The blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty is a rare treasure in the blue and white porcelain of the late Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, which is a national treasure and the "treasure of the town hall" of the Nanjing Museum.

One of the three unique Chinese porcelain.

On August 19, 2013, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage included it in the "Third Batch of Cultural Relics Prohibited from Going Abroad (Territory) for Exhibition".

Compared with such a national treasure-level work, if Xiao Zhang can be perfectly presented and fired, this has to be said to be a very happy thing.

This represents the inheritance and development of porcelain.

And this work can also be said to be an extraordinary meaning.

The three clay tires that Xiao Zhang has drawn so far are all blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty.

Mainly because the Yuan Dynasty is an important period in the history of Chinese ceramics.

The Yuan Dynasty was a regime established by the Mongols, and the Mongols had a cheerful, generous, and informal character, living a life on horseback, and they liked to listen to operas in their lives.

Of course, many Yuan blue and white works unearthed can confirm this, and understand life from opera.

Therefore, the porcelain craftsmen at that time created blue and white paintings based on typical opera stories to express the political significance of the holy lord and the virtuous minister.

The creation of Yuan Qinghua, Xiao He Yuexia's chasing Han Xintu, and the plum vase had a lot to do with the social customs of the time.

To the positive type of blue and white porcelain is divided into domestic porcelain and export porcelain, according to the historical data to investigate its characteristics, Yuan blue and white Xiao He Yuexia chased Han Xintu plum bottle burning belongs to the domestic porcelain.

This genuine product has been and really has gone through too many stories.

In 1392, Yuan Qinghua Xiao He Yuexia chased Han Xintu plum vase and was buried underground as Mu Ying's burial object.

In 1950, the tomb of Mu Ying, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was stolen, and a number of cultural relics fell to the people.

At that time, someone was peddling this plum vase near Xinjiekou in Nanjing, and Chen Xinmin, who worked at the Nanjing Cultural Relics Company, recognized it as a rare treasure at a glance and bought it with five gold bars.

Two years later, he donated the bottle to the state free of charge.

That's why it's now in the Nanjing Museum.

Xiao Zhang's skill is very clear, and the ornamentation of this work is very distinctive, which can be said to be the reason why it can become a cultural relic that is prohibited from leaving the country.

Fired by the Jingdezhen kiln, this Yuan Qinghua Xiao He Yuexia Chasing Han Xintu plum vase is 44.1 cm high, with a bottom diameter of 13 cm, an abdominal diameter of 28.4 cm, and a diameter of only 5.5 cm.

The fetal quality is white and fine, the blue and white color is stable, the white glaze is pure, the transparency is very high, and the blue and white system is made of imported Su mud and green material. uncovered, small mouth, flat and thick mouth edge, neck short and thin, flat shoulders, constricted below the shoulders, shins elongated, outward skimmed near the bottom, flat bottom.

The shape is dignified and beautiful, the abdomen is drawn with the historical story of "Xiao He chasing Han Xin under the moon", the image of Xiao He, Han Xin and Gong is full of personality, and with pine, bamboo, plum, plantain, mountain stone as the background, the image vividly unfolds a historical picture.

Outside the picture, there are five groups of ornamental ribbons, and the entire plum vase is decorated with intricate ornamentation, and the layout of the ornamental ribbon is sparse and dense.

And the ornamentation of this plum vase is very distinctive.

Yuan blue and white Xiao He Yuexia chased Han Xintu plum vase from top to bottom depicting 6 layers of dense blue and white ornamentation.

The decorated passionflower, miscellaneous treasure covered lotus pattern, deformed lotus petal pattern, hanging bead pattern, etc. are all well served by the main decoration of "Xiao He Yue chasing Han Xin", so as to make the whole utensil unified, and the theme is distinct and prominent.

It is often used in the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty with ancient history as a decorative theme, reflecting that the story of opera has penetrated into all aspects of social life at that time.

The vivid expressions of the characters depicted on the bottle come to life.

Xiao He's anxiety when he rode his horse wildly, Han Xin's hesitation to wait and see by the river, and the expectation of the old man standing with a pulp were all vividly expressed.

And the blank space is lined with pine, plum bamboo, and mountain stones, which seems to be scattered.

Such a perfect piece of porcelain can be said to have been presented in Xiao Zhang's heart for a long time.

Xiao Zhang gently closed his eyes and slowly retouched this beautiful blue and white porcelain clay tire.

Then gently set aside.

This ornament, this pattern, this pattern are all waiting for this Xiao Zhang to be perfected.

Xiao Zhang is not in a hurry, and it can be presented after tomorrow's dry vegetarian burning.

Put the plum bottle mud tire that took about half an hour to get it.

Xiao Zhang also began to prepare the fourth mud tire.

This fourth clay tire is a jade pot spring vase.

And the picture pattern on the memory is the story of the characters.

This is a blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty and is in the collection of the Hunan Museum.

This genuine piece has a beautiful shape, skimming mouth, slender neck, round belly and sagging, circle feet, and beautiful shape.

Decorated with underglaze blue and white. The inner mouth is painted along the Ruyi head, the circle foot is a curly grass pattern, and the main pattern of the abdomen is the story of the characters.

The military general wearing a phoenix tail crown and an armor robe in the middle is Meng Tian.

The Houli samurai held the book in both hands and had the banner of "General Meng Tian".

The former samurai grabbed a prisoner on his knees, and the other samurai seemed to make a report, and the figures were dotted with strange stones, fences, plantains, bamboo leaves, flowers, etc., and the picture was complex but not chaotic.

This bottle is a fine product in the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty.

This is also what Xiao Zhang wants to fire.

A jade pot spring vase about the story of General Meng Tian's character.

The stories of Yuan Qinghua's characters are mostly based on Yuan miscellaneous dramas.

The costumes of the characters, such as shawls, leather boots, and the props used, are all in the style of the Yuan Dynasty.

The flag held by the samurai is the flame pattern tooth flag contained in the "Yuan Shi Yufu", which is the same as the tooth flag on the Yuan Xunshen's "Great Driver Lu Botu", which is a typical Yuan Dynasty style.

The military uniform worn by the soldiers is a kind of national costume worn by the Mongols, that is, the quality sun costume, which is a tight-fitting and narrow-sleeved robe, with two kinds of collars and square collars, long and short, the long one reaches below the knee, and the short one only reaches the knee.

Meng Tian wore a "braided jacket", or "waistline jacket", with a wide hem and a dense pleat, and a wide waist tie, which was worn only by high-status officers.

The feather on Meng Tian's head is an important headdress in Chinese theater performances, and it is a very danceable theatrical costume, and anyone who has watched the Peking Opera "Lu Bu plays Diao Chan" will leave a deep impression on the details of Lu Bu's use of Lingzi to play Diao Chan, because the helmets of ancient warriors are often decorated with tail feathers, called the Crane Crown.

The jade pot spring bottle is used by the beginning of the wine bottle, and gradually evolved into the use of flower arrangement, and later also used as a display porcelain, such as Yongzheng, Qianlong period of pastel, enamel color jade pot spring bottle are used as display porcelain, blue and white jade pot spring bottle is also used as a display device, the Qing Dynasty Imperial Palace Chuxiu Palace East time between the red sandalwood Zhou Hua Kang several on the "attached wooden seat of Qianlong blue and white three friends of the jade pot spring vase, green jade carved into the treasure pot, coral bonsai".

Therefore, it can be said that this is a combination of blue and white porcelain with the charm of the era and the characteristics of the times.

Whether it is color, shape or style, it is a very valuable feature.

This is also the reason why Xiao Zhang wants to imitate this work as the fourth work in this competition.