Gu Jingzhou
Gu Jingzhou (1915–1996) was a Yixing potter, teacher and writer who refined traditional teapot forms for the twentieth century. His collaborations with artists are best understood through individual vessels, where shape, inscription and authorship can be examined together.
Names and aliases
Traditional 顧景舟Also written 顾景洲 Gu Jingzhou (earlier spelling)Also written 曼晞 Manxi (hao)Also written 瘦萍 Shouping (hao)Also written 武陵逸人 Wuling Yiren (hao)Also written 荆山壶隐 Jingshan Huyin (hao)Also written 壶叟 Husou (late hao)
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A closer look#
The Hong Kong Museum of Art records C88.33, a well-railing overhead-handle pot by Gu Jingzhou and Han Meilin, inscribed in 1987 and measuring 14.8 cm high by 14.2 cm wide. Its joint inscription is a specific example of collaboration, rather than an attribution inferred from a familiar shape. Source ↗
Documented work#
- In 1948 Gu Jingzhou made five large Ziye stone-scoop teapots (大石瓢壶) in Shanghai and had them engraved with bamboo and calligraphy by the painters Wu Hufan (吳湖帆), Jiang Handing (江寒汀), Tang Yun (唐雲), and Dai Xiangming (戴相明), reviving the Qing Mansheng tradition of literati–potter partnership.2
Life dates#
1915–1996. Born October 1915 in Shangyuan village (上袁村), Dingshu, Yixing; died June 1996. Trained by his grandmother, née Shao (邵氏), worked in Shanghai in the late 1930s–1940s studying antique zisha collections, co-founded the Yixing Zisha Craft Factory training workshops in 1955, and was named a National Master of Arts and Crafts in 1988.2
Documented titles#
- One of the Seven Senior Craft Masters of Yixing Zisha (紫砂七老, 1956)
- Chinese Master of Arts and Crafts (中国工艺美术大师, 1988)
Lineage#
| Relation | Person | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| family: taught slab-paddling at age eighteen by his grandmother née Shao (邵氏) | 邵氏 Grandmother née Shao | — | 2 |
Sources#
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