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10 of the most classic purple clay pots

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10 of the most classic purple clay pots

Among the many purple sand pot shapes, there are ten traditional classics, and the purple sand pot type has always endured, and almost all the pot making teachers have done these ten pot types. Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, since the Qing Dynasty, the purple clay pot has experienced hundreds of years of development, and there are thousands of types, among which the classic types are less than 100, so let's introduce them.

Stone gourd

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

The body of the pot is trapezoidal, the curve is soft and smooth, and the shape is thick and simple. The foot is a triangular triangular support for the nailed foot, giving people a sense of lightness and stability. DC, concise and powerful, mostly concealed treatment, dissolved in the whole body of the pot. The inverted triangle is complemented by the shape of the pot body to form a harmonious aesthetic effect. Flat gland, bridge button, clean and neat, appropriate proportions, fully reflect the characteristics of exquisite craftsmanship.

archaize

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

The antique pot is one of Cheng Shouzhen's outstanding masterpieces, condensed into the essence of the purple clay pot of the past dynasties, the body is flat, the belly is bulging, the neck is high, the cover is smooth, the mother and child line mouth cover is tightly matched, the button is flat and round, the mouth and the handle are symmetrical, the posture is beautiful, it is very suitable for tea, it is loved by the people, it is widely spread, and the major museums have collections, it is the classic work of his life.

For spring

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

This pot resembles a ginkgo tree gall. The body of the pot is oblate spherical, the mud is plain, uneven, the ancient crepe is full of body, the texture is lingering, the allegorical object is in the unknown, and there is a great artistic conception of returning to the basics.

Tick the ball

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

掇, the meaning of falling up, 掇球, falling up ball. Shao Daheng pioneered the transformation of the pot type from the lotus seed pot, and the lower ears of the lotus seed were removed.

"掇" has the meaning of picking, selecting, and obtaining, and also means "embellishing", that is, connecting, in fact, it is to select a number of spheroids and connect them according to certain laws and aesthetic laws. They pick up the spheroids, process them, transform them, and then change them beautifully. In this way, the whole pot looks like flowing clouds and water, which is very smooth. The ball pot is plain, smooth and recognizable, and it is to let the concise body show its beauty connotation.

Tibi

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

The lid of the pot resembles an ancient jade and is named. The body of the pot is flat cylindrical, flat lid, flat round button, flat beam, micro-curve modeling, rigorous structure, rigid and soft, harmonious and symmetrical, virtual and real rhythm coordination, is one of the contemporary purple sand teapots, but also Gu's lifelong classics, has made and modified the shape of the pot many times, there is a feeling of "not amazing vows", it is an all-round masterpiece that reflects the beauty of the material, craftsmanship, form, function and artistic conception of modern purple sand pot art.

Ichthyosaurus

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

The shape of the pot is cleverly conceived, and the decoration of fish, dragon and cloud is integrated with the body of the pot. The whole body is made of sea water waves, with fluent lines, simple and bright. The fish and dragon spit out the beads, and the charm is vivid. The dragon head installed on the lid of the pot can be retracted freely, gracefully and flexibly. With a dragon's tail handle, it is very interesting. During the Jiaqing, Daoguang and Xianfeng periods of the Qing Dynasty, after the careful design of Shao Daheng, the "Yuhua Dragon Pot" became a mature and widely spread classic purple clay pot type.

Faucet a bundle of bamboo

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

This pot is surrounded by 64 long bamboo segments to form a pot body to fit the number of 64 hexagrams. 32 short bamboo segments are divided into four groups, each group of 8 roots, and the knots are formed into a foot. The lid of the pot is embossed with gossip diagrams, and the lid button becomes a Taiji diagram, which is quite ingenious.

Isu

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

The shape is simple, the body is like a well bar, the inlay lid is flat and fitted, the high column button is unified with the body of the pot, and the mouth is curved and subtle. The circle is large, flat on the outside, rounded on the inside, and round and large on the bottom. Its shape is the earliest streamlined design, and the end handle is poured into the touch comfortably, which is a classic of the "Mansheng pot" style.

Primula

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

"Plum Primrose Pot" was originally a collection of the showroom of Jiangsu Yixing Zisha Craft Factory, and is one of Zhu's most prestigious works. With the plum blossom spring as the theme, in the very beautiful and full pot body, the use of carving and pinching and other techniques, vividly portrayed the plum blossom is not afraid of the wind and frost and the cold of the heroic posture, beautiful and steady, delicate and expressive.

Wind curly sunflower

10 of the most classic purple clay pots

The shape of the body of the pot takes the shape of the sunflower rolled by the wind, which not only responds to the image of the object, but also has a vivid charm. The style of this wind-rolled sunflower pot is created by Yang Fengnian, the pattern is regular, the workmanship is exquisite, the antique style is fit, and the craftsmanship of the shape of the vessel is sweet, which is worthy of being the masterpiece of the female artist in the art history of the purple sand teapot.

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