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🫖 80s F1 Guava by Zhang Honghua
🔎 This teapot was crafted by the old-school artisan Zhang Honghua at Factory No. 1 in the early 1980s. It is a truly magnificent piece.
🧱 Made from *Hong Qing Shui Ni* (Red Clear Water Clay) processed using the factory's traditional methods. The clay is pure and authentic, boasting a pleasing color and surface texture.
🧂 Each single-hole teapot comes with a food-grade stainless steel mesh filter insert.
Zhang Honghua
Zhang Honghua (张红华) was born in October 1944 into a family of ceramicists in Dingshu, a district of Yixing.
In 1958, she began her apprenticeship at the Factory. Her mentor was Wang Yinchun (王寅春), one of the seven renowned "Old Masters" of Yixing ceramics. Accounts of this period vary slightly: the Yixing Ceramicists' Association states that she joined the Factory to train, while another biography specifies that she arrived there after studying at the Yixing Ceramics School.
From 1961, she studied under Gu Jingzhou (顾景舟), focusing specifically on the manual crafting of teapots featuring bamboo-node and bamboo-segment motifs.
In 1980, she transferred to the Factory's research institute, where she worked on the form and design of Yixing teapots. In 1983, she attended a course on composition and design at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts in Beijing. Her most distinctive styles feature smooth, minimalist forms and teapots incorporating bamboo motifs; her body of work also includes teapots with floral and naturalistic shapes, as well as ribbed and geometric designs.
• In 1982, she was awarded the title of Assistant Master of Arts and Crafts.
• In 1997, she was named a Master of Arts and Crafts of Jiangsu Province.
• In 2005, she was certified as a Senior Master (Research Fellow level) of Arts and Crafts.
• In 2016, she received the title of Master of Chinese Ceramic Art.
• In 2020, the Yixing municipal government listed her among the first group of representative bearers of the Yixing pottery-making technique (specifically, the Yixing Zisha pottery craft) within the city's intangible cultural heritage framework.
Awards, publications, and museum works
"Golden Dragon" Award for the "Duan Yuemei" teapot (1983);
Honorary distinction at the International Ceramics Exhibition in Zagreb for the "Colored Lantern" teapot (1989);
Bronze medal for the "Bamboo Teapot with Handle" (2001); Silver medal at the Taihu Exhibition in Wuxi for the "Shi Piao with Handle" teapot in 2005.
The book *Collection of Yixing Works by Zhang Honghua* was published in 2004.
The "Double Bamboo with Handle" and "Golden Bell" teapots were featured in educational materials on Yixing ceramics. Her works are held in several museums, including the "Quan" teapot at the Palace Museum in Beijing, the "Guyu" at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the "Yuli" at the Wuxi Museum.
Peking University acquired the "Shi Piao with Handle" teapot in 2006, and the university's president presented it to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan during a visit.