"Zhuang Zi’s Musings" Shi Piao Masterwork Yixing Teapot
"Zhuang Zi’s Musings" Shi Piao Masterwork Yixing Teapot
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Tea Pot
Yixing Tea PotThis fully handmade yixing tea pot is one-of-a-kind and available while supplies last
Crafted By Zhuang Yaxin
This highly symbolic "shi piao" pot by award-winning potter Zhuang Yaxin is inscribed with a line from Daoist master Zhuangzi’s book of wisdom.
Specifically, the pot references a conversation between Zhuangzi and Huizi as they stroll near the water and spot a fish. The two wonder whether it is possible to know the happiness of a fish from an outside perspective, and whether it is even possible to speculate on another’s capability to know said happiness in the first place.
Technical Specifications
- clay : Huang Jin Duan Ni
- form : Shi Piao
- weight : 160 g
- apprx. capacity : 150 ml
- apprx. pour time : 6 sec
- spout to handle : 13.5 cm
- diameter : 9.5 cm
- lid opening : 5.5 cm
- height : 6 cm
- artist certificate : included
The story (濠梁之辩, The Happiness of a Fish, Autumn Floods Ch 17 ) is essentially a meditation on subjectivity. Grounded here in tea tradition, the pot references what it is to taste a tea in the first place and how to taste a tea with others.
The pot is adorned with a bridge to cross the fish’s pond, and if you turn it over, you'll find the brilliant, almost faerie-like fish itself, happily removed from the pedantics of its observer.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Zhuang Yaxin
Born to a long line of teapot masters, Zhuang Yaxin went to the Jiangsu School of Pottery Craft to study pottery in 1996. After graduation, she apprenticed with nationally recognized master potter Zhuang Yulin to refine her skills and painstakingly refine her own unique style. Over time, she has become recognized for a unique sense of abundance in her work.
In 2000, she was offered a place at the renowned Tsinghua University Ceramics Department in Beijing as a graduate student. Her doctoral project piece "Fu Shou Hu" was acquired by Tsinghua University’s permanent collection for its unique style and elegance to use as a future teaching aid and example piece.
In recent years, Zhuang Yaxin has been working on one hand to bring new ideas and a spirit of originality to her work, and on the other hand working both to collect unique pieces herself and to become part of private collections. She has been winning national level competitions, and receiving the honor of having ehr work published in ceramics art magazines, gaining favor and respect from collectors along the way.
Recent Exhibitions and Awards:
2002 "Liu Fang Gong Deng"
Gold Medal winner at the Hangzhou international Folk Arts Exhibition
2005 "Zong Fang"
Gold Medal Winner at the Guangdong International Tea Expo Yixing Arts Showcase
2006 "Liu Fang Ling Long"
Gold Medal Winner China International Craft Masters Exhibition, New Ideas Category
2007 "Fu Ze Man Man"
Gold Medal Winner China International Craft Masters Exhibition, New Ideas Category
2007 "Bian Yu"
Second Place Winner at the Yixing New Artists and New Work Exhibition
2008 "Ting Ting Yu Li"
Gold Medal Winner at the First Rizhao International Art Fair
2009 "Wu Dao"
Gold Medal winner at the New Artists New Work Spring Art Competition
2011 "Fu Ya"
Yibo Cup Grand Prix Gold Medal Winner
2012 "Ping Hu Qiu Yue"
Voted Best Original Idea at the China New Design Competition
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