Chinese stir-fry dishes rarely do not use garlic, because the addition of garlic makes the meal more delicious. Of course, the function of garlic is not only used to make dishes and seasoning, the shape of garlic is very chic, and the ancients applied it to utensils. The most successful work in combining garlic and utensils is the garlic bottle. How successful was it? Taking its price as a consideration, Wang Gang casually smashed one piece that year, and actually lost 200,000 yuan.
Qing Yongzheng furnace jun glazed garlic head bottle
Wang Gang
Wang Gang, who smashed the garlic head bottle, is very familiar to most Chinese people, and he is the old artist who played Hezhen. Wang Gang once hosted a treasure hunting program, but later disappeared because it was too difficult to find treasure. Take the garlic bottle that was smashed by Wang Gang, according to expert analysis, it was a work fired by Lu Jun kiln in the Qing Dynasty, which was worth at least 200,000 yuan on the market, and the result was given to people (cèi, Beijing dialect, the tile is the meaning of smashing, included in the Kangxi Dictionary). The more such incidents, the more the program naturally cannot be done.
Qing Yongzheng Doucai Ruyi Ear Garlic Bottle Collection of the Palace Museum
Qing Jiaqing Blue and white folded branches and fruits pattern garlic head bottle Collection of the Palace Museum
Lu Junyao's garlic bottle is a work of the Qing Dynasty, which is relatively close to modern times, and the style of garlic bottle has appeared since the Han Dynasty. The garlic vases of the Han Dynasty are made of copper and pottery. The picture below is a Han Dynasty gray pottery garlic bottle, although it does not have the brilliant glaze color of later porcelain, but it still has a certain ornamentality. Garlic bottle because of the bottle mouth like garlic head and named, this piece of garlic bottle shape is beautiful, thin neck, round abdomen, circle foot, the body has a simple ornament, reflecting the vicissitudes of the times.
Han gray pottery garlic head bottle
Han Bronze garlic bottle
Porcelain garlic bottles began to appear in the Song Dynasty, Xu Zhiheng mentioned in the "Drinking Liuzhai Porcelain": "Garlic heads, the mouth is like garlic heads, and the body segment is close to the oil hammer, the Song system has been there, especially after this." There are many pure colors and blue flowers. "Here not only the origin of the garlic bottle is mentioned, but also a brief introduction to the glaze color of the garlic bottle. The garlic bottles of the Song Dynasty were mainly pure colors, but although so, they should not be underestimated in porcelain art.
Song Jun kiln rose purple garlic head bottle
Ming Jiajing White glazed plastic paste red cockroach pattern garlic head bottle Collection of the Palace Museum
The Song Dynasty is famous for its many famous kilns, the most prominent of which are the five famous kilns, and the garlic bottle in the picture below is an official kiln work. Unlike other garlic bottles, this official kiln green glazed garlic bottle is straight mouth, slender neck, and the abdomen is made into the shape of garlic head, which is unique compared to the traditional garlic bottle. The garlic bottle is glazed with a bluish-gray glaze and is full of artistic flakes. At present, this Song Dynasty official kiln green glazed garlic head bottle is hidden in the Palace Museum, and the physical object on the scene will give people a different look.
Song Guan kiln green glazed garlic head bottle Collection of the Palace Museum
Song Ge kiln garlic head bottle
After the fall of the Song Dynasty, the firing of garlic bottles was mainly concentrated in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The garlic bottles of this period were mainly fired by Jingdezhen, and the shape of the utensils was usually long neck, shaved shoulders, round abdomen, circle feet, of course, the most distinctive thing was the bottle mouth shaped like garlic head. In terms of varieties, there are more varieties of garlic bottles in the Ming and Qing dynasties, including blue and white, multicolored, pastel and other glaze colors. Due to the more glazed color and craftsmanship of garlic bottles in the Ming and Qing dynasties, its market value is also more considerable.
Ming Wanli Blue and white fish algae pattern garlic bottle Collection of the Palace Museum
Qing Yongzheng enamel color floral pattern garlic head bottle
As mentioned above, the garlic bottle that was smashed by Wang Gang is a late Qing Dynasty work, the craftsmanship and glaze color have declined, and the market value is only 200,000 yuan. The excellent porcelain of the Qing Dynasty was mainly concentrated before Qianlong, and a few years ago, a piece of enamel color landscape flower pattern garlic bottle of Yongzheng auctioned for more than 26 million yuan, and the gap can be imagined. Despite this, the overall market for garlic bottles is still in a relatively good situation.