Monochrome glaze starter prices rise faster

From 2008 onwards, the monochromatic glaze with its elegant appearance and unique color has repeatedly appeared on numerous large-scale auctions both at home and abroad, and it has obtained more substantial transaction prices. However, compared with blue-and-white porcelain, ceramics, and other porcelain, the price of single-color glaze is still relatively "mass", which has caused a lot of collectors' attention. Recently, Executive Vice President of the Guangdong Provincial Arts and Crafts Association and a specialist in ceramics, Lou Gang, were invited to Guan Kai. He said that with the deepening of his research, the price of monochrome enamels has continued to rise, especially during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The device, because it is more skilled in the application of glaze and firing technology, the appreciation space will be greater.

The monochromatic glaze was once too cool and different from the blue-and-white porcelain and colored porcelain. The monochromatic glaze was used in ancient times as a ritual device, and it was rarely used for ornamental viewing. Lou Gang said: “At that time, kiln mouths were rarely used to make monochrome glazes. The main production was in the official kiln, which was used for royal sacrifices.” Therefore, there are not many gorgeous carvings on the exterior. According to reports, the single-color glaze represents the ya culture in Chinese porcelain, that is, the pursuit of the intrinsic value of porcelain, and emphasizes the cultural connotation, which is in sharp contrast to the popular culture that wins with brilliance. Due to China's porcelain orientation after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most of them were dominated by vulgar cultures that could be rewarded. The representatives were blue-and-white porcelain and colored porcelain, so the monochromatic glaze was quite cold.

Although the monochrome glaze in the body as much as possible to pursue simplicity, but the color is very particular about, according to glaze color, can be divided into red, white, blue, blue, green, yellow, sauce, black and other. Since the firing techniques of porcelain in the Ming and Qing dynasties were the most prosperous, a lot of innovations were made in the glaze color of the single-color glaze. Like the red glaze, the red glaze that was burnt out during the Ming Yongle and Xuande years was a bright red “Ruby Red”. By the time of the Qing Emperor Kangxi, the Governor of the time, Lang Tingji, was innovating on the basis of Ming Xuande’s “Red Offering”. The more vivid "Lang Yao Hong", Kangxi also created a new rouge in the same period.

After 2008, the monochromatic glaze began to appreciate significantly. Before 2006, people did not pay much attention to the bright-colored glaze, and this situation began to change after 2008. In the spring auction of Hong Kong Sotheby's in 2009, a Qinglong Qiang Qingluo relief banana leaf pattern hollowed out the “branched peony” long-necked gallbladder bottle with a turnover of 47.7 million yuan, setting a monochrome glazed porcelain auction record. Although the transaction price of a single color glaze is still considerable, it is far less than that of blue-and-white porcelain and ceramics as a whole, so the auction still uses a relatively conservative standard to value the single color glaze.

Lou Gang said, “This year, Sofitel’s valuation of several brightly colored enamels on the spring market is not very high. It’s like a Qingzhengzheng white-glazed amphora, and the estimate stays between 300,000 and 500,000. However, its transaction price has also reached more than 2.6 million; in addition, a Qingronglong bean celadon bottle valued at 600,000-800,000, and its final transaction price has reached more than 3 million.” He believes that these examples have already explained the monochrome glaze The device has received much attention. Although its price is still a little bit away from blue-and-white porcelain, it can bring a lot of collectors into contact with the monochrome glaze and excavate its collection value. He also said: "Although the monochrome glaze has been on the rise, but whether it is domestic or private market, the increase will be relatively delayed, so a collection of buyers still have great opportunities for leakage."

How to identify the time period of the Tripitaka Monochrome Glazed, said Lou Gang, said that since Yongle porcelain does not have any money, even large-scale auctions and experienced collectors have misunderstood the time, so buyers are identifying monochromatic glazes. During the dynasty, we must awaken twelve points.

1 The late-process porcelain is comparatively rough, while the Yongle porcelain is very delicate. For example, in the capping pot, during the Yongle period, the bottom of the pot was a flipper and there was a vertical hole underneath. However, due to the complexity of the process of making such a pot, in order to be convenient during the late Ming period, the cap of the pot was used. It became straight forward. In addition, during the Yongle period, the pots of the pot pots were very straight. Even though the lines on some corners were symmetrical, the late ones were more casual. They may be straight and the other side may be slightly curved.

2 The glaze is a red glaze that has been smelting from the beginning of Yongle. The early glaze of red glaze, especially during the period of Yongle and Xuande, used a magnifying glass to look at the bubbles on the glaze. Most of them can see the red around the air bubble. Round hoop, according to the floor steel explained that this phenomenon is related to the thickness of the glaze. “If the thickness of red glaze in the Yongle and Xuande eras was 1, then the middle and late Ming Dynasty was 2/3, while in the Kang, Yi, and Dynasties it was 1/2, and in the late Qing Dynasty, only 1/3 remained. In principle, since the greater the thickness, the more light will be refracted in the glaze layer, the red will refract the air bubble, and the red round hoop will appear. This phenomenon will not occur after the middle and late Ming Dynasty."