Brief introduction of photography "traditional" porcelain

At first, people called this ancient work of art "bronze galloping horse", while others called it "riding a swallow". Later, it was found that the clues were not swallows, but sparrows. The sparrow is Shen Feng, but the horse is stepping on him and overtaking him, which can be described as a "heavenly horse". At that time, there was a saying of "Tianma".

Horse-themed art is really a must in China. From the chariot pottery horse unearthed from the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, the simple black painted wooden horse in Han Dynasty to the beautiful tricolor horse in Tang Dynasty; From the rough stone carving on the tomb of Huo Qubing in the Western Han Dynasty to the six stone carvings in Zhaolingtan District, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong; From Ma Tu by Tang and Han Caoba to Bai Tu at Night by Xu Beihong, a master of modern art, and Gong Ma ... Ma's works, whether sculpture or painting, bronze or ceramics, realism or romanticism, show the horse's expression and internal characteristics incisively and vividly, winning the favor and praise of Chinese and foreign people.

China's horse art has always been enduring, and the works of art with horses as the theme are masterpieces for thousands of years.

The picture 1 shows a glazed pottery horse of the Han Dynasty, with a height of 1 15cm and a length of 88cm. This horse is unusually fierce, with erect ears, slightly convex cheeks, sharp lines, spherical eyes, exposed teeth, long and roaring head, mane tail, vigorous limbs, overall tall and vigorous, and realistic expression. This pottery horse belongs to lead glazed pottery products. Lead-glazed pottery is the earliest colored glaze in China, and it is a high-temperature glaze fired by the utensils themselves, which appeared in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. In the Han Dynasty, our ancestors successfully invented low-temperature lead glaze. This horse is full of green glaze, bright in color and radiant, with a layer of pearl powder on the surface, which has both form and spirit, elegant in style and magnificent. It's really a masterpiece of lead glazed pottery in Han Dynasty.

The second picture shows the black painted wooden horse of Han Dynasty, which is 7 1cm high and 70cm long. Lacquerware craft has a long history in China, and cinnabar lacquer bowls were unearthed in Hemudu cultural relics more than 6,000 years ago. In the Han dynasty, lacquerware not only increased in number, but also varied in variety. This Trojan is painted, with bright paint film surface, straight and vivid horse shape and smooth lines. The horse landed on all fours, with steady steps, tail cocked, chest held high, mouth open, teeth exposed, eyes fixed on the front, ears raised high, strong body, especially round hips, which made the horse quite charming. After thousands of years, it is still intact.

Figure 3 shows the Northern Wei Dynasty grey pottery horse, which is 29cm high, 25cm wide and very long. Figure 4 shows the Northern Wei Dynasty gilded grey pottery horse, which is 27.5 cm high and 27 cm long. Both horses have the typical characteristics of Taoma in the Northern Wei Dynasty, that is, their heads are small, their necks are round, their weight is strong, their feet are solid and powerful, their hips and bellies are round, and their tails are drooping. On the whole, the difference between Ma and Han Ma is that it has many gorgeous decorations, such as bells, bells and so on. In particular, the Northern Wei painted grey pottery horse in Figure 4 is gilded on the fetal quality of grey pottery, which makes the horse more dazzling and dazzling.

Fig. 5 shows the white glazed horse of Sui Dynasty, with a height of 26cm and a length of 18cm. Although the Sui Dynasty lasted only 37 years, it made remarkable achievements in porcelain-making technology. This white glazed horse has a well-proportioned figure, a complete saddle, two legs in the mouth, four legs motionless under the chest, manes combed on both sides of the horse's head and forehead, eyes wide open, ears erect and chest muscles exposed. The overall shape is vigorous and powerful, full of lofty sentiments, with white and blue glaze and smooth enamel. It is the representative work of white porcelain in Sui Dynasty.

All the above are horse artworks, horse cultural relics and horse fine products collected by Yiqizhai. The owner of the vessel loves horses, but he also loves their diligence, load-bearing and galloping. In the spring of the Year of the Horse, may horses bring good luck and happiness to the industrious and intelligent people of China. May the art of horses shine forever.