What are the characteristics of Ming dynasty porcelain?

1. Style: generally plump and vigorous, with soft and round lines, giving people a sense of simplicity and solemnity.

Second, the carcass: generally thicker than the Qing Dynasty, Hongzhi paid attention to tire repair before, and the seam marks were not obvious; After Zheng Dehe and the late Ming Dynasty, the contact marks were particularly obvious, and the carcass was thicker and rougher, especially for folk kilns. There are many phenomena of "flint red", commonly known as "yellow overflow"

Third, glaze: the biggest feature is that enamel is thick and moist. Blue and white porcelain is mostly bluish white, commonly known as "bright blue glaze", which runs through the whole Ming Dynasty.

Fourth, decorative patterns: mainly dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, animals, etc. The picture is bold and natural, the brushwork is fluent and skillful, and the composition is simple and elegant.

Five, feet: large objects are mostly sand bottom, often collapse, stick sand, jump knife marks. There are many shapes of feet, including straight circle feet, flat cut circle feet, wall circle feet, high feet and so on.

6. Money knowledge: Before the Ming Dynasty, Jingdezhen porcelain was mostly unpaid. After Yongle, he began to write the year number, dry money, drawings and so on on the official kiln. Most of them are written in blue and white, and there are also lettering reliefs.

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Porcelain varieties

The varieties of Jingdezhen porcelain in Ming Dynasty can be divided into underglaze color, overglaze color, bucket color, multicolored monochromatic glaze and variegated glaze according to the production process.

First, underglaze color mainly refers to blue and white, underglaze red, underglaze red of blue and white, blue and white flowers, etc.

Second, glaze color can be divided into monochrome and multicolor.

3. A wide variety of colorful monochromatic glazes and variegated glazes shine brilliantly in the history of China ceramics, and are equal to blue and white porcelain.

Identification method

How to identify Ming dynasty porcelain, specifically, can start from the following four aspects:

First, modeling.

The shape of Ming dynasty porcelain is an important basis for distinguishing authenticity. This is because various types of utensils can accurately express the living habits, aesthetic standards, customs and technological achievements of this era. If you are familiar with it and are good at recognizing its shape and expression, you will master a more reliable recognition method.

Second, ornamentation

Decorative patterns on porcelain, like shapes, have distinct characteristics of the times. In the early Ming Dynasty, the unique phenomena such as halo and concave points on Yongxuan blue-and-white ware could not be accurately reproduced in later imitations. It is also important to observe and compare the characteristics of other handicrafts of the same period and similar dynasties when dating and identifying authenticity.

Third, fetal glaze

As far as porcelain is concerned, the fetus is bone and the glaze is clothes. Careful observation of the carcass and glaze is also an important part of dating and identification.

When identifying the tire quality, you can observe it from the unglazed part of the tire foot, and pay attention to the purity of tire soil erosion and the meticulous degree of sintering.

Fourth, money knowledge.

Different generations of porcelain in Ming dynasty have different styles, so it is very important to date and distinguish fakes according to their style characteristics. To understand the different styles of calligraphy in different generations, we can start with the study of brushwork, then compare the authenticity of calligraphy, and repeatedly investigate the font structure, arrangement, inscription position and font color depth in combination with real objects.

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