In the long river of purple sand history, many skilled craftsmen were born, but only a few people left their names for thousands of years and were regarded as the standard by future generations.
Many pot makers were also famous when they were alive, but they eventually left very few transmitters and were not known to most people. The 8 craftsmen to be introduced today may not have many transmitters, but they are all meticulously crafted, and each piece is worth a lot.
Yang Youlan
Yang Youlan, a famous craftsman between Qing Yongzheng and Qianlong, the year of birth and death is unknown. He is good at painting, and the landscape figures, flowers and herbs and Yangwen scripts made by the pot are all inlaid with sand and mud, and each pot is exhausted.
▲ Yang Youlan made Qu Ziye painting Deng Fusheng carved He Daohong made cover
Inscribed with an ancient pot
Shanghai Jiahe Auction Co., Ltd
Autumn 2018 Art Auction
Price RM: 5,520,000
The side of the pot is inscribed with the inscription "Great Rich And Noble And Shou Kao, Imitating the Fenyang King's Blessing Sentence, Fu Sheng".
Fallen "Fu Sheng", surnamed Deng Mingkui, Qing Jia Dao years old, and Qu Ziye as a good friend, good at true grass seal, Boya Nengwen, specially designed for Qu Ziye to Yixing to supervise the manufacture of sand pots. The bottom of the pot is stamped with the seal of "Fu Sheng Deng Kui Supervision".
In the sentence, the King of Fenyang refers to the famous Tang general Guo Ziyi, Guo Ziyi official In the middle of the Shuling, his 7 sons, 8 sons-in-law, each in the dynasty as an official, every time Guo Ziyi's birthday, his son and son-in-law are to the palace to wish for the birthday, the verse is to express the good wishes of the blessing.
On the other side of the pot is a wind bamboo diagram drawn by Qu Ziye, and the two lines and five characters below the top bamboo leaf "bamboo outside the branch oblique" line of writing, beautiful and neat, a diagonal character and a slanted bamboo, both implying the spring breeze, is a good time for spring.
This pot has been nearly two hundred years, due to the poor storage of predecessors, the lid is seriously damaged, in order to return the artistry and integrity of the pot, the collector specially invited Mr. He Daohong, a first-class master in the contemporary Yixing pot making industry, to prepare a new lid for it.
Chen Xiaohou
Chen Xiaohou (c. 1702-1765), a native of Jingxi, was a famous purple sand artist in the Qianlong period, who made ancient utensils extremely exquisite and elegant, and was good at making bottles, bowls, plates and other daily necessities. Among its heirloom artifacts, there are few pots and many ancient artifacts.
▲Chen Xiaohou made purple sand antique bronze flowers
Beijing Zhonghan Auction Co., Ltd
Autumn Auction 2013
Price RM: 1,000,500
The vessel imitates the Shang Zhou bronze, the shape of the instrument is quaint and elegant, the flower is flared, the neck is thin, the near bottom is gradually skimmed, and the shallow circle foot is. Dark purple sand mud, oily and delicate.
The ornamentation is divided into three parts, the neck is a relief banana leaf pattern, the inner carved food pattern, the abdomen and the lower part are also hungry patterns, using the "two-layer flower" decoration method, and there are ribbed edges.
Under the line of the abdominal string line, there is a "Qiao Hou" seal book, which is extremely elaborate. This kind of purple sand flower is extremely rare, and the Palace Museum and the British Museum each have one, which is particularly rare.
Chen Hezhi
Chen Hezhi was a master of Pot Making during the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse and Chongzhen years.
According to Ming Zhou Gaoqi's "Yang Envy Tea Pot Lineage And Sect": "Chen Hezhi, good imitation of Youquan, Junyong, Apocalypse, Chongzhen between people. It can be seen that his people are good at imitating Xu Youquan and Shen Junyong, the pot style is high and ancient, and the calligraphy has the Style of Jin and Tang Dynasties.
▲Chen Hezhi made purple sand bag pot
Beijing Poly International Auction Co., Ltd
Spring Auction 2011
Price RMB: 3,220,000
Chen Ziqi
During the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse and Chongzhen years, Yixing purple sand master, birth and death are unknown. Good at making tea pots, but also work in the literary room to play elegantly. The works are full of purple clay, the tires are thin and the craftsmanship is exquisite, and the calligraphy has the style of jin and tang dynasties. According to legend, he is the father of Chen Mingyuan, a famous purple sand craftsman.
Qing Wu Qian wrote in the "Yang Envy Famous Tao Lu Jia Trace": "Chen Ziqi, visiting Xu is the best, cherished by the times. Or the cloud is the distant father. ”
▲Chen Ziqi made lotus pot
Beijing Changfeng Spring Auction 2011
Shi Jichang
A famous purple sand smith in the Qing Dynasty, he once made pots for Prince Guoyi, and every multi-best vessel. Most of the transmitters are mainly Hanfang pot models, which are exquisitely made and the shape of the instruments is stable and generous. There are "Jingxi History Succession System", "Jingyuan Zhai System", "Jingyuan Zhai History Succession System" and so on.
▲ Shi Jichang made a black clay painted purple sand pot
Beijing Kuangshi International Auction Co., Ltd
Spring Auction 2014
RMB：3,220,000
This pot, shaped square in a circle, blends the Han square and gourd pot type, drum belly and waist, in a streamlined shape. The two sides of the pot are illuminated, and the plum bamboo chrysanthemum is painted with dark purple clay, which is full of emotion.
The bottom of the pot seal book Yang wen "Jingxi history succession long system" imprint. Looking closely at the decoration on the pot, one side of the pot is painted with mud "plum bamboo double qing" figure, and the other side is painted with "butterfly love flower", both of which are delicate and vivid, quite elegant.
Chen Zhongmei
Chen Zhongmei, a native of Wuyuan, Jiangxi, born and died unknown, was a famous purple sand master in Yixing in the late Ming Dynasty, who originally made porcelain in Jingdezhen and later made purple sand in Yixing.
He is a highly creative purple sand artist of the Ming Dynasty, and an iconic figure who perfectly combines the porcelain decoration process with the molding process of the purple sand pot.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Gaoqi defined Chen Zhongmei's works as "divine products" in his "Yang Envy Tea Pot System".
▲ Chen Zhongmei made a rui beast pot
Beijing Yuanfang International Auction Co., Ltd
Spring 2014 Art Auction
RMB：5,865,000
This piece of Rui Beast pot has a strange shape, the entire pot body is made of yunsheng water from the head to the bottom, one side of the beast head is up, the fin tail is the handle, the square foot is the bottom, the flat circle yin and yang Taiji button, the cover and the body are in harmony with nature, and the two are integrated.
The most ingenious thing is that the cloud pattern of the pot body is the use of Jingdezhen's "carved porcelain method", and the auspicious rui of the cloud is obtained in the "subtraction".
Chen Licheng
Chen Li became a pot-making master during the Qing Yongzheng and Qianlong years, there are not many records about him, and from the perspective of his heirloom works, they are all exquisitely crafted, which shows that the skills are extraordinary.
▲Chen Licheng made a Kampo pot
Long Wind Auction
2011 Autumn Auction & 5th Anniversary Celebration Auction Yixing Special
Price realised: 5,957,000
Jiang Zhenxiang
Jiang Zhenxiang, also known as Jiang Da (1860-1909). He has learned the art since childhood, and his art is mainly based on antique pots. Jiang Zhenxiang liked to make kneading, clay painting and small piece decoration on purple sand, and also liked to make glaze decoration on flower and bamboo utensils, and his works were quite popular at that time.
▲Imperial mud pile Shiwen Mountain kettle
8th Anniversary Spring Auction
Realized price RMB:2,645,000
Look closely at this pot, the tire quality is delicate, the color is full, and the luster is like jade. Through the flexible curve, it presents a balanced and moderate sense of rhythm of spherical size, with a strong sense of formal beauty.
The body of the pot is piled with clay painting to mold the landscape, and a royal poem is written in the fat mud: "Xuexian laughs at the golden plate, and it is advisable to yong Xinzi jade milk floating".