Wucai was developed on the basis of adding color to the glaze of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Xuande in the Ming Dynasty has five colors, Jiajing, Wanli period of five color porcelain is the peak of the Ming Dynasty five colors.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty five-color porcelain in porcelain, modeling, color, ornamentation, etc., have a greater development, especially the Kangxi Dynasty products, on the basis of inheriting the Ming Dynasty and Shunzhi five-color porcelain, continuous innovation, the shape is more diverse, the decoration is more abundant. The Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty invented the glaze blue color, gold color and black color as bright as lacquer, so that the glaze color became the mainstream of colored porcelain, and the painted objects became more and more realistic. Its blue color is thick and intense, and there is a halo on the periphery of the color. Black color pitch black shiny. Especially due to the widespread use of gold color, the multicolored porcelain is more magnificent.
Kangxi five-color porcelain has become a more representative variety of Kangxi Dynasty porcelain with its beautiful shape and fresh and delicate ornamentation. There are many types of Kangxi colorful utensils handed down, including all kinds of bottles, flower pots, plates, bowls, etc.
The Kangxi Dynasty colorful porcelain decoration themes are very extensive, including animals, plants, flowers, landscapes, people, etc., everything. The subject matter of the characters, mostly taken from opera, ** or historical stories, the artistic style was influenced by the folk New Year paintings at that time and the paintings of Chen Hongshou, a painter in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
After the Kangxi Dynasty, with the prevalence of enamel and pastel, the firing temperature of the five colors was slightly higher than that of pastel, and it was not as soft as pastel, so it was also called "hard color" or "ancient color". The firing of multicolored porcelain gradually declined, and it was only produced in small quantities as antique porcelain.
Qing Kangxi colorful character story picture mallet bottle.
In the belly painting opera "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", Qin Shubao rode a horse to meet Yu Chigong, Tang King Li Shimin and Xu Maogong in the city to watch the battle. The theme of historical stories in the pond is commonly known as "knife and horse man", which is more common on the large furnishings of the Kangxi Dynasty kiln.
Qing Kangxi sprinkled blue ground colorful kui star dot bucket picture pen holder.
The pattern drawn by this pen holder has an auspicious meaning, "pen" and "must" homonym, "ingot" and "ding" homonym, Kui Xing hand pen and silver ingot, when the meaning "must win the championship". This picture is perfect as a decoration for a pen holder.
Qing Kangxi five-color depiction of the golden heron lotus figure phoenix tail zun.
The whole body is made of white glaze as the ground, and the colors of red, yellow, green, blue, purple, and gold are painted with the heron lotus pond pattern. The aquatic plants and duckweed in the pond ripple with the waves, the tender green new branches hold up the huge lotus leaves, swaying with the wind, the red, purple, golden lotus flowers, or budding or blooming, the lotus is dotted with colorful butterflies and herons. The whole picture depicts a natural and tranquil summer lotus pond scenery in detail with realistic techniques.
The lotus flower is loved by people because of its characteristics of "slim and elegant" and "out of the mud without staining", and the porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties is mostly decorated with lotus flowers. This venerable vessel is beautiful and colorful, especially the application of gold color, making it more magnificent.
Qing Kangxi colorful brocade chicken peony picture Guanyin bottle.
The shape of this bottle is dignified and simple, the composition is sparse and dense, the decoration and painting are fine, the color is exquisite, and the content of the painting means auspicious.
The five-color porcelain of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty can be divided into two categories: overglaze five-color and blue-and-white five-color, of which the overglaze five-color can best represent the artistic characteristics of Kangxi five-color. The Kangxi five-color ware in the Qing Palace is the superior product of the official kiln or "official and private burning". The five-color ware shape of this period is known for its simplicity, dignified and vigorous. There are a lot of styles of colorful ware, in addition to the current dynasty, there are imitations of the previous dynasty, the name of the hall, etc., the imitation of the previous dynasty is to imitate the "Ming Dynasty Chenghua year" majority.
Qing Jiaqing alum red ground colorful depiction of the golden baby play bowl.
The outer wall is painted with colorful depictions of golden baby plays, lined with red ground. The Jiaqing Dynasty inherited the porcelain-making process of the Qianlong period, and the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory continued to produce imperial porcelain at this time. This bowl is brightly colored, the picture decoration is lively, and the red ground sets off the lively atmosphere of the baby play.
Qing Kangxi colorful cultivation and weaving picture stick mallet bottle.
There are many ornaments in Kangxi porcelain that reflect the theme of farming, which to a certain extent reflects the importance that the imperial court attached to agriculture at that time. This bottle pattern is from the Kangxi painted two pieces of the weaving map, its scene is depicted real and vivid, the utensils are exquisitely made, it is a realistic style of art in the Kangxi five-color ware.
Qing Kangxi colorful brocade silver ingot pillow.
This is a representative work of a folk kiln.
Qing Kangxi colorful bamboo finch figure holding pot.
Qing Kangxi blue and white colorful figure picture bowl.
The outer wall is painted with eight immortal figures, and the eight immortals are dressed in colorful clouds, holding treasures, stepping on auspicious clouds, and their expressions are different. White glaze is applied inside the circle, and there is no recognition.
This bowl is white and delicate, the glaze is shiny, and the painting brushstrokes are delicate.
Qing Yongzheng colorful figure plate.
On the picture on the plate, an elderly man in a pale green robe sits next to a stone;The boy wears a green shirt and stands in front of the elder, and is called the godson. The brushstrokes of the figure paintings are vivid and detailed. The picture is first outlined with ink color, and then filled with dark green, light green, purple, ochre, ink and other colors, which is quite elegant.
Although pastel became the mainstream of colored porcelain in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, and the colorful products decreased significantly, the craftsmanship level of the Yongzheng period was not inferior to that of the Kangxi period. The colors of the porcelain painting brushes are very exquisite, and the painting style is elegant and charming.
Qing Yongzheng colorful landscape figure bowl.
This bowl is vividly painted with delicate brushstrokes, realistic and expressive, and decorated with historical stories as ceramics, which is elegant and chic.
Qing Yongzheng colorful Panasonic figure plate.
This plate is delicate in shape, elegant in composition, exquisite in painting, and belongs to the products with a high level of production in the porcelain of the folk kiln.
Qing Yongzheng colorful fish algae picture Guanyin bottle.
The outer wall is painted with red and green color and fish algae pattern, which is vivid and expressive. White glaze is applied to the inside of the ring foot. No money.
The pattern on this bottle is delicately painted, depicting the demeanor of the fish vividly, and expressing the good wish of "more than auspicious" through the "fish".
Qing Yongzheng colorful baby girl play picture jar.
Yongzheng Dynasty pastel porcelain began to prevail, but the colorful porcelain did not stop firing, and its decorative style also changed with the aesthetic trend of the times, changing the bright and dazzling in the early Qing Dynasty and tending to be elegant. Yongzheng colorful porcelain patterns are mainly figures, the decoration is complex and simple, and the image of the lady is consistent with the style of the court lady painting in the Yongzheng period, graceful and elegant, forming its unique and distinctive style of the times. This jar shape is regular, although it is a large jar, it does not lose the elegant atmosphere of Yongzheng Dynasty porcelain, the painting is fine, and it is the representative work of Yongzheng Dynasty colorful porcelain.
Qing Kangxi colorful December flower picture inscription verse cup.
The cup set consists of 12 pieces. The carcass is light and thin, and the glaze is shiny. One side of the outer wall is decorated with blue and white multicolored flowers, depicting flowers representing one of the 12 months, and the other side is inscribed with verses corresponding to flowers.
This kind of set of cups belongs to wine cups, which are in large quantities in the porcelain preserved in the Qing Dynasty court, and their quality is highly unified.
First, the repair of the blank is regular, the tire is thin and light, the decoration is standardized, the style is exquisite, and the font is standard, which represents the highest level of blue and white colorful thin tire porcelain produced by the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory in the Kangxi Dynasty. The shape of the cup, the layout of the picture, the content of the poem, the font, etc., are consistent with the Kangxi blue and white December flower inscription poem cup, and the two should be from the same pattern and fired in the same period. Compared with the blue and white varieties, the colorful cup needs to be fired twice, and the production process is more complex and difficult.
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