Since the Song Dynasty, kilns have a “kiln” and “kilns” points. Song kiln is designed for use within a large bureaucracy and porcelain kilns, divided into “Northern Song Dynasty kiln” and “Southern Song Guan Kiln.”
Kiln firing glazed porcelain known to the world. Porcelain kiln importance not only the texture, and the pursuit of the beauty of porcelain glaze, often with grace and elegant style palace style, always resulting Pingjiapogao. Qing Chen Liu in the “Tao Ya” in praise: “Song kiln by those who never see, people who rarely sighted.”
Northern Song Dynasty porcelain kiln firing time is shorter. Northern Song Dynasty porcelain kiln Fetus and Ru mimicking, fine Caine dense, divided into deep and light gray. Multiple antique, mainly bowls, bottles, washing and so on. Carcass were thick, smooth glaze, glaze with a layer of dark caramel “protect the glaze.”
Porcelain kiln
Southern Song Dynasty porcelain kiln Bianjing only inherited the Northern Song Dynasty porcelain kiln, Henan and other northern Ru Guan porcelain kilns of dignified simplicity, enamel, rich features, but also absorbed the Southern Yue, Longquan kilns kilns eggshell thick enamel , glazed Ying steep, sophisticated style. Its glaze with pink blue, pale blue, beige and other putties and to powder blue for the last; deep moisturizing, jade Shining. Then covered with glazed pattern pieces, ice cracks, water lines, roe pattern, white rubbish scraps, etc., in order to Binglie eel blood lines for the last; plum slices, magic pattern pieces followed. Since porcelain kiln high iron content of clay used, the Fetus Pan Black and Purple color. Is part of the rim sag due to the glaze, underglaze exposed in thin purple, commonly known as “purple mouth”; another bottom foot exposed child, so called “iron foot”, collectively known as the “Purple iron foot.” Typical porcelain kiln, the embryo glaze layer thickness of only about one third of the embryo thin enamel thick. Poly glaze layer also save countless tiny bubbles, such as beads, experts call “save polyethylene foam beads.” The Southern Song Dynasty porcelain kiln technology skills North Arts South integration, to create a history of celadon peak times. But also for the world of arts and culture is also a great outstanding contributions.
After the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, Guan destroyed, artisans lost, lost art, so little treasures handed down. 1989, to 25 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong took to buy a Southern Song Guan Yaoqing porcelain, creating a history of Chinese ancient pottery auction record.
