Blue and white porcelain decoration of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty

Blue and white porcelain in this period likes to be decorated with dark flowers, and the branches of some knives are secretly carved under the glaze. In painting, banana leaf patterns are often painted on the mouth and feet of utensils, landscape figures are mostly painted with the sun, clouds are mostly painted with brackets, grass patterns are mostly outlined with thin lines as small hooks, and pictures are mostly accompanied by poems. Next to the poem, there are seals imitating calligraphy and painting, both square and round, which are obviously influenced by calligraphy and painting at that time.

Traditional single-line flat drawing and light drawing are used in painting techniques, with single-line flat drawing as the main method and smooth lines; Blue and white lines are scrawled, and the brushwork is weak and sloppy. Chongzhen Dynasty created a pen with a stroke style similar to the light ink color of Chinese painting. The picture is very poetic and has always influenced the early Qing Dynasty. The composition and layout are basically the same as those of the apocalypse dynasty. Sketch is the main content, and deformation, exaggeration or stick figure are widely used. The picture is bold and unrestrained.

Decorative themes are extensive and rich in content. How rich the patterns and decorations are. Landscape painting is the most common theme in this period, full of life flavor, with the charm of Chinese painting in the late Ming Dynasty. There are many ancient poems, such as thatched cottage, grass pavilion, pontoon bridge, fisherman, woodcutter, aristocrat, scholar, Yuan Ming loves chrysanthemum, Dunyi loves lotus, Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, Tang Priest, and so on. Traditional themes include: Yunlong pattern, Feng Niaowen pattern, phoenix pattern, Kirin pattern, lion peony pattern, Panguo pattern, tiger pattern, ox pattern, horse pattern, crane pattern, fish pattern, rabbit pattern, pine deer bee monkey pattern, fish algae pattern, Yuanyang lotus pattern, pine and bamboo plum pattern, grape grain pattern, broken branch pattern, twisted branch pattern, baby play pattern and so on. There are also some unique decorative patterns in Chongzhen blue and white flowers, such as the full text of "Red Cliff Fu" and the red cliff map of Dongpo, deer pavilion wild ducks, goose-web-shaped (triangular) peony flowers, large flat branches, clouds on the inside of the cloud feet, variant flying silk dragon decorative belts, rain and snow pine cones, vines wrapped around grapes, dead west Western jackdaw, blooming orchids and so on.