The Seven Elders of Purple Sand are the seven monuments of purple sand art, and their works are not only the treasures in purple sand, but also a kind of inheritance and development of China's purple sand culture.
When people talk about them today, they are not only a tribute to the seven old styles, but also a tribute and remembrance of that magnificent time. It is the efforts of these ancestors that have created the fiery pursuit of fine purple sand pots by the majority of enthusiasts now.
Pottery carving master Ren Ganting
Among the seven people, Teacher Ren Ganting was attacking the seal carving, so he cooperated with the rest of the people to pass on the inheritance, while Teacher Jiang Rong specialized in plastic tools, and most of the works he did did not have calligraphy and painting inscription decoration. Today, let's enjoy the cooperation between Teacher Ren Ganting and several other masters.
Gu Jingzhou cooperated with Ren Ganting
Jingzhou big stone scoop
This is Mr. Jingzhou's representative work of the big stone scoop, Mr. Jingzhou's stone scoop pot is to take the wisdom of its circle, the meaning of the desire to do its direction. This piece is shaped like a traditional large stone scoop pot, the pot is narrow and flattened, DC, ring-shaped handle, bridge button, bottom three breast nail feet.
The body of the pot is painted by the famous pottery carving Taidou Ren Ganting, Su Wu Muyang, with clear lines, superb carving skills and elegant charm. The other side is engraved with Lu Xun's verses.
The stone pot was originally a purple sand pot traditional shape. Gu Jingzhou set the achievements of each family, created himself, and wrote and painted on the pot, changing the atmosphere of thousands of fine and cumbersome and flashy buildings since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, showing a simple and generous temperament.
The gentleman made the stone scoop pot to take the meaning of wisdom and desire its circle and to do its way. The cultural connotation of the two giants " combining pearls and pearls" vividly expresses the characteristics of purple sand like beads and warm as jade, which is a work of fine, qi and spirit.
Modern Gu Jingzhou Ren Ganting", "Duan Mud Bamboo Pot"
The main body of the whole instrument is designed with bamboo as the shape, the spout is in the shape of a bamboo knot, and the water outlet is injected with the trend, which is strong and powerful; the pot handle is also slug-shaped, meandering and vigorous, and the end is comfortable. The lid of the pot is made of bamboo knots and lined with bamboo leaves, and the bamboo leaves are in a cool posture, if you are used to fresh wind, the lines and shapes of the overall balance and coordination of the pot body correspond to the fun.
The body of the pot is carved by the famous pottery engraving artist Ren Ganting with plum blossoms, the petals are full, the lines are clear, the sculpture skills are superb, and the charm is elegant. On the other side is engraved "Two armpits are full of wind, gargling stone", which is an early cooperation between Gu and Ren Er.
Zhu Kexin cooperated with Ren Ganting
Large round bamboo primrose
This pot was made in 1955 and later collected by Taiwanese collectors, and is one of Mr. Zhu Kexin's representative works, the primrose pot.
Pot body inscription: even imitation of the mountain forest victory, pine wind with distant sounds. Yugan returns to the bitter book, and Jia Ming discusses the spring clear.
On one side, there are large landscape pottery carvings, which are extremely rare.
This pot can be said to be the representative work of the two, and it is also a fine product among the fine works.
Pei Shimin cooperated with Ren Ganting
Round pot on the shoulder line
Inscription: Full cup of fragrant envy bixia, red hearth stone spring test new shoots. B is not winter engraved.
Looking at Pei Lao's works, there are very few calligraphy and painting inscriptions, and this piece can be said to be extremely rare.
Wu Yungen cooperated with Ren Ganting
Republic of China, Wu Yungen, Ren Gan Tingming, "Smart Color Papaya Pot"
This pot is of imitation flower pot type, shaped by papaya, and decorated with purple mud and duan mud.
The rings and nozzles are fruit branches, and the scars are distributed on them, like nature. Overlapping and staggered papaya leaves are shaped with lids and button seats are decorated with branches.
One side of the pot is engraved with flowers and birds, and supplemented by red, white and green colors, making it the icing on the cake, and signing "Stone Work" and "Ren".
On the other side, it is inscribed with "Drinking Waves of Clear Spring, Purifying My Dust Edge", signing "Produced by Mao Shunxing, Carved by Stone", and the knife technique is simple and ancient.
Wang Yinchun cooperated with Ren Ganting
Xiling Printing 2013 Autumn Auction Sold for RMB 2,875,000
Speaking of the cooperation of these two people, I have to mention this four square Yaming, this pot is the cooperation of four famous artists, Wang Yinchun, Yaming painting, Ren Ganting and Xu Xiutang carving.
In 1963, Yaming went to Dingshan to visit Ren Ganting and Wang Yinchun. After drinking tea, he personally designed and drew the style of this pot and handed it over to Wang Yinchun to knead the shape of the pot.
Yaming then painted a fish on the side of the pot and engraved it by Xu Xiutang.
On the other hand, by Xu Xiutang's teacher, a generation of pottery carvings Ren Ganting is decorated with flowers and birds, the picture is fresh and elegant, and the carving skills are obvious.
The number of Yaming square pots made by Wang Yinchun is very small, and it is not too much to describe it as a handful, and this piece is a collection of the skills of four famous artists, and the concept of purple sand of the literati descended from Chen Mansheng and Yang Pengnian has been explained in more depth, which can be called the fine works of the times.