Zisha teapot Zi Ye Shi Piao, handmade by artist Level 3, LV Jie-Ping 吕介平（L3-2020） 本山绿泥 紫砂壶 “子冶石瓢”

Artist:  LV Jie-Ping 吕介平

Level 3, awarded in the year of 2020

The Shape 器型：子冶石瓢 Ziye Shi Piao

The Materials 泥料：本山绿泥 LV Ni

Capacity 容量： 200 cc

The Shape 

Ziye Shi Piao is named after the famous person "Qu Ziye". His original name was Qu Yingshao (1778-1849), also known as Bizhe and Yuehu. He was a native of Shanghai and a successful candidate in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. He excelled in poetry and prose, seal carving, and painting, and studied under the famous artist Yun Nantian. He collected and preserved many antiques throughout his life, and his home was decorated with ancient ritual vessels and calligraphy and paintings by famous people from ancient and modern times. He made many teapots during his lifetime and often imitated the works of Chen Mansheng.

He employed many pottery craftsmen and used Yixing kaolin clay to make various teapot molds. He painted bamboo and wrote poems on the teapot himself, and his friend Deng Fusheng carved the seals. In his later years, he designed the Yuehu teapot, which he called the "Qu teapot", but unfortunately, his teapot-making technique did not pass down to future generations. The Qu teapot came in two types: coarse and fine sand, with the latter featuring bamboo drawings with very few strokes, giving it a unique and ancient charm.

After Shanghai opened its port, the Japanese sought out Qu teapots and brought them to the East, where one pot could sell for dozens of silver dollars. During the Xianfeng period, the Shanghai Small Sword Society rebelled, and Qu Yingshao's calligraphy and painting antiques were lost in the war, with only his "Yuehu Poem and Painting" remaining in the world.

The Shi Piao teapot is shaped like a pyramid with three sides, with a plump and full body and a stable base due to its center of gravity. It is highly ornamental, and its short and powerful spout is cylindrical in shape, allowing for a smoother and more forceful water flow. The pot lid and body are tightly sealed, giving the teapot excellent practicality.

壶型

子冶石瓢，是以人名“瞿子冶”得名。

他原名：瞿应绍（1778～1849），字陛着，号子冶，又号月壶，上海人。

清嘉庆年代里廪贡生，诗文甚佳，擅篆刻，善绘画，师宗恽南田。一辈子收集保藏古物甚多，宅内摆设皆尊彝及古今著名人物墨痕。一辈子制壶不少，多摹陈曼生之作。

他雇陶工多人，用宜兴高岭土制成各式壶模，自个儿在壶上画竹题诗，由友人邓符生篆刻。余年初次制定月壶，称呼“瞿壶”，制壶法未能流传到后世。瞿壶有粗、细二种：粗沙制造工致；细沙皆画竹，非常少数笔，更显古朴。上海开埠后，日人搜求瞿壶，携至东洋，一壶可售数十银洋。咸丰年代里，上海小刀会举事，瞿应绍所藏书法和绘画古董在兵燹中散失，仅有所作《月壶题诗画》留存在世间。

石瓢壶，整个壶身呈金字塔形，三边形组成，壶身丰润饱满，由于重心下垂使用很稳当，更具有极大的观赏性，壶嘴的特色在于短小面有力，为直筒形，使出水更加有力量顺畅，壶钮采用常见的拱桥造型，使整款壶在简单中多了一份活力，壶盖与壶身严丝密缝使此壶具有非常高的实用性。

工艺师：

吕介平，男，1971.09.25

紫砂泥料