"When I was in Hangzhou before winter, the city elder brother cave kiln was a fragrant tripod, although the quality was new, its color was as bright as the old one, and those who knew it hesitated. Will Jingxi Wang Deweng also cloud, recently the elder brother kiln of the ancient Guan kiln, can not not distinguish also."
Elder brother kiln near the official kiln personal like elder brother kiln is the glaze is stable, condensate, texture is deep, obvious and can be kept to play
Fortunately: the glaze of Ge kiln porcelain is thick and the glaze color is steady.
The hidden lines of Guanyao quality are like crab claws, and the hidden lines of Geyao quality are like caviar, but the juice is not as good as the official ingredients."
1. Open the gold wire. The glaze layer of Ge kiln has a network of open pieces, or overlapping such as ice cracks, or fine as fish seed patterns, commonly known as hundred pieces; The large black slit overlaps with the small red and yellow slit to create a visual effect of gold wire.
2. Bubbles in the glaze like foam and beads. Ge kiln glaze water thick, glaze bubbles dense, such as beads looming, implicit and introvert.
3. Purple mouth and iron feet. The iron content in the Geyao carcass is high, the carcass is wrapped in a thick glaze layer, the mouth is hidden deep purple along the thin glaze, and the bottom foot is dark brown, commonly known as purple mouth iron foot.
“乙未冬在杭州时，市哥哥洞窑者一香鼎，质细虽新，其色莹润如旧造，识者犹疑之。会荆溪王德翁亦云，近日哥哥窑绝类古官窑，不可不细辨也”。
哥窑近官窑 个人喜欢哥窑是釉质稳、凝，纹理深、显 还有就是可养可把玩。
好在：哥窑瓷器釉质凝厚，釉色沉稳。
官窑质之隐纹如蟹爪，哥窑质之隐纹如鱼子，但汁料不如官料佳耳”
1. 金丝铁线开片。哥窑釉层有网状开片，或重叠如冰裂，或细密如鱼子纹，俗称百圾碎；黑色大开片与红、黄色小开片交织重叠，形成金丝铁线的视觉效果。
2. 聚沫攒珠般的釉中气泡。哥窑釉水肥厚，釉中气泡密布，如珠隐现，含蓄内敛。
3. 紫口铁足。哥窑胎体中含铁量较高，胎体为较厚的釉层相裹，口沿釉薄处隐现深紫色，底足露胎处呈深褐色，俗称紫口铁足。
