Chinanews.com, Shenyang, June 15 (Han Hong) The Treasures Exhibition Hall of the Jingdian Pavilion Collection of the Palace Museum in Shenyang has displayed the Qianlong style red carved red dragon-eared vase with landscape characters in the Dragon Boat Festival since the Dragon Boat Festival.
The relevant person in charge of the Shenyang Palace Museum said on the 15th that this cultural relic reflects the aesthetic taste of the heyday of the Qing Dynasty and shows the beauty of Chinese civilization.
The colors of Chinese lacquerware are mainly black lacquer ink and red lacquer, so it has the reputation of "painting thousands of words, Dan lacquer Wanhua".
Tihong, also known as "Red Carving Lacquer" or "Carving Red Lacquer", occupies an important position in the history of Chinese lacquer craftsmanship.
It uses the sap from the natural sumac tree, processed and refined into vermillion paint, which is painted layer by layer on the fetal bone of the utensil.
In order to achieve a certain thickness, dozens to one hundred layers are often required.
When the lacquer layer is half-dry, draw the drawing, and then carve patterns on it.
There is a record in Cao Zhao's "Ge Gu Yao On Ancient Lacquerware · Tick Red" in Ming Dynasty. There is a record of "Tick red utensils, no new or old, but the color of Zhu Hou is bright red and strong." The lacquer is thick and bright red. A necessary condition for making an exquisite red lacquerware.
The sculptures of male farming and female weaving reflect the Qing Dynasty rulers' ideological concepts based on farming mulberry.
Photo courtesy of Shenyang Palace Museum
The Qianlong model with red-embroidered landscape and dragon ear vases on display this time was made during the Qianlong period and is a combination of lacquerware and metal craftsmanship.
During the Qianlong period, national power was prosperous, coupled with the preference and intervention of Emperor Qianlong himself, the workshop used "tooth work" craftsmen to undertake lacquer carving, so the paintings of the utensils have the beauty of exquisite carvings, rich layers and sharp corners, and the ornamentation implies Auspiciousness and beauty are often combined with techniques such as tracing and inlaying.
According to reports, the bottle is painted with black lacquer on the inside and red lacquer on the outer wall. There are four lights on the neck and abdomen.
The bottom is gilded with copper, and the six-character three-line inscription "Qing Qianlong reign" in Yangwen seal.
The mouth, abdomen, and feet of the big bottle are decorated with three sets of gilded bronze lotus petals, and a pair of lifelike gilded bronze double dragons are inlaid between the shoulders and necks as ears.
The brocade ground is engraved with patterns such as fan lotus, ruyi cloud, tangled branches and curling grass, etc. The four seasons flowers are carved inside the four-pointed light on the neck, which symbolizes happiness and continuity.
The relevant person in charge of the Shenyang Palace Museum said that this lacquerware is exquisitely crafted and has rich decorations. It has the exquisite and magnificent and elegant style of the Qianlong dynasty red lacquerware, reflecting the aesthetic taste of the prosperous Qing Dynasty.
The sculptures of male farming and female weaving reflect the Qing Dynasty rulers' ideological concepts based on farming mulberry.
This time, the Shenyang Palace Museum exhibited Qianlong's red-embroidered landscape figure dragon-ear vase, intended to use cultural relics to show the beauty of Chinese civilization and let people experience the profoundness and artistic beauty of traditional Chinese art treasures.
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