Gu Jingzhou (18 October 1915 in

Yixing Yixing () is a county-level city administrated under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-excla ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

– 3 June 1996) was a Chinese

ceramic art Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take forms including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is one of the visual arts. Whi ...

ist who specialised in the creation of ''zisha''-ware

teapot A teapot is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or a herbal mix in boiling or near-boiling water, and for serving the resulting infusion which is called tea. It is one of the core components of teaware. Dry tea is available either in tea ba ...

s. He was a founder and Deputy Director of Research and Technology at the

Number One Yixing Factory Yixing Factory Number One is the oldest teapot factory in China.Evil Genes by Barbara Oakley, Page 213 The factory houses skilled artisans who set strict standards for their work. History In 1918, the Jiangsu Provincial Ceramics Factory was establ ...

. Gu lived in Yixing, a city noted for its pottery. In his early career he worked for an antique dealer named Lang Yushu, and it was during this time that he was exposed to many pieces of classical ''zisha'' (purple clay) pottery, a style which he emulated in his own work. He wrote and researched the topic of ''zisha''-ware extensively, and was granted the title "Master of Chinese Industrial Art". Works by Gu are highly valued, and sell for as much as $2 million.

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{{authority control 1915 births 1996 deaths Chinese ceramists People from Yixing 20th-century ceramists Artists from Wuxi People of the Republic of China