What are the types of Zisha pots? What are the masterpieces of each type?

The Purple Sand Pot is a unique handicraft made of clay in China, founded during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, and was initiated in the town of Dingshu, Yixing, Jiangsu Province.

This Zisha pot must use Zisha clay, if you use other clay will not have this soul. And Zisha pots are a very elaborate production process craft handicrafts.

A good Zisha pot needs to consider the choice of clay quality, pot type, a pot capacity, out of the master is not made.

Generally, there are many kinds of zisha pots, that is, we said the type, we start from the round, round is the most common shape of all the pots, but also zisha pots are the simplest pot type.

Like the round body, small mouth spout friends can start to get this round, and not too good at distinguishing between good and bad friends, it is best to start collecting from the round.

The stable flat shape, which is the body of the pot is flat, while the rest of the pot will be made into other shapes, this pot body is usually very short, the capacity will not be very large.

There are also many masters who are willing to try to do something different on the spout and handle, which can make some patterns. If you like various shapes of pots, you can consider this type of pot.

There are also square Zisha pots, that is, the body is square, the spout is relatively large mouth, the handle will also be more upright, the capacity will be larger, but the appearance of more bulky.

Later, some masters will carve something on the body of the pot to increase the appearance of beautiful, but still not as popular as round zisha pots.

There is also a peculiar shape, which is based on the shape of leaves, seals, fruits, flowers, etc., and then altered to create a similar shape.

This type of pot became popular in the present day, but in ancient times, round and square pots were more popular.

The most representative round pots are the Shouxing pot, the Dragon's Egg pot, and the Cow's Lid and Lamb's Bucket pot; the peculiar pots are the Heju pot, the Sunflower pot, and the Lion's Globe pot; and the square pots are the Shuangzhu Tilian pot, the Sifang pot, and the Hanfang pot.

Each type of pot has a different representative work, and each Zisha pot is craftsman carefully made, whether or not from the hands of masters, are craftsmen painstakingly laborious production, as long as the pot is a good pot, what is not important.