Characteristics of official kiln porcelain from different dynasties

The wisdom and skills of our ancestors really amaze me now!

I always find it amazing how they, without electricity and advanced high-tech tools at that time, were able to produce such cultural relics that make many classical collectors crazy now? Not only did they leave so many priceless items to us future generations,

The treasure also left us with the spirit of perseverance and innovation worth learning.

I think in the antique world, porcelain is more common, and those that are more valuable and have been buried for a longer period of time are often porcelain.

Many of them are official kiln porcelain, so what is official kiln porcelain like? What are the characteristics of official kiln porcelain in different dynasties? Let us learn together! Official kiln porcelain was actually the first to make porcelain, and it should

It started from the people.

I think they might have had nothing to do at first, making all kinds of porcelain, including vases, bowls, plates, etc.

Later, people became more and more familiar with their styles and decorations, so porcelain began to spread widely.

As for such novel things, if the government does not participate, wouldn't it be lagging behind?

As the value of porcelain increases, some courtiers will pay tribute to higher and more powerful rulers and select or make their own more precious porcelain.

Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, public porcelain-making kilns began to emerge. Officers and soldiers supervised some skilled folk with better skills to produce a large number of porcelains, and then selected one out of a hundred or even one out of a thousand to pay tribute, while keeping the rest for their own use.

Or sell it.

Therefore, official kiln porcelain appeared at that time.

The bottom of official kiln porcelain usually has the official mark.

Characteristics of Tang Dynasty official kiln porcelain. Before the Tang Dynasty, porcelain was generally a single tone of cyan. However, in the Tang Dynasty, a dynasty that valued color for beauty, porcelain embarked on a new development path.

There are many varieties of official kiln porcelain fired in the Tang Dynasty, and their appearance is beautiful and exquisite.

Moreover, they are no longer as monotonous as before, but some beautiful colorful patterns with brighter colors have begun to be added to them.

They are not just placed indoors for us to appreciate, they are also very practical, no worse than the porcelain before the Tang Dynasty.

Characteristics of official kiln porcelain in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, people's respect for official kiln porcelain reached a peak.

And at that time, there were five famous kilns: Ding kiln, Guan kiln, Jun kiln, Ge kiln, and Ru kiln.

The porcelain produced by Ding kiln is mainly white porcelain and yellow glazed porcelain, with a few more expensive porcelains such as sauce color, red and black.

They are generally thin, light, and hard. Although the color is white, it is not transparent.

The official kiln mainly produces celadon with crystal clear color and cracked or borneol shapes on the surface.

Jun kiln produces the most bowls and plates among the porcelain products, but the most famous ones are flowerpots.

The porcelain produced by Ru kiln is quite distinctive. Some precious agate is added to it to make it look unique.

People who love porcelain cannot just put it at home as a decoration. It also requires you to care and maintain it from time to time.

After all, porcelain is still relatively fragile, especially some unearthed ancient cultural relics.