Presumably, people who have visited the Ceramics Museum have such a feeling, there is always an indescribable shock when they are surrounded by thousands of porcelain artworks. In the exhibition area of the official kiln of the Ming Dynasty in the arrangement of the best products of the past dynasties, there is an unavoidable masterpiece in the history of Chinese ceramics, which is the famous dragon jar.
The firing process of the big dragon cylinder in the Ming Dynasty is very complicated, the technical difficulty is extremely high, the process is very cumbersome, the firing process is very numerous, complex, and the yield is very low. The emperor once issued an imperial decree to build a kiln mouth that specially burned the big dragon jar, and sent the pottery official to sit in the imperial kiln factory, which can be said to be "with the country's financial resources, the world's resources, gather the country's skilled craftsmen, and gather the wisdom of scholars".
The manpower, material and financial resources consumed by the Dalong jar surpass any variety of porcelain in history. Although a lot of effort was spent on creating thousands of dragon jars, so far, there is still not a single intact blue and white dragon jar left in the world.
In order to let the world re-witness the style of the big dragon jar and let the thousand-year-old porcelain culture be inherited, the Chinese Ceramics Museum hereby launched the "National Treasure Reconstruction Action", by the 18th generation of the "kiln prodigy Bin" Sun [Tong Songying] teacher and the Palace Museum official kiln porcelain designated inheritor [Yang Shiqi] master, take the important "big dragon jar" in the history of ceramics as the prototype of the creation, after a long time to overcome many problems, perfectly reproduce the original appearance and charm of the blue and white dragon jar, and forge an epic official kiln masterpiece "Royal Dragon Jar"!
Let the emperor's vessel be dedicated to the emperor's house again, let the national treasure become a national treasure, and a large dragon jar of the official kiln entrusts the painstaking efforts of the craftsmen and condenses the wisdom of porcelain making for thousands of years. The production of "Royal Dragon Jar" also highlights the bloodline of Chinese porcelain, which has attracted attention for countless top highlights once it was released!
Famous teachers and heavenly groups, cast together
The production of "Royal Dragon Jar" was led by the 18th generation of "Kiln Prodigy Bin" Sun [Tong Songying]. As the prodigy of the kiln, the teacher has been committed to the inheritance of ancient porcelain-making skills for many years, and has made brilliant achievements that are difficult to surpass.
Now he is the owner of Tonggong kiln.
Ceramic hand-painted national first-class.
Jiangxi Province ceramic hand-painted skills master.
Vice Chairman of Jingdezhen Ceramic Artists Society.
Director of Jingdezhen Art Ceramics Research and Exchange Center.
Jingdezhen ceramic handicraft skills inheritance training blue and white project instructor.
He was named "Chinese Collector's Favorite Ceramic Art Master".
Master Tong Songying adheres to the official kiln porcelain technique, over the years has been consistent in the inheritance and creation, this time for the production of the royal dragon jar is even more painstaking, not only through countless ancient books to find ancient porcelain restoration techniques, but also with the Palace Museum Research Institute Zhang Shufen teacher many times in the museum to study the charm of the dragon jar, in order to restore the original characteristics of the dragon jar itself to the greatest extent.
At the same time, Yang Shiqi, another master of the "Royal Dragon Jar", also tried his best to make efforts for the restoration of ancient porcelain, Yang Shiqi, as the official designated ancient porcelain restoration master of the Palace Museum, has studied ancient porcelain for many years, and is extremely familiar with all kinds of ancient porcelain production techniques, and has been invited to participate in the restoration of cultural relics in the Forbidden City many times, and his porcelain art achievements are extremely brilliant!
The two masters did their best to follow the ancient porcelain making techniques, and the essence of porcelain making was revived by the centuries-old Dalong Jar kiln stunt that had been lost for hundreds of years, forging such unprecedented royal porcelain masterpieces.
It is difficult to make and difficult to fire
The blue and white dragon jar is the longest kiln in the kiln to burn porcelain, the process is very cumbersome, the size is very large, due to the unique design, resulting in a high volume shrinkage ratio before and after firing, not well controlled, very likely to crack in the firing process.
In order to ensure the flawlessness of the dragon tank, the teachers have taken great pains to finally grasp the data of the dragon tank production and firing after hundreds of tests and measurements, but even so, the overall yield is still very low.
On the other hand, if you want to perfectly restore the charm and shape of the blue and white dragon jar, you must have strict requirements on the shape and glaze color. The two masters have read ancient books many times and learned that the blue and white dragon jar should not be affected by too much air humidity and temperature changes during firing, otherwise it is difficult to achieve the best color rendering. Such strict requirements also make the firing of the royal dragon jar very difficult.
Royal Dragon Jar in the ornamental design, the perfect restoration of the original pattern, the overall shape and spirit, the details are more meticulous, the mouth of the curly grass pattern, the abdomen of the main body painted two dragons, a dragon in front of the pearl, a dragon followed, but also in line with the current peaceful and prosperous world, the prosperity of the motherland, the people's happiness and health of the great grand occasion!
Supervised by official agencies
In addition to striving for excellence in production and striving to restore the original appearance of the blue and white dragon jar, the Royal Dragon Jar has also been supervised by the Imperial Kiln Museum and the two official institutions of the China Ceramic Museum. At the same time as porcelain, in order to ensure the excellent production of the "Royal Dragon Jar", the deputy director of the Chinese Ceramics Museum [Xu Taosheng] and the director of the Imperial Kiln Site [Zhu Shan], the research librarian of the Cultural Museum, supervised the whole process, ensuring that the "Blue and White Dragon Jar" is the king of quality and authority of the heavy weapon in today's era!
As the first cylinder in the world throughout the ages, the Royal Dragon Jar embodies the wisdom of millennium porcelain making, highlights the skill of millennium kiln fire, can be said to be extremely dignified, extremely exquisite, extremely rich, perfectly reproduces the style of royal porcelain, and shows the peak charm of millennium porcelain art. Its successful re-firing resurrected the centuries-old Dalong Jar kiln stunt, and its noble identity and process difficulty can be said to be shocking the collection world!