Si Fang Jun De, National-Authenticated 4th Quarry Di Cao Qing, L4 Assoc Master Yang. "心静无尘, 落雪听禅" If the Heart is Still, and is without defilement, One hears Ch'an as the falling Snow touches the Ground. ~ Congratulations Mr TR. 1816hrs 22nd Dec

Dearest Friends, as we embark on the journey of Fully-Handmade ZiSha works, we get to understand more and more, about the most formidable skills and experience crafting required to accomplish exemplary works formed from the msot formidable ceramic clay: ZiSha clay.  Seemingly impossible to craft accounting of all the difficulties involved, but ultimately overcome by the sheer Gung (savoir-faire, skill and knowhow), passed down for the past FIVE HUNDRED years from the 1500s till now.  传承Chuan Cheng, from Master Teacher to student, student turns master and to painstakingly pass down the multiple skills, intricate details and knowhow of every STEP and EVERY CORNER that exists in a ZiSha work, inside-out.  All around.  The silent, humble and zenith craftsmanship required at every step, showcased by various exemplary works.  ZiSha Art works from past to present, can be great due to the transcendental aesthetic design.  They can also be great due to the mind-boggling and onerous skills involved.

For example, when forming a perfectly 90-degree angled squarish-perpendicular cornered Polygonal work, due to the high shrinkage of the ZiSha clay slab, a Master needs to craft the four slabs NOT in perfectly flat pieces, he has to coax a small curve into each slab, due to the tightening effect of the adjoining seams -> exerting a torsional force effect on the slab during firing.  Also, how big is the slab?  How far away from the centre to the adjoining sides?  Gravitational pull on the slab as the slab shrinks during firing.  What firing temperature?  Even a 1 degC difference can make ALL the difference between success and failure.

Now CURVED POLYGONAL works take that to an even higher plane of difficulty.

First off, crafting polygonal pots which have curved surfaces or edges in a single plane is already difficult.  To achieve curvature in dual planes, is even more difficult.  To craft and realise curvatures in all 3 planes, is absolutely masterful.  Assoc Master Yang accomplishes curvatures in all X-, Y- and Z- axes.  Acme.  Zenith.

AFTER FIRING, the curves of the FOUR slabs must "shrink - clip" into shape and coherency.

The RESULTING curves at the corners are to be continuous, despite the heavy shrinkage during firing.  The curves have to be continuous, in this EXACTING Si Fang Jun De work crafted by Assoc Master Yang.  And all must be done coherent: left versus right symmetry, front versus back symmetry.

The curved lid can be switched in all four directions.  Absolute precision and aesthetics.
This lid-to-body interface, is also of the difficult 截盖 Jie Gai form:

The coherency carries on to the spout: Assoc Master Yang spares no effort to craft a TRULY OUTSTANDING SPOUT which is squarish, but yet curved in all 4 edges.  Assoc Master Yang deserves our applause and adulation.  We salute Assoc Master Yang for his extreme hard work and first class, virtuoso skills,

The handle is thoroughly ergonomic.  The outer surface is crafted with generous girth and flatness for the THUMB PULP and dorsum of  the middle phalanx of the middle finger to press on, and Master Yang craft a minute delicate curved chamfer onto the four outer edges.  WHILE the inner surface where the index finger hooks, has a MORE larger degree, more pronounced curved chamfer crafted to the four inner edges.  Utter, amazing COMFORT.

The knob is an adorable, lovely miniature of the pot:

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Marvel at Assoc Master Yang's extreme Polygonal pot skills.
Own a Polygonal pot at your home that is a showcase, an exemplar of a true superlative Polygonal pot.  Be very proud.  Assoc Master Yang, own one of his works if you have not.
 We delight in his first-class Polygonal ZiSha works accompanying us in our tea journey.

The ultimate icing on this work, is that it is crafted from:

Huang Long Yuan's National-Authenticated Huang Long Shan 4th Quarry Di Cao Qing.  Yes one of the six holy grail zisha clays we have explained.  And this is the only 4th Quarry Di Cao Qing that we all aspire to and 100% trust.

Assoc Master Yang had procured a brick of this Huang Long Yuan 4th Quarry Di Cao Qing in December 2022.  This comes at great cost and under the auspices of their teacher Master Chen Guo Liang who is able to convince Huang Long Yuan company owner to avail this brick to them.  Huang Long Yuan owner does not sell his National-Authenticated esteemed clays to anybody who walks in with cash.  Connections and honest reputation matter.

And you our dearest friends, are who we serve to empower.  We want to empower you.  You do not need to do the negotiations.  We do them for you.  We run around and arrange them for you.

For this amazing creation by Assoc Master Yang, only one unit of this virtuoso ZiSha work, is available here for launch.  We wish you friends best of fortunes to procure and proudly own one.
Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng with his years of experience, had worked very hard to bring this to fruition.
This is the outstanding Curved Polygonal Work:
The Si Fang Jun De
$1450 work, 145ml, crafted from Huang Long Yuan company's 黄龙源 National-Authenticated true 国家验证 Huang Long Shan 黄龙山 4th Quarry Di Cao Qing 四号井底槽青, its cherished launch here for you friends only.

We thank Assoc Master Yang for his monumental efforts to accomplish work this beguiling and masterful 四方君德 Si Fang Jun De work,  from the famously unwieldy hard raw slab of Huang Long Yuan 4th Quarry Di Cao Qing!  He thanks all of you for your kindness supporting his craft and livelihood too.

"心静无尘,

落雪听禅"

It means,

If the Heart is Still, and is without defilements/dust,

One hears Ch'an/Zen as the Snow falls and touches the Ground."

Video and Paper Certification with Associate Master Artist Yang Quan Sheng, 助理工艺美术师 - 杨全胜 for every Artwork of his procured. 

Si Fang Jun De 四方君德, $1490, 145ml, Huang Long Yuan's National-Authenticated Only Pure Huang Long Shan 4th Quarry Di Cao Qing 黄龙源国家验证唯一纯黄龙山四号井底槽青, from Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng 助理工艺美术师～杨全胜。
Amazing exacting 混方 紫砂器 CURVED-POLYGONAL Zi Sha work.  This beautiful Classic ZiSha composition is given the supreme icing on the cake:  besides being a beguiling, masterful curved-polygonal work, it is crafted from Huang Long Yuan company's National-Authenticated Huang Long Shan 4th Quarry Di Cao Qing!  Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng readied this extremely High Value ZiSha Work!!!!
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Assoc Master Yang is highly skilled in Polygonal ZiSha compositions, and working with him at close quarters and seeing his finished works, we can only be awestruck.  We have mentioned before, why we chose him: His level of skill and competence rivals Senior Master Artists but he avails them at one-third the latter's works.

He is able to look at two-dimensional photos of the Ming-Qing historical pieces AND TRANSLATE them into true-to-life in perfect likeness and proportions!

Each ZiSha Work requires weeks of early planning, FULL-SIZED test shapes.
Many trial-and-errors, practicing and perfecting.

After receipt of this work, we will arrange a Video Certification call for you with Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng.  Assoc Master Yang welcomes all of you friends to have fun and joy in Fully-Handmade Polygonal ZiSha art pieces and compositions.  Thank you friends, in advance!  He looks forward to meeting up with you and hearing your journey and tea stories on the video call with him.