Material：

The main colorants of colorful porcelain are mineral elements such as copper, iron, cobalt, and manganese, which are fired at low temperatures. Wucai is a secondary molding process. Decoration colors are divided into underglaze and overglaze. Commonly used colors include red, yellow, green, purple, ocher, black, etc.

Description :

Famille-noire porcelains are unique decorative arts of the Qing Dynasty.  They exist in small quantities and are very rare.  The color of this bottle is gorgeous and moist, and the ink ground is translucent and shiny. The figures are painted with different expressions and lifelike features, the decorations are wonderful, and the layout is appropriate. The bottom of the vessel is made of jade, with the regular script

inscription “Made in the Kangxi Year of the Qing Dynasty” written inside the

blue and white double circle. It is a typical Kangxi multicolored porcelain

with ink ground and is very precious.

Famille noire (Chinese: 墨地素三彩, Modi susancai) uses a black ground (although some clobbered wares had the black added in the 19th century). Famille noire wares were made in the Kangxi era. They may have a coppergreen lead based enamel painted over dry black cobalt ground on the biscuit, and a transparent green glaze was then applied, giving it a neariridescent appearance Famille noire was once highly appreciated by western collectors.

Colorful porcelain has been a favorite of literati since its birth. In a sense, the multicolored porcelain produced during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty is multicolored porcelain in the true sense. Why do you say this?Because the Ming Dynasty multicolored colors, if they did not use underglaze blue and white, were actually overglaze red, green, yellow, etc.; and the biggest feature of Kangxi multicolored colors was the use of overglaze blue and black colors, forming a The combination and application of red, green, yellow, black, ocher, blue and other colors. Due to the dark tones of blue and black, Kangxi’s colorful contrasts are more harmonious and calm.

During the Kangxi period, the blue color after firing was as deep and brilliant as the blue and white, while the black color had a luster like black paint Mr. Geng Baochang’s “Appraisal of Ming and Qing Porcelain” mentioned “Modi Colors”, which is the most precious among the Kangxi Colors. At present, the complete utensils of Mo Di Wucai are relatively rare, and some have been dispersed to some European and American countries earlier. This shows the preciousness of Mo Di’s colorful wares. The whole body of this vessel is ink, the colors are rich and dazzling, and the overall atmosphere is magnificent, dignified and luxurious.

Take this collection as an example: the whole body is ink, the colors are rich in changes, gorgeous and eye-catching, and the overall atmosphere is magnificent, dignified and luxurious. Tighten the mouth, smooth the shoulders, bulge the abdomen, and encircle the feet. The vessel is glazed with white glaze, and the outer wall is ground with turquoise glaze. The lower edge of the mouth is painted with a Ruyi cloud head pattern, and the upper part is painted with a lotus petal pattern. The body of the vessel is painted with historical figures. The front and rear are illuminated and the interior is painted with humanistic pictures. The whole vessel has a smooth and descriptive meaning. Delicate, moving in silence, reflecting each other, elegant and beautiful. The dark green is thick but not showy, the white glaze is clean, and the jade texture is strong. It is an excellent item from the colorful kilns of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, and has a high collection value.

The body of the vessel is painted with figures and scenes, and the patternsand patterns have a strong sense of the times. Its painting style, brushwork, layout, and color application techniques all have a specific rhythm of the times. The painting technique is free and unrestrained, with a unique style. It uses ink color as the theme color, and uses light pink alum red and other embellishments and outlines. It is still a kind of light crimson color. The cover of the vessel is painted with the same picture. The glaze is of high quality and the use of colors is very exquisite. It is very difficult to preserve it completely.

Porcelain during the Kangxi period developed rapidly and has always been popular with people, just like the prosperous period of Kangxi. The glaze of Kangxi porcelain is smooth and delicate, and the body glaze is tightly bonded. The glaze has an early bluish white color and evolves into a middle stage pink white and paste white. From the middle period to the Yongzheng period, it changed to hard and bright celadon glaze.

During the Kangxi period, the painted figures often used blue pens to outline their faces, which were very durable. The cheeks of beauties were often faint and delicate, making them look delicate. The characters’ clothes are the most vivid, the trees have old trunks and spread out, and the flowers have graceful branches. The painted pine stems are eggplant color and the needles are ink color, rendered with hard green, giving people a rich green feeling. This is an important feature of Kangxi porcelain.