"Yongle Year System" presses the hand cup, low -key handed down product

In the Ming Dynasty, two small cups were extremely precious. One was the chicken bowl cup of Chenghua years, and the other was Yongle Nian's pressed hand cup.

This "double cup" can be described as "no one knows and no one knows" in the field of collection. In the eyes of the public, compared with the well -known chicken bowl cups, the hand cup seems to be slightly low -key.

▲ Mingchenghua Doucai Chicken Cup and Mingyongle Blue and White Trip Lotus Press Cup, all hidden in the Palace Museum.

Regarding the low -key in the public's view of the "Yongle Year System", Mr. Ma Weidu once speculated in a program: "Our public's understanding of this cup (Yongle Press the Cup) is relatively low. Why is it low? Everyone is quilt? It has been auctioned in the society. For example, the chicken bowl cup took 200 million. "Therefore, the public's discussion of the chicken bowl cup is relatively more.

"But the chicken bowl cups are not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also the Qing Dynasty. This cup (Yongle pressed the hand cup). Only the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty was available in the world." Volkswagen cups that are more familiar.

▲ Screenshot of variety shows; the props used cups used in the picture are ancient products;

The hand cup is a new porcelain cup created by the Yiyao Factory of Jingdezhen during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

Its cup is like a small bowl -shaped, with a slightly skimming, folding waist, abundant bottom, and circle. It is characterized by the heavy carcass, the center of gravity is in the lower part of the cup, and the mouth is slightly skimmed. When holding the cup in hand, the mouth of the tiger that is coincide with the hand gives people a heavy feeling of holding hands, so it is known as the "pressing cup".

"Tao Say" has a cloud: "This is also the skimming, the mouth is tanned, the handle is the handle, and the mouth is pressed, hence the name."

Ming Yongle pressed the hand cup, or it is precisely the "Yongle Year system". At present, there are three known, all of which belong to the Old Tibetan Tibetan of the Qing Dynasty.

One of the "Double Lions Rolling Hydrangea" patterns and two patterns of "Hua Xin" pattern are painted in the cup center.

Another cup of heart is a "莲 莲 莲 另" pattern, with a slightly large volume, which is different from the lion ball heart and flower heart model. It is generally considered to be imitation during the Ming Wanli period.

▲ Ming Yongle Blue and White Branch Lotus Press Cup (Lion Ball Heart)

Palace Museum

▲ Ming Yongle Blue and White Tripstick Lotus Press Cup (Huaxin)

Palace Museum

The shape, decoration, blue and white color, and centralized fonts of the three Mingyong Yongle blue and white hand cups hidden in the Palace Museum are the same;

The cup tire is thick, but the weight is between 154-166 grams. This shows that the fetal material used in Yongle Blue and White Press Hand Cup is finely washed. After a long period of sinking fine mud, the impurities are less interference.

The size of the three cups is almost the same, and the error between the cup height, the caliber, and the foot diameter is very small, which is extremely standardized. This shows that the blue and white porcelain molding process during the Yongle period.

▲ Mingchengzu Zhu Xi; Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi; Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji;

The Yongxuan period (Yongle, Hongxi, and Xuande Three Dynasties) were the golden age of the Ming Dynasty art, and this period was also known by many scholars as the golden age of blue and white porcelain.

Ming Yongle Blue and White Press the hand cup, which is painted in inside and outside. The shape is simple and thick, and the blue and white tone is deep.

▲ Ming Yongle Blue and White Tripstick Lotus Press Cup (Huaxin)

Palace Museum

Its green material is "Su Ni Boqing" (also translated as "Su Ma Li Qing") brought back from Western Asia.

This green material has a low manganese content and reduces the purple -red tone in the cyan. It can be burned into a gem -like color under the appropriate fire.

After firing, the color glaze is stable, deep, strong and not vulgar, and it is not tires to look at it.

In the famous porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, the Yongle Blue and White Hands Cup was a kind of physical confirmation with historical documents. Mingren Gu Yingtai specifically mentioned this cup in the book "Museum to Lay":

"If I make a hand cup, tan and waist, the sand is slippery. The center draws a double lion ball, and the" Daming Yongle New Year System "six or four -character script is painted in the center. ; The heart of the heart is second;

This description basically summarizes the characteristics of the three "Yongle Year System" blue and white hand cups hidden in the Palace Museum.

The Ming Yongle Blue and Treasure Cup is a masterpiece in the Ming Dynasty porcelain. Later generations are regarded as treasures. There are constantly imitation of craftsmen to try to restore the beauty of rare Ming blue and white.

The earliest imitation was seen in the Ming Dynasty, until the early Qing Dynasty and even the Tongzhi in the late Qing Dynasty and the Guangxu period were still imitated. Most of these imitations are heavier, and the shape of the device is slightly enlarged. The fineness of the decoration is slightly far from the original.

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