元青花“四爱图”梅瓶纹饰刍议

On the Decorative Patterns on Yuan Blue and White Plum Vase

元青花"四爱图"梅瓶是元代青花瓷器中,少量以人物纹饰为主题纹饰的代表作品。对于该瓷器的人物纹饰所绘的具体人物所指,至今仍有一定争议,且在两件器型和纹饰都高度相似的"四爱图"梅瓶之间存在的细微差别,是探讨该纹饰意义不可回避的部分。结合元代文集《四爱题咏》,探寻"四爱"文化背景,尝试分析"四爱"文化的内容与接受人群,从而推测"四爱图"梅瓶的诞生契机,并对其纹饰意义进行讨论。同时,通过对元青花瓷器的纹饰绘制过程和技法的探索,分析两件梅瓶的纹饰差异,并解释其形成原因。

Yuan blue and white plum vase is a representative piece of work of the very rare porcelain works decorated with patterns of historical figures emerged in Yuan dynasty. What those figures reference for still remains a controversial issue so far. To explore the true meaning of these patterns, a comparative study upon two similar vases that both have almost the same types and patterns is necessary to conduct. In this study, it explores the background of the culture by reading Yuan's collective literature entitled Eulogies on Four Historical Figures and Their Favorites, and analyzes the content of the culture and its receivers, thus to deduct the situations when the vase was produced and discuss the referential meaning of the patterns. Furthermore, the paper studies the process of techniques of pattern painting, and analyzes and explains the two vases' differences in pattern formation.