231 Eyes lit up
According to the description of the "Ming and Qing Dynasty Porcelain Appraisal", the porcelain fetus is a cardinal plain tire fired for the Yuan Imperial Palace, and the green glaze of the Shufu of the Shiguan kiln (known as egg white glaze) is used to decorate it with red, purple, yellow, blue, white, and green (or peacock green) colors, and then add color to the outline, and add gold sheets (or paste gold leaf or recoat gold powder).
The ornamentation is the royal traditional cloud dragon pattern, miscellaneous treasures, ruyi, tangled branch flowers and Buddhist meaning of lotus petals, eight treasures, Sanskrit.
There is a seal on the wall of the vessel, and there are the dark patterns of the entangled chrysanthemum and peony that are popular at that time; the vessel type has a plate, a bowl, a jade pot spring bottle, a goblet, an incense burner, and the place of production is Jingdezhen.
It gives people the overall impression that the color is quaint, the color and the gold piece are integrated, the gold is brilliant, and the splendidness is gorgeous.
An important point is that its craftsmanship is obviously influenced by the pottery and copper enamel inlay of the "Great Food Kiln" (Iran) in the Western Regions, and produces a strong artistic effect.
It can be inferred from this that this is a new product fired by the Jingdezhen Fuliang Porcelain Bureau in the Yuan Dynasty by introducing the techniques of the Western Regions, or by the craftsmen of the Western Regions who were introduced (captured).
This kind of colored porcelain is rare in China, although the number is not large, but it is significant and extremely expensive.
Experts from the Modu Museum once sighed: "This is an item used by the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty, and its appearance fills the gap in the history of Chinese ceramics."
The evaluation of the senior ceramic expert of the Forbidden City is: "This kind of five-color flower gold five-color porcelain has not only been produced in the Yuan Dynasty, but also its craftsmanship level has been quite superb, like the precious enamel color, it can be said that it is the earliest enamel color." It is comparable to the new copper enamel and porcelain enamel varieties of the time. Its appearance has advanced the firing time of colorful porcelain in the history of Chinese ceramics by half a century. ”
This small bowl is not only highly fired, but also rare in existence.
Similar porcelain fragments are in the British Museum's collection, and scattered in private collections, but no complete pieces have been found.
In 1999, the Modu Museum purchased six pieces of five-color gold porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty of the same era and craftsmanship, all of which were priced at more than 10 million yuan.
However, the white bi is slightly flawed, and these six pieces of purchased porcelain are either broken or incomplete.
Not counting the Panwu Holy Soul Ring, since Cao Zhao, it has lasted more than 700 years, and the egg white glazed five-color flower and gold porcelain has never appeared in the eyes of the world, and now the collection in this secret room is fortunate to be born, but only this one full product, it is really a treasure that is not in the world!
Xiao Yao estimated that the market price of this Yuan Dynasty egg white glaze secretly engraved multicolored gold bowl should be about 80 million.
The two inconspicuous small bowls turned out to be rare treasures, and Xiao Yao had higher expectations for the porcelain placed in the other Duobao Pavilion.
The next Duobaoge is placed in the Yuan Dynasty Ge kiln ear bottle.
This piercing ear bottle is less than 20 cm high, with a slightly extravagant mouth, a straight neck, an arc belly, a high ring foot under the bearing, and a glazed bottom.
Surrounded by two convex string patterns as decoration, a pair of piercing ears on both sides, connected to the round belly, like a drooping gall, the overall shape of the line is smooth and free, soft and beautiful, and does not lose the solemnity and solemnity unique to the ear bottle, and the sense of righteousness and awe.
The whole body is glazed, the glaze is rich and delicate, uniform and smooth, crystal moisturizing, and the porcelain sound is clear and bright, which complements the outline of the whole vessel, and is more soft and smooth. The glaze is gray and blue, the color is pure, deep and quiet, the glaze is cracked with ice, and it is scattered all over the bottle body, and the natural texture brings a unique beauty.
The opening piece was originally a defect in the firing process, but under the guidance of the craftsman's skillful hand, it has become a major attraction of the kiln products. Later, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty wrote a poem praising this: "The iron foot round waist ice cracks, Xuancheng heel this husband is gorgeous."
The distribution of the flakes of this ear bottle is natural and even, and the size of the lines is staggered, which is beautiful.
After the carcass of the kiln is formed, the carcass is first burned, then selected, and then glazed many times, and fired into the kiln for the second time. Therefore, the pottery of the brother kiln is regular and well-made. Emperor Qianlong said in his poem: "The color is dark and the texture is not clear, so the kiln is named." ”
And in "Exposing the Book Pavilion Collection of Yanming", he praised: "Congtai Cheng mud Ye official tiles are not as ancient and elegant as the brother kiln." Green as spring waves do not stop, with stone for it. It can be seen that the world's pity for its category is precious.
Because the shape of Ge kiln porcelain is dignified and simple, the glaze of the body is moist and thick, and the heirloom is precious, and it is mostly found in the Palace Museum on both sides of the strait and some large foreign museums. In the hands of collectors, they are rare, so much so that the broken fragments of the kiln are regarded as rare, and the complete objects are even rarer.
This piece in Xiao Yao's hand can be described as a rare and rare item.
Xiao Yao's estimate of this Ge kiln ear bottle is also about 80 million.
The porcelain placed in the following Duobao Pavilion is a small piece, and it is also a treasure in the porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, but the price is far worse than the previous ones, and the price ranges from 10,000.
Appreciating the last piece of the Bogu frame in the first row, Xiao Yao's eyes lit up.
This is a large piece, about half a meter high, wash the mouth, tie the neck, and have a golden yellow ring on both sides of the ear, the bottle shape is huge, steady and dignified.
From the edge of the mouth to the neck and the circle feet, they are decorated with blue and white painted ruyi cloud head pattern, tangled branch flowers and banana leaf pattern. The abdomen is pastel-painted "Spring Tour" as the theme ornament.
On the wall of the bottle, the painters depicted four groups of figures in the natural scenery when they were in spring. One group stands on the platform of the courtyard and watches the apricot trees bloom in front of the towering green hills; one group stands on the shore and admires the fragrance of peach blossoms; one group drinks tea and tea under the weeping willows, talks about the past and the present; and one group rafts on the spring river.
The painters used the top-down method to frame the distant mountains and the near scenes, so that the scenery was completely and harmoniously unified in one picture, with clear layers and open scenes. The painting style of mountains and rocks, trees, buildings, and rivers is full of changes, and the characters painted are vivid and expressive, and their expressions are different.
The painter has created a masterpiece of art that is "thousands of miles away", with mountains and mountains, galloping and flying, dozens of miles near, hundreds of miles away, competing for strange and showing. On the picture, the white clouds are swirling, the river is endless, the lakes and mountains are beautiful, the water is sparkling, and the pavilions and pavilions are looming in the meantime.
The towering ancient pines sprout new shoots, the willows by the river wear green clothes, and the peach blossoms and apricot blossoms smile and compete for beauty, presenting a beautiful scenery full of spring and full of fragrance.
The composition of the picture, the overall layout is rich in layers, sparse and dense, and the color shades are elegant.
Blue and white pastel is an innovative variety evolved from the bucket color in the Qianlong period, the painting process is complex, and the firing difficulty is extremely high, but the color expression of the fired porcelain is more colorful, so it is deeply loved by the Qianlong Emperor.
This bottle is not only elegant in shape, magnificent, but also outstanding in painting and color, representing the highest level of craftsmanship of the imperial ornamental porcelain bottle in the Qianlong period.