A Research On Mao Porcelain Of Liling In Its Artistic Characteristics And Cultural Orientation Of Ornamentation

In people’s modern life, small example is the homes of ordinary people, large such as the hotel lobby, the Great Hall, etc., porcelain used to living, used as gifts and used as ornamentation are almost be seen, we can see that the porcelain is still essential to modern life in the appliance.From ancient times to the present, porcelain in people’s life has been occupied an important position. "Mao porcelain" is a popular term of the porcelain that specifically provided for Mao Zedong, in the ceramic collection field, it refers in particular to Liling in 1974 for Mao porcelain and "7501" porcelain made by Jingdezhen, the two batch of porcelain designed and developed specifically for Mao Zedong is representative of Chinese porcelain craft in the 20 th century. Among them, Mao porcelain made by Liling in 1974 is mainly used before Mao’s death.Elaborate techniques attached on its profound historical and cultural background of "Mao porcelain" make it become the object of attention and collectors "darling".As early as 1986, there is a master of china ceramic arts in our country has began to notice the special significance of "the special porcelain for Chairman Mao", and asked his friend to purchase "7501" from the workers at that time the Ministry of Light Industry Research Institute of Jiangxi Ceramics. From then to now, hot Liling "Maoporcelain" and reproducing "Mao porcelain" is people’s collections and gifts of choice. At the same time, some auctions and exhibitions of the real "Mao porcelain" also appear in succession. The real "special porcelain for Chairman Mao" is rare and precious, "Mao porcelain" appeared in large numbers on the market now are produced by means of this process reengineering "Mao porcelain", until now, it is still the highest craft porcelain production process, and is the highest grade of porcelain. Because Liling "Mao porcelain" be so popular these days, it has value and necessity to research its artistic characteristics and cultural orientation of its ornamentation.Decorative patterns on ancient Chinese porcelain, not only the theme is rich, but also "its figure must be intentional, the meaning must be auspicious".It commonly represent beautiful meaning of people.Its decorative techniques is varied, for example, printing, decals, ticking flowers, engraving, carved, painting brocade outside the frame, colored drawing and so on. Hunan Liling "Mao porcelain" ornamentation is formed by decorating five colors under glaze on its body which is initiated by Liling. The choice of theme, artistic characteristics, origin,and cultural orientation of its decoration are worthy of our research and exploration.Firstly, the paper sorted out theme and shape of ornamentation on Liling "Mao porcelain" by combing the history of the development of theHunan Province Ceramics Research Institute and the Liling Qunli Porcelain Factory and their history of production of "Mao porcelain".Thus the paper summed up the artistic characteristics of Liling "Mao porcelain", and summarized in four words: red, fine, double, elegant, and further analyzed the reasons for its formation. Then, through examples of stories about the life and work of Chairman Mao, analyzing the origin between Chairman Mao and Liling,etc., the paper explored the cultural orientation of Liling "Mao porcelain" when deciding its ornamentation.What Liling "Mao porcelain" decoration depends on is,comes down to three things: Firstly, the friendship between Chairman Mao and his hometown. Secondly, the special political and historical background of the time. Thirdly, Chairman Mao loves plum blossom. At the time of that special era, under that political background, ornamentation of "Mao porcelain" is combined with the Chairman’s preferences and habits.Therefore, there will be a beautifully unique Liling "Mao porcelain" that people see today. Finally, this paper integrated the current development situation of reproducing "Mao porcelain" and put forward the prospects.In addition, this paper also made little proposals about ornamentation innovative of the reproducing "Mao porcelain".