Cizhou Kiln: A Dark Horse in the Porcelain Collection Market

In the collection world, Cizhou Kiln is quite a major collection of high ancient ceramics. In the hands of private collectors, all collectors who play Gaogu porcelain will basically have a Cizhou kiln. Before 2000, the price of Cizhou Kiln was much lower than that of Tang Sancai and other popular varieties on the market.

It has an extremely distinctive characteristics of the folk kiln. The porcelain produced is called the art of white and black, and it is a wonderful work in the history of Chinese ceramics. It creatively draws Chinese brush paintings and paintings on porcelain in an ingenious and vivid way, creating a new chapter in the decoration of Chinese porcelain calligraphy painting. It has been a pioneer since the Northern Dynasty, and it has reached its peak in the Song and Jin Dynasties. It spreads widely, has far-reaching influences, and is famous both at home and abroad. It has formed the largest folk kiln system in ancient China. It is the outstanding representative of the folk kiln in northern China - Cizhou Kiln.

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Cizhou Kiln: The Great Civil Kiln System in the North

Cizhou Kiln is the largest folk kiln system in ancient China, and is also a famous Han folk kiln. It has the saying that “there is Jingde in the south and Pengcheng in the north”. The kiln site is located in Guantai Town, Cixian County, Bengbu City, Hebei Province, and Pengcheng Town, Fengfeng Mining Area.

The shape and decoration of the Cizhou Kiln are popular among the people, and the scope of influence is wide and develops rapidly. In the north, there are many imitations. The central kiln is centered on Guantai Town of Handan City, forming a huge magnetic kiln system, mainly distributed in Hebiji Kiln in Henan Province, Xiuwu Dangyang Kiln, Qixian Kiln in Qixian County, Dengfeng Quhe Kiln, Shanxi Jiexiu Kiln, Huo County Kiln, Shandong Zibo Kiln, Jiangxi Ji'an Jizhou Kiln, Fujian Quanzhou, Sichuan Guangyuan, etc., all burn a large number of porcelain similar to the Cizhou Kiln style.

Tracing back to the source: the myth of black and white

The Cizhou kiln was burned in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty and reached its peak. The Southern Song Dynasty and the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties continued. Historically, the literature on the porcelain of the Cizhou kiln in the Song Dynasty has not been seen in the Song Dynasty, mainly in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there were Cao Mingzhong's "Ge Gu Yao", Wang Zuo's "Additional Ge Gu Shi", Xie Zhen's "Five Miscellaneous", Qing Dynasty "Magic State", "Ming Hui Dian", Zhu Xi "Tao said 》, Lanpu's "Jingdezhen Taolu" and Xu Zhiheng's "Drinking Sai said porcelain" and other books, the magnetic kiln porcelain in the shape, glaze, firing and process characteristics have been recorded and described to varying degrees.

Cizhou Kiln is famous for producing white glazed black porcelain. It is black and white contrast, strong and vivid, the pattern is very eye-catching, engraved, stroked, ticked, filled with color, and creatively combines the techniques of Chinese painting with the form of pattern. It is vividly drawn on porcelain and has a fascinating artistic charm. It has created a new way for the decoration of porcelain painting in China, and laid the foundation for the great development of blue and white painted porcelain in Jingdezhen after the Song Dynasty.

Appreciation: The paintings are cut off

Cizhou Kiln is a folk kiln system in the ancient northern China. It is famous for producing white glazed black porcelain. It is black and white contrast, strong and vivid, the pattern is very eye-catching, engraving, drawing, ticking, filling and coloring, and creatively painting Chinese. The technique, in the form of a pattern, is ingeniously and vividly drawn on porcelain, with a fascinating artistic charm. In the collection and identification of the magnetic kiln porcelain, you can start from the following points:

Identification from cosmetic soil. During the Song and Jin Dynasties, the porcelain tires of the Cizhou kiln porcelain were not fine enough and rough, and the local soil was not as white as kaolin. Therefore, the more elaborate works generally added a layer of slightly refined makeup to the porcelain tires. Earth, then make paintings or calligraphy on the makeup soil. Due to the addition of a layer of cosmetic soil, the difference in expansion coefficient during the firing process may cause cracks on the surface of the glaze layer outside the cosmetic soil. After nearly a thousand years of rheology, some porcelains will be deglazed. Therefore, it is more accurate to judge the old and new of a magnetic porcelain kiln by deglazing and the old and new exposed soil layers after deglazing.

Judging from the painter. Cizhou Kiln is the representative of the folk kiln in the old kiln mouth of China. Its products have rich local flavor and market style. Its painting or calligraphy style is often bold and unrestrained, and it is also one of the focuses of distinguishing the porcelain of the kiln.

From the decorative ornamentation. In the early stage of the Song Dynasty, it was the period of the production of the kiln kiln. The kiln kiln ornamentation of this period was composed of simple geometric patterns, plants and simple flowers and birds. During the Jinyuan period, it was a glorious period of the kiln kiln decoration. It can be seen that the magnetic kiln ornamentation has developed at this stage, from simple geometric patterns and plant patterns to complete flower and bird beasts, landscapes and figure paintings. The magnetic kiln ornamentation of this period has fully possessed the characteristics of Chinese painting and calligraphy and formed a unique The characteristic porcelain painting art, in addition to the white and black flowers, adds red and green color. Mastering the rheological characteristics of the development of the porcelain wares in Cizhou Kiln is also necessary for the identification of true and false.

Market: A dark horse in the collection market

In the collection world, Cizhou Kiln is quite a major collection of high ancient ceramics. In the hands of private collectors, all collectors who play Gaogu porcelain will basically have a Cizhou kiln. Before 2000, the price of Cizhou Kiln was much lower than that of Tang Sancai and other popular varieties on the market.

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