Cowpea red glaze washing

[Cowpea red glaze washing]

Cowpea red glaze washing, Kangxi, Qing Dynasty, 3.9 cm high, 8.2 cm caliber, 7.5 cm foot diameter
Wash the mouth and circle the feet. White glaze is applied inside and cowpea red glaze is applied outside, with green moss spots. White glaze is applied on the bottom of the foot, and the blue and white regular script “made in Kangxi year of the Qing Dynasty” is printed in three lines with six characters
Cowpea red glaze is a kind of high-temperature color glaze with variable color, which is fired with reducing flame. It is a rare variety of copper red glaze in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Its basic color is like the red of mature cowpea, so it is named. The finished products can be divided into high and low ones, and the top ones are called “Dahongpao”; Slightly less, the glaze color contains spots and green moss of different shades, which is also called “beauty drunk” or “beauty Ji”; The inferior products are dark brown and are called “donkey liver” and “horse lung”. It is very difficult to burn cowpea sauce. It can only be produced in a small amount by the official kiln, and is only used by the imperial court. There are no large objects, and the maximum is only 20 cm.

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