The song ‘set’ hand-cut plum bottle

• RMB 5256900
• HKD 5900000
• USD 755200
• EUR 590000

refer to: “the national Palace Museum hidden treasures series – two song porcelain,”, Shanghai science and technology publishing house, 2002, pp. 98, 99,

note: kiln for zhao song meibutsu, jade-like stone embellish quality but a color, in one thousand to the toast of the literati, reputation. Because of natural key “volume 2” tzu chi wares “cloud:” setting mechanism with painting, embroidery, printing three. Multi-purpose peony, day lilies, FeiFeng 3 kinds. Was made with better, multitasking.” Kiln site in today quyang county, hebei province, the song dynasty, I therefore calls kiln. When it begins to burn in the late tang dynasty, the northern song dynasty is already known, when the rulers, is still thriving. In five of ancient jun, kiln products with rich and colorful decorative pattern, the main adornment gimmick are printed, cut, scratching and carved flowers, etc.
carved flower porcelain kiln is very rare breed, such decoration techniques more takes work, only very small amounts of kiln manufacture, collection and archaeological materials at home and abroad are rare. This bottle modelling is more special, different from the traditional small plum bottle mouth, mouth to fold along the wide, straight neck abundant shoulder, leg men, ring foot out, stocky but not heavy. Adornment style is unique, perfect carved flowers, bottle theme peony lines to act the role ofing, sharp edge, decorative stretch, lively and smooth lines, coherent, vivid and natural.
the firing technology skillfully, first on the white tire body makeup brown soil, draw an outline of the decorative pattern on the make-up soil, then draw stem leaf details such as within the pattern, finally will take off makeup soil outside of decorative pattern, use brunet cosmetic soil and white, the contrast between tire body to highlight ornamentation, vivid contrast, show the pattern of the sea. Carved flowers techniques by magnetic state kiln products use the most, but its embryo glaze and kiln delicate fastidious. Kiln carved flowers implements are rare, with pillow class implements a bit more, and only a few cases. The carved flowers plum bottle is not seen, and plum bottle has a similar magnetic state kiln is quite similar with this product, in the spring of 2004 by Christie’s auction in Hong Kong, clinch a deal valence is as high as more than one thousand three hundred and fifty Hong Kong dollars, but this kiln plum bottle quality more wins, embryo glaze craft is more refined, more rare handed down from ancient times, the high value for collection.