Zisha teapot by artist Level 3, YANG Fei 杨菲（L3-2021）文革紫泥 紫砂壶 “子冶石瓢”
Name: Zi Ye Shi Piao
Clay: Home-stored original ore old purple clay
Capacity: 200 CC
Material:
The original ore purple clay is a classic type of Zisha clay that is quite common. There are few good quality ones and many inferior ones. It has a purple-brown color and is often called "black purple clay" by players. It is one of the clay materials that players love. The products made from it have a pure texture, even sand particles, a pleasing color, a warm and delicate feel, not too bright or flashy, and are like small pieces of jade. It is refined from the original purple clay ore excavated from the Huanglongshan vein in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. Because the iron content in the vein is relatively high, the particles in the clay are larger and the structure is loose, which makes the body of the vessel obviously a special double air-hole structure. The air convection is smooth, and the air holes have good convection. This gives Yixing purple clay teapots the characteristics of quick heat transfer, and strong heat preservation, and is conducive to maintaining the temperature and color, aroma, and taste of tea when brewing.
[Firing temperature] about 1180 degrees
[Shrinkage ratio] about 11%
[Mineral source] Yixing Ding Mountain Huanglongshan Purple Clay Series
[Clay nature] good stability, easy to control; dense and solid, can mold large-sized parts, and easy to shape
[Difficulty] The iron content is relatively high, and it is easy to produce fire defects, iron oxide has a low melting point, and it may cause jumping sand and flower mud during the firing process.
[Characteristics] The clay color is mature, stable, dignified, and solemn, and works of all sizes are suitable. It has a brown-purple tone, which can stabilize the mind and has a good affinity.
[Tea-brewing characteristics] It has good air permeability, a high color-changing rate when hot water is poured, and the tea taste is moderate. It is easy to control the brewing time and becomes more noble and charming after being seasoned. It is a tea-brewing tool that both refined and popular people can enjoy.
[Brewing recommendations]
Oolong tea, Pu'er tea, black tea, green tea, and various series.
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.
Artist:
YANG Fei 杨菲,
National Master of Arts and Crafts, level 3 (awarded 9 Dec 2021)
Born in 1990 in Dingshu Town, Yixing City, she is reserved in speech but agile in action, and has been dedicated to the art of teapot making for more than ten years.
She studied under Senior Master of Arts and Crafts (level 2), Gu Shunfang, and under her mentorship, her skills have improved and her personal style has emerged. Her works are characterized by simple and concise lines, a simple and dignified shape, profound charm, and an emphasis on using changes in lines to express the beauty of the teapot.
器型：子冶石瓢
泥料：家藏原矿老紫泥
容量： 200 CC
工艺师：
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杨菲 L3 国家工艺美术师
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女，1990.01.14 , 出生于丁山制壶世家。
师从高级工艺美术师顾顺芳，在师父的言传身教下，技艺精进，个人风格初现。其作品以简练的线条构成淳朴凝重形状，神韵深厚，古朴端庄，主张以线条的变化来体现器行之美。
紫砂泥料
原矿紫泥，为较常见的经典紫砂泥；良者寡，而劣者多，呈紫棕色，玩家惯呼“黑紫泥”，深受玩家喜爱的泥料之一。 所制成作品质地纯净、砂质均匀、色泽润目怡人，温润细腻、不艳不媚、如小家碧玉。为江苏宜兴黄龙山矿脉所开挖出来的紫砂原矿提炼而成，因矿脉里铁质成份较高，泥料内所含颗粒较大结构疏松，使得器身明显成特殊双气孔结构，空气对流顺畅气孔对流较好，付予了宜兴紫砂茶壶，传温快、保温强，利于泡茶时保持水的温度和茶的色香味的特点。
【窑温】约1180度
【收缩比】约11%
【矿产地】江苏宜兴丁山黄龙山紫泥系
【泥性】稳定性佳，易掌控；紧密结实，可塑大型器件，成型较易
【难度】铁含量较高，制壶易生火疵、氧化铁小熔点、跳砂及花泥
【特点】泥色成熟稳重、端庄肃穆，作品大小皆宜，呈棕紫色调，能安定心灵，亲和力甚佳
【冲茗特性】使透气性佳，热淋变色率高，亲茶性颇符中庸之道，易掌控冲泡时间，养成后更显高贵迷人，雅俗共赏之泡茶利器也
【冲泡建议】乌龙茶、普洱茶、红茶、绿茶各种系列
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。
刻绘
绘：竹。 双刀刻 “清风竹影”
“清风竹影”出自唐太宗《赋帘》：
“参差垂玉阙，舒卷映兰宫。珠光摇素月，竹影乱清风。彩散银钩上，文斜桂户中。惟当杂罗绮，相与媚房栊。”
《赋帘》是在开创了历史上的“贞观之治”，经过主动消灭各地割据势力，虚心纳谏、在国内厉行节约、使百姓休养生息，终于使得社会出现了国泰民安的局面。为后来全盛的开元盛世奠定了重要的基础，将中国传统农业社会推向鼎盛时期创作的.
“清风竹影”，也出自于 “竹影拂阶尘不起， 清风穿池水无声”。
