Jizhou kiln appreciation

Mondo Collection Updated on 2024-02-01

Overview of Jizhou kiln:

Dongchang Tuliu Mirror Record" contains: Yonghe "to the fifth generation, the people gathered their land to cultivate and pottery. At the beginning of Zhou Xiande, it was called the magnetic kiln regiment in Linjiangli, Gaotang Township, and there were regimental generals. The Northern Song Dynasty miscellaneous book "Qingyuan Miscellaneous Records" cloud: "Yonghe Zhen Shu Weng, Shu Jiao, its instrument is heavier than the immortal Buddha, flourishing in the main road, and there are Yuan You and Chongning in the remainder." "Qingyuan Mountain Chronicles, Yonghe" contains: "Song Dynasty kiln, take Jigang Longdu greasy soil ware", Song Dynasty repaired Longdu Temple, "Yonghe kiln is also funded". Archaeological conditions in recent years show that the Pengjia kiln and the Taxia kiln were created and burned in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and the final firing was carried out in the fifth dynasty; Yonghe kiln five generations of creation and burning, the end of the Yuan Dynasty final burning; Wujiayao was burned in the Northern Song Dynasty and finally burned in the Yuan Dynasty; Linjiang kiln five generations of firing, the end of the Ming Dynasty burning, the whole kiln system has more than 1,200 years of firing history.

Jizhou kiln is a private kiln mainly for the production of daily ceramics, with large output and low cost. It uses local materials and soon formed its own porcelain-making process, casting the personality characteristics of Jizhou kiln ceramics with "rough and loose fetal quality, high sand content", "like pottery but not pottery", and "heavy glaze without heavy tire". The main utensils are bowls, bowls, jars, cups, saucers, plates, bowls, basins, bottles, pots, toys, etc.; The glaze color includes green glaze, blue and white porcelain, milky white glaze, brown glaze, black glaze, color painting, green glaze, imitation dragon spring, blue and white, etc.; The fetal quality has plain white, pink white, yellow white, cow red, blue gray stoneware and other colors, its yellow and white fetal white is yellowish, the sand content is high, "like pottery non-pottery" is the most typical. The decoration process of Jizhou kiln ceramics includes printing, ticking, carving, paper-cutting appliqué, dotting, sprinkling glaze, pinching and molding, etc., the decoration is exquisite and vivid, the decoration skills are exquisite, and the regional style and folk art characteristics are strong. It successfully uses the folk paper-cutting process for porcelain decoration, forming a simple, bright, rich decorative style of life, and makes full use of kiln technology, develops and burns a unique personality of the underglaze white ground painting and colorful, dazzling black glaze wood leaf pattern, tiger pattern, tortoiseshell spots, partridge spots, paper-cut appliqués and other black glaze kiln porcelain, giving people a natural, fresh and bright beauty, unique in the history of Chinese ceramics.

Appreciation Notes:

Jizhou kiln Southern Song Dynasty black glaze tea cup is very popular in the market, in recent years, imitations are flooded, imitation of a few can be real, must focus on observationDetailing of fetal, enamel glaze and shapeIn addition to observing the glaze, the brown color ware of the Yuan Dynasty must be carefully observedPainting, brushworkIt should be noted that the tire color of Jizhou kiln is not the same, and the glaze water has advantages and disadvantages due to different preservation environments, so it is advisable to be careful to verify.

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1) Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou kiln wood leaf bowl. This piece should be a heirloom, the glaze of the silk texture is so good, and the hat is beautiful and straight, so beautiful!

2) Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou kiln paper-cut applique tea cup. Jizhou kiln famous product, this piece is tortoiseshell spots on the outside, and the black glaze is glazed to the end, the foot is neat (false circle foot), the paper-cut plum blossom is full of Zen, the specifications are very high, and the label shows that this piece is purchased or donated by the museum (off-topic).

3) Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou kiln paper-cut applique roll grass pattern tea cup. The mouth is deep and the belly is deep, the waterstop line is obvious, it should be used for fighting tea, and the decorative pattern is like lacquerware, high-grade!

4) Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou kiln paper-cut applique phoenix butterfly pattern tea cup, double phoenix and double butterfly, should be the degree of the noble lady at that time, drinking tea so elegant, luxury.

5) Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou kiln black glaze painted phoenix pattern tea cup. Painted on the black glaze, the difficulty is smaller than that of the paper-cut appliqué, the glaze is applied to the waist, the grade is slightly inferior, but it is also one of the representative varieties of Jizhou.

6) Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou kiln tortoiseshell spot black glaze flower arrangement (flower into). It is very chic, you can get a glimpse of the aesthetic height of the Song people's elegant things, and there is almost no similar one on the market.

7) Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou kiln tiger skin spotted teacup. The rim of the mouth should have been inlaid with silver at that time, and there are clear traces of use at the foot of the foot.

8) Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou kiln glazed tea cup (every time I see Jizhou kiln sprinkled glaze utensils, I can always think of the free-spirited contemporary art, of course, Jizhou kiln art serves the function of tea tasting, and contemporary craftsmanship is just art for art, not here).

9) Yuan Dynasty Jizhou kiln underglaze brown sea water pattern Kaiguang lotus pond pattern Cong bottle. The exact name and function of the test, such as the ornament, the ornament is a major attraction, very exquisite, the "full pond Jiao" pattern shows that this is likely to be the Yuan Dynasty aristocratic firing utensils. The brown color painting varieties of Jizhou kiln in the Yuan Dynasty obviously have the shadow of the Cizhou kiln in the north, and its painting expression and underglaze color process characteristics are also easy to be associated with the later Yuan blue and white flowers.

For the key points of appreciation and identification of Jizhou kiln, there will be further in-depth opportunities later. Regardless of ophthalmology or other analytical methods, superficial cognition cannot guide practice, and it is compulsory to form visual memory through careful observation of the key features of the real thing.

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