Various glazed large bottles

[Various glazed vases]

Various glazed vases of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, with a height of 86.4 centimeters, a caliber of 27.4 centimeters, and a foot diameter of 33 centimeters
Bottle washing, long neck, long round belly, and rounded feet. A dragon ear is placed on both sides of the neck. The body is decorated with as many as fifteen layers of glaze and color from top to bottom. The overglaze decoration techniques used include gold color, enamel color, pastel color, etc; The varieties of underglaze color decoration include blue and white; There is also a combination of overglaze color and underglaze color. The types of glazes used include imitation Ge glaze, turquoise green glaze, kiln changed glaze, pink blue glaze, Ji blue glaze, imitation Ru glaze, imitation official glaze, sauce glaze, etc. The motif is decorated on the belly of the bottle, with a blue glaze painted with gold and pink auspicious patterns. There are a total of 12 auspicious patterns, of which six are realistic paintings, namely, “Three Yang Kai Tai”, “Auspicious Qing Yu Yu”, “Danfeng Chaoyang”, “Taiping Youxiang”, “Xianshan Qiongge”, and “Bogu Jiuding”. The other six are the “Swastika” characters in Jindi, Bat, Ruyi, Panchi, Ganoderma lucidum, and Flowers, respectively implying “Wan”, “Fu”, “Ruyi”, “Repel Evil”, “Long Life”, and “Wealth and Honor”. The inside of the bottle and the inside of the ring foot are coated with turquoise green glaze, and the center of the outer sole is inscribed with a blue and white seal script with six characters and three lines, which were made during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty
From the perspective of firing technology, blue and white glaze, imitation official glaze, imitation Ru glaze, imitation Ge glaze, kiln modified glaze, pink blue glaze, and Ji blue glaze are all high-temperature glazes and colors that need to be baked first. While pastel, enamel, gold, and turquoise green glazes are all low-temperature glazes that require post baking. Such a complex process can only be successfully completed with a comprehensive grasp of various glaze and color properties
The Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty lasted for 60 years and was a peaceful and prosperous period for the development of feudal society. At this time, due to Emperor Qianlong’s penchant for antiquity and a penchant for porcelain, as well as the painstaking management of the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory by the pottery supervisor Tang Ying, a large number of famous craftsmen with unique skills gathered in Jingdezhen, resulting in an unprecedented level of porcelain production in both quantity and quality. In particular, various novel and ingenious products have emerged in an endless stream, and the high level of their craftsmanship can be described as uncanny craftsmanship. This large vase with various glaze colors, which combines various high-temperature and low-temperature glazes and colors, is known as the “mother of porcelain” and embodies the superb porcelain making skills of the time. It is the only one that has been handed down and is extremely precious.

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