The Power And Imorality:The Official Porcelain Of Jiajing Period Of Ming Dynasty

Jingdezhen Royal Arm Factory in Ming Dynasty was very prosperous in production,and it undertook the main firing task of Ming Dynasty.In the jiajing dynasty,the firing technology of the imperial ware factory was very mature,and the shape and decoration of porcelain were quite characteristic of The Times,which was regarded as a turning point in the history of porcelain in the Ming dynasty.Although the academic circle paid much attention to it in the past,it is a pity that there has not been a special and systematic discussion.Based on the acquisition of materials as much as possible,this paper tries to present the style of Jiajing official kiln porcelain from the perspectives of production,variety,shape and decoration through the research method of combining material objects with literature,and analyzes its causes and evaluates its influence.The paper argues that Jiajing official kiln porcelain mainly evolves from two aspects--imperial power and social customs,which are both influencing factors and expressing contents.In terms of production,due to the excessive demand of the royal court,Jiajing Royal Arm Factory is often unable to undertake the firing task alone,and can only implement the "firing by the government and the people".The new policy of jiajing also had an important influence on the formation of the new situation of the management system of royal equipment factory.Categories,blue and white is still the mainstream.Because of sacrificial rites of the Geng Ding,sent to burn si phenomena,color glaze porcelain are blossoming.Colorful,plain tri-color glazed porcelain is inherited from the previous dynasty,sustainable development.In terms of the shape of utensils,the appearance,firing time,firing quantity and using mode of utensils such as plates,bowls and bottles were determined by the factors related to use,such as extravagant food,ritual change and the emperor's obsession with Taoism.In terms of decoration,the trend of the world became increasingly luxurious and Taoism became popular,with the doubling of painted gold porcelain and underglaze painted porcelain.The emperor's worship of Taoism made Taoist elements an important feature of Jiajing official porcelains,and his personal expectation for longevity,the prosperity of his offspring and the stability of the country led to an unusually rich pattern of related themes.The cloud and crane patterns associated with Taoism were once equal to the dragon and phoenix patterns,and the combination of the three became a common decorative theme.In addition,the decline of landscape flowers and birds in the period of Jiajing also had a certain relationship with the decline of the palace painting academy.This paper points out that the nine and twenty-first years of jiajing official kiln porcelain are two key time points for the development of official kiln porcelain.The former is the period of changing the old and welcoming the new,while the latter is the period of further establishing the style.Its overall style can be summarized into three aspects: fine coarse coexistence,rich and colorful,the gradual integration of officials and people.At the same time,the paper holds that since the beginning of Jiajing,the emperor's personal will became the dominant one in the production of porcelain,and the position of imperial porcelain gradually surpassed that of official porcelain and became the representative of the fashion of The Times.