so they looked for Cheng to bite gold... until the children were dazzled.
Qing Dynasty sancai taishi leo shaped toy
Qing Dynasty sancai dog toy
Qing Dynasty rabbit shape toy
Qing Dynasty blue and white porcelain car modeling toy
Qing Dynasty embroidered pier girl modeling toy
Qing Dynasty flower doll shape toy
Republic of China soldier modeling toys
Republic of China police modeling toys
Republic of China colored dog modeling toys
Republic of China girls modeling toys