Painting snuff bottles inside is a traditional folk craft in China. In the 1960s, there appeared three schools of internal painting art: Beijing School in Beijing, Shandong School in Shandong, and Yaojiang School in Guangdong. Painters of Beijing School paint with bamboo and willow pens, which are famous for their elegant and elegant painting of Magnolia officinalis. Shandong School painted with hairbrushes and won with exquisite and gorgeous pictures. On the basis of inheriting the techniques of Ye Zhongsan, a famous old Beijing artist in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Wang Xisan formed his own unique style, which was called "Ji School" internationally. Wang Xisan's works have profound artistic conception, vivid charm, rich line drawing, harmonious and elegant color setting, rigorous and decent layout and elegant style. The snuff bottle he painted is not only exquisite, but also has a wide range of subjects: mountains and rivers, people, flowers, cordyceps and so on. , expanding the field of painting materials for internal painting pots. Whether it is figures, flowers and birds, landscapes, he strives for perfection, accuracy, realism, both form and spirit, and grandeur, so as to achieve the unity of truth, goodness and beauty. In recent years, Wang Xisan has been innovating in arts and crafts, and his product is a kind of internal painting pot. The works are sold to dozens of countries and regions on five continents, and become treasures that collectors are scrambling to collect.

Nong Yu, a master of internal painting, works & gt "Glowing glass of grape wine. If you want to drink pipa, please hurry immediately. Drunk in the battlefield, you don't laugh, and you have fought several wars in ancient times. " This painting is a poem of the Tang Dynasty. The theme figures only occupy a corner of the picture, but there are plenty of vegetables. The artistic conception is far away, the pen and ink are meticulous and vigorous. The protagonist of the picture is a mighty warrior, holding a cold and sparkling Longquan sword in one hand and a delicate luminous cup in the other, drinking in front of mellow wine, accompanied by exciting pipa sound. The broad-minded and bold-minded warriors who are drunk in the battlefield, and the heroic spirit of putting life and death at risk, are all vividly displayed. The strokes of the characters' clothes are like flowing clouds, and the strokes are powerful, showing the strength and ferocity of the samurai. The background of the picture is depicted with light and free pen and ink, which is in sharp contrast with the meticulous and vigorous performance of the theme characters. Sometimes it is dripping ink, sometimes it is dry and vain, which is very abstract.

Snuff bottles were originally used by Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan and other nomadic minorities in China, mainly made of copper, silver and porcelain. After the Ming Dynasty, hookah was introduced to the mainland with snuff. Later, the variety of snuff bottles gradually increased. By the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, snuff bottles such as jade, jadeite, spar, precious stones, agate, ceramics, copper and silver, bamboo carving, nesting and internal painting had all appeared. Coupled with the continuous improvement of technology level, it is not only a practical product, but also a favorite handicraft. The painted snuff bottle is made of agate, spar, amber and other materials. Before painting, the inner wall of the hookah is polished evenly with iron sand balls and emery, and then works with various themes are designed and drawn according to the shape of the hookah.

After Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, the craft level of painting snuff bottles has reached a very high level. Famous figures include Zhou Leyuan in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, Ye Zhongsan in late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and Ma Shaoxuan in Republic of China. Wang Xisan, a master of internal painting in China Hengshui Xisan Internal Painting Art Academy, has inherited the Ye School and learned from others. After long-term efforts, his works have artistic characteristics of novel conception, elegant artistic conception, antique colors, clear outline and vivid charm. His unique style has been highly praised internationally and is called "Ji School".

The internal painting snuff bottle, which originated from China Hengshui Xisan Internal Painting Art Institute, is internationally praised as a pocket work of art for its exquisite shape, colorful materials, exquisite craftsmanship and unique decoration.

China Hengshui Xisan Internal Painting Academy was founded in 1988, and currently has 18 influential internal painting painters at home and abroad. With its unique painting style and exquisite skills, it has become a spare part of Ji School's internal painting, which has been well received by collectors all over the world. Among his works, the portrait of the head of state is the most famous, and has been given to visiting heads of state of the United States, Britain, Brazil and other countries as aristocratic gifts for many times.

Identification of snuff bottles with photography-made inner paintings

In recent years, the works of photography and sketch have appeared in the snuff bottle with internal painting. At present, most painted snuff bottles on the market are of this kind. In the surging tide of snuff bottles, how to identify this kind of snuff bottles is a new topic for snuff bottle collectors, and it is also the artist's serious responsibility to snuff bottle collectors.

At present, the basic principle of photographic sensitization method for drawing snuff bottles is as follows:

Materials: Potassium dichromate, gelatin and colorant (usually ink) are fully mixed to make preparations.

1. Take photos of the enlarged picture sketch to make a black-and-white negative;

2. Gelatin, potassium dichromate and colorant are mixed into a preparation, and evenly coated on the inner wall of the snuff bottle;

3. Fix the negative of the sketch on the prepared snuff bottle, and then illuminate it with strong light. At that time, after dawn

Part of potassium dichromate irradiated by X-ray reacts with gelatin, and the pigment containing colorant is solidified on the wall of snuff bottle.

4. Wash off the excess preparation, do not solidify with water, and leave a color sketch;

5. The artist colored the sketch until the work was finished.

Scope of application of snuff bottle: figure painting, portrait painting, part of landscape painting and calligraphy.

Identification point: figure painting

1. Because the snuff bottle is a three-dimensional structure, the light passing through the negative will blur the edge line;

2. The lines have the same depth, no transition, rigidity, dryness, little charm and no hand-drawn lines.

Rich in change. The sense of graininess can be seen clearly by looking at photography with a high magnification magnifying glass, but some artists look at the manuscript very lightly and draw it again by hand. Such a hand-made and photographic picture can only be seen through careful observation with a magnifying glass.