Plum vase, porcelain type, used for wine vessels, flowers. At present, the view is more unified, the plum bottle was born in the Tang Dynasty, and the Song, Liao, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties were more popular, and the convention is commonly known as the plum bottle. Its name is based on the book "Drinking and Flowing Words" written by Xu Zhiheng during the Republic of China: "The caliber is small, and it is only commensurate with the skinny bones of Mei, so it is called Mei Bottle." The beauty of the plum vase has lasted for more than 1,000 years in the history of Chinese porcelain, and the reason for this is yet to be studied.
Tang White Glazed Plum Vase The plum vase in the collection of the Forbidden City is a bottle with a small mouth, short neck, plump shoulders, thin bottom, and circle feet. To describe it as natural beauty, it is not too much. It's just that the plum vase of the Tang Dynasty ...... It seems a little too plump. There is also a mainstream view that the plum bottle evolved from the chicken leg bottle of the Khitan people, which seems to make sense.
Gray-green glazed chicken leg bottle collection of the Capital Museum
There is also a kind of chicken leg bottle, which is closer to the plum bottle-
Brown glazed chicken thigh bottle in the collection of the Capital Museum
The rise of the Khitan nation was almost in the Northern Song Dynasty, later than the Tang Dynasty, so the plum bottle should have little relationship with the chicken leg bottle. Of course, there is another professional theory: the plum vase was born in the Northern Song Dynasty. I still prefer to believe that the potters of the Northern Song Dynasty inspired some kind of inspiration based on the shape of the chicken leg bottle to transform the plump Tang Dynasty plum bottle...... It's all in order. As a result, the plum bottle of the Song Dynasty successfully lost weight and became a goddess.
Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln white glaze carved floral pattern plum vase collection of the Forbidden City
The plum bottle of the Song Dynasty that we are more familiar with should be produced by Cizhou kiln-
Song Cizhou kiln white ground black flower pattern plum vase collection of the Forbidden City
The Yaozhou kiln version of the plum vase, which is on par with the Cizhou kiln, is also full of goddess style-
Song Yaozhou kiln blue glaze carved peony pattern plum vase collection of the National Museum
The Song and Yuan dynasties should be the golden age of plum bottles, especially the Song Dynasty. Even the Liao Kingdom and Western Xia, which coexisted with the Song Dynasty, coincidentally imitated the Song people to make plum bottles.
Today, it seems that these plum bottle copycats are even more beautiful than the utensils of the late Ming and Qing dynasties.
Song Yaozhou kiln blue glaze carved flower Laihuazun National Museum collection
Song Yellow glazed black color bamboo pattern vase Collection of the Forbidden City
Xixia Lingwu kiln black glaze flower folded branch peony pattern vase collection of the Forbidden City
Song black glazed embossed line vase collection of the Forbidden City
This last ...... Although it is a little outrageous, it is obvious that the pursuit of this bottle is made, so it is sent out.
Later, the Khitan people also began to be obsessed with plum bottles, and their appearance was still charming-
Liaogang tile kiln white glaze deflorated black plum vase collection of the National Museum
After the qualitative characterization of the literati of the Song Dynasty, the cultural height of the plum bottle has been put in place, and what remains is the change of details. There are also features.
Gold white ground black flower monkey deer pattern vase collection of the Forbidden City
People in the Yuan Dynasty generally drank heavily, and the plum bottle was originally used for wine, so the plum bottle of the Yuan Dynasty seemed to be more practical than ornamental.
Yuan Neifu Ming white porcelain glazed plum vase Capital Museum collection
Yuan Neifu inscription white porcelain glazed plum vase
Before the Yuan Dynasty, did the plum bottle use a wooden cork? Or is it because the cap is too old to keep it intact?
In short, judging from the cultural relics handed down and unearthed, plum vases after the Yuan Dynasty generally had a large lid. From the point of view of ornamentality, there is a suspicion of destroying beauty.
Blue and white cloud dragon pattern plum vase, Hubei Provincial Museum collection
Blue and white four love plum vase, Wuhan Museum collection
Blue and white peony plum vase, Jingdezhen ceramics collection
Blue and white seawater dragon pattern eight-sided plum bottle with lid, Hebei Provincial Museum collection
Blue and white peony plum vase, collection of the National Museum of Iran
Yuan Qinghua Xiao He Yuexia chased Han Xintu plum vase, Nanjing Museum collection
Yuan blue glazed white dragon pattern plum vase, Yangzhou City Museum collection
Ming Yongle, White glazed dark flower entwined branch lotus pattern plum vase, collection of the National Museum
Similar to the fashion industry, shoulder pads are fashionable today, but they will be beautiful tomorrow. The same is true for the change in the details of the plum bottle, and the most obvious place is also on the shoulder.
Ming Jiajing, white glazed dark flowers, entwined flowers, floral pattern plum vase, collection of the National Museum
Ming Yongle blue and white bamboo peach pattern plum vase with lid National Museum collection
Tomorrow Shun Qinghua will visit the Friends of the Forbidden City with the piano and the plum vase
Later, with the weakening of national strength, the plum vase of the Ming Dynasty became less and less exquisite, regardless of the details, the overall structure seems to be wrong: the plum vase in the Wanli period seems to be a little unstable and crumbling.....
Ming Wanli blue and white crocus pattern plum vase collection of the National Museum
Ming Wanli blue and white dragon pattern plum vase collection of the National Museum
In the Qing Dynasty, the natural beauty of the plum bottle seemed to be covered by artificial tricks. Like today's Internet celebrity faces, people no longer know if there is a second beauty in the world.
Qing Yongzheng pink and blue glazed plum vase collection of the National Museum
Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, turquoise green glazed plum vase, collection of the National Museum