The cobalt blue glaze in this blue glaze jar is the kind of glaze that Xiao Zhang wanted to fire before.

The cobalt blue in the Tang Sancai can be said to be a very famous glaze, because this blue glaze in addition to the common chemical components in the three-color glaze, mainly contains cobalt oxide and antimony oxide two new components, cobalt pigment is imported from the Western Regions through the Silk Road, it is very rare at that time, and it is difficult to color on the pottery, so only the blue glaze is used in valuable vessels, which is the most noble. There is an old saying in the antique shop: three colors are blue, and they are worth a fortune.

It is precisely because of the preciousness of its raw materials that it has survived in small quantities, and it is even more precious, of course, Xiao Zhang can fire this blue glaze and even mutate into a purple-blue glaze, which is even more precious to the extreme.

Tang Sancai pottery is made of white clay, applied with low-temperature glaze, and roasted at low temperature.

It was developed on the basis of lead-glazed pottery in the Han Dynasty. The so-called three colors are colorful, with yellow, green, white, blue, ochre, purple, black and other colors.

Some are used as a single use, and some are mixed with multiple colors, which are colorful and full of variety.

Tang Sancai originated from the Han Dynasty glazed pottery, but the multi-color glaze decoration began in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the process inheritance is orderly, as an 800-1000 low-temperature firing glazed pottery, because it contains copper, iron, cobalt, manganese and other metal elements fired kiln to change a variety of colors, its appearance was favored by the upper echelons of the Tang Dynasty.

The culture of the Tang Dynasty was greatly influenced by the Western Regions, and the smooth flow of the Silk Road created a prosperous exchange between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions.

Of course, in addition to this precious blue glaze, there are other glaze colors that are also amazing to the world, and they are addicted to the existence of everyone in the world.

Of course, many times many people will ask, is this Tang Sancai porcelain or pottery?

There is no doubt about this.

Although it is said that Huaxia is a country of ceramics, ceramics are actually different.

The difference is the difference between glazing and not glazing.

For example, the figurines of the Han Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty are all unglazed, which are all pottery, and the glazed ones after the Song Dynasty are all porcelain......

But only this Tang Sancai belongs to the half-glazed ......

It is half pottery and half porcelain......

But strictly speaking, Tang Sancai should actually belong to pottery......

Because Tang Sancai's porcelain fetal material is made of porcelain clay and kaolin, and pottery is made of clay.

Porcelain is not absorbent, the firing temperature of porcelain is too high, the soil crystals, the pottery is fired at low temperature, the soil is still soil, and it will absorb water.

Tang Sancai is absorbent.

Porcelain is translucent and translucent, while pottery is opaque.

Tang Sancai is fired in the kiln for the second time.

The material is porcelain clay, but it is fired at a low temperature and belongs to pottery.

The first time the embryo body is fired, the formed tire is burned to dry, the second time the glaze is burned, the glaze juice is coated, and then the glaze is fired.

The color of glazed pottery is developed by melting metal oxides and solvents in minerals such as lead oxide and silicon oxide.

Therefore, Tang Sancai is not porcelain, it belongs to glazed pottery, glazed pottery.

This is also a way to distinguish the real from the fake Tang Sancai.

Different oxides show different colors.

Sancai glazed pottery is easy to imitate, and there are many Tang Sancai counterfeits on the market.

Identification can be divided into, for example, Tang Sancai glaze color light, is treasure light, looks comfortable and gentle, not dazzling, imitation of the glaze, radiant, dazzling, is a thief light, Tang Sancai with a magnifying glass to look closely, there are colorless pieces in the glaze, the grain pieces are extremely fine, both sides are cocked, slightly separated from the carcass.

Imitations can't have streaks. As long as you take a magnifying glass to compare it, you can distinguish the real from the fake.

Tang Sancai's glaze juice is unique, the glazing method is brushing, drenching, pointing, not paying attention to the full glaze, paying attention to the natural flow of glaze, and some parts are intentionally exposed.

The faces of Tang Sancai's figurines are not glazed, and after being glazed for the second time, they are painted with ink and cinnabar.

After fading, it is now seen that the faces of some figurines are plain.

And the overall shaping of the three-color horse of the Tang Dynasty is also different.

For example, the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty are different from those of the Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The plastic horses of the Tang Dynasty emphasized that they were relaxed and natural, the body was round and not bloated, the proportions were accurate, the flesh and bones were evenly stopped, and the spirit was complete.

The horsetail part of the plastic horse is artistically summarized to reflect the beauty of the horse's body.

If you let the horsetail flutter, it will be different from the gorgeous and magnificent aesthetics of Tang Dynasty sculptures.

Tang Sancai is the essence of the art of the Tang Dynasty in China, which fully shows the spiritual outlook and artistic level of the Tang Dynasty, and is also the essence of Chinese artworks, with a unique artistic style and distinctive national characteristics.

Tang Sancai is the product of the development of Chinese pottery culture to an advanced stage, the raw materials and technology it requires are not complex and expensive, but the artistic effect and the cultural value produced are high, but it is disproportionate to the low investment.

It can be said that Tang Sancai is the full potential and advantages of Chinese pottery culture, which is the glorious crystallization of the experience and technology, artistic feelings and cultural heritage accumulated by Chinese pottery culture after a long period of development, and has been sublimated in a specific cultural environment and atmosphere of the times.

Tang Sancai's sky-high price in the international market surpasses all the Chinese cultural relics whose raw materials are much more expensive, older and more technically complex, indicating that its value has been highly respected and recognized by the world after 1,000 years.

This is also the current value of Tang Sancai in the world......

But so far, the most difficult thing for Xiao Zhang to accept is that there are still many people who misunderstand Tang Sancai.

Because Tang Sancai is a bright weapon!

What is the Ming vessel? That is, the mortal vessel, used for burial, the Tang Dynasty is the era of advocating thick burial after the Han Dynasty, the dignitaries and nobles will enjoy the utensils before their deaths, and the people who serve them will be brought to the underworld, and they will also have a handful of scenery after death.

Now the collection of Tang Sancai is common, Sotheby's, Christie's auction, a single piece of Tang Sancai has been more than 10 million Tang Sancai.

Foreign collection of Tang Sancai is very early, than the Chinese people know the goods, breaking the superstitious concept.

Ivanka, the daughter of the new president of the United States, has a Tang Sancai figurine hidden in her home.

The burial figurines are all used as works of art.

The real Ming utensils have become ornaments, not to mention the Tang Sancai artworks that are now fired?

When Tang Sancai was just excavated back then, I don't know how much was destroyed!

Because the collection of Tang Sancai is very taboo among the Chinese people, when Tang Sancai first found out, I don't know how much it was smashed, thinking that this is a heavy artifact.

But this Tang Sancai is a kind of ceramics with a strong color in real history!

Even the name Tang Sancai is new, and Tang Sancai has not been recorded in various books before.

And the history of Tang Sancai manufacturing is only seventy or eighty years.

From prosperity to decline, with the Anshi Rebellion, there was no more in an instant.

The craftsmanship of the later Liao, Song and Jin Sancai is not as good as that of Tang Sancai.

Also at the beginning of the twentieth century, the construction of the Longhai Railway, the destruction of the Tang tomb, Luoyang Beibi Mountain unearthed a large number of Tang Sancai, so the Chinese people know Tang Sancai is also about a hundred years.

Of course, now with the increase of people's attention to Tang Sancai, as well as the development of Tang Sancai restoration technology, people are keen on the furnishings of the study, which is a good gift for relatives and friends.