We have brought you a lot of bottles of utensils before, such as stick bottles, Guanyin bottles, jade pot spring bottles, etc., this time we bring you them"Dulu bottle".
The Palace Museum's collection of the Jin Dynasty black glaze rust flower vase, the Osaka Municipal Museum of Oriental Ceramics collection of the Northern Song Dynasty Yaozhou carved peony flower pattern pout, Shanxi Fenyang area unearthed black glaze carved flower and bird pattern powder pink, etc., with a variety of highly complex crafts decorated ornaments, are all exquisite.
The way of heaven is said to be round - a purr bottle
In Taoism, the circle is Wuji, and the circle is Taiji.
In Buddhism, the circle is one mind, and the circle is wisdom.
Ancient books
Sayings: Circle, the same as the circle, all also.
Yi Zhi Ci Shang": The virtue of yarrow, round and divine.
Da Dai Li Ji Zeng Zi Tianyuan": The authentic way is said to be square, and the heavenly way is said to be round.
Pipe Heart Chapter": Those who can be round are generous.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas": The sun of Danshan has the circle of the phoenix.
Mozi Fayi": Hundreds of works are square to moment, and round to rule.
Mencius: Rules, the best of the square.
"Circle".The aesthetic and philosophical concepts have penetrated into people's minds and formed people's aesthetic inertia - taking the circle as beauty, which has become a factor that cannot be ignored in the secrets of ancient art.
There is an old saying in the line, the three major pieces of old kiln porcelain, the plum vase and the jade pot spring. I don't know if the order of these three was pronounced by the ancients or what is the basis?
But for today's collectors, each of these three pieces has its own unique charm and is highly sought-after.
This black glazed puru bottle is in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, with a black glaze and a handicap, and the shape is very exquisite and atmospheric, especially its surface, which is covered with oil droplets similar to "flying immortals", which is full of dynamics.
Jinding kiln white background brown peony pattern purr bottle.
Collection of the Osaka Museum of Oriental Ceramics.
There is also this decoration with black flowers on a white background, which is very rare in the kiln. The white porcelain tire is covered with iron-containing mud, and the brown peony arabesque pattern is drawn with the defloration technique, which echoes the exposed white bottom tire.
Is the puff bottle a wine vessel or a flower vessel?
The purr bottle, a type of instrument named after onomatopoeia, has two widely circulated names:
First, it is transliterated from the languages of ethnic minorities.
Second, it is a common name due to the physical phenomenon of pouring liquid from the inside out, and the air enters the round abdominal cavity of the bottle from the small mouth to make a "grunt" sound.
Southern Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain puru bottle (pair).
Collection of the Idemitsu Museum of Art.
Short, chubby, and looks a bit like a plum bottle, don't look at it like this"Humpty Dumpty".It's a popular national treasure!Many people think that it is a flower vessel, and some people think that it is a wine vessel.
Northern Song Dynasty gold black glazed brown spot floral pattern purr bottle.
Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou kiln plum pattern purr vase collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA.
Many friends are concerned about its use, and it is said that it is a kind of liquid storage vessel popular in the north during the Song and Yuan dynasties, mainly for the storage of wine.
Because it has a small mouth and a large belly, it has a large belly capacity, and it will be emitted when it is poured"Dulu", "Dulu".sounds.
Northern Song Dynasty Yaozhou kiln blue glaze carved peony arabesque pattern puru bottle.
Osaka Oriental Ceramics Collection.
Of course, there are also scholars who think that it is a flower vessel, this statement is not wrong, the two Song Dynasty flower appreciation, flower raising, flower arrangement and other floral art are very popular, the upper class of the society cherished flowers and plants to reach an extraordinary realm, so there were a lot of special flower arrangement utensils at that timeFor example, Zhanjing plate, plum bottle, jade pot spring, gall bottle, etc.
Northern Song Dynasty Dingyao white ground brown color purr vase, collection of the Freer Museum of Art, United States.
Liaocizhou kiln floral pattern purr vase collection of the Freer Museum of Art, USA.
Is the Dulu bottle suitable for collecting?
This type of utensils has a high degree of market recognitionAlthough the type of utensils is relatively special, at that time this kind of products belonged to the bulk category, but there were also many high-end goods in this type of utensils.
Because of its cute appearance and smaller size, many collectors were willing to collect, and many kilns in the north had produced such bottles at that time.
Black glazed engraved floral pattern purr vase.
This black-glazed rust flower purr bottle was the most produced basic model in the Jin Yuan period.
For example, in 2018, Christie's Hong Kong auctioned a Yaozhou kiln boutique Dulu vase, which sold for 21250,000 Hong Kong dollars, 2018 Christie's Hong Kong Northern Song Dynasty Yaozhou kiln carved flower puru vase.
Sold for 212HK$50,000.
In 2018, Christie's in New York also auctioned a Cizhou kiln Northern Song Dynasty-Jinbaidi black flower fish algae pattern purr bottle, and the transaction price was as high as 175$250,000.
2018 Christie's New York Northern Song Dynasty Gold White Ground Black Flower Fish Algae Pattern Dulu Vase.
Sold for 175$250,000.
The glaze of this bottle is white, the shape is upright, its biggest feature is the white ground black fish algae pattern painted on the bottle body, which is very vivid, and the feeling of blank space is also just right, full of artistic conception.
Northern Song Dynasty-Jin Cizhou kiln black glaze pile line pattern purr bottle.
Price realised: HK$1,980,000.
Song Cizhou kiln black glaze rust flower purr bottle.
Sold for 7HK$50,000.
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