| Teapot Name | Creation Period | Inscription | |-------------|-----------------|-------------| | Chuanlu Pot | 1934 | "Wolfberry and chrysanthemum with wine, plum blossoms and snow with tea; fragrance floats on the tongue, inspiring my poetic heart." | | Shouxing Pot | Late 1930s | "Tea smoke, zither melodies, and the sound of reading" | | Duanni Gongdao Cup | 1970s | "Leaves divide the dew on flowers, water drawn from springs in stone." | | Qieduan Pot | Early 1940s | "Drawing sweet spring water to brew fragrant tea, the joy of Confucius and Yan Hui lies in simple drinking." | | Yinjiao Renzhu Drum Pot | Early 1940s | "Charcoal sinks as foam breaks into fragments, fragrance drifts as milk-white froth lightens." | | Flat-lid Lotus Seed Pot | Early 1940s | "Gently moving, dripping jade" | | Renzhu Duan Tea Set | 1940s | "Su Dongpo's clay pot, Tang tribute mountain tea, jade maiden's drifting water" | | Niugai Yang Bucket Pot | 1944 | "Finely savoring the fragrant snow of plum blossoms" | | Dashiwa Shell (Press-lid Style) | 1945 | — | | Banqiao Tiliang Pot | 1948 | "Pointed spout, large belly, ears set high, barely escaping hunger and cold, yet already proud; small in capacity, unable to hold great things, just two or three cups of water stir up waves." | | — | 1980 | "One ladle" | --- Poetry and inscription are important leisure activities through which people use purple clay as a medium. Gu Jingzhou placed great importance on...