Ming yongle Longquan celadon plum bottle

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the plum bottle, called “the bottle”, from all kinds of image data and literature, its more for wine, make the scale in the book “drink flow zhai said porcelain”, describes in detail the plum bottle shape, character and name of origin: “mei bottle are short and thin neck, shoulder is very broad, to the tibia is a bit narrow, on foot micro, diameter of only with small thin bone, so named mei bottle.” About mei bottle USES, magnetic state kiln system has a pair of white ground black flower bottle, bottle wine “cleaning”, “simple wine sea”, is a wine of appliance is that there is no doubt. Because of its beautiful shape, after be used as a display device gradually. Longquan called state, the ceramic industry reputation, Ming is deep palace recognition, become with jingdezhen imperial ware factory of gong imperial kilns, thereby gaining an unprecedented development, the achievements of the last glory of its history. According to the Ming reign “volume one hundred and ninety-four” pottery “records:” hongwu twenty-six years: every fire for using vessel, such as need to decide the sample preparation, calculation of artificial materials. In case of more, picking up one artisan to Beijing, brought kiln, less or more, remove line rao, such as house fire.” This literature will spare capital of jingdezhen kiln and longquan celadon and state, the two places for court prime imperial porcelain. On the basis of the fire regulations, China must unite by the court from the shape and decoration “sample preparation”, so the two kilns has a fairly consistent patterns in the similar vessels, handed down for many real confirmed by.