Cloisonné vase introduction

Introduction to cloisonné

Ancient Culture Street, south west of the Palace, Qiao Xiangge

As one of the ten scenic spots in Tianjin, Tianjin Ancient Culture Street has always adhered to the business characteristics of "Chinese flavor, Tianjin flavor, cultural flavor, ancient flavor," to operate mainly cultural goods.

There are nearly one hundred stores in the Ancient Culture Street.

The old Chinese brand "Qiao Xiangge Crafts", which mainly deals with cloisonné, has settled in the Ancient Culture Street.

Cloisonné, also known as "copper enamel", cloisonné is a unique combination of porcelain and copper crafts.

The production of cloisonné first with copper tire, then the craftsman painted on it, and then with copper wire in the copper tire according to the painted pattern glued out of the corresponding pattern, and then with different colors of enamel glaze inlaid in the pattern, and finally after repeated sintering, polished and gilded and become.

Cloisonné is a masterpiece of traditional Chinese craftsmanship, utilizing both bronze and porcelain techniques, as well as traditional hand-painting and carving techniques.

This copper enamel was created during the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, and was only blue when it was first created, hence the name Cloisonné.

Modern cloisonné has become a craft name, not a color.

Cloisonné is an important variety of metal crafts in China.

The history of manufacture dates back to the Yuan Dynasty.

Ming Dynasty Jingtai years (1450-1456 years) is the most prevalent, but also because of the blue color at that time, so the name Cloisonné.

Cloisonné is made of copper as a billet, made of various shapes, and then pinched with gold or copper wire into a variety of flowers, filled with enamel glaze, made by firing, polishing, gilding and other processes.

Cloisonné special shape, exquisite production, solemn pattern, colorful, brilliant, with distinctive national characteristics, is China's traditional export crafts.

Xi'an Metal Craft Factory is a famous manufacturer of cloisonné in Northwest China.

The factory introduced Beijing cloisonné production technology, has been able to produce a variety of cloisonné handicrafts, of which the cloisonné rhinoceros Zun modeling vivid, beautifully crafted, and has become a national arts and crafts exhibition of precious exhibits.

Cloisonné as a kind of art crafts, its method of production that is on the surface of the copper with various colors of enamel coated with patterns, patterns around the embedded copper or gold and silver wire, and then burned with a high degree of fire that is made.

This process began in the Ming Dynasty Jingtai, and when it was first created, it was only blue, so it was called cloisonné.

Nowadays, although all colors are available, the previous name is still used.

Because cloisonné has become the name of a process, rather than the name of the color, it is said that Jingtai is the son of Xuande, Xuande attach importance to the copper as well as casting and metallurgical copper, Jingtai in the early childhood period of immersion, awareness of the very detailed, and the depth of the hobby, only for the casting aspect, Xuande has reached the top, not the ability to seek breakthroughs in the color of a separate groove in order to try to win by surprise.

Finally, the creation of cloisonné.

Because the color of prior planning extremely painstaking, so after the success, but also extreme love, all the imperial furnishings are made of cloisonné, the variety of the uncountable, where the porcelain material can be made of ware without exhaustive, the Chenghua period inherited the legacy of the industry, did not change the legacy of the wind, is still trying to burn, so cloisonné wares in the Jingtai and Chenghua two dynasties are the most common.

Subsequently experienced Hongzhi, Zhengde, Jiajing, Longqing four dynasties, although still burned, but they follow the rules, false should be story, in terms of quality can not be comparable with the Jingtai and Chenghua years.

After the Wanli, although the occasional firing, not like the former set up an official factory as a routine, so very few products later.

The end of the Ming Dynasty, have not been revived.

To the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and began to burn, and more categories, good results, although not compared with the Jingtai, Chenghua period, but compared to the Hongzheng after the product is by no means inferior.

Nowadays, although the appearance of Kang Yong's artifacts, but the detailed examination of the exact and Qianlong made artifacts are not different, in fact, is made in Qianlong, engraved Kang Yong years, but not made in Kang Yong.

Generally speaking, the Ming dynasty cloisonné tire copper quality is better, more purple copper tire, body slightly heavy, so the shape of the ancient more, mainly imitation of bronze used in colored glaze are natural mineral materials, color deep and realistic, red like red gemstone, green like turquoise green.

At this time, the silk pinched thicker, gilded part of the gold water thick.

Most of the colored glaze has sand eyes.

The mark is "Daming Jingtai nian zhi" or "Jingtai nian zhi", the bottom mark, the side mark.

Cloisonné technology in the Qing Dynasty than the Ming Dynasty has improved, thin tire, pinch fine, colored glaze is also more bright than the Ming Dynasty, and no trachoma, complex and varied floral motifs, but not as vivid as the Ming Dynasty's decorative text, the gilded part of the gold water is thinner, but the gold is very beautiful.

The overall level of cloisonné in the Republic of China is not as good as the previous generation, the body is thin, bright colors have a sense of buoyancy, workmanship is coarse.

At this time, only the "God's sake", "Dexing Cheng", the production of cloisonné work fine, good quality.

Modeling more imitation of ancient bronze, or imitation of the Qianlong boutique, paragraph, have been engraved.

Now cloisonné furnishings more, do not do the real thing.

Now the cloisonné process has improved greatly, the shape of a variety of decorative varieties, has become our international friends and relatives and friends with each other the best gifts.

But the contemporary understanding of cloisonné craft painting still stays in the books, really appreciate the cloisonné works of the few.