This "Three-Legged Historian" was made by Gu Jingzhou as a demonstration piece for Zhou Shengxi during his stay at Shanghai Huaihai Middle School while caring for his wife's illness. According to Zhou Shengxi's recollection: "When making it, he used a bamboo strip to create a template, scraping the clay while rotating it on the turntable, like a vertical lathe... The three feet were shaped by hand, firm yet supple, with flowing lines. From every aspect—proportion, curvature—there was not a single place that felt stiff or awkward. The body and handle in particular, with the handle hole carved out cleanly and sharply..."[1] --- [1] Zhou Shengxi, *My Time with Master Gu Jingzhou*, in Shi Jundang, ed., *Zisha Research (Volume 2)* (Shanghai: Shanghai Guji Publishing House, December 2007), p. 169.