What is the difference between Yaozhou kiln and Longquan kiln porcelain in the early Northern Song Dynasty?

Celadon is a famous traditional porcelain in China. In China, celadon was once called pale celadon, Emerald of Thousand Peaks, Ai Qing, Emerald Green, Pink Green and so on. Celadon mainly includes Yue kiln in Tang Dynasty, Longquan kiln in Song Dynasty, official kiln, Ru kiln and Yaozhou kiln. Share with you some differences between Longquan celadon and Yaozhou celadon.

Fetal glaze

Celadon produced by Yaozhou kiln in Song Dynasty has a thin carcass, grayish brown to grayish purple color, wet glaze and ginger in the glaze where the glaze is thin.

The Song Dynasty was divided into the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, and the celadon produced by Longquan Celadon in each stage also had its own characteristics: in the early Northern Song Dynasty, the celadon produced by Longquan Kiln had thick embryo, white embryo, thin glaze and light blue color; Celadon produced in Longquan kiln in the middle period is mostly made of mineral soil with high silicon and iron content. Celadon is vigorous, regular in shape, gray to grayish white, and occasionally yellowed. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, Longquan celadon was still made from mineral soil with high iron content. Compared with the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, the porcelain tire made is thicker and has more pores. The color of the porcelain tire is gray to light gray, and the surface color of the porcelain tire is transparent and has a glass texture. In the middle and late period, people added a proper amount of purple clay to the raw materials for making Longquan celadon, which made the porcelain more flexible and difficult to deform when fired at high temperature. Porcelain tires are glazed, and the glaze color has also developed from the initial transparency to pink green, plum green, bean green, beige, beeswax, goose skin yellow, dark gold and so on.

Carve a pattern

The celadon patterns produced by Yaozhou Kiln are rich and colorful, mainly including figures, flowers and animals. , characters such as baby play, Buddha, lux, etc. Animals such as dragon, phoenix, lion, rhinoceros, horse, sheep, dog, crane, goose, duck, fish, mandarin duck, etc. And flowers and plants such as lotus, peony, chrysanthemum, plum blossom and aquatic plants. Patterns include palindrome, bagui pattern and triangle pattern. The decorative technique is mainly block printing, and the knife method is skillful and full of three-dimensional sense.

In the early Northern Song Dynasty, the lids of multi-tube bottles and pan-mouthed pots of Longquan Kiln were generally decorated with bud buttons and flower buttons, and the tops of multi-leaf bottle caps were mainly made of animals such as chickens and dogs. In the middle stage, household appliances were used as the main decorative techniques, such as carving, carving, grating, etc., and the patterns included flowers and birds, fish insects, baby play patterns and so on. After the mid-period, the decorative techniques were mainly carved flowers, supplemented by grate points or lines, flowers, waves and banana leaves. Its bowls and plates are often engraved with flowers and waves, accompanied by grates, and the appearance of porcelain is also depicted with grates and straight stripes. Bottles, pots and other objects are often engraved with symmetrical peony patterns on their bellies. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, the decorative techniques of the late Northern Song Dynasty were followed, mainly carving flowers, scraping flowers and combing flowers, but rare.

Organ shape

The celadon produced by Yaozhou Kiln in Song Dynasty is rich in shapes, including plates, bowls, cups, plates, bottles, pots, pots, ovens, boxes, aromatherapy, watering pots, bowls, lamps, bowls and pillows. The shape is changeable, such as petal shape, melon edge shape, multi-fold shape, etc., and the appearance is very beautiful.

Longquan celadon in the Northern Song Dynasty has the shapes of plates, bowls, boxes, altars, holding pots, lamp holders, plum-burning bottles, multi-tube bottles and pan-mouth pots. After the middle period, Longquan celadon bowls and plates have flowers and waves, accompanied by grate patterns, and the appearance of porcelain is also characterized by grate patterns and straight patterns. Bottles, pots and other objects are often engraved with symmetrical peony patterns on their bellies.