Gu Jingzhou

Gu Jingzhou simplified Chinese: 顾景舟; traditional Chinese: 顧景舟; pinyin: Gù Jǐngzhōu (18 October 1915 in Yixing, Jiangsu – 3 June 1996) was a Chinese ceramic artist who specialised in the creation of zisha-ware teapots. He was a founder and Deputy Director of Research and Technology at the Number One Yixing Factory.

Gu lived in Yixing, a city noted for its pottery. In his early career he worked for an antique dealer named Lang Yushu, and it was during this time that he was exposed to many pieces of classical zisha (purple clay) pottery, a style which he emulated in his own work. He wrote and researched the topic of zisha-ware extensively, and was granted the title "Master of Chinese Industrial Art".[1]

Works by Gu are highly valued, and sell for as much as $2 million.[2]

Literature

  • Xu, Feng (2015). Commoner pot cases. Gu Jingzhou Biography (in Chinese). Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House. ISBN 9787539985602.
  • Gu, Jingzhou (1992). Yixing zi sha zhen shang = Connoisseurship of dark-red Yixing pottery (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing. ISBN 9789620409622.

References

  1. Chunfang Pan (2004). Yixing Pottery: The World of Chinese Tea Culture. Long River Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-59265-018-7.
  2. Chen, Louise. "How a Chinese Teapot Fetched $2 Million". Art Info. Blouin. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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