Very special Ru porcelain!

Anyway, to participate in the national competition, since Xiao Zhang wants to play amazingly, let's play bigger!

The harder it is to burn something, the better! even the kind that these people can't understand......

In Xiao Zhang's mind, there was such a piece of Ru porcelain provided by the system!

This Rui porcelain first appeared in the Song Dynasty, and there are no imitations so far.

Probably most people have forgotten that such a thing exists!

It is also due to the practicality that more people have gradually eliminated this style of instrument.

Of course, in modern life, this kind of thing is still used...... It's just a little simpler......

It's like an inkstone...... In ancient times, there were countless inkstones with strange shapes and unique shapes, but modern people also used inkstones, but they were much simpler and more practical.

The same is true of this Ru porcelain that Xiao Zhang wants to fire!

The scale is not very large!

The height is only 9.2 cm, and the bottom diameter is about 7.2 cm.

Compared with the other Ru porcelain works fired by Xiao Zhang, this is a very small work.

Xiao Zhang picked up the mud beside him almost instantly and gently put it on the wheeling car......

This Ru porcelain is still not a traditional bottle and jar, and it does not need the rotation of a wheel to pull the blank......

The test is still Xiao Zhang's carving and techniques!

This piece is called a paperweight!

And the full name of the piece that Xiao Zhang wants to fire is called Douqing glazed Ru porcelain turtle dragon paperweight!

Paper weights are traditional handicrafts of the Han nationality in ancient China.

It refers to the thing that is used to press paper when writing and painting, also known as paperweight, Wenzhen, Shuzhen, book ruler or weighing ruler, etc.

The origin of the paperweight is that the ancient literati would often put small bronzes and jades on the desk to play and appreciate, because they all have a certain weight, so people will use it to press paper or press books while enjoying it, and over time, it has developed into a kind of study utensils - paperweight.

As a paving aid in the study, the paperweight is evolved from jade carvings and bronze objects.

Ming Wen Zhenheng's "Chronicles of Long Things: Paperweight" said: "Jade, there are ancient jade rabbits, jade cows, jade horses, jade deer, jade sheep, jade toads, squatting tigers, evil spirits, and the most ancient and elegant." Copper, there are green shrimp toad, squatting tiger, squatting mantle, sleeping dog, gilt evil spirit, lying horse, turtle dragon, can also be used. ”

Most of the ancient literati were good at jade, and often put jade carvings or bronzes on the palm of their hands to rub and play, and when they needed to lay out the paper, they could also use it as a paperweight.

As a result, the paperweight developed into an independent stationery.

Paper weights are also known as pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in the study, and the four treasures of the small five.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the paperweight entered the desk of the study, which was not inferior to the inkstone and seal.

"Southern History: The Ancestral Biography of Yuanrong": The emperor tasted the nose under the book case, and the iron was the book town Ruyi, which was very strong, so as to be prepared, and wanted to replace the staff.

It can be seen that paperweights have been around for more than 1,500 years.

There are very few heirlooms of paperweights in the Song and Yuan dynasties, but they are mostly discussed in books and documents.

Tang Du Guangting's "Recording Strange Notes, Different Stones": "Huiji Jinshi Li Wei, occasionally picked up small stones, blue and black are upright, warm and smooth and playable, and Qingtian Huangshi is used as a book town."

Song Zhangdi's poem: "Sanshan put Weng Bao to give me, and the paperweight is just called the golden rhinoceros."

Song Yueke's "Shame Tan Lu Town Small Palace": "The gold vessels in the front of the imperial court, such as inkstones, rulers, pen grids, paste boards, and water leaks, are counted as two hundred taels of gold."

It shows that in the Tang and Song dynasties, the use of paper weights was relatively popular.

In ancient times, paperweights were mainly divided into two categories, one was a single piece, an independent instrument, a collection of poems, calligraphy, paintings, words, carvings in one, has always been a treasure in the collection.

It is often made into the shape of animal scales, because of its shape and the user's taste, the specific name is not the same, such as the set turtle, the golden rhinoceros, Xiaoliancheng, Qianjun history, etc.

Most of this kind of paperweight is the three-dimensional shape of rabbits, horses, sheep, deer, toads and other animals, the paperweight area is small and heavy, and the material is mostly gold, silver, jade, ceramics, copper, crystal, etc.

There is also a type of paperweight called a scale, which generally appears in pairs.

This kind of paperweight, because of the ordinary form, is mostly decorated on the surface.

Some engrave couplets on a pair of pressure rulers, one word and one painting, etc., and when the left and right are connected, they are a whole painting, and they can be separated and become each other.

The content is mostly inspirational, exhortation, pleasure and self-entertainment.

As the name suggests, the shape of the ruler is generally taken from the dense and heavier wood, such as mahogany, ebony, sandalwood, etc.

Later, people also liked to use copper rulers, one copper is easier to take, and the other is to take its weight.

Ancient paperweights are not only practical, but also have artistic appreciation, especially in the literati's study, reflecting the owner's hobbies, tastes, etc., there is the finishing touch.

And the turtle and dragon paperweight that Xiao Zhang wants to fire is not a pair, but a single one!

The shape is very domineering and arrogant! It is very in line with Xiao Zhang's personality!

And the shape is exquisite, and the whole is alternative!

There are many types of paperweights in ancient times, and Ru porcelain firing can be said to be only one of them......

There are dragons and phoenixes carved on it, mountains and rivers, flowers and plants, and all writing......

But this turtle dragon paperweight is indeed a unique shock!

Ancient paperweights, its shape is mostly ruler-shaped, there are animal buttons, consistent with the literature, such as this turtle dragon paperweight, rectangular ruler-shaped base, there is a squatting dragon turtle, the dragon head carving is delicate and realistic, and the dragon tail is freehand and rough.

Of course, with the progress of technology, paperweights with a very strong decorative taste have begun to appear, which can be described as a combination of ornamental and practical.

Such as copper gilt enamel paperweight, for the middle of the Qing Dynasty products, copper tire gilding, and then with enamel directly painted on the metal tire, the decoration is delicate and real, quite similar to the pastel in porcelain, has a high process value, for the fine work in the scholar's treasures.

In the modeling, due to the literati printing, the wind of carving inkstone and the wide application of couplets, the paperweight is also mainly in the form of long strips, but also in the form of pairs, engraved with poetry aphorisms, or painting bamboo, plum chrysanthemum, etc., both practical, and artistic appreciation, especially in the study where the furnishings are very exquisite, the paperweight reflects the owner's hobbies, tastes, etc., when there is the finishing touch.

But whether it is the paperweight of the Ming Dynasty or the paperweight of the Qing Dynasty, the most appreciated shape of the bear's paw is this turtle and dragon paperweight!

The most traditional old appearance!

The mud in Xiao Zhang's hand was slightly forced, and the mud began to change shape.

The base of this paperweight is easier to get...... The difficulty is on this beast button......

Especially the beast button of this turtle dragon, half turtle and half dragon, turtle body dragon head dragon tail dragon foot......

It can be said that it is a very difficult existence to master!

Xiao Zhang quickly got the base right, and then began to perform fine operations on the shape of the turtle dragon!

At the same time, the people in the audience were blinded again......

What is this Xiao Zhang doing?

The statue of Guanyin that was drawn just now shocked everyone, and the objects had reached forty or fifty centimeters......

Now this small piece of mud is pinched around in his hand......

It looks like it's less than ten centimeters......

"I see, what kind of big bottle and big jar is this Xiao Zhang used as a lid! You see that beast button is out of shape! It must be a lid!" someone nodded in the audience.