Chen Hongshou (1768-1822), zigong, mansheng, a native of Qiantang (now Hangzhou), Zhejiang, was definitely a person who had a major impact on the history of purple sand. Chen Hongshou set seal carving, calligraphy and painting, purple sand pottery pot design as a family. During his jiaqing years as a county commander in Liyang County, he developed a strong interest in the purple sand of Yixing County, Linxian County, and met Yang Pengnian, Yang Baonian, and Yang Fengnian brothers and sisters in Yixing, and shared with his brothers and sisters to create many classic literati pots. He is the author of "Seed YuXianGuan Seal", "Sanglian Liguan Collection", "Chen Mansheng Flower Album" and so on.
"Chrysanthemum Purple Clay Pot Diagram" is one of the albums of Chen Hongshou's paintings. A small one-page album showcases the style of painting, calligraphy and seals. It can also be seen that he has a strong interest in purple clay pots. The main body of this painting is a purple sand pot made by Yang Pengnian, accompanied by two chrysanthemums. Judging from the content of the inscription, we are not rare, Chen Hongshou himself is very fond of pot making, but he cannot do it himself because of his official duties, and can only design some pot styles to give to Yang Pengnian, a pot maker he admires very much.
《Chrysanthemum Purple Clay Pot Diagram》
From the beginning of the Qing Dynasty to Chen Hongshou for nearly two hundred years, the firing technology of purple sand pots has not advanced, either it is antique, or it is glazed by the influence of enamel and pastel at that time. The quality is extremely vulgar, the purple sand industry at that time is facing the test of innovation, Chen Hongshou has a high insight, the literati cultivation is extremely high, it is in line with the development of the times and carried out a major change of purple sand design.
With his aesthetic ability and artistic accomplishment, Chen Hongshou has designed many pot styles by taking natural phenomena, plant forms, practical utensils, ancient utensils, etc. Because its most commonly used number is "Manson", the pot type of the design is called "Manson Kettle".
The characteristics of the "Mansheng kettle" are to be simple and simple, to be concise and bright, followed by the white space of the pot body, inscribed with poetry, and the composition style of Chinese painting.
Most of the poems were written by Chen Hongshou, but also by his friends Jiang Tingxiang, Guo Pinjia, Gao Shuangquan, and Cha Meishi. Generally speaking, "Mansheng Kettle" has a certain inscription on a certain style, which is called "Mansheng EighteenTh style".
Shi Scoop: "Not fat but firm, is eternal years." "Drink the auspiciousness, the melon has no horse." But the moon: "When the moon is full, it is a loss, and it is placed on the right side of the seat, thinking that I am a rule." Hengyun: "The breadth of this cloud, the dish of the meal, the Confucianism of the immortals." Well bar: "The well is deep, the bottle bandit is small, the drink is a few, and it is always good." Hehuan: "Try yang envy tea, boil the river water, and the disciples of the Po Immortals are all very happy." Shi Bian: "There is a flat stone, and I am thirsty." Stone scoop lifting beam: "Boiled white stone, green clouds, a scoop of careful drinking invited Tong Jun." Kasa yin: "Kasa yin drinks, tea goes thirsty, is two is one, I Buddha did not say." Ji Zhi: "Bitter and willful, straight to its body, Gongsun Xiang is as sweet as a liquor." Gourd: "Make gourd paintings, and delight relatives." Shi Cho Ti Liang: "The system of chole, the work of the chop; self-made, not of the week." Hedou: "Big Dipper high, South Dipper under; Milky Way Diarrhea, Dry Hanging." Ti Liang: "Happy warm stomach door winter drink, but it is Dongpo hand frying." Milk Ou: "Milk Spring Snow, Qin My Cheeks." Half Scoop: "Yi Chun Ri Qiang, Drink Ji." Half melon: "Plum snow branches are fried alive, and the people in the mountains are immortal." Half Moon Wadang: "Do not seek its perfection, but can prolong the years and drink the sweet spring." ”
There have always been many theories about the "Mansheng EighteenTh style", after years of research by Wu Guangrong, the style of the Mansheng pot was designed by Chen Mansheng, formed by Yang Pengnian's brothers and sisters, and then inscribed by Chen Mansheng's inscription. In this case, there is Chen Mansheng's signature on the pot, the bottom of the pot has the "Amanda Room" print, and the pot handle has the "Peng Nian" small seal. Some of them are written by their intermissioned friends, and they are signed by Mansheng and the inscription; others are mansheng's inscriptions, and the curtain friends' book engravings are also double-style; the same inscription, there are also Chen Mansheng's self-engraved self-carvings.
Acacia pot
Bottom seal: Amanda room Put the end seal: Peng Nian
The argillaceous color is vermilion-red. The shoulder of the pot is engraved with a book: "Eight cake head net, for the bird for the phoenix, for the female Chang." Man ShengMing. "The bottom of the Yang text usurped the book "Man Sheng", and put the lower Qi Yang wen seal book "Peng Nian" small seal. The body of the pot is made of two utensils facing each other, so it is called acacia, which means to be happy and happy.
Kasa shade pot
Height 78mm caliber 32mm. Bottom seal: Amanda Room. Put the next print: Peng Nian. The inscription on the body of the pot: "Kasa shade to drink, tea to thirst, is two is one, I Buddha did not say." Man ShengMing. "Shanghai Collector Tang Yun Collection." The shape of this pot resembles the straw used in summer, the shape is simple, the color is elegant, and it is lovely. The inscription on the body of the pot is philosophical and quite playful, so the Mansheng pot is particularly loved by literati artists.
This Kasa yin pot was originally a collection of the famous Painter Yaming in Jiangsu, and was later seen by the Shanghai painter Tang Yun and never forgot it. Back in Shanghai, I was uneasy about sleeping, so I rushed to Nanjing to live in the middle of Yaming's Shaguan, watching it repeatedly, so that I could not let go of it. YaMing saw that Tang Yun was old, and he was afraid of an accident back and forth to Lauton, so he gave it to him in anger. This pot became the treasure of Tang Yun's "Eight Pots Elite House".
Half Moon Tile Pot
Height: 74 mm, caliber: 43 mm, pot body inscription: do not seek its fullness, but can prolong the year, drink the sweet spring, Man Sheng Ming. Collection of the Shanghai Museum.
This pot imitates the Han Wadang, which is a semicircular flat pot, and the word "Yannian" is taken from the Wadang script.
Stone scoop pot
Stone Scoop Pot, Shanghai calligrapher and painter Tang Yunzang. The body of the pot is inscribed with a book: "Not fat but firm, is eternal." Man Gong made a pot inscription. This pot is also one of the "Mansheng pots", designed and inscribed by Chen Mansheng, and made by Yang Pengnian.
Well bar pot
The well bar pot is one of the Mansheng pot series, which means that knowledge is like the water necessary for life, and only by constantly absorbing can we cultivate our self-cultivation and cultivate our lives.
Half a scoop pot
The half-scoop pot is also called the Mansheng pot, with the half scoop as the body, the flow is short and straight, the handle is formed into a ring, the lid is set with an arc button, and the end is printed "Peng Nian" and the bottom print is "Amanda Room".
Scoop pot
Also known as the stone scoop ti liang pot is one of the ti liang pots, the stone scoop pot body is thick and simple, the bottom of the pot has three-legged support, giving people a sense of suspension and stability. The beam is thicker, the shape is very chic, and it is semi-circular, not to take its lightness, but to take its pure clumsiness, to match the body of the pot, and the overall concept is fine. Stamped "Peng Nian", bottom printed "Amanda Room". Inscription: "Boiled white stone, green clouds, a scoop of careful drinking invited Tong Jun." Man Ming. The content is also very interesting, so the tea cutting pot is a wonderful sentence, and the warmth of the tea into a rich Taoran situation, not only reflects the behavior direction of the literati and scholars, but also gives people a dual feeling of spirit and material.
Cloud bat square pot
Cloud bat square pot, designed and inscribed by Chen Mansheng. The pot is 7cm high, 6 .6cm caliber, and is now in the Suzhou Cultural Relics Store. The pot is square in shape, and the lid and newja feet are square. The upper part is decorated with bat clouds. One wall of the pot is decorated with landscape paintings, and the other wall is inscribed: "The outer side and the inner qingming, I and Er are prosperous." Manson. ”
Most of the pots designed by Chen Mansheng are shaped by Yang Pengnian. The cooperation between Chen Yang and Chen Yang opened the precedent of the literati pot and left a strong mark in the history of purple sand.