Appreciation of longevity incense burner with blue and white lotus pattern in Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (Figure)

Jingdezhen is constantly creating the brilliance of China porcelain industry. History developed to the Qing Dynasty. After the early war, the society gradually stabilized, the people were able to recuperate and the economy developed rapidly. A stable society and a well-off life promote the prevalence of offering sacrifices, worshipping Buddha and praying for blessings. People from all walks of life sincerely hope that gods and ancestors can bless people's health and longevity, good luck and well-being, and national stability and unity. The socialization of their spiritual comfort is of extraordinary significance.

Incense burners, as ritual vessels and incense burners, received unprecedented attention again in the Qing Dynasty. Their materials, shapes, uses and decorative patterns are varied, and the increasingly perfect porcelain-making technology makes ceramic incense burners the first choice for the people.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court abolished all kinds of restrictive bans on folk kilns left over from the Ming Dynasty, and adopted the system of burning people by officials, which released the development potential of Jingdezhen. Great achievements have been made in the innovation of porcelain industry, and great progress has been made in the porcelain industry and economy of folk kilns; Especially in the Three Dynasties of Qing Dynasty, folk kilns were rich in variety, exquisite in tire quality, rich in glaze color, and graceful by painters. Therefore, people, figures, landscapes, feathers, flowers and other decorative themes, painting techniques, and the charm of pen and ink are all full of fun, and the quaint and elegant taste of folk kiln pen and ink is more social. The overall high artistic attainments laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of porcelain industry, and promoted the three generations of official kilns and folk kilns in the Qing Dynasty to reach the highest peak in the history of porcelain industry in the Qing Dynasty.

The longevity incense burner with blue and white lotus pattern in Qing Kangxi shown in the figure has a diameter of 18cm, a bottom diameter of 9.5cm and a height of 10cm. It has a double blue circle at the bottom and a pair of small brown eyes at the bottom. Both sides of the circle are cut and polished into the shape of "loach back". At present, the collection is for sale, selected auction, one five, two five, one five five. Ms. Wu? Committed to the construction of sales channels for folk collections. The fetal quality is white, compact and delicate, and the porcelain degree is good. Blue and white porcelain is produced in Shi Ziqing, and its glaze is clear and tough. Appreciating this incense burner from the aspect of blue and white ornamentation, the first thing you see is the auspicious holy lotus ornamentation of Buddhist culture, which is decorated with the word "shou" in China traditional seal script at regular intervals. The patterns are independent and echo each other, forming pentagonal patterns around the furnace body; After careful consideration, this novel and unique decorative pattern was inspired by the lotus branch-tied longevity character pioneered by Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. It inherited the pattern of "Lotus Shouzi" which was popular in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, and innovated it through decomposition and combination. In order to highlight the homophonic word "longevity", the word "longevity" in Kyrgyz language strengthens the font length, and with the symmetrical Buddhist lotus pattern, the theme of "longevity" that has already occupied the visual center of the utensils is more prominent. It can be called one of the exquisite classic decorations of the pre-Buddha donors during the Kangxi period, which contains the beautiful implication that the society expects peace, health and longevity.

Looking at the prosperity of folk kilns in Kangxi dynasty, there are two main points to appreciate this incense burner as a whole: first, with the help of decorative patterns of practical utensils, the external beauty is well transformed into spiritual connotation, artistic characteristics and painting techniques, that is, sublimated into the realm of "Tao", "art" and "technology"; Secondly, the decorative patterns of this incense burner are not involved much, which makes it look standardized, generous and concise, and the composition is full of Shu Lang, which makes it feel indomitable. Although it's not as neat as the official kiln, it doesn't feel so restrained. Although it is not a masterpiece of the Kangxi dynasty, it is also a typical Kangxi folk kiln, without losing the blue and white style of the Qing Kangxi folk kiln.