Xu Chenquan

Another classic red zisha pot with some yellow particles embedded in the zisha.

This is a pot designed and made by Xu Chenquan 许成权, the wife of Prof Pan Chunfang. Xu herself is a senior craftsmaster of Yixing pottery. She is also listed as a renown potter in the Who's who in Yixing.

I acquired this pot from her when she accompanied her husband to Singapore for a teapot exhibition cum sale held in the early 90s. Xu is also considered the 2nd generation potters after the likes of Gu Zingzhou, Jiang Rong and Chu Kexin, those pioneers of the early 50s in contemporary potters.

 

Xu was born in 1939 in Yixing and joined the Yixing factory in 1955 where she learned the art of zisha pottery from the legendary Chu Kexin.

 

Her works were exhibited in the US, Japan and Canada. She won numerous awards and accolades for her works. In 1991 she and her husband exhibited their Yixing ware in Singapore. In 1994 she also held a solo exhibition in Taiwan. In 1996 she was in the US and Canada giving lectures and demonstrations. She was awarded the title Renown art and craft artist of Jiangsu by the local government.

 

许成权: 1939年生于江苏宜兴，1955年入宜兴紫砂工艺厂，师从朱可心学艺。1958年赴湖南省醴陵陶瓷研究所进修瓷雕。1959年起任宜兴紫砂工艺厂技术编导逾20多年，1985年调入南京艺术学院陶瓷实验室工作。

1972年作品《新竹酒具》、《梅花鼎》赴美国、日本、加拿大等地展览；1980年作品《成竹茶具》获全国陶瓷设计评比二等奖；1988年《双鱼成龙鼎》获江苏省首届民间工艺“瓷金杯”大奖；1990年《八珍梅壶组》获江苏陶瓷评比三等奖。1991年赴新加坡举办夫妇作品展，1994年赴台湾举办《芳权紫砂陶艺展》，1996年赴美国、加拿大讲学示范。被江苏省人民政府授予“江苏省工艺美术名人”称号。

Xu Chenquan