Yixing Kiln Lianzhai Purple Sand Beam Kettle

[Yixing kiln connected to Zhai purple sand beam pot]

Yixing kiln connected to Zhai purple sand beam pot, Qing Guangxu, with a total height of 13.5 cm, a caliber of 6.55 cm, and a foot diameter of 10.9 cm
The pot is square and angled, with square mouth, square feet, short curved flow, high lifting beam, square lid, and arch button. Deep chestnut colored sand and mud. On one side of the body, the official script “Listen to the spring rain overnight in the small building” is engraved, and on the other side, the official script “A piece of ice in a jade pot” is engraved, with the inscription “Nanlin surname”. There are “Guoliang” and “Jiezhai” printed in Yangwen on the inside of the lid and the bottom of the pot
The overall shape of the pot has a rounded shape and a square shape, which is soft and exquisite
“Jiezhai” refers to Wu Dacheng (1835-1902), also known as Jiezhai, who was a famous epigrapher in the Qing Dynasty. Wu Dacheng is good at calligraphy, excellent seal cutting, and profound painting skills. Especially fond of purple clay pots, I personally designed the pot style and collaborated with famous pot makers at that time to make pots. The sand pots I made often come in the “Lianzhai” style. The style “Guoliang” of this pot refers to Yu Guoliang. Yu Guoliang was a master of pot making in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. His work, the Red Great Hearth Pot, won the Excellence Award at the Chicago Expo in 1932. This pot was completed by Wu Dazheng in cooperation with Yu Guoliang.

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