Colored glaze firing technique (Fengxian District)
Colored glaze firing technique (Fengxian District) China's colored glaze art has a long history. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Imperial Household Department was burned down and disbanded several times. The craftsmen of the colored glaze factory were either repatriated or dispersed, and batches of craftsmen were scattered in Suzhou, Shanghai and Guangzhou. According to the physical objects left at that time, it can be seen that there was already a small-scale colored glaze firing technique circulating in Shanghai at that time, such as the colored glaze ink boxes and other high-end stationery produced by Shanghai Jincheng Crafts Society during the Republic of China, and many daily-use high-end colored glaze daily necessities produced by Shanghai Liangyou National Glass Factory. However, as a craft and art product, colored glaze plays a supporting role, at least not as bright and colorful as jade. Until the 1980s, the peerless beauty of colored glaze has once again attracted people's attention. At present, the colored glaze on the market is mainly represented by lost wax casting colored glaze represented by Shanghai and handmade colored glaze represented by Boshan, Shandong. Shanghai's colored glaze craftsmanship has been innovated and developed on the basis of inheriting the traditional lost wax casting and firing colored glaze techniques. The first generation of master Zhou Xiwang, who inherited this lineage, learned from the craftsmen of the former Qing Palace Workshop. During the Republic of China period, Zhou Xiwang owned many factories and businesses in Shanghai and other places, named Dalun. After years of learning and referring to foreign glass casting technology, the second generation master Chen Guoqiang once again improved the Chinese colored glaze firing technology, and established a physical production workshop, gained certain experience and achievements, and passed all the craftsmanship to the third generation inheritor Zhou Xufei. Zhou Xufei is the eldest grandson of Mr. Zhou Xiwang, the son of Chen Guoqiang's junior brother, and also Mr. Chen Guoqiang's apprentice. After learning the skills, he integrated the unique expressiveness of colored glaze with rich cultural connotations and design ideas, creating a new market segment and choice space for colored glaze, making colored glaze products more and more popular. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)