Qing Qianlong powder enamel bionic fish - shaped porcelain lid box

When the ancients were skilled at making porcelain,

I want to use ceramics to represent another kind of content.

From the earliest imitative creatures,

For example, imitate the feathers of a particular bird

To imitate the texture of natural stone,

By the Qing Dynasty, it had evolved into an omnipotent bionic,

Animals, flowers and birds, vegetables and fruits.

Bionic "fish" in fish-shaped porcelain lid box

This is a way to mimic the physical appearance of an object,

Or its material or skin texture,

To lifelike, with the real

Porcelains of the highest object,

It's called bionic porcelain, or xiang raw porcelain,

It is famous for Tao Shuo by Zhu Yan in Qing Dynasty.

The bionic oranges

The bionic banana

The bionic cucumber

The bionic green peppers

Bionic porcelain is a kind of Chinese ceramic art

A beautiful flower,

As with all other species,

All kinds of art,

You can copy them.

Amazing the world with a "clever" word,

It's amazing.

The bionic corn

The bionic peach

The bionic pumpkin

Bionic walnut, peanut

Bionic behavior has been seen in pottery,

During the reign of Qianlong,

The craftsmen of Imperial Kiln Factory are skilled in firing.

The glaze color of the kiln fire can be controlled at will.

In addition, there was Tang Ying, an outstanding governor and pottery official

Presided over the production of various exquisite vessels,

Bionic porcelain produced

Lifelike, a few can be true.

Bionic Porcelain Bamboo Shoot Ornament (Qing Dynasty)

The reason for its prosperity,

First and foremost

The emperor himself supported the porcelain industry.

A huge amount of financial support,

It is the guarantee of developing porcelain industry.

Emperor Qianlong had a penchant for art,

Porcelain in particular.

Qing Qianlong powder colored plastic fruit crab dish

From the fourth year of Qianlong,

"Within the surplus of Jiujiangguan, the annual operating expenditure is 12,000 liang.

If it is not enough, please add more.

Reimbursement at the end of the year ".

In the later period of Qianlong,

"About 7,000 taels of silver are used every year."

According to the Qing Dynasty archives,

Emperor Qianlong also issued imperial edicts many times

Jingdezhen pottery official Tang Ying imitation of ancient porcelain.

Glazed porcelain bucket with imitation of rosewood pattern (Yongzheng of Qing Dynasty)

Secondly, Tang Ying, the governor and pottery official,

The contribution in the porcelain making can not be ignored.

As an outstanding supervisor and pottery official of Jingdezhen Kiln,

Tang Ying only spent a few short years in the later period of Yongzheng,

He fired more than 40 kinds of archaized varieties,

Another innovative varieties of more than a dozen,

During the reign of Qianlong, more varieties came into being.

Bionic Porcelain Ganoderma Flower Placement (Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty)

The Ceramic Record of Jingdezhen to Tang Ying

The achievements of Du Kiln were evaluated as follows:

"Icons of all the famous ancient kilns are comparable to each other;

Imitation of a variety of glaze, without coincidence;

Stripping was able to, all ready;

He created new purple, French blue and silver coating.

Colored ink painting, bird gold, enamel painting,

Colorful black gold, black white flowers, ink painted gold,

Glazed vessels such as sky blue and kiln change.

The soil is white soil, and the body thick and thin but greasy.

Factory kiln so far, integrated!"

Bionic Porcelain Bamboo Flower Basket (Qing Dynasty)

The Qianlong Emperor pretends to be elegant,

Likes literature and military, on painting and calligraphy, poetry

And all kinds of arts and crafts are extremely fanatical,

In porcelain is more deliberately seeking novelty.

In order to ingratiate himself with Emperor Qianlong,

Made especially for the court

Display and enjoy bionic porcelain.

Qing Jiaqing, rattan pen holder (Jiaqing year style)

Bionic porcelain during the Qianlong period can be roughly divided into two types:

One is modeling bionic porcelain;

One is decorative bionic porcelain.

The former imitates the shape of an object,

The latter imitates the textural texture of implements.

Bionic porcelain cabbage

Water vase with bionic wood glaze (Qianlong of Qing Dynasty)

During the Qianlong period, bionic porcelain was imitated by many objects.

Including people, plants, fruits, animals,

Imitation of other materials such as bronze ware, lacquer ware,

Bamboo and wood ware, gold ware, stone ware, jade ware, etc.

Birds

Carved famille-rose porcelain duck

Yellow glaze bas-relief duck

Conchs

Qing Qianlong: Bionic porcelain conch

Qing Qianlong: bionic conch shaped water pan

Qing Qianlong: powder enamel bionic fish - shaped porcelain lid box

Fruit

Qing Qianlong: Foreign color plastic fruit high feet plate (a pair)

Qing Qianlong: powder enamel bionic litchi

Qing Qianlong: bionic porcelain powder enamel gourd

Qing Qianlong: ivory color bionic Buddha hand water droplets

Qing Qianlong: bionic porcelain peach-shaped box

Insects

Qing Qianlong: green glaze bionic insect leaf shape washing

Fastel enamel carved citron tray inlaid with lotus leaves

In addition to porcelain plastic,

And imitation bronze ware, lacquer ware, marbled boxes,

Wood grain boxes, brocade, brocade letters, etc.

All can achieve the degree of real.

Bionic bamboo multicolored ink bed with flowers and birds

Yellow glaze bionic bamboo carving pen holder

Qing Qianlong: bionic bamboo paperweight

Qing Qianlong: bionic porcelain bamboo arm

Bionic Porcelain Mountain

Bionic carved enamel bowl

Bionic wood grain glaze bowl

Bionic bronze color out halberd

Bionic bronze and gold glazed three-legged furnace

These bionic ceramic animals

The figures are very real.

The details are amazing.

In addition to being biomimetic in form,

Also spare no effort to imitate on glaze color.

Qing Qianlong powder enamel bionic deer ornaments

It seems like a fist-lash, a glass of water,

Some of the glazes and colors,

In a stroke of fire,

But let the animal moment of expression become true.

Before the touch,

You may find it hard to believe that it is made of porcelain.

After the touch,

You will marvel at its superb craftsmanship.

Qing Qianlong: bionic porcelain ganoderma type pen holder

So,

Bionic ceramics from the Qianlong period

In the complexity, ingenuity, and delicacy of the craft,

To a very high standard,

It's a work of art.

Although it is bionic porcelain,

But it's safe to say:

I am proud of my bionic!