The Cultural Happiness of Collectors —— Gourd Bottle

Gourd bottle is a bottle shaped like a gourd. Because of the homophonic "Fulu", the bottle looks like the word "Ji", which means "good luck", so it is also called "Daji bottle". It is loved by people and becomes a traditional shape. From the origin, this bottle should be a bionic work. There were many auspicious bottles in Longquan kiln in Yuan Dynasty. During the Jiajing and Wanli periods of Ming Dynasty, this kind of Fu Lu bottle was auspicious because the emperor himself believed in Taoism, and it became a very popular style in the two dynasties. Porcelain decoration in Qing Dynasty pays attention to "words must be intentional, meaning must be auspicious", and also caters to the fashion of the times, so it continues to prevail.

This blue-and-white gourd bottle made during the Qianlong period is exposed, the blue-and-white color is bright, the smudge is natural, the painting technique is exquisite, the abdomen is full, and the waist is beautiful. It is the pinnacle of porcelain making during the Qianlong period. Dried dragon gourd bottles are more common in monochrome glaze, and the number of people decorated with blue and white is extremely rare!

Emperor Qianlong is very old, and he especially likes the elegance of Song porcelain. He once ordered Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory to use it as a model to produce various glazed varieties of imitation Song porcelain, which can be described as a combination of antique and innovation. This product is an example. The glaze color is imitated from the official glaze of the Song Dynasty, and the shape is innovative. Three gourd bottles are connected together to form a conjoined gourd bottle. The mouth is independent, the abdomen is connected, and the bottom is trilobal. The sauce color is brown and full, and the six-character seal script made by Qianlong in Qing Dynasty fell into the blue and white official kiln. The whole body is painted with imitation official glaze, which has a large opening pattern like ice. The whole enamel is plump and pure, moist as jade, smooth in shape, quiet in glaze color and elegant. At present, the paintings of emperors' daily life in the relics of Qing Palace can reflect their hobbies. Among them, the flowerpot is the most important one, and its styles are extremely rich. It not only inherits the traditional classic style, but also has innovative inventions. Traditional flowerpots, no matter how big or small, are clear and sparse by biting a few branches, while porous flowerpots are colorful flowers gathered together, which are especially suitable for palace decoration. This product has beautiful shape, natural tire repair, beautiful lines, exquisite workmanship, noble and elegant, revealing a noble and elegant atmosphere in silence. This is a fine piece of Gan Long official kiln porcelain.

Explain that the overall decoration implies auspiciousness and dense layout. Blue-and-white hair, rich in color and dignified in bearing, is a leader among the cutting workers in Wanli official kiln. The foot is exposed, the bottom is painted with white glaze, and the blue and white "Daming Jiajing Year System" is written on the bottom.

In the cultivation history of nearly a thousand years, gourd has surpassed the concept of botany and become a special carrier of China culture. From the legend of "Fuxi" and "Nuwa", to "Guagua" in The Book of Songs, and then to "da ji" and "Fulu", the gourd runs through the whole cultural history of China and always guards the cultural well-being of our Chinese nation.