Teapot by Chu Kexin2

There is another teapot by Chu Kexin made under the name of Chu Kaichang, probably made in the 1950s. There have been numerous examples of such a teapot design made by him. Some were sighted in magazines while others appeared in various blog in China. Alan's Museum collected one early teapot by Chu Kaichang. There is no question of autencity as the Yixing clay used to make this teapot is clearly a type of clay mined in the early 1950s (the original purplish colour of Yixing clay). This clay has since been out of production for decades.

Chu Kaichang's early teapot

One such teapot recently appeared in an article published in a blog in China. The writer gave an account of how he witnessed his grandfather brewing tea with this teapot. He is now in his 50s and remembered at a young age that this teapot was without the cover. He made matter worse by breaking also the handle. He even boiled the teapot using some kind of disinfectant which he deeply regretted. Although he was not sure of the maker, he said that the teapot had been around in his house for many years. He showed a photo of the teapot clearly with the seal of Chu Kaichang at the back of the pot. He remarked that he liked the engravings on the teapot.

 

Chu Kaichang