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Characteristics of pen container in Qing dynasty
Pen holder is the most common pen holder, generally cylindrical, and made of various materials, such as bamboo, wood, porcelain, lacquer, jade, ivory and purple sand. And it is a permanent thing in the books of literati. In ancient times, the pen container was favored by literati because of its artistic personality and high cultural taste. Zhu Yizun, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, once wrote "The Inscription of the Pen Container", saying: "The pen is written on the record, either horizontally or vertically, and the Jews have no instrument, so they should control it. If the guest arrives home, he can rest assured that he is innocent. "

1, among the pen holders in Qing Dynasty, porcelain pen holders are second only to bamboo pen holders. The varieties involve blue and white, blue and white glaze red, glaze red, ink color, multicolored, pastel, bucket color, monochrome glaze and so on. Among them, Kangxi's blue and white, Yongzheng's ink color and dry pastel pen holders reflect the highest level of porcelain firing in various dynasties. Judging from the types of utensils, in the early Qing Dynasty (Shunzhi and Kangxi), some pen containers still retained the characteristics of slightly skimming the pen containers in the Ming Dynasty; After the mid-Qing Dynasty, pen holders were mostly straight. From the design, there are landscape figures, flowers and birds, pine cranes, longevity figures and so on. However, there are also many stories about landscape figures, such as Seeing the Tiger Away from the Stream, Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, Peach and Plum Garden in Spring Banquet, etc.

2. The Qing Shunzhi porcelain pen holder is handed down a little less, but there are many kinds, such as straight mouth and straight wall, extravagant waist and so on. Generally speaking, the former is tall and thin, while the latter is short and fat. Mainly blue and white. Blue-and-white Hua Niaowen pen holder, an artifact of Shunzhi period, has a large volume, a small waist and blue-and-white patterns on the wall. The production of porcelain pen holders reached its peak in the Kangxi period, and the varieties were extremely rich, including blue and white, multicolored, bucket colored, three colors in glaze and various colored glazes. The content of decorative patterns is very extensive, including figures, animals, landscapes, flowers and birds, Bo Gu and so on. There are waist shape, mouth shape, straight mouth shape, bamboo shape, square shape and so on. Its typical characteristics are tight combination of fetal glaze and delicate fetal quality. Most of them have no money, a few have hall money, and there is dry money on the wall.

3. Yongzheng and Qianlong periods were the second stage of porcelain pen container production in Qing Dynasty. Compared with the early Qing dynasty, there are fewer handed down products, but they are beautifully made, especially some novel shapes, such as hexagon, oblate circle and double shape. The decorative flavor is stronger than that in the early Qing Dynasty. For example, the pastel brush holder with both sides winning the landscape is a typical dry brush holder. The varieties of porcelain pen holders in this period are blue and white, red under blue and white glaze, pastel, pastel of various colored glazes and monochromatic glaze. Yongzheng porcelain pen holder is characterized by freshness, elegance, wealth and splendor when it is dry. There are many years of official kiln wares and famous folk kiln wares.

4. Jiaqing and Daoguang were the third stage of porcelain pen container production in Qing Dynasty. Pastel is still the main variety, and the shape of porcelain pen container is mainly slender and tall. Decorative patterns are mostly figures, paying more attention to ornamental. At this time, another feature is that carved porcelain pen holders began to appear, imitating bamboo carvings, and yellow glaze carved porcelain pen holders were the best. For example, the yellow glaze carved porcelain pen container is carved with turquoise, and the mouth edge and bottom are painted with bamboo joints. Most official kilns have chronology knowledge, while private kilns have a hall name or engraved name. Famous porcelain sculptors include Chen Guozhi, Wang Bingrong, Tang Yuanhe and others.

5. Porcelain pen holders were still popular in the late Qing Dynasty, but their quality declined. The most typical feature is that the fetal glaze is not closely combined, the glaze is gray, and blue and white float on the surface. There are six characters in blue and white and six characters in red. A Rare Exquisite in Guangxu —— Plain-tire Scratched Pen Container.