"Fanhua" is a pottery glaze vessel produced by Shanxi Folk Kiln, which belongs to a branch of Liuli, born in the southeastern and southern Jin regions of Shanxi in the Yuan Dynasty. "The products of the Fa flowers sprouted in the Yuan and flourished in the Ming." This is a simple summary of the development of Fahua in the section of the Qing Dynasty scholar Xu Zhiheng in his treatise "Drinking Liuzhai Says Porcelain" and "Talking about Flower Painting". Since its birth, Hua has been favored for its majestic simplicity and beauty.
▌ Peacock blue glaze longevity mountain ornaments
The whole body is applied with peacock blue glaze, covered with irregular opening pieces, the glaze is seen in the tire, the atmosphere is vivid, and there is an engraved "Dao number Zhao Liyunzao" on the back. The hollowed-out pile on the front creates a texture like Taihu stone, which is covered with auspicious ornaments such as Ganoderma lucidum, ruyi, fairy grass, monkeys, etc., and the middle door opening has the words "Longevity Mountain", which is an ornament enshrined in the temple.
The name of Fahua is unique to everyone, and the expressions seen so far about its name are "Fahua", "Fahua", "Pink Flower", "Fahua", "Fahua", etc., and which title can better represent this category, the author believes that it can be comprehensively considered from the aspects of the meaning of the word and the firing process and characteristics of Fahua.
珐: "Chinese Character Source Stream Dictionary": "From jade, fa sound, for the shape of the sound character." Generally used as "enamel", is a Persian (fárang) loan word, initially also as "french blue" "hair blue", the original meaning is made of quartz, feldspar, saltpeter and sodium carbonate and other oxides of lead and tin like glaze, coated on copper or silver utensils, after firing, the formation of different colors of enamel surface, used to make cloisonné, badges, medals, etc., invented in Europe, Tang Dynasty through the Western Regions into China. The word "jade", "Shuowen Jiezi" is interpreted as: "The beauty of the stone, there are five virtues, moisturizing to warm, benevolent to the square", the materials for firing enahua are taken from stone, therefore, the use of "ena" can directly reflect the raw material source and firing process of enahua.
"珐璍" can most accurately represent this category, but because the word "璍", the ancient same as "Ye", the shape is different, so this kind of name is relatively rare. And many people think that Fa hua, "also known as Fa Hua, Pink Flower, is because of the Jinnan accent, "pink", "Fa" are similar, but by antique dealers falsely rumored as "Fa Hua", passed down for a long time", the author believes that this statement is debatable. Whether it is the words "law", "flower" or "powder", from the perspective of the meaning of the words alone, it is not enough to show the production process and artistic characteristics of Fahua.
▌ Enamel Ridge Dragon Kiss Member
According to ancient Chinese books, the beasts at both ends of the ridge are called "dragon kisses" or "swallowing beasts", and their role can be strictly sealed and fixed at the intersection of the two slope tiles to prevent rainwater leakage. Folklore says that the Dragon King was old enough to give up the throne, the Dragon King had two sons, and there was a dispute over the succession to the throne, and the Dragon King commanded that whoever swallowed the ridge of the Dragon Palace first could take the throne. Hearing this, Brother Dragon flew open his huge mouth to swallow the roof ridge, Brother Dragon saw that the situation was gone, and stabbed his brother to death on the roof ridge with his left hand, and Brother Dragon saw the catastrophe and flew away. The sword that stabbed at Brother Dragon had not yet been removed. This is the origin of the sword handle built on the ridge of the ancient Chinese building.
▌Lotus seahorse pattern
The flowers are derived from bronze ware, with a lotus pattern on the top, a tangled lotus pattern in the middle, a seahorse pattern painted on the lower part, and a purple grape with a glazed grape overall, which is a fine ornament for the middle of the Ming Dynasty.
Color is an important factor in the composition of beauty, is the comprehensive carrier of ancient architectural art, aesthetic concepts, ritual traditions, religious spirit, folk culture, under the seemingly simple color, deeply hidden in a nation's deep cultural heritage and spiritual core.
Enamelware is also applied with a variety of color glazes, rarely a single color glaze, enamel glaze is extremely rich, blue, yellow, purple glaze is the most commonly used.
This article has been edited and compiled from Li Yupeng wu Shujing's article "< Shanxi Sanbao > - A Re-exploration of EnamelWare", which has been deleted and deleted, and the original article was published in the September 2020 issue of Collection.
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