On the Subtlety of Xu Hantang's Shihou Pot

? Shi dipper pot is the traditional classic shape of zisha, trace the history of the relevant information and physical evidence, when in the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong, Jiaqing. Throughout the generations of masters to produce more, but different styles. Its main varieties are high stone ladybird pot, short stone ladybird pot, Ziye stone ladybird pot. Now the more popular models are Jingzhou Shidou and Hantang Shidou and so on.

? As the name suggests, the Hantang Shidou is a Shidou pot made by Xu Hantang, a master of Chinese arts and crafts. It was copied by Xu's descendants and has become a masterpiece of Xu's Zisha.

? The stone ladle pot is a style that master Xu Hantang played and changed on the basis of master Gu Jingzhou. The shape of Jingzhou stone ladle is concise, simple and generous, dignified and steady, strong and powerful, solid and harmonious. With modern design theory its overall design for the typical unit complex. The so-called unit composite that is, the whole is a combination of different variants of the same element into the shape, such a high degree of unity, harmony and aesthetics, a strong sense of wholeness. This is the essence of the design of the Shihou pot. Its whole is made up of different variations of triangles, the line of the pot is an isosceles triangle, through the cover plate and the pot knob to form a whole; the handle is a triangle, the spout is straight and the parallel extension of the surface of the mouth of the virtual space composed of a triangle; the bottom of the pot three feet of the plane composition is also a triangle. Dark, virtual triangle alternately connected, constituting a harmonious and unified whole.

? Hantang Shihou inherits the isosceles triangle skeleton of Gu Jingzhou's master Shihou, and emphasizes the strength of each point, like a bent steel wire or a bent bow. On this basis, it adds a few points of thickness and fullness, making it bone and flesh, warm and lovely. In the connection processing were used in three typical different techniques: the mouth is dark connection; cover button is half bright half dark; pot foot is bright connection. On the line type, the connection method of straight line and arc is adopted. The body of the pot is basically a straight line along the lower extension of the mouth, and then down with the pot body arc connection. The same goes for the spout, with the front part of the spout close to a straight line, and the back part connected by a reverse arc. This makes the spout more powerful. Although the front section is straight, due to the illusion effect will look a little flared, exactly the same as the traditional stone lady pot spout flared into a trumpet shape, only the amplitude has been reduced.

? In the connoisseur's opinion, the stone scoop pot is a shape that cannot be broken, and although it has lasted for hundreds of years, it is still revered twice as much, and may continue to do so. It is traditional and modern.