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As a vessel with both practical and artistic value, the vase occupies an important position in China's history and culture. With their beautiful shapes, exquisite craftsmanship and rich cultural connotations, they have become treasures of traditional Chinese art. Below, let's take a look at the top ten classic types of Chinese vases.
The plum bottle is a kind of bottle type with a small mouth, short neck, plump shoulders, thin bottom, and circle feet, and it is named after the small mouth that can only insert plum branches. The plum vase is very beautiful and pretty, which first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and was more popular in the Song and Liao periods, and many new varieties appeared. The plum bottle is both a sake vessel and an ornamental item that is hard to put down. Its shape is beautiful, the lines are smooth, and it gives people a sense of dignified elegance.
The shape of the jade pot spring bottle evolved from the water purification bottle in the temple in the Tang Dynasty, and the basic shape is skimming, thin neck, hanging abdomen, and circle feet. Its shape was fixed in the Northern Song Dynasty, when it was a practical utensil for holding wine, and later gradually evolved into ornamental display porcelain. With its graceful curves and soft colors, the jade pot spring vase shows an elegant and graceful temperament.
The garlic bottle is named after the mouth like a garlic head, with a long neck, sloping shoulders, a round belly, and a circle of feet. Garlic bottles were first fired in the Song Dynasty and were widely popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The shape of the garlic bottle is unique, the garlic-shaped mouth gives people a unique feeling, the bottle body is smooth and beautifully decorated, and it is a classic in ancient Chinese porcelain.
The gallbladder bottle is named because of the shape of the device such as hanging gall, straight mouth, slender neck, shaved shoulders, gradually growing below the shoulder, and plump lower abdomen. The shape of the gall bottle is simple and generous, and the lines are smooth, giving people a sense of stability and dignity. The gall bottle was mass-produced in the Song Dynasty and was one of the favorite flowers of the literati at that time.
The gourd bottle is shaped like a gourd, with two spherical shapes up and down, connected by a girdle in the middle. The gourd bottle has a unique shape and auspicious meaning, and has an important position in traditional Chinese culture. The gourd bottle was first fired in the Tang Dynasty, and was fired in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and there are many varieties and different decorations.
The Tianqiu vase is a kind of porcelain shape deeply influenced by West Asian culture, and the bottle shape is a small mouth, straight neck, full shoulders, false circle feet, and a slightly concave sand bottom. Because the round ball belly is huge, as if it fell from the sky, it is called the celestial ball bottle. The Tianqiu bottle was created and burned in the Yongle and Xuande periods of the Ming Dynasty, and was more popular in the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty. The shape of the Tianqiu vase is majestic and magnificent, and the decoration is gorgeous, which is a treasure in ancient Chinese porcelain.
Olive bottle skimming, short neck, shoulders, neck adduction, abdomen slightly bulging, feet outward, mouth and bottom size similar, bottle body like olives, hence the name. The olive bottle was first fired in the Song Dynasty, and it was more popular in the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty. The olive bottle has a beautiful shape and smooth lines, giving people a fresh and natural feeling.
Mallet bottles are divided into hard mallet bottles and soft mallet bottles. The hard mallet bottle is also known as the round bar mallet bottle, with a handicap, a short straight neck, a round folded shoulder, a cylindrical long belly, a circle foot, and the bottom is mostly a flat-cut two-layer platform. The soft mallet bottle, also known as the square mallet bottle, has a skimming mouth, a short neck, folded shoulders, a rectangular belly, and a high hoop foot. The shape of the mallet bottle is simple, the lines are tough, giving people a sense of simplicity and stability.
The horn-shaped mouth of the phoenix tail bottle, long neck, bulging belly, downward convergence, wide to the bottom, slightly similar to the phoenix tail, hence the name. The phoenix bottle has a beautiful shape and smooth lines, giving people a sense of lightness and agility. The phoenix tail bottle was more popular in the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, and it was a kind of high-grade furnishing porcelain at that time.
The Guanyin bottle, also known as "Guanyin Zun", was popular during the Kangxi to Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty. Its shape is beautiful, the lines are smooth, like a slim Guanyin Bodhisattva. The Guanyin bottle is characterized by an extravagant mouth, a short neck, full shoulders, an inward arc below the shoulder, an outward skimming below the shins, and a shallow circle of feet. The Guanyin vase is beautifully decorated, often painted with various flowers, figures, landscapes and other patterns, and is a classic in ancient Chinese porcelain.
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Each of the ten classic types of Chinese vases has a unique charm. They are not only outstanding representatives of ancient Chinese porcelain art, but also an important part of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. They are not only works of art, but also witnesses of history, carrying the cultural memory and spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation.