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Cao Yalin
Cao Yalin
◎ Cao Yalin, a master of Chinese arts and crafts, is a senior arts and crafts artist
Born in 1955 in Dingshu Town, Yixing, Jiangsu Province, he entered Yixing Purple Sand Craft Factory in 1970 and graduated from Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute in 1979, majoring in design.
He has created and published hundreds of works and papers, twice selected for the Japan Mino International Ceramics Exhibition and won the first prize of the International Ceramics Exhibition; won more than 20 provincial and national important professional awards; and has been invited to go abroad for many times to hold exhibitions and publish personal collections. Many of his works have been collected by cultural institutions such as the National Art Museum of China, the Zhongnanhai Purple Light Pavilion of the State Council, and the Hong Kong Tea Set Museum.
Cao Yalin | Purple clay pot · Lots
Cao Yalin As Guang• Yue Tianya Gong This Time Pot Beijing Juli International Auction Co., Ltd. Transaction Price: RMB 747,500
Cao Yalin as Xiqu Set Pot Beijing Poly International Auction Co., Ltd. Transaction price: RMB 1,955,000 yuan
The Orthodox Collection | Cao Yalin • "Gluttony Pot"
Gluttony is a fierce beast that exists in legend, and the Classic of Mountains and Seas says that gluttony has a tiger's tooth and human claws, and has a greedy personality. However, under the influence of traditional Chinese culture, people's hostility to evil beasts gradually disappeared.
The ancients advocated that the fiercer the beast, the greater the well-being, so the gluttony became a force of protection and blessing, and also became a "spirit beast" that warded off evil and blessed one side.
Therefore, food has gradually become a very important subject in artistic creation.
Cao Yalin is a unique presence in the purple sand pottery industry, he is good at mixing traditional and modern design concepts into the purple sand pot, and his works have their distinct artistic characteristics.
This pot as a whole is six square, from the mouth of the pot to the bottom of the pot slowly closed, the mouth handle is also six square, rigid and healthy implied agility, square and round, very test the author's pot-making skills.
This "Gluttonous Pot" is one of the purple sand pots of Master Cao Yalin, the "Divine Beast" series. The whole pot integrates the gluttonous elements into the pot, and the shape is six square, mysterious and solemn, and the atmosphere is awe-inspiring.
The pot button is shaped into a gluttony lying on its head, swallowing the world with a big mouth and a big belly that accommodates all things.
A circle of the shoulder of the pot is engraved with a mysterious food pattern, which was first used for the decoration of bronze ware, solemn and solemn, and has the intention of warding off evil spirits and blessings.
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