How to distinguish ancient porcelain from modern porcelain?

1, modeling. Generally speaking, the shape of ancient porcelain is very simple and natural, and ancient porcelain of different times has such distinctive characteristics of the times. For example, the Guanyin bottle in Kangxi period was the unique porcelain shape of that period. Modern porcelain is more diversified in modeling, especially now there are many artistic porcelain, not just traditional porcelain modeling.

2. glaze. Observing the glaze is mainly to observe its gloss. Because of its long history, the glazed surface of ancient porcelain usually has a moist feeling, and some porcelain also has clam light, a typical example is Tang Sancai. Many lights on modern porcelain are floating, which is a bit dazzling compared with ancient porcelain.

3. pigments. The pigments used in ancient porcelain are different from those used in modern porcelain. For example, the blue and white porcelain in Kangxi period was made in Zhejiang.

4. painter. The glazed surface of ancient porcelain is very layered, and the birds and animals and flowers on it are vivid and have distinct characteristics of the times.

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Porcelain is generally divided into two categories: monochromatic glazed porcelain and painted porcelain.

Monochromatic glazed porcelain is divided into plain porcelain (including celadon, black porcelain, white porcelain and blue and white porcelain) and colored glazed porcelain.

Celadon: Also known as celadon, the glaze contains iron oxide, which is the earliest porcelain. In the Song Dynasty, Longquan Kiln was the most famous.

Black porcelain: also known as Tianmu porcelain, it is made by increasing the iron content on the basis of celadon. The famous kilns are Jianye Kiln and Deqing Kiln.

White porcelain: transparent glaze formed due to low iron content. The most famous kilns are Ding Kiln and Xing Kiln. The appearance of white porcelain makes it possible to paint on porcelain, thus laying the foundation for the development of colored porcelain.

Blue and white porcelain: also known as Shadow Blue, purplish blue, Shadow Blue and Gai Blue. The glaze color is between blue and white, with white in green and blue in white, which is as ice as jade.

Colored glazed porcelain: refers to a colored glazed porcelain, which is fired in a closed state. Due to the different contents of iron oxide and copper oxide, the firing temperature is different, showing different glaze colors. Colored glazed porcelain includes red glaze, sauce glaze, blue glaze, yellow glaze, blue glaze and purple glaze.