The $130,000 Yixing tea pot

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Gu JingZhou! Ultimate goal for Yixing collectors , Shi Piao was one of his favorite pattern, you can find a lot of different versions of Shi Piao made by old Gu.

If I may,
I also think there's different view of treating lao Gu's pot from those ebay jokers and college student's fine arts works adored by SOHO richies

For one thing, the Chinese people have a long tradition of culture of collection such as strange stones (Qi Shi), jade scrupture, caligraphy, furniture, pottery and among them, the most head-aching thing, Yixing teapot

The other is Gu JingZhou himself, there are 100,000 potters in Yixing making Shi Piao, and Gu is considered the best hand in any period of this field.

Lao Gu was not only the best hand but also re-established this system into a studying field, absorbed old patterns and re-innovated a design, started teaching as groups and organized it, diagnosed the clay and develope the way of mixing..

So to speak, he single-handedly made Yixing teapot bigger as nowadays and upgraded its presence, no matter Ming-Qing-ROC-communist China, or his friends, his students, his teachers, he's undisputed master of master agreed upon by all, and that's why his pot costs10 times more than Ming-Qing or other grand masters' pots.

I am feeling your love Brother