Cowpea red glaze chrysanthemum vase

[Cowpea red glazed chrysanthemum petal bottle]

Cowpea red glazed chrysanthemum petal bottle, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, 20.3 cm high, 5.2 cm diameter, 4.2 cm foot diameter
Bottle skimming, slender neck, round shoulder, gradually close under the shoulder, and circle foot. It is called a chrysanthemum vase because it is embossed with a long and thin chrysanthemum petal pattern near the bottom. Cowpea red glaze is applied throughout the body. The glaze color is moist and elegant, showing a pink color with varying shades, with a few green moss spots. The white tire is exposed along the mouth. The bottom is painted with white glaze and printed with six characters and three lines in blue and white regular script “made in Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty”
Red glaze is made of copper oxide as a colorant and fired in a high temperature reducing atmosphere. It first appeared in Changsha kiln in the Tang Dynasty. Red glazed utensils were successfully fired in the Yuan Dynasty. The famous “ruby red” glaze was fired at Yongle and Xuande in the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, on the basis of inheriting the previous generations, continuous innovation was made, and Langyao red, cowpea red and Jihong were fired successively. Among them, cowpea red is the most difficult to be fired, and there are thousands of changes in the elegant glaze color. People praise it as “green as green water on its first birthday, and red as the morning glow.”
Due to the difficulty in firing, the cowpea red glaze basically has no large utensils, mainly including bottles, Taibai zun, small pots, washing and other stationery. The glaze of this chrysanthemum vase is bright, beautiful and even. It is a rare masterpiece in cowpea red glaze.

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