There are pictures and truth: Look at the blank period blue-and-white porcelain in Ming Dynasty from the Palace Museum

In the past 30 years after the Xuande Dynasty, a series of political changes took place, which led to the collapse of the state, internal and external worries, economic depression, poor people’s livelihood and social unrest.In this situation, Jingdezhen porcelain production has also been greatly affected, porcelain-making level and porcelain quality compared with the former Yongle, Xuande has a significant decline.

So far, no matter the archaeological excavations unearthed, public museum collections, or antiques art market, can clearly determine the age of writing a chronological orthodoxy, Jingtai, Tianshun three-dynasty porcelain rarely found.This kind of blank period porcelain of Ming Dynasty, which has special historical significance, will naturally arouse the attention of academic circles and collectors.

Blue and white pine, bamboo and plum grain pot, bright and orthodox

The height is 33 cm, the diameter is 17.5 cm and the foot diameter is 17.5 cm.

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Can straight mouth, short neck, shoulder, tympanum, under the abdomen gradually inward, circle foot.The shape is dignified and full.A clear blue and white decoration.The neck is decorated with honeysuckle pattern, shoulder is decorated with tangled branch peony pattern, the belly is shown in the moon to reflect pine, bamboo and plum pattern, supplemented by flowers and plants, slope land, ganoderma lucidum and so on.The deformable lotus-petal pattern is drawn near the foot.The plain base has no glaze.Nothing is known.

In the orthodox dynasty of the ming dynasty, the production of porcelain, whether it is shaped, decorated, or blue-and-white color, reflected the style of the times are close to the official kiln ware of late xuande, is the continuation of xande porcelain style, but in the production of some evolution and innovation.There are two kinds of blue-and-white materials used in the orthodox blue-and-white porcelain. One is imported green materials used in Yongle and Xuande periods.The other is home-made green material, showing a lighter color, for the gray blue, this period began to use domestic green materials.The shape directly inherits the Xuande utensil, the shape is full, the bottle, the tank kind big shape implement compares with the Xuande period is not different, but the utensil mouth part receives slightly in the orthodox period, has the slightly different with the Xuande timer mouth;In terms of body and line, the line changes smoothly in orthodoxy and obviously fluctuates in Xuande.In terms of decorative layout, the orthodox blue-and-white is also the continuation of Xuande blue-and-white, bottle and can mostly use three-stage layout method: shoulder, abdomen, foot three parts.Yung Le, Xuande porcelain on the appearance of the cloud-gas patterns in the orthodox dynasty was widely used, generally also used outside thick line, thin line drawing.

Blue and white Kirin wing dragon pattern plate

Height: 10.7 cm, aperture: 52.4 cm, foot diameter: 28.7 cm

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The mouth of the disk is slightly flabby, the shallow arc wall, the circle foot.The interior and exterior are decorated with blue and white flowers.The inner bottom draws a unicorn to stop between the pine cypress, the mountain stone and the banana leaf, the unicorn occupies the space very large, almost occupies the heart in the plate.Inside, four lines of dragons pass between the clouds and the sea.The outer wall is painted with twigs and lotus.The plain base has no glaze.Nothing is known.

The blue-and-white painting in the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty was different from that in the early Ming Dynasty.Kirin, as a kind of ancient auspicious animal, appeared widely in porcelain painting in Ming Dynasty, it is the auspicious thing in ancient people’s mind, symbolizing auspicious happiness.However, the combination of Kirin and dragon pattern is rare in Yongle and Xuande blue-and-white porcelain.

Qinghua with Qin visit friends Tumei bottle tomorrow Shun

Height: 32.5 cm, aperture: 5.4 cm, foot diameter: 10.5 cm

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Bottle small mouth, neck take off wide, shoulder, long abdomen under the harvest.A clear blue and white decoration.The shoulder decoration sea water grain and the sea horse grain, the abdomen painting carries the Qin to visit the friend picture, near the foot decoration sea water grain.The plain base has no glaze.Nothing is known.

The blue-and-white porcelain of the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty had the characteristics of the original dynasty, as an example of the blue-and-white plum vase, the blue-and-white at that time had rich dark blue and grayish light blue changes, the instrument adopted imported blue-and-white cobalt material, the color was bright, and with black crystal spots.The picture works naturally, uses a sketch, especially the center moves the pen to draw the current cloud and the character to have the unique place, shows the higher painting level.The blue-and-white pattern does not resemble Xuande’s faintness, nor does it resemble the fineness of Chenghua, with a sense of elegance.And the figure in the picture is more contrary to the wind, crown belt, clothes brush up, look leisurely.In front of the foot is the strong grass under the strong wind, behind is the high mountains covered by the cloud and air forest.The painted cloud lines, bold and unrestrained, showing the shape of ganoderma lucidum, and there are layers of small circle over the side of the cloud.This special streamer pattern is not only different from the simple style in the early Ming Dynasty, but also different from the round and soft style after Chenghua.Tianshun blue-and-white porcelain in the body and shape also reflects the characteristics of the times, the general body is thicker than the mature period, the body is taller than Xuande, this bottle is no exception, the style is simple and Dunhou.

Qinghua Baxian Qingshou Lacquer, Mingjingtai

Height: 35.3 cm, aperture: 21.5 cm, foot diameter:20 cm

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Can straight mouth, short neck, shoulder, bulging abdomen, abdomen gradually, close foot outside, foot edge slant, shallow wide circle foot.A clear blue and white decoration.The neck draws the diamond brocade grain, the shoulder draws the cloud crane to be mixed the precious grain.In the picture of Eight Immortals, the old man has a stick holder, a chess player, a chess watcher, a board player, a flute player, an incense player, etc.Some of the children hold things, some hold umbrellas, some hold fruit plates.Characters in the rock, bridge, water environment, and accompanied by cranes, deer, pine, the sky for a large number of ganoderma-like Xiangyun, meaning longevity Fulu pattern.Near foot draws the sea water river cliff pattern.Blue and white color thick gray, glaze spread green, and have obvious open-grain lines.The plain base has no glaze.Nothing is known.

The blue-and-white porcelain of the Jingtai period of Ming Dynasty continued the style of the orthodox blue-and-white porcelain.Its pattern decoration layout is sparse, the painting style is gentle, the pattern image generalizes, the complexity is appropriate, but the picture whole is slightly more concise, the space is larger.