Gu Jingzhou Laughing cherry pot
Xiling Printing Society 2014 Autumn Auction
Realized price: RMB 2,070,500
The body of the pot is flat and round, and the shape of the pot gradually converges from top to bottom to the circle foot. Shoulders and neck, flat mouth out of the lips, curved flow, ruyi ear shaped handle. This pot seems to be bland, but in fact, it has extremely high requirements for the maker, and the proportion of the shoulders and abdomen is slightly worse, then the bottom foot, the flow, and the handle will change accordingly, and the style is very different immediately. This was a major creation of Mr. Gu Jingzhou in the late 1970s of the Cultural Revolution, and was later called a classic of the new generation of teapot art.
Gu Jingzhou Flat Cherry
Beijing Hanhai Spring Auction 2019
Realized price: RMB 5,750,000
The color of the work is thick, the foundation is deep, the color is quaint, calm and solemn. The curves are smooth and smooth, like clouds flowing water, and the mouth handle is perfectly coordinated. The whole instrument is permeated with a delicate beauty like a genie, which makes people feel immersed in this elegant artistic charm. Holding this pot in your hand, you can appreciate the purple sand Taidou Gu Jingzhou's superb pot-making skills and extraordinary aesthetic taste.
As above, the laughing cherry made by Gu Jingzhou set a high price of 5,002,500 yuan in the "2011 Autumn Auction Of Vertical Fan Yizi - Purple Sand Boutique", and the flat cherry blossom produced set a high price of 5,750,000 yuan in the "2019 Spring Auction Zi Ou Ningxiang - Purple Sand Art", which was amazing.
The change from laughing cherry blossom to flat cherry blossom is only a word difference, the form is indeed not small, the flat cherry pot body becomes flat round, the flow handle removes the design of the laughing cherry fly handle, more flat, the pot button changes from a tip button to a round button. However, no matter how the two have changed, Gu Lao's efforts poured into it can be said to be only a lot more, full of his unique thoughts and feelings.
From beating mud chips to patting the body tube, and then loading the spout and handle of the pot, and repeatedly trimming the teapot, in this process, the purple sand work presents the unique temperament of Gu Lao, which is what we call the pot like its person.
The laughing cherry blossom pot is one of the classic pot styles in the purple sand pot, created in the Ming Dynasty, originally known as the "three-line" pot. Where did the name "Laughing Cherry" come from? It can be said that there are many opinions.
It is said that the pot style draws inspiration from the ancient ceramic tea storage utensil "poppy", which is called "small poppy" because of its small size, and later because the flower bud pot button shape resembles a branch cherry, and then "laughing cherry pot".
It is also said that from the allusion of "Baby Ning's Laughter and a Thousand Sorrows" in Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhiyi", the laughter of Baby Ning in the story is like a silver bell, saving the hero who died of his heart and giving him hope for life.
Three said that in 1972, when China and Japan established diplomatic relations, Premier Zhou wanted to give Yixing's purple sand pot to the Japanese prime minister, and selected the "three-line pot" from several models, and felt that the name of the pot was a bit vulgar, so he discussed with Professor Gao Zhuang and Gu Jingzhou of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
There are poetry clouds: rotten babies laugh, ordinary suffering is deep; the clay pot condenses to taste, and the world warns the tea drinker.
"Baby Ning a smile", romantic and mysterious, indifferent to Mingzhi, quiet and far-reaching, implying a smile on the past, a calm attitude towards the future, showing the spiritual essence of "gentlemen and differences" in traditional culture. It is extremely consistent with the simple and unpretentious and empathetic style of the purple sand material.
Gu Jingzhou flat cherry pot