Shao Daheng
Shao Daheng was a Qing Yixing potter celebrated for the balance and strength of his forms. Compare the smooth volumes of his plain pots with the structured decoration of attributed bamboo forms before turning to the later praise surrounding his name.
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Documented work#
- Xu Xiutang and Gu Jingzhou (1994, p. 236) praise Shao Daheng's pots for their muscular tension (骨肉亭匀), austere lines, and effortless balance, noting the late-Qing saying 'one pot by Daheng is worth a thousand pieces of gold' (一壶千金，几不可得).1
- Shao Daheng typically stamped the underside of the lid with an oval or gourd-bordered relief seal reading '大亨' in seal script, leaving the flat base of the pot un-stamped.2
Museum and excavated reference objects#
| Museum / Excavation | Reference object | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Nanjing Museum (南京博物院) | Eight-Trigrams and Bundled-Bamboo zisha teapot (八卦束竹壶), height 8.5 cm, mouth diameter 9.6 cm; body formed of 64 slender bamboo segments bound by a waist band, with a 太极八卦 (Taiji and Eight Trigrams) lid and three mythical-beast feet; underside of lid stamped with the oval seal '大亨' | 2 |
| Yixing Ceramics Museum (宜兴陶瓷博物馆) /潘氏舊藏 reference record | Duozhi zisha teapot (大亨掇只壶), height 11.7 cm, mouth diameter 7.2 cm; full globular body in lustrous purple-brown clay with a short curved spout and ear handle, lid stamped '大亨' | 3 |
Active#
1810–1850. Active during the late Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns; native of Shangyuan village (上袁村), Dingshu, Yixing.1
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Status and editorial notes sources cited
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