"Jun porcelain is better than wealth". It can be seen that jun porcelain had a sensational effect at that time. So the local groups imitate, kiln bristly, but still do not get
the point. Up to now, there are numerous research articles and numerous archaeological kilns. Because none of them has ever seen these jun porcelains made by officials of the
northern song dynasty, they can only be glimpsed through a narrow window. In 1955, yu county (now yuzhou) ceramic factory began to develop and explore the basic formula and
firing technology of the long-lost jun porcelain tire glaze. It not only fired the traditional colored glaze such as rose violet, begon-red, azure and moonlight white, but also
developed more than ten kinds of flower glaze, and added new varieties of modern daily utensils, artistic display porcelain and so on.
“纵有家财万贯,不如钧瓷一片”。可见当时钧瓷产生的轰动效应。于是各地群相仿效,窑口林立,但至今仍然不得要领。至今,研究文章汗牛充栋,考古窑口不计其数,因都未见过这批北宋官造钧瓷
,也只能是管中窥豹了。1955年,禹县(今禹州)陶瓷厂开始研制、探索湮没已久的钧瓷胎釉的基本配方与烧成技术,不仅烧制出玫瑰紫,海棠红、天青、月白等传统色釉,还发展了十多种花釉,并增
加了现代日用器皿、艺术陈设瓷等新品种。
钧瓷釉采用氧化铜为着色剂,在还原气氛中烧成铜红釉。这样,烧出的釉色青中带红、如蓝天中的晚霞。钧窑釉色大体上分蓝、红两类、具体的可呈现月白、天青、天蓝、葱翠青、玫瑰紫、海棠红、胭脂红、茄色紫、丁香紫、火焰红等。其中,蓝色也不同于一般的青瓷,是各种浓淡不一的蓝色乳光釉。蓝色较淡的称天青,较深的称为天蓝,比天青更淡的称为月白,都具有莹光一般幽雅的蓝色光泽。
钧瓷釉色有一种莹光一般幽雅蓝色乳光,其色调之美,妙不可言。釉色分两种,一曰细平釉,一曰橘皮釉。以烧制色釉“窑变”为其特色。
由于釉色的相互交融而产生的无数颜色不一、形状各异的窑变,是构成钧瓷区别于其它青瓷的另一个特色。钧釉中的紫色引人注目。各种紫色是红釉与蓝釉互相融合的结果。钧釉的紫斑在工艺上是将青蓝色的釉上有意涂上一层铜红釉所造成的。后人对钧瓷的紫色的评价极高,近人刘子芬在《竹园陶说》中说“钧窑器一枚,价值万金┅┅宋时紫色如熟透之葡萄,浓丽无比,紫定、紫钧,其器皆纯色。
蚯蚓走泥纹(即在釉中呈现一条条逶迤延伸、长短不一、自上而下的釉痕,如同蚯蚓在泥土中游走),也是钧釉的一个重要特征。产生的原因是由于钧窑瓷胎在上釉前先经素烧,上釉又特别厚,釉层在干燥时或烧成初期发生干裂,后来在高温阶段又被粘度较低的釉流入空隙所造成。