Originating in the Han Dynasty, it flourished during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Song and Yuan Dynasties, and Ming and Qing dynasties. The tangle stripes are called "tangled branches peony" composed of peonies; the lotus flowers and grapes are called "tangled lotuses" and "tangled grapes"; and the characters and birds and beasts are called "character birds and beasts tangled branches".
Blue and white tangled lotus bowl, Ming Yongle, height 13.7 cm, caliber 35.5 cm, foot diameter 20 cm. Qing Palace Old Collection.
Bowl straight mouth, curved wall, circle foot. Blue-and-white all-over ornamentation. The center of the bowl is painted with folded branches of pomegranates, the fruit is huge, the inner wall is decorated with folded branches and fruit patterns, and the inner mouth is decorated with folded branches. The outer mouth is decorated with honeysuckle patterns, the outer walls are decorated with tangled lotus patterns, and the foot walls are decorated with 3 blue and white lines.
This bowl is quite large, the flowers and fruits are vividly depicted, and the pomegranate means "many children and many blessings".
The tangle lotus ornament is a kind of tangle pattern, which is a traditional auspicious pattern. As one of the pattern forms of porcelain decoration, because its pattern of flowers and branches is constantly entangled, it is called tangled branches, which is called "turning branches" in the Ming Dynasty.
Black ground green color tangled lotus pattern plum bottle, Qingqianlong, height 17 cm, caliber 3.3 cm, foot diameter 6.2 cm.
Turquoise green glaze inside the plum bottle. The outer walls are decorated with green color depictions, and the gaps are filled with black colors to form a black ground green color decoration. The neck is painted with a flower pattern, and the shoulders are painted with a ruyi head pattern and a tangled lotus flower pattern. Lotus petals are painted near the bottom. The color contrast is soft. Turquoise green glaze is applied inside the circle foot. The outsole center left white signature blue and white seal body "Great Qing Qianlong Year System" six characters and three lines.
Its composition mechanism is to combine the wavy line and the cut circle line, as a two-sided continuous or four-sided continuous unfolding, forming the basic style of the wave coil, and then in the cut circle space or the wave line embellished with flowers and dotted with leaves, it will form a tangle of branches and stems, flowers and leaves.
Blue and white tangled lotus vase
Tangled lotus is commonly used in porcelain, silk fabrics and so on. The lotus pattern arose in the Song Dynasty and was very popular in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It is widely used in ceramic surfaces, from plates, bowls, bottles, pots, cups, stoves, washing and other utensils can be seen in its figure, its wide adaptability makes it and a variety of utensils perfect combination.
The blue and white tangled lotus pattern holds the pot, with a height of 15.3 cm, a caliber of 4.8 cm, and a foot diameter of 7.7 cm.
The pot is straight, the abdomen is rounded, and the circle foot is skimmed. One side is placed in a curved stream, which reinforces the pot flow, and a cloud-shaped horizontal plate is connected between the flow and the neck, and a crank is placed on the other side. The whole body is decorated with blue and white flowers, the neck is painted with a tangled lotus pattern, the handle is painted with honeysuckle patterns, the root of the stream is painted with a dragon head, and the dragon's mouth is angry as a stream. The front of the stream is signed with a blue and white letter "Daming Xuande Year System" six characters and a line, and the periphery of the blue and white double line rectangle. The pot is equipped with an umbrella-shaped lid, the top of the lid is placed with a jewel button, and the lid surface is painted with a folded branch pattern.
This pot is of moderate size, and in terms of structure, it has changed the shortcomings of the Tang Dynasty holding pot flow part being too short, and the Song and Yuan holding the pot flow part being too long, and tending to be more rationalized. Its annual payment is not signed at the bottom but on the stream, examining the Chinese ceramic pots, which is unique to the Xuande Dynasty. In addition, some of the Xuande official kiln porcelain models are also signed on the mouth edges, neck, shoulders, abdomen, etc. of the utensils, so there is a saying that "Xuande years are all over the body".
It is decorated with porcelain as a thematic ornament or auxiliary ornament, and is expressed in various techniques such as engraving, scratching, printing, piling, hollowing, and painting. Especially in the Three Dynasties of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the tangled lotus pattern was heavily decorated on blue and white porcelain, and was unanimously loved by the royal family to the people.
Shadow blue dark flower tangled lotus pattern bowl, Ming Yongle, height 6.1 cm, caliber 15.6 cm, foot diameter 5 cm. Qing Palace Old Collection.
Bowl skimming, curved belly, small circle foot. The whole body is applied with green and white glaze, also known as shadow blue glaze. The outer wall is under the glaze with a double hooked lotus pattern. This bowl has a thin fetal bone, smooth lines, and is particularly fresh and beautiful. No money.
The glaze color of Ming Yongle Ying Celadon is imitated from the Song Dynasty Yingqing, but because the tire contains more glass components, the light transmittance is stronger than that of the Song Dynasty Yingqing. In addition, the glaze layer of Yongle Ying Celadon is also fatter than that of Song Yingqing, and the bubbles accumulated in the glaze are larger and more numerous than those of Song Yingqing.
The shadow celadon in Jingdezhen in the Ming Dynasty is not the main variety, and the number is small, so it is precious. The shape of this bowl is light and beautiful, the tire is as thin as paper, the enamel is as beautiful as green jade, and the ornamentation is exquisite and transparent, which can be called a representative work of Ming Dynasty shadow celadon porcelain. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, The Tao Ya of Shanyuan Shu said: "The Yongle kiln has a kind of vegetarian bowl, which strictly exposes the fetal bone, and is as thin as paper, and has a shadow blue carving flower inside as the top product." "This is the kind of bowl that is referred to.
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(Source: Tao Ye Tu said)