Why is the value of Gu Jingzhou's purple sand pot more than 10 million, or even hundreds of millions?
Gu Jingzhou (1915-1996), formerly known as Jingzhou. Also known as Manxi, Slender Ping, Wuling Yiren, Jingnan Mountain. Self-proclaimed kettle, old Ping. Yixing Purple Sand Famous Artist, member of China Artists Association, Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. His achievements in pot art are extremely high, exquisite skills, and a wide range of materials, is the most accomplished modern pottery artist, known as "a generation of masters", "pot art masters", the works for major museums at home and abroad, cultural relics collections.

Gu Jingzhou made a pot for a photo
Gu Jingzhou has been making pots for more than 60 years, while pursuing the famous masters of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, he has changed the slender and cumbersome purple sand pots since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, piled up the prosperous atmosphere, pursued the smooth stretching of the pot body lines, weighed the coordination of the proportions, paid attention to the simplicity and generosity of the shape, and created his own, that majestic and rigorous, smooth and regular, simple and elegant, exquisite and beautiful artistic style, known as the pot art master, a generation of masters.
The pot is purple sand texture, its mud color preparation is exquisite, round belly, curved mouth, short neck, tubular flow, with ring handle, curved lid, ruyi button, pot lid carved with auspicious cloud pattern. The mud is fine, purple-brown, cleverly designed, exquisitely crafted, finely carved, and has a "Gu Jingzhou system" model at the bottom. Purple sand pot, since its inception, because of its excellent clay texture, exquisite firing, with its unique charm well-known at home and abroad.
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The purple sand pot has good thermal insulation and breathability, and is used to brew tea, the tea taste is mellow and fragrant, and it is not satisfied overnight. Long-term use, the pot can retain the residual fragrance, the empty pot is injected with boiling water, can emit the fragrance of tea, there is a "world tea set called the first" said. The lines of this product are smooth, the small pot flows straight and up, to the mouth end and bends downwards, in order to seek the overall line is harmonious and consistent, the ring handle is bent properly, rigorous and powerful, the body is finely worked, based on the bionic shape, increasing its own creative ideas, paintings, printing in a pot, increasing the cultural and artistic connotation, but also enhance the art appreciation taste, with a high appreciation and collection value.
Gu Jingzhou's purple sand pot has been auctioned and sold:
Gu Jingzhou has spent his life in purple sand pottery, constantly enterprising, courageous to innovate, with a broad mind, exquisite skills, leading generations of people to make outstanding contributions to the development of purple sand pottery.
Gu Jingzhou big lift wall pot
In 2012, Hanhai Chun auctioned 12,880,000 transactions
Gu Jingzhou Well bar pot
In 2011, Guardian Spring Auction sold 7,475,000 transactions
Gu Jingzhou eggplant pot
In 2011, Kuang Shi Autumn Auction 7,475,000 sold
Gu Jingzhou double circle
In 2012, Hanhai Spring Auction sold 9,430,000 transactions
Gu Jingzhou Tibi group pot (a total of 11 pieces)
In 2011, Poly Autumn Auction sold 17,825,000 transactions
Gu Jingzhou and Han Meilin are happy to mention the liang pot
In 2013, Jiade Spring Auction sold 8.28 million yuan
Gu Jingzhou made squirrel grape ten head set set tea set
2015 autumn auction 89.6 million yuan transaction
Gu Jingzhou has spent his life combing through the history of the development of purple sand art for hundreds of years, and is the master of purple sand culture, and his works have allowed the world to fully appreciate the spirit, temperament and charm of purple sand, representing the peak of an era. The famous art master Yaming once commented: "Purple sand has been more than 500 years since Ming Zhengde, and there are only more than ten masters." Gu Brother Jingzhou was a modern master. Gu Hu can see the philosophical spirit, literary atmosphere and painting charm of Huaxia. ”
In the past two years, the market transactions of Gu Jingzhou's works have repeatedly reached a new high, which has set a new benchmark for the value understanding of purple sand artworks, and the art and collection circles have also gained a new understanding and deeper understanding of the intrinsic value and market space of purple sand art.