Qing Dynasty Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain Decoration

Kangxi blue and white decoration has a wide range of themes, clever and reasonable layout, and organic combination with modeling. In particular, the blue and white decoration in folk kilns has completely broken through the shackles of the standardization of official kilns in previous dynasties, and it is more vivid, diverse and full of life. This kind of natural folk kiln blue and white has high aesthetic value. The official kiln blue and white represents the highest technical level at that time.

In painting techniques, Kangxi Blue and White changed the traditional blue and white painting method in Ming Dynasty, that is, single-line flat painting. Instead, it uses rendering technology to paint on porcelain blanks. A color can show many different shades, which can be divided into eight or nine color levels at most.

The main themes are: plants, landscapes, animals, people, stories and long poems. Such as; Turquoise crane and deer, pheasant peony, pine grapes, marine animals, Yuanyang Lielian, Eight Juntu, flower and bird plantain leaves, magpie climbing plum, crane lotus leaves, Kirin plantain leaves, shepherd boy riding cattle, boy playing lotus, Eight Immortals, Journey to the West, etc.

Landscape figures, which can best reflect the characteristics of Kangxi's blue and white flowers, imitate the brushwork of famous artists in style, with strong three-dimensional sense, delicate brushwork, distinct color separation and appropriate shades. The picture effect pays attention to the beauty of artistic conception, giving people a sense of leisure as a whole. Among the characters, the agricultural weaving map and the fisherman's music map are the most representative, and the picture life is full of interest. Decorating with long poems is also a major feature of Kangxi blue and white. Most of them are written on the brush holder, including Ode to the Red Wall, Ode to the Sage, Preface to Wang Tengting, Four Scenes of Reading Music and so on.