Panamanian bottle with lentils and double birds

 

 

In 1915, the lentil double bird bottle created by Peng Xiaoqing, Zhang Xiaoli, Wu Shouqi and other underglaze color masters was sent to Panama Pacific World Expo in the United States to participate in the exhibition, and won the "highest quality gold medal award" at one stroke, enjoying the reputation of "national porcelain".

 

 

In August 2004, Hunan Provincial Institute of ceramics successfully copied the double bird lentil bottle that won gold medal repeatedly. Samaranch, the lifetime honorary president of the International Olympic Committee, Rogge, the former president of the International Olympic Committee, Nicolas Wu, the president of the Greek Olympic Committee, He Zhenliang, the honorary president of the Chinese Olympic Committee and the chairman of the culture and Education Committee of the International Olympic Committee, used four languages, namely, English, French, Greek and Chinese, Inscribed on the porcelain bottle is "from the Great Wall to Olympia" and named "world and bottle". As a gift porcelain for the 28th Athens Olympic Games, it is used by the Chinese Olympic Committee to present it to international dignitaries such as Samaranch.

 

 

The bottle is made of high-temperature thin porcelain, with a height of 46.8cm. The lentils decorated with the picture are taken from the meaning of "grow melon and get melon, grow beans and get beans" in Chinese culture, and represent the seeds of peace and the hope of peace; "double birds" means "harmony and integration of eastern and Western cultures". It has elegant shape, strong sense of jade quality, gorgeous color, and great country atmosphere. It is known as a "creative, human, intelligent, natural, harmonious and artistic" treasure. It is a masterpiece of great beauty. The original has been permanently collected by the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the replica has become the treasure that collectors all over the world deliberately pursue.

 

 

In September 2003, Li Tieying, the former vice chairman of the National People's Congress, wrote the word "porcelain soul" during a leisure inspection at Hunan Ceramic Research Institute, fully affirming its position in Chinese ceramics.