Chapter 3563 Xuande Plate
If Lu Fei hadn't said it, no one would have noticed it. Now that he said it, a closer look revealed that it was indeed different.
The bottom is still the double-circle bottom used in the Ming Dynasty, but the pattern is very different.
The bottom pattern used by the official kilns of the Ming and Qing Dynasties was the reign of the emperor plus the year, but this bottom pattern only had four large characters in regular script, which read "Deng Ji Dabao". In the middle of these four characters, there is a rectangular pig sand seal with "Changchun Jushi" written on it.
"Oh my god, it's really different!"
"Enthronement ceremony of some emperor, this is the exclusive souvenir of the enthronement ceremony of some emperor, right? Then what is this Changchun layman? Is it a Taoist name?"
"I have seen the bottom pattern without the year, but it is rare to have a seal. Seals and appreciation seals appear in calligraphy and painting works, so how come there is this thing on porcelain?"
None of the people present were archaeologists, and they really didn't know about this thing. Even Wang Xinyi was confused when she saw it, but Kong Jiaqi recognized this seal.
"I remember that the title of Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji seemed to be Changchun Jushi, brother, is that so?"
Lu Fei nodded: "You are right, Changchun Jushi is the title of Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji."
"Damn, the emperor has a Taoist title, what's the matter?" Di Ruilong asked with a puzzled look.
"What's so strange about this? People worship Taoism, isn't it normal to give themselves a Taoist title?
Since ancient times, emperors have worshipped Buddhism, and there are many Taoists. Many emperors will appoint special people to represent themselves to become monks and worship Buddha. Emperor Shunzhi was a monk back then. People just want to be happy. Does the emperor still care about the eyes of ordinary people?" Lu Fei said.
"Ah, this~~ I am speechless."
"Haha, it's true. The emperor has power over the world and is willful, but this hobby is quite healthy. It is much better than having three thousand beauties in the harem, and the emperor will not attend the court early from then on, and his kidneys will be broken in a few years." Bai Zirui commented.
"Hush~~"
Bai Zirui's words caused a round of boos. He didn't understand what was going on. His fiancée rolled her eyes at him again. Bai Zirui felt wronged. What the hell is wrong with me? Isn't it just telling the truth?
Speaking of Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Xinyi also remembered: "I know, the reign title of this emperor is Xuande, right?"
Kong Jiaqi nodded and gave her sister-in-law and bestie a thumbs up.
When they heard the word "Xuan De", everyone suddenly realized it.
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"Yongle's red glaze, Xuande's blue and white, and Xuande furnace, those are the three great treasures of the Ming Dynasty, no wonder Brother Fei is so distressed."
Lu Fei waved his hand: "I am not distressed about this, I also have a few pieces of Xuande blue and white, and I have a set of Shenci Chaiyao, which is more rare than Xuande blue and white. No matter how precious Xuande blue and white is, it is not as good as Chaiyao.
What I am distressed about is this blue and white cloud dragon pattern large plate, which is the only one in the world and has no better value, and it is very valuable for collection.
In fact, at the beginning of the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, the attainments of porcelain had reached the pinnacle. With the experience and formula of porcelain treatment during the Xuande period, it is not impossible for later generations to make a larger plate than this cloud dragon pattern plate, but no other emperor of the Ming Dynasty dared to challenge this difficulty, because there is a story behind it."
When they heard the story, everyone became excited and approached Lu Fei together, and even the staff outside pricked up their ears.
"Among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji was considered a prodigy. He had read military books since childhood and was quite talented in landscape painting and calligraphy. He was especially appreciated by his grandfather, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di. Everyone has heard of the emperor appointing a crown prince, but the emperor worried about his son and appointed a grandson. Zhu Di was the first in the world. Later, Emperor Kangxi appointed Qianlong as the grandson, also following the example of Ming Chengzu.
What's more rare is that when Ming Chengzu determined Zhu Zhanji as the grandson, Zhu Zhanji was only eleven years old, which shows how much Zhu Di loved this precious grandson. Not only that, Zhu Di would take his precious grandson with him when he went on tours and marched north. Facts have proved that Zhu Di did a good job in training his grandson. He was not very old, but he was mature, steady, and active in thinking. He was much wiser than his father Zhu Gaochi.
After Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne, he quickly stabilized the situation. The world was peaceful, the horses were released to the south, and the swords and guns were put into storage. Zhu Zhanji began to study calligraphy and painting and porcelain. If you want to achieve great success, age and experience are crucial, but there are not so many requirements for porcelain. He has the formulas of the Imperial Household Department of past dynasties and experienced masters. After many attempts, he finally succeeded in firing the large plate. When Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, he wanted to fire a piece of porcelain as a commemoration. This idea has never been abandoned. After the trial firing was successful, Zhu Zhanji personally designed and painted. It took a year and a half to finally fire the blue and white nine-five supreme cloud dragon pattern large plate. The bottom inscription is unique, which is the four words "Register Dabao", which became his exclusive souvenir.
This work was fired successfully. Zhu Zhanji regarded it as a treasure and placed it in his bedroom for easy appreciation at any time. In order to ensure its uniqueness, Zhu Zhanji also destroyed the experience records and formulas for firing the large plate. Before his death, he did not forget to issue an imperial decree that all descendants of the Zhu family could not fire blue and white large plates. Those who violated it would be regarded as deceiving their teachers and ancestors and would not be allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum. "If Lu Fei hadn't said it, no one would have noticed it. Once he said it, a closer look showed that it was indeed different.
The sole is still the double-circle sole used in the Ming Dynasty, but the style is very different.
The bottom inscriptions used by the official kilns of the Ming and Qing dynasties were the reign title of the emperor and the year, but this bottom inscription only had four large characters in regular script, which read "Deng Ji Dabao". In the middle of these four characters, there was a rectangular pig sand seal with "Changchun Jushi" written on it.
"Oh my god, it's really different!"
"Enthronement ceremony of some emperor, this is an exclusive souvenir of the enthronement ceremony of some emperor, right? Then what is this Changchun layman? Is it a Taoist name?"
"I have seen bottom inscriptions without the year, but it is rare to have a seal. Seals and appreciation seals appear in calligraphy and painting works, so how come there is this thing on porcelain?"
None of the people present were archaeologists, and they really didn't know about this thing. Even Wang Xinyi was confused when she saw it, but Kong Jiaqi recognized this seal.
"I remember that the title of Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji seemed to be Changchun Jushi, brother, is that so?"
Lu Fei nodded: "You are right, Changchun Jushi is the title of Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji."
"Damn, the emperor has a Taoist title, what's the matter?" Di Ruilong asked with a puzzled look.
"What's so strange about this? People worship Taoism, isn't it normal to give themselves a Taoist title?
Since ancient times, emperors have worshipped Buddhism, and there are many Taoists. Many emperors will appoint special people to represent themselves to become monks and worship Buddha. Emperor Shunzhi was a monk back then. People just want to be happy. Does the emperor still care about the eyes of ordinary people?" Lu Fei said.
"Ah, this~~ I am speechless."
"Haha, it's true. The emperor has power over the world and is willful, but this hobby is quite healthy. It is much better than having three thousand beauties in the harem, and the emperor will not attend the court early from then on, and his kidneys will be broken in a few years." Bai Zirui commented.
"Hush~~"
Bai Zirui's words caused a round of boos. He didn't understand what was going on. His fiancée rolled her eyes at him again. Bai Zirui felt wronged. What the hell is wrong with me? Isn't it just telling the truth?
Speaking of Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Xinyi also remembered: "I know, the reign title of this emperor is Xuande, right?"
Kong Jiaqi nodded and gave her sister-in-law and bestie a thumbs up.
When they heard the word "Xuan De", everyone suddenly realized it.
>
"Yongle's red glaze, Xuande's blue and white, and Xuande furnace, those are the three great treasures of the Ming Dynasty, no wonder Brother Fei is so distressed."
Lu Fei waved his hand: "I am not distressed about this, I also have a few pieces of Xuande blue and white, and I have a set of Shenci Chaiyao, which is more rare than Xuande blue and white. No matter how precious Xuande blue and white is, it is not as good as Chaiyao.
What I am distressed about is this blue and white cloud dragon pattern large plate, which is the only one in the world and has no better value, and it is very valuable for collection.
In fact, at the beginning of the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, the attainments of porcelain had reached the pinnacle. With the experience and formula of porcelain treatment during the Xuande period, it is not impossible for later generations to make a larger plate than this cloud dragon pattern plate, but no other emperor of the Ming Dynasty dared to challenge this difficulty, because there is a story behind it."
When they heard the story, everyone became excited and approached Lu Fei together, and even the staff outside pricked up their ears.
"Among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji was considered a prodigy. He had read military books since childhood and was quite talented in landscape painting and calligraphy. He was especially appreciated by his grandfather, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di. Everyone has heard of the emperor appointing a crown prince, but Zhu Di was the first emperor to worry about his son and appoint a grandson as the crown prince. Later, Emperor Kangxi appointed Qianlong as the grandson as the crown prince, also following the example of Ming Chengzu.
What's more rare is that when Ming Chengzu determined Zhu Zhanji as the grandson, Zhu Zhanji was only eleven years old, which shows how much Zhu Di loved this precious grandson. Not only that, Zhu Di would take his precious grandson with him when he went on tours and marched north. Facts have proved that Zhu Di did a good job in training his grandson. He was mature at a young age, steady in doing things, and active in thinking, much wiser than his father Zhu Gaochi.
After Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne, he quickly stabilized the situation. The world was peaceful, the horses were released to the south mountain, and the swords and guns were put into storage. Zhu Zhanji He began to study calligraphy and painting and porcelain. Age and experience are crucial for calligraphy and painting, but porcelain is not so demanding. He had the formulas of the Imperial Household Department of past dynasties and experienced masters. After many attempts, he finally succeeded in firing the large plate. When Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, he wanted to fire a piece of porcelain as a commemoration. He never gave up on this idea. After the trial firing was successful, Zhu Zhanji personally designed and painted. It took a year and a half to finally fire the blue and white nine-five supreme cloud dragon pattern large plate. The bottom inscription was unique, which was the four words "Register Dabao", which became his exclusive souvenir.
This work was fired successfully. Zhu Zhanji regarded it as a treasure and placed it in his bedroom for easy appreciation at any time. In order to ensure its uniqueness, Zhu Zhanji also destroyed the experience records and formulas for firing the large plate. When he was dying, he did not forget to issue an imperial decree that all descendants of the Zhu family could not fire blue and white large plates. Those who violated the rules would be regarded as deceiving their teachers and destroying their ancestors and would not be allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum. "