Chinese Yixing Zisha Clay Handmade Exquisite Teapot （龙头石瓢 底款：吴德盛）

Product name: Longtou Shipao

Deposit: Wu Desheng

Size: 16/7cm

Capacity: 300cc

Classification of purple sand: raw ore Black Diamond

Bottom line introduction: Wu Desheng Pottery Shop (1916-1939). "Wu Desheng Purple Clay Pottery Shop" was founded by Wu Hanwen, a resident of Dingshu Town, Yixing City, in the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916). The shop was located near Jiaoqiao, Yixing County. It was a firm specializing in purple clay at that time. In the early period, it was printed as a small square seal in the Yang script of "Wu Desheng", and the bottom cover was used simultaneously. Later, it was printed as "Made by Wu Desheng". In the middle of the 20th century, the store owner Wu Hanwen created the shop name trademark "Jinding Trademark" of "Wu Desheng". The printing of "Jinding Brand" takes the tripod as the pattern in the center, and the four corners are printed with "Jinding Brand" in regular script, which is dedicated to ordering bottles for "Wudesheng" shop. In the later Wu Han Dynasty, the seal "Pine and Crane Pavilion" was also printed on the refined pot in regular script. The seal of "Wu Desheng" and "Jinding Trademark" is on the bottom of the pot, and the seal of the pot maker is usually on the handle. At that time, Yan Ru, Chu Yinlan, Wang Xichen, Feng Guilin, etc. were specialized in making purple clay teapots for Wu Desheng. Ren Ganting, an artist dedicated to Wu Desheng, and Yu Guoliang, Cheng Shouzhen, Zhu Kexin, Wang Baogen, Wu Yungen, Wang Yinchun, etc. often ordered blanks. The participation of famous purple clay pottery artists, refined scholars and celebrities in the creation of works has greatly improved the popularity of Wu Desheng. In the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925), Wu Hanwen set up a "Wu Desheng" branch in Shanghai, mainly selling purple clay products.