Chinese Yixing Zisha Clay Handmade Exquisite Teapot （报春 底款：朱可心）

Product Name: Primula
Bottom payment: Zhu Kexin
Size: 17 / 10cm
Capacity: 400cc
Purple sand classification: raw ore vermilion mud
Introduction to the bottom payment: Zhu Kexin (1904-1986) was born in Dingshu Town, Yixing City. The original name is Zhu Kaichang, and the stage name is "Kexin", which means "an open-minded person can be a teacher" and "a cup of water in the mountain can clear the sky and the earth". At the age of 14, he worshipped Wang Shengyi as his teacher and made friends with Wu genyun. In 1931, he was employed as a kiln science and technology worker in Yixing Ceramic Vocational School of Jiangsu Province, where he created purple sand coffee sets. In the following year, the elaborately made Yunlong tripod and bamboo tripod participated in the Chicago Expo of the United States and won the "special award". In December 1953, the "national folk artists viewing conference" brought the works Yunlong pot and round pine bamboo plum pot to the exhibition. In 1959, he participated in the world ceramic exhibition held by the Palace Museum in Beijing as a representative of the cooperative. His works squirrel grape pot and three friends of pine, bamboo and plum pot were selected to be exhibited abroad in the "China Arts and crafts roving exhibition" and won the first prize. In 1959, he spent more than four months elaborately copying the saint's peach cup collected by the Nanjing Museum and won the award. During the vigorous period of creation, Ruyi pot, Yunyu pot, Gaofeng coffee set, welcome wine set, Wanshou pot, Wanmei pot, Kexin pear type pot and so on were designed and produced. Many styles have become popular products of purple sand craft pottery. In 1964, he carefully imitated Chen Mingyuan's bag pot, reaching the level of perfect purple sand skills. Zhu Kexin pioneered a kind of pot style and a variety of decorative techniques, which were well received by Chinese and foreign people.