Cizhou kiln white ground plum vase with black flower pattern

[Cizhou Kiln White and Black Flower Plum Vase]

Cizhou Kiln White and Black Flower Plum Vase, Song, 39.4 cm high, 3 cm caliber, 9 cm foot diameter
The bottle has a small mouth, a narrow mouth, a short neck, a long, thin belly, and a round foot. The whole body is painted with black color patterns, and the outsole is exposed. The shoulder is painted with double-layer lotus petal pattern and flower pattern for one week respectively, and the abdomen is painted with the theme pattern of tangled flowers. The petals are fat, and the leaves are thin and curly. Although the picture is full and dense, the flowers and leaves are clearly distinguishable. The lower part of the abdomen is also painted with a flower and a lotus petal pattern, which echoes the shoulder pattern. Each layer of decoration is separated by a string pattern
The porcelain decorated with white ground and black flowers in Cizhou kiln can best reflect the bold, vigorous and vigorous artistic style of the folk kiln, which is customarily called “Cizhou kiln type”. Its most basic feature is to apply a layer of makeup clay on the body of the body with low whiteness and relatively rough to achieve the effect of fine work of coarse porcelain, and then apply various decorative techniques on this layer of makeup clay, thus forming the unique style of Cizhou kiln
White ground and black flowers are the most representative varieties of Cizhou kiln in the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties. The decorative effect is similar to traditional Chinese ink painting. Its decorative patterns are all popular themes among the people, such as landscapes, flowers and birds, characters, baby dramas, animals, poems, songs, couplets, epigrams, etc., which are rich in content. The brushwork of decorative painting is concise, the lines are bright, and the pattern structure is free. The composition with painting features the plot of stories and legends. The activities of the characters, flying geese, fish swimming freely, swaying weeds in the water, and poems in the paintings are all free and lively, full of life.

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