FMT & Yixing Master Yang Xiufen's Handmade Purple Clay Teapot Collection - Knowledge Is Power

Yixing purple clay pottery is recognized as a Chinese intangible cultural heritage. As an excellent traditional art of China, it boasts a rich and elegant language of form, a unique artistic style, and an impressive artistic charm, standing out at the pinnacle of ceramic art. Fook Ming Tong collaborated with Yixing craft artist Yang Xiufen and assistant craft artist Shen Jufang to create four types of purple clay teapots. The bottoms of the pots and the undersides of the lids are stamped with the seals of renowned masters and Fook Ming Tong, making them particularly valuable for collectors.

The body of the teapot is engraved with a line from one of Wang Zhu's poems from the Northern Song Dynasty:
"Only reading leads to greatness." The lid, shaped like a scroll at the top, is inscribed with a couplet from Qiang Shu Hall of Lingfeng Jing She, founded by the modern Chinese thinker Mr. Xia Zhenwu: "The strong strengthen themselves without forgiving themselves; The forgiving forgive others without forcing them," encouraging a spirit of self-improvement and tolerance through reading more. The lid showcases the most intricate craftsmanship, as its curved shape and small area require delicate and balanced gilded characters and lines, highlighting the skill of the artisans.