Chinese Yixing Zisha Clay Handmade Exquisite Teapot （僧帽 底款：得一日闲为我福）

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Bottom payment: a day's leisure is my blessing
Cover: Gu Jingzhou
Size: 13/7cm
Capacity: 300cc
Classification of purple sand: raw ore vermilion mud
Bottom money introduction: Gu Jingzhou (1915-1996), formerly known as Jingzhou. Nicknames: Manxi, Leoping, Wuling Yiren, Jingnan Mountain Woodcutter. He called himself Hu Lao and Lao Ping. Yixing Zisha famous artist, member of China Artists Association, and master of Chinese arts and crafts.
He was born in Shangyuan Village, Chuanbu Township, Yixing, Jiangsu Province in 1915. At the age of 18, he learned art from a famous teacher. From the late 1930s to Shanghai, pots were made to imitate the ancient style. In 1954, he entered Yixing Shushan Ceramic Cooperative. In 1956, he was appointed as a technical tutor by Jiangsu Provincial Government, and led by Xu Hantang, Gao Haigeng, Shen Qianhua, 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 one of the most famous purple clay potters in the past dynasties. His original name was Jingzhou, and later he changed his name to Jingzhou. His names include Manxi, Shouping, Wuling Yiren, Jingnan Mountain Woodcutter and Hu Old Man. He once created his own hall name as Ziyixuan. He has made great achievements in pot art, and his skills are superb. He can be said to be one of the most successful ceramists in modern times, enjoying a reputation comparable to that of Shi Dabin in the Ming Dynasty. He is known as "a great master" and "a great master of pot art".