Bright Dabin carved lacquer square holding pot
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Shi Dabin, a generation of purple sand masters, opened the precedent of Yixing purple sand pot art, and applied the craft decoration to the purple sand pot, so that the purple sand pot contained rich cultural connotations while being practical, and then entered the court and was favored by the royal family.
Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty imperial purple sand depiction gold landscape poetry round pot
The Forbidden City now has more than 400 pieces of purple sand collections.
are all royal purple sand vessels,
Each piece is gorgeous and exquisite, dignified and atmospheric!
The Forbidden City has a three-pronged handle of Taihu Lake stone buttons
The term "palace purple sand",
It was first proposed by experts and scholars from the Palace Museum in Beijing.
It refers to the high-end and exquisite purple sand ware used by the emperor.
There are two sources of it,
First, it was customized in Yixing by the palace office;
The second is the dedication of Yixing local officials to the court.
The purple sand ware used by the royal family is strictly selected and the craftsmanship is exquisite, and it reflects the royal aesthetic taste in the shape and decoration, which is graceful and respectful, and extremely rich in atmosphere.
The Forbidden City collects Taihu Lake stone button three-pronged beam, section mud style, Ming Dynasty court purple sand
According to the existing physical objects in the Qing Palace, the purple sand entered the court no later than the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, but the purple sand that entered the court at that time was "packaged".
Bright Dabin purple sand enameled pot
One is to take purple sand as the fetus, the exterior is decorated with carved lacquer, and the other is to take the purple sand as the tire, hanging glaze inside and outside, Yixing in the middle of the Ming Dynasty is more popular in the production of this product. Its glaze color is milky and full of change, and there are some similarities with the glaze of Henan Jun kiln in the Song Dynasty, and the Ming people call it "Yijun". The high-grade Yijun products can meet the standards of the palace, and the royal family will use Yijun as a porcelain for the study room.
Ming Wu Jing Tiliang pot Nanjing Zhonghua Gate outside the Dading Fang Majiashan Wu Jing tomb unearthed
Ming Yixing kiln purple sand carved lacquer beam pot Palace Museum collection Qing Dynasty Kang Yongqian period court purple sand
The purple sand of Yixing in the Qing Dynasty was valued by the royal family, and the purple sand boutique in the early Qing Dynasty had a qualitative leap compared with the Ming Dynasty, with delicate mud and luster, warm and moist color, and completely separated from the rough soil and sand. Yixing purple sand paid tribute to the inner court, which was favored by the emperor and court personnel, and became a popular work of art in the court for a while. Not only that, the unique plastic art of Yixing purple sand ware is also influencing the aesthetic taste of the emperor. As a result, the shape of many purple sand artifacts has even become the ancestor of official kiln porcelain. Kangxi's favorite purple sand pot: enamel is painted on the purple sand tire
Qing Kangxi purple sand tire enamel colorful flower teapot
In the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty, Western missionaries brought "painting enamel and enamel items", which aroused great interest of the emperor. Kangxi ordered the office to imitate European patterns for enamel decoration, and tried to paint enamel on gold, silver, glass, tin and purple sand tires. The production process of Yixing tire enamel color is: by the palace office out of the sample, send a special person to Yixing to burn the plain tire and present it to the palace, the office enamel and then according to the royal painter's sketch painting enamel, and then with a small kiln baking.
Qing Kangxi purple sand tire enamel color longevity Changchun begonia teapot
The firing of this kind of purple clay pot integrates the enamel into the purple sand pot making process, which greatly enhances the artistry of the purple sand pot, so that it has the same color charm as porcelain, and the purple sand pot with a single color can also bloom beautiful flowers from then on. Therefore, the real palace purple sand is based on the successful "Kangxi Imperial System" purple sand tire enamel color in the Kangxi Palace, which represents the highest level of purple sand production in the Kangxi Dynasty, with bright colors and excellent production.
Fetal painting enamel four seasons flower square pot
Purple clay painted flowers and birds, hat and large pot
Yongzheng's favorite purple clay pot: the most ancient clay painting
Emperor Yongzheng's artistic taste is very high and he likes to drink tea, he especially appreciates the beauty of the shape of Yixing purple sand pot and the beauty of its clay natural texture, advocating the inherent ancient texture of purple sand and paying attention to the preparation of materials. During this period, even if there were patterns, the purple sand ware in the palace was painted in natural color, and the picture was faintly convex, as smooth and smooth as a silk painting.
Qing Yongzheng persimmon pedicle flower flat pot
There are many purple sand pots, tea cans, water bowls and other utensils in the collection of the Forbidden City, which are not as heavy and dignified as the purple sand ware of the Kangxi Dynasty, and different from the rich and magnificent purple sand ware of the Qianlong Dynasty, reflecting the beautiful and beautiful fashion of the times of the Yongzheng Dynasty utensils.
Yixing purple sand chrysanthemum petal teapot
Ji red glazed porcelain fetal chrysanthemum petal teapot
Yongzheng put the pot
Colorful pile of clay painted Buddha pots
Qianlong's favorite purple sand ware: the most abundant decorative techniques
Among all the court purple sand ware, Qianlong purple sand ware is the most colorful. Not only do they come in a variety of forms, but they are also decorated in a variety of ways. During this period, the purple sand ware has been able to skillfully use the process of pile painting, gold painting, lacquering, color painting, carving, ticking, etc., integrating poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing, with bright colors and excellent production, reaching the highest level in history.
Qing Qianlong purple mud gold color landscape poetry pot
Emperor Qianlong's tea-loving habits increased his preference for purple sand ware, and sporadic advances could not meet the actual needs, so the court began to set tea sets to Yixing, and at the same time fired study utensils, flower pots, fish tanks, etc. The Yixing tea sets used in these palaces are fired in sets or pairs, some of which are first burned in Yixing and then presented to the palace for reprocessing, such as lacquering, gold painting, color painting, calligraphy, etc.
Qing Qianlong black lacquer painted gold chrysanthemum picture purple sand tire teapot
In addition, the purple sand tire pastel gold painting utensils, such as the purple sand green gold gourd pot shows a stronger decorative effect than the official kiln pastel porcelain, which is stored in the Yangxin Palace, which is one of the favorite imperial supplies of the Qianlong Emperor.
Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Purple sand green land depicts the golden gourd pot The purple sand of the palace in the middle and late Qing Dynasty
After Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the national strength is declining, and the production of Yixing kiln court purple sand is not as good as before, simple and practical to replace the exquisite and elegant style, but still maintains a special status different from the folk purple sand.
Qing Jiaqing Feihong longevity pot
Jiaqing and Xianfeng periods: most of them are oblate and round, and those who lift beams are the majority
The shape of the pot is small, with oblate, handle, and circular carvings in the majority, and at this time the famous pots entered the court more to make up for the lack of royal use. The purple sand tea pots with the "Xingyou Hengtang" section in Daoguang and Xianfeng are all designed by the imperial court, unified samples, and sent people to Yixing to customize them.
Tongzhi and Guangxu periods: love Xiuqiao form
In the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods, the utensils with the section are more with the "Kezhai" paragraph, and they like to make a variety of delicate shapes and change a variety of different mud colors. "Kezhai" is the number of Wu Dayi, who cooperated with Yu Guoliang and Huang Yulin, who were famous pot makers at that time, and selected fine products to be presented to the court.
Qing Guangxu Huang Yulin Yao Ling pot
Xuantong: The purple clay pot with the imperial year name at the end
There are a lot of teapots in the year of Xuantong, this is the end of the love of purple sand art in the Xuantong year when he personally guided the design, the bottom is a single rectangular box in the vertical row of seal book paragraph "Xuantong first year of the first month of the first day", the cover is two sides of the oval seal seal, the left side of the air hole is "Bao Hua Nunnery system".
Qing Xuantong purple sand plough-shaped pot
This batch of small teapots is beautiful in quality and color, with no lines, highlighting the natural texture of sandy mud, and this is the last batch of purple sand teapots with the imperial year name made in the late Qing Dynasty.
The royal purple sand and the folk pot are very different,
Folk pots are generally small and exquisite,
The emperor's purple clay pot type is more atmospheric and dignified,
It is the embodiment of power, righteousness and domineering,
It's a mixed reaction!
And each piece does not hesitate to work, and it is outstanding,
on the refining and craftsmanship of sand
As well as the skill to decorate it,
are all top-notch,
It is by no means comparable to ordinary "literati pots" and "folk pots".
Source: Good Tea Good Ware