The dragon bottle, as the name suggests, is a porcelain bottle decorated with a dragon on the bottle body. The dragon is different from the general dragon, specifically refers to the dragon that lies dormant on the ground and does not have **, because of this characteristic, the dragon bottle is often used as a royal funeral vessel in the beginning, but with the development of the times, the characteristics and functions of the dragon bottle have also changed, from a single color of the Ming vessel to a colorful and gorgeous decorative furnishings. Next, let's get to know the Beaulieu bottle together.
The Panlong bottle was first fired in the Tang Dynasty, and began to become popular slowly after the Song Dynasty, and it was innovatively developed in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The biggest feature of the bottle is the dragon on the shoulder of the bottle, the shape of the dragon fired in different eras and different porcelain kilns, and the morphological characteristics of the overall bottle are also different. The production of the Tang Dynasty dragon bottle is now handed down to the world is not much, on behalf of a double series of dragon bottle, this porcelain bottle in addition to the shoulder of the dragon top cover and the middle of the bottle body have water ripples for decoration, the bottle cap is covered with a bowl, there are bud buttons, the overall color of the porcelain bottle is brown, there are relatively dark spots on it for embellishment, very exquisite, reflecting the aesthetic characteristics of the Tang Dynasty simple atmosphere.
The five official kilns of the Song Dynasty have fired the Panlong bottle, and among them, the most aesthetic characteristics produced by the Ge kiln, although the color of the Panlong bottle produced by the Ge kiln is still relatively single, but it is unique and majestic in the Panlong style, the porcelain glaze is bright, and there are cracks on the glaze for decoration, which has a high ornamental value. In the Yuan Dynasty, the development of the dragon bottle has made a great breakthrough, the dragon bottle of this period changed the single glaze color of the Tang and Song dynasties, the bottle body and the dragon often adopt a contrasting design, the red glaze of the dragon and the moon white bottle body reflect each other, it is more exquisite and eye-catching. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, due to the development of enamel technology, the color and decoration of the dragon bottle became more complex and colorful, and there were cloisonné cloisonné enamel dragon bottles, pastel kaleido-gold dragon bottles, etc., which pushed the development of the dragon bottle to a new trend, making the dragon bottle more magnificent, and turned into a very aesthetic value of the furnishings.
The Panlong bottle has changed from a Ming ware to a decorative furnishing, which reflects the changes in the aesthetic concepts of the ancients in different dynasties, and also reflects the continuous development and innovation of China's porcelain-making technology, which has a charming charm.