A generation of grandmasters
Gu Jingzhou (1915-1996), formerly known as Jingzhou. Other names: Manxi, Slender Ping, Wuling Yiren, Jingnan Mountain Tree. Self-proclaimed kettle, old Ping
Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts
One of the Seven Elders of Purple Sand
The seven old artists of Purple Sand include Ren Ganting, Wu Yungen, Fei Shimin, Wang Yinchun, Zhu Kexin, and Jiang Rong
At the end of the forties, there was such a period of karmic meeting, and it began from then on. At the time of Gu Jingzhou's 34 years old, he often traveled between Yixing and Shanghai to help others make antique pots, which also increased a lot of insight. At that time, Gu Jingzhou and Dai Xiangming, the owner of the Iron Painting Xuan, were close friends, and through his introduction, he met Jiang Hanting, Tang Yun, Wu Hufan, Wang Renfu, Lai Chusheng and other famous calligraphy and painting seal engravers, which made Gu Jingzhou's creative ideas and artistic style more nourished by different visions.
Gu Jingzhou carefully made five large stone pots, the pot blank light boat transported to Shanghai, through Dai Xiangming with the pot blank, with Jiang Hanting to Wu Hufan's home, please make calligraphy and painting decoration for the five pots. Wu Hufan gladly agreed, and inscribed two poems on the five pot blanks, each of the four pots painted "Wind Moving Bamboo", and the fifth one was inscribed by Jiang Hanting. The calligraphy and painting were still delivered by Dai Xiangming to the Gu family, and engraved by Gu Jingzhou himself.
Five stone pots were burned into one for Gu Jingzhou to keep, and the other four were given to Jiang Hanting, Wu Hufan, Tang Yun, and Dai Xiangming.
Gu Jingzhou made Wu Hufan calligraphy and painting Xiangmingshi scoop pot
Beijing Kuangshi Autumn Auction 2015
Realized price: RMB 27,025,000
Front: Painting Wind-moving bamboo falling lake sails
Reverse: Engraved "Pour a cup for jun crazy bamboo branch song" Drop: Mr. Xiangming Wu Qian and title"
Seal: Gu Jingzhou (cover) Dai Xiangming (bottom)
Dai Xiangming (1924-2002), also known as Liansheng, inherited the family business as the second generation of "Iron Painting Xuan". When he was three years old, his father Dai Guobao, the founder of Tiehuaxuan, died of illness, and Dai Guobao's wife, Dai Yang Deyi, took over the management of the store.
The Gu and Dai families are three generations apart, and "Iron Painting Xuan" is an indispensable place in Gu Jingzhou's life. Many of Gu Jingzhou's excellent works have been transferred out through the Iron Painting Xuan. Gu Jingzhou called Xiangming "my brother", and in gratitude for Dai Xiangming, his friendship with him was also reflected in the pot he specially created as a gift.
(As early as 2010, "Xiangming Stone Scoop" had a photo China Guardian Spring Art Auction, and after many rounds of bidding, it finally dropped the hammer with 12.32 million yuan, setting a world record for the purple sand pot auction at that time.) ）
Gu Jingzhou made Wu Hufan calligraphy and painting Tang Yun Shi Scoop
Jiangsu Hexin 2015 Autumn Auction
Realized price: RMB 42,560,000
Front: Painting rhyme bamboo, falling model: lake sail
Negative: engraved "no guests are quiet, there is a wind and cool overnight" Drop: Yaocheng brother Wu Qian and title
Stamp: Gu Jingzhou (bottom model) Jingzhou (cover model)
Tang Yun (1910-1993), also known as Xia Chen, also known as Medicine City, Medicine Dust, Medicine Weng, Old Medicine, Dashi, Dashi Weng, a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, the name of the studio was "DashiZhai", "Mountain Leixuan", Tang Yun was the name he used after he became a painter. Tang Yun is famous for collecting Mansheng pots, so in his later years he had the name of "Eight Pots of Essence".
Gu Jingzhou made Wu Hufan calligraphy and painting Hanting stone scoop pot
2013 Beijing Poly 8th Anniversary Spring Auction
Realized price: RMB 14,950,000
Reverse: engraved "Cold Green Silk Shadow into the Green Screen" Drop: Han Ting Brother Genus, Wu Qian and title.
Jiang Hanting (1904-1963), also known as Gengyuan, Stony Brook, Shangyu, and Han Boat. Pen name Jiang Hong, Shi Xi, character Han Ting, number Han Ting resident, studio called Won Fang, Jiangsu Changshu Yushan town people, modern painter. The style is near the Qing Dynasty Huayan all the way, the pen and ink are old, the colors are bright, the image is vivid, the composition is stable, and the painting style of the virtual valley and Ren Yi is deeply studied, occasionally imitated, almost chaotic, and it is known as "Jiangxu Valley".
Gu Jingzhou made Jiang Hanting painting Wuhu fan stone scoop pot
2015 Orthodox Spring Art Auction
Realized price: RMB 28,175,000
Front: Painting Lone Bird Snow Plum Falling: Lake Sail Road Brother is painting Han Ting
Reverse: Engraved "Fine Chewing Plum Blossom Snow Frankincense" Drop: Han Ting Brother painted a teapot for Yu Qian's own title
Wu Hufan (1894-1968), real name Wan, also known as Qian, later known as Yiyan, Qian'an, also known as Dongzhuang, modern painting master, calligraphy and painting appraiser, Zhai name Meijing Bookstore. In his early years, he and Pu Xinshe were known as "Southern Wu and Northern Pu", and later together with Wu Zishen, Wu Zhiqiu, Feng Chaoran, and in the painting world, they were known as "Three Wu and One Feng".
Gu Jingzhou left his own stone scoop
Reverse: Engraved" but for the breeze to move, is the heart of the zhizi." ”
Drop: Mr. Jing Zhou Wu Qian and question
Stamp: Gu Jingzhou (bottom model); Jingzhou (cover model)
Gu Jingzhou likes to play with literati, but ordinary literati are not in his sight. He once used a delicious farmhouse dish in Jiangnan, "radish simmered meat", to describe the relationship between the literati and purple sand. Radish must be boiled in a meat pot to release its incomparable deliciousness; If the radish is boiled in water, it will inevitably be dull and tasteless.
These five pot pottery, books, paintings, and engraved beads are combined, which can be called masterpieces with a strong literary atmosphere. A must for pottery, a must for calligraphy and painting, and a must for seal carving, perfect to the extreme. Since then, the five stone scoops have left their names, which has achieved a legendary story between the maritime literati and the grandmaster Gu Jingzhou, which also shows the deep friendship between them, and is also the most benchmark literati pot masterpiece in modern history.
Gu Jingzhou pressed the small stone scoop
The stone pot is a type of vessel suitable for the depiction of tea, in the words of Mr. Gu Jingzhou: "Using literati calligraphy and painting to combine carving with exquisite pot art, so as to step into an elegant artistic style and shed the customary habits of craftsman-style decoration." "The beautiful and calm artistic trend expressed by Jingzhou Shi scoop has directly affected the creative style of Mr. Gu Jingzhou's life, and has also influenced generations of purple sand artists to fall for and obsess over it."