Ding kiln is famous for white porcelain, but it also burns high-quality glazed porcelain. Color tires are white tires, just like white porcelain tires. When the ancient kiln was mentioned in the book Gegu Yaolun written by Cao Zhao in the Ming Dynasty, it was well known to Ming friends who loved antiques, and it was recorded that "there is purple, purple; There is ink, and the color is black as paint. The soil is white, and its price is as high as white, all of which are out of Dingzhou. " And a leisurely poem "Dingzhou Porcelain Carving Ruby" by Su Shi, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, has aroused countless reverie of Ding kiln researchers and enthusiasts. As the name implies, ruby should be red.
? The ideal is full, but the reality is that most of the thousands of pieces of porcelain unearthed at Ding Yao site in Quyang are white porcelain, and there is no red porcelain except a few black, sauce-colored, purple porcelain and a few tricolor porcelain. Although the world's major museums generally have kiln weights, it is difficult to see the true meaning of red. The existence of Hong Ding became an unsolved case. However, the written records of historical materials are in black and white, and the existence of Hong Ding is beyond doubt. According to Xiao's Biography in the Song Dynasty, Song Renzong was angry and broke up because he was dissatisfied with the imperial concubine's acceptance of the red gift from the minister.
There is a small lamp in the Song Dynasty in Shanghai Museum, and the words "Longevity Wine" are written on the bottom of the lamp, which is similar to alum red material. It can be seen that the technology of burning red wine in the Song Dynasty is no longer a problem.
At the same time, the red glaze porcelain can be produced by firing Cizhou kiln, which proves that the red glaze technology of Ding kiln was possible at that time.
So people began to guess that the so-called red glazed porcelain, such as persimmon red and purple red, looks red, so it is called red glazed porcelain.
Some people think that the red tripod should be made of copper oxide glaze at high temperature. Korean porcelain draws lessons from the achievements of porcelain making in the Song Dynasty, and makes beautiful Korean porcelain with a makeup kiln. In order to surpass Ruyao, ancient Koguryo people burned brilliant red or inlaid celadon (scarlet) on the basis of blue glaze. The researchers speculate that red should be fired with this copper pigment at a controlled high temperature.
The author once got a red porcelain from a senior Tibetan friend, so friends in the circle often ask for it, saying it was "possessed by a passer-by." I just got it, slept for a few days, and then treasured it somewhere at home. I have looked for it several times in recent years, but I can't find it. I suspect that I have been regarded as dangerous goods by my family leaders, and I often have a dull pain in my heart. During the Spring Festival, I rummaged through everything again, imagining that the Year of the Ox would turn to Kun, and my treasure would be recovered, but I still failed to do so.
A few years ago, Sha Jiajian, the son of the famous calligrapher Sha Menghai, a ceramic research scholar and a collector, accumulated millions of written materials and a large number of pictures for textual research, and published his disgusting work "Exploration and Appreciation of Ding Kiln Porcelain", which provided a picture of a red glazed jar that was considered red (see the picture below). Although the shape is quite Tang Dynasty, it is difficult for porcelain tires and enamel to be related to Ding Kiln.
Tibetan friends collect red plates with Capricorn patterns. Capricorn pattern was introduced into China from India with Buddhism in the Jin Dynasty, and it was popular in all kinds of utensils in the Tang and Song Dynasties. This dish is a typical enamel with yellow teeth and tears, but the red glaze is not like underglaze color, but like being glazed twice and then fired in a kiln. The fetal quality is loose, not as hard as the standard kiln, which may be the work of the late Ding kiln (such as Ming Dynasty).
Mr Qin Dashu of Peking University led a team to excavate the Ding Yao site twice. Although no detailed archaeological report has been found, some achievements have been published sporadically. It is clear that Ding Yao not only started to burn tricolor utensils in the Tang Dynasty, but also private collectors collected tricolor Ding Yao jars with pharmacy engraved on the bottom.
In addition to the three-color porcelain pieces excavated in archaeology, some twisted porcelain pieces were unearthed in Ding Yao site, and beautiful plastic fetal plum bottles were also seen on the Internet. Some Tibetan friends also collect twisted cups.
In addition, it is an indisputable fact that green glaze can be fired in kiln. In view of the fact that the firing temperature of green glaze should not be too high, the porcelain after firing is hard and dense, similar to the green Tang tricolor.
In fact, whether there is a basket for lottery tickets is also debatable. The basket material is made of cobalt at high temperature. Yuan Qinghua, known as Li Qing, is generally considered to be from the Western Regions. However, it is an indisputable fact that blue and white porcelain has been fired in Xing kiln/Gongxian kiln in Tang Dynasty.
The picture below shows the porcelain sleeve collected by insiders. The pattern is decorated with cobalt material, similar to blue and white Zhejiang material. Although some friends like firing porcelain in a fixed kiln, it is more in line with the characteristics of Yao Xing white porcelain.
Tibetan friends have a basket glaze kiln plate. According to the characteristics of porcelain tire, tear-stained glaze and bamboo brush marks, it belongs to kiln-changed products in Song Dynasty.