What is a master? This is the master! The undisputed master!
To use a modern internet term, the master's work is so awesome!
Yang Jing was very satisfied with the pots that the old man had given him. Not to mention the Cloud Dragon Pot, that was the old man's famous skill. When others were still playing with the Fish Transformation Dragon Pot, the old man had already made the Cloud Dragon Pot.
As for the round Sanyou pot, also known as the round pine, bamboo and plum pot, it is also an original design unique to this master.
Master Zhu Kexin's bamboo-jointed purple clay teapots are second to none in the industry. He learned the principles of painting and layout from the ancient painting manual "Gao Song Zhu Pu", understood the beauty of bamboo sculpture from the discussions of calligraphers and painters, tasted the best structure from the production of purple clay flowerware, and applied the skills of picking up clay and pasting decoration. The bamboo-jointed teapots he made come in many forms and are infinitely varied.
The round three friends teapot in front of you has a bamboo joint in the middle of the round body, which is stable and generous. The spout is in the shape of a "Z" with three bends, and the forehead is flat and respectful. This spout shape is a unique style of the spout in the early Republic of China. A bamboo branch is attached to the side of the spout, which is refreshing and beautiful. It is twisted from bottom to top to form a handle, which is strong and powerful. The cover is embedded in the slightly domed, plump and beautiful, shaped like a young bamboo, and bamboo leaves are attached on both sides, which is symmetrical and charming. The whole pot is made of bamboo, with different angles, which is quite dynamic.
Yang Jing knew very well that the original stamp of the famous Wandao purple clay teapot was based on a teapot of this shape!
The most important thing is that this pot is not a single pot, but a five-piece set! It is not one of the two sets of pots that the old man said he would exchange for Yang Jing, but the one that the old man agreed to sell to Yang Jing at the beginning.
The so-called five-head set consists of five pieces, namely a pot, two cups, and two trays, a total of five pieces.
If these five head covers were put up for auction in the future, five million would only be the starting price!
Among the two sets of pots that the old man exchanged for Yang Jing, one of them was a set of five-headed Yunlong pots, and its workmanship and value were definitely not inferior to this set of Yuan Sanyou pots. Counting the previous Yunlong pot, Yang Jing could buy two Yunlong pots from Master Zhu at once!
As for the set of ten squirrel grape pots that the old man exchanged, it is more valuable.
Naturally, the more pieces of purple clay teapots the masters have, the higher their value. For example, the most valuable set of teapots sold at a purple clay teapot auction in later generations was a set of ten squirrel and grape teapots made by Master Gu Jingzhou, which was sold at a high price of 92 million.
In later generations, I have never heard of a ten-squirrel grape pot made by Master Zhu being auctioned, but this does not mean that Master Zhu's works are worthless. Just like this set of squirrel grape pots in front of us, with such exquisite workmanship, its value may not be as good as Master Gu Jingzhou's works, but it definitely starts at eight figures!
This ten-headed squirrel grape teapot is a "flower product" among purple clay teapots. The so-called flower product is a teapot that uses relief, semi-relief and other techniques to design objects existing in nature into bionic images. This kind of teapot is called "flower product" in the industry.
This purple clay squirrel and grape pot is based on the theme of grape branches, squirrels and tree stumps in nature, integrating them into purple clay art.
The body of the pot adopts the classic "tree stump" shape. The sturdy body gives people a sense of solidity. On one side that resembles a tree stump, a slender branch is cut and twisted into a spiral shape as the handle, spout, and knob. A small branch is also cut, which is either slowly bent into the spout or naturally lying horizontally to support the knob.
The grape leaves on the lid echo the grape leaves close to the body of the pot, and a cute squirrel is looking around from a high place, thus highlighting the natural charm of the entire pot, making it lifelike and full of vitality.
With the exquisite craftsmanship of Master Zhu, this teapot is elegant and natural, and is definitely a rare masterpiece of Master Zhu!
The set also includes a teacup, which is smaller than a teapot but larger than a teacup. The teacup is similar in shape to the teapot, except that it has two handles.
This pot and the teacup, together with four elegant teacups and four tea trays, make up this set of ten squirrel and grape pots.
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