Chinese Yixing Zisha Clay Handmade Exquisite Teapot （竹节刻绘 底款：顾景舟）

Classification of purple sand: raw purple mud
Introduction to the final payment: Gu Jingzhou (1915-1996), formerly known as Jingzhou. Nicknames: Manxi, thin Ping, Wuling Yiren, Jingnan mountain woodcutter. I'm Hu old and Lao Ping. Yixing Zisha famous artist, member of China Artists Association, and master of Chinese arts and crafts.
Born in Shangyuan village, Chuanbu Township, Yixing, Jiangsu Province in 1915, he studied arts with famous teachers at the age of 18. In the late 1930s, he went to Shanghai to make antique pots. In 1954, he entered Yixing Shushan ceramics cooperative. In 1956, he was appointed as a technical adviser by the Jiangsu provincial government, with Xu Hantang, Gao Haigeng, Shen Lihua, Shu Fengying, Wu qunxiang and others. He has participated in the National Arts and Crafts Congress three times in his life, and has a great influence in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. He is known as the "master of pot art" at home and abroad, and his works are collected by major museums and cultural relics museums at home and abroad.
Gu Jingzhou can be said to be the most famous Zisha ceramic artist in the past dynasties. His original name was Jingzhou, which was later renamed Jingzhou. His names include man Xi, thin Ping, Wuling Yiren, jingnanshan woodcutter and Hulao. He once created his own hall name as Ziyixuan. His achievements in pot art are very high, his skills are exquisite, and he draws on a wide range of materials. It can be said that he is one of the most accomplished potters in modern times, enjoying a reputation comparable to that of Shi Dabin in the Ming Dynasty. He is known as a "master" and a "master of pot art".