Is the teapot ceramic?
The raw material of pottery is clay, and the raw material of porcelain is kaolin. The raw material of purple sand ware is purple sand, so the teapot is classified as pottery.
The origin of teapot can be traced back to the doctor of Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period, who retired from Jianghu with his teacher. The special material of the teapot makes it breathable, and the tea leaves have the characteristics of not deteriorating in summer. The color of the pot body is getting brighter and brighter, and it looks like Wen Ya. The teapot has been used for a long time, and its body will become smoother and more lovely because of touching and wiping.
Introduction of extended information of famous teapot;
1, tree gall pot
Tree gall is a kind of tree tumor. The shape of this pot imitates the tree gall, the pot surface is uneven, and there are carvings similar to bark. The whole pot is dark chestnut, which is a pot style made by pot makers in the Ming Dynasty for spring.
According to the historical records of Zisha Pot, Gong Chun was just a buddhist nun in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, and later he learned pot-making technology from a monk in Jinsha Temple in Yixing, Jiangsu. The value of spring pot is extremely high, and it has the praise of "Spring pot is better than jade". Tree gall pot is the most famous shape of purple sand pot in spring, and it has been handed down very little. Some experts believe that the tree gall pot in China History Museum is a handmade spring pot, and it is the earliest purple sand teapot that can be seen now.
2, Er Quanming pot
This is the famous pot of Shao Erquan, a famous purple sand master in the late Qing Dynasty. Shao Erquan (about 1803- 1860) is good at carving pot inscriptions. The shape of this pot is simple, the pot body is yellow and bamboo-shaped, but a bat comes naturally, which should "bless" the wishes of the ancients.
There is a running script on one side of the pot body, and the inscription is: "The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the wind is beautiful." This poem is from Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection, and it is signed "Er Quan". There is the word "Tang Bing" on the bottom of the pot, which may be the pot maker, but its name cannot be verified.
3. Bingxin Daohu
This is a teapot in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The color of the pot body is like the last glaze of tea in porcelain. The front of the pot body is a concave niche for one person to sit in, and the outer wall of the niche is decorated with peach trees, peach blossoms and peach leaves. The other three sides of the pot body are carved moire patterns.
The bottom of the pot is "Bing Xin Dao Ren". "Bing Xin Dao Ren" is the name of Cheng Shouzhen (1858- 1939), a master of purple sand in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The teapot made by Cheng Shouzhen won the first prize of Panama International Competition and the Excellence Award of Chicago Expo in 19 15 and 1932 respectively.
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