Gu Jingzhou created several purple clay works in this category, including the "Large Stone Ladle Teapot" (commissioned by Yang Gufang in 1955) and the "Imitation Drum Teapot" (a 1990 collaboration with Fan Zeng). The "Large Stone Ladle Teapot" was created when Gu Jingzhou was 40 years old. The front of the teapot body is carved with the image "Su Wu Tending Sheep," celebrating Su Wu's unyielding integrity. The calligraphy and painting were done by Ren Huaiting, with carving by Xu Xiutang. The lines are vigorous and powerful, making it a work of exceptional artistic merit that embodies both the spirit of its era and superior craftsmanship. On the 1990 collaborative "Imitation Drum Teapot" with Fan Zeng, Fan inscribed passages from Tao Yuanming's *Returning Home* as both title and figure painting, with Gu Jingzhou executing the carving. The figures begin with line drawing techniques, demonstrating profound mastery and the calligraphic brushwork skill of weighted, rhythmic strokes with their rises and falls. > Fan Zeng admiring the Imitation Drum Teapot created in collaboration with Gu Jingzhou