太平天下，福满人间 Peace Prevails Across the World, Blessings Fill Every Home. <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">正见闻</p> <p class="ql-block"> 在中华陶瓷艺术的星空中，有一种釉色凝脂若玉的珍品，而将这份濒临失传的古典之美重现于世，并赋予当代神韵的，正是被誉为当代“建白瓷”之父的寇富平大师。他的作品《太平五福》花瓶，如同凝练的星辰，静默地诉说着千年的祈愿。</p> <p class="ql-block"> 《太平五福》瓶形制简约而典雅：直口、短颈、溜肩，腹部修长内敛，底部以卧足收尾。这一系列流畅线条构建出洗练挺拔的轮廓，深得宋瓷含蓄隽永之风骨，呈现出不依赖纹饰的形体之美。</p><p class="ql-block"> 在莹润如玉的建白釉面上，浮雕与印贴的技法构筑起一个象征的世界，瓶身梅花刻划细腻，其五瓣自然寓示“五福临门”之祥瑞。精巧之处在于双耳塑贴的吉祥象首——长鼻微卷，双目温润，形象逼真生动。“象”谐音“祥”，化用“太平有象”之典故，将家国安宁、物阜民丰的宏愿，凝于这一对敦厚的象耳之中，大象在佛教文化中象征功德圆满，此经典元素也为作品增添了更深层次的精神意蕴。</p> <p class="ql-block"> 正因如此，《太平五福》成为寇老艺术精神的缩影之一，被选为央视专访的片头影像，它不仅是技艺的复兴，更是传统的创造性转化。在这尊莹白的瓷瓶上，我们看见了个人福祉与天下太平的和谐统一，在宁静的润白之下，奔涌着一个民族对美好生活的永恒向往。</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>Peace Prevails Across the World, </b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>Blessings Fill Every Home.</b></p><p class="ql-block"> Amid the radiant starry sky of ceramic art, there exists a treasure whose glaze is as pure as jade and as smooth as polished gemstone. With a lifetime of dedication, contemporary ceramic master Kou Fuping has revived this nearly lost ancient beauty, bringing it back to the world. His masterpiece, the Five Blessings of Peace vase, stands like a silent poem, quietly narrating the eternal longing of the Chinese nation for a life of harmony and prosperity.</p><p class="ql-block"> The vase’s form captures the essence of Song Dynasty ceramics: a straight mouth, a short neck, sloping shoulders, a gently tapered belly, and a recessed foot. Each line and curve is perfectly crafted, embodying depth in simplicity and grandeur in understatement. This is the perfect manifestation of the Chinese philosophical concept that "the greatest form is formless"—using the fewest lines to outline the richest artistic conception.</p><p class="ql-block"> On the glaze surface, luminous and white as jade, lies a hidden intricacy. The relief-carved plum blossoms feature strong, sturdy branches and delicate petals, with five blooms subtly representing the "Five Blessings": longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a peaceful passing. The elephant-head handles are particularly ingenious: the gently curled trunks resemble coiling auspicious clouds, while the eyes gleam with profound wisdom. In traditional Chinese culture, the elephant is an auspicious creature, symbolizing both the vision of "peace with its imagery" and the wisdom of the "white elephant’s dream" from Buddhist lore, while also encompassing the vastness of "all-encompassing phenomena."</p><p class="ql-block"> The true wonder of this vase lies in its seamless fusion of personal blessings and universal peace. While the Five Blessings represent individual aspirations, when millions of such "small blessings" converge, they give rise to the "great harmony" of the world. The vase’s flawless white symbolizes the virtue of a noble person; its dignified and stable form signifies the solidity of the nation; and its auspicious decorations convey the hopes of all people. In this small vessel, an immense spiritual universe is contained.</p><p class="ql-block"> As Master Kou’s representative work, Five Blessings of Peace is not merely an artwork but a three-dimensional cultural text. It teaches us that true "blessings" are never a feast for one to enjoy alone but a shared spring of goodness, and that true "peace" is never a balance of power but the well-being of all people.</p><p class="ql-block"> When we gently trace the smooth surface of this vase, it feels as though we are touching the heartbeat of a nation—both tender and resilient. Beneath its white glaze flows a longing for a harmonious society, an aspiration for a better life, and a hope for universal harmony. Standing quietly through time, this vase reflects, with its eternal white, the purest vision in the hearts of the Chinese people—a world where blessings abound and peace endures.</p>