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独妙
Unique Excellence
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English Translation
The "Ring-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot" is a masterpiece from Gu Jingzhou's early creative period. Its form is refined and well-proportioned, with a dignified and condensed bearing. It integrates multiple decorative techniques and forming processes into one unified whole, possessing an ancient elegance.
The "Three-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot" has a simple, flattened drum-shaped body that presents a rounded posture. Supported by three feet below, it extends the curved arc of the "Ring-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot's" body, making its bearing appear even more magnificent. The spout forms a gently curved triple bend, resembling a vigorous dragon spitting water. The ring-shaped handle is smooth and flowing, forming a unified breath with the spout. The pressed lid—both the lid body and the mouth-neck section—is decorated with echoing rope patterns, symbolizing continuous prosperity and wealth while also increasing the fit between the lid and mouth's mortise-and-tenon joint. The shoulder is adorned with applied ruyi cloud patterns and upward-radiating swirl patterns. The spout and handle are each decorated with symmetrical ruyi motifs that cleverly connect and transition with the shoulder's ruyi patterns. The finial is decorated on four sides with ruyi cloud-heads, resembling a flower bud slightly opening or a auspicious cloud in the sky, forming an upward-extending spirit that serves as the finishing touch.
The "Three-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot" has a form that is full without being bloated, plump and harmonious. Compared to Gu Jingzhou's other works, its craftsmanship is exquisite and its decoration magnificent. Within its opulent elegance lies a distinctive restraint and solemnity. The "Three-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot" is a representative work from Gu Jingzhou's cooperative society period, and this teapot style also became one of the cooperative's important product designs.
Chapter 5
独妙
Unique Excellence
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English Translation
The "Ring-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot" is a masterpiece from Gu Jingzhou's early creative period. Its form is refined and well-proportioned, with a dignified and condensed bearing. It integrates multiple decorative techniques and forming processes into one unified whole, possessing an ancient elegance.
The "Three-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot" has a simple, flattened drum-shaped body that presents a rounded posture. Supported by three feet below, it extends the curved arc of the "Ring-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot's" body, making its bearing appear even more magnificent. The spout forms a gently curved triple bend, resembling a vigorous dragon spitting water. The ring-shaped handle is smooth and flowing, forming a unified breath with the spout. The pressed lid—both the lid body and the mouth-neck section—is decorated with echoing rope patterns, symbolizing continuous prosperity and wealth while also increasing the fit between the lid and mouth's mortise-and-tenon joint. The shoulder is adorned with applied ruyi cloud patterns and upward-radiating swirl patterns. The spout and handle are each decorated with symmetrical ruyi motifs that cleverly connect and transition with the shoulder's ruyi patterns. The finial is decorated on four sides with ruyi cloud-heads, resembling a flower bud slightly opening or a auspicious cloud in the sky, forming an upward-extending spirit that serves as the finishing touch.
The "Three-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot" has a form that is full without being bloated, plump and harmonious. Compared to Gu Jingzhou's other works, its craftsmanship is exquisite and its decoration magnificent. Within its opulent elegance lies a distinctive restraint and solemnity. The "Three-Foot Cloud-Shoulder Ruyi Teapot" is a representative work from Gu Jingzhou's cooperative society period, and this teapot style also became one of the cooperative's important product designs.
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引言
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达变
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开宗立派
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传道授业
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大师淳友
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学艺谋生
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化神
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独妙
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匠心独运 不苟丝毫
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器利善事 物尽其用
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紫泥春华 研精究微
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Chapter 6
驾简
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Chapter 6
精雕细刻 文质合一
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师法自然 妙趣横生
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Chapter 6
丝来线去 曲尽其妙
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明志
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Chapter 7
高山仰止 淡泊明志
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Chapter 7
啜墨看茶 气定神闲
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齿少心锐 怡志抒情
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Chapter 8
存真
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Chapter 8
规圆矩方 弃伪存真
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Chapter 8
有物有则 钻尖仰高
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Chapter 9
心营
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Chapter 9
坚守传统 艺立潮头
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Chapter 9
新型师承 桃李满园
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Chapter 10
附录
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Chapter 10
顾景舟紫艺论文
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Chapter 10
技术课备课笔记
Pages 536-543
Chapter 10
顾景舟艺术年表
Pages 544-651
Chapter 11
参考文献
Pages 652-657
Chapter 12
鸣谢
Pages 658-659