"Why do you talk so much, can't a person use a teapot?" said Boss Hua with an unhappy face. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In those days, people with a status higher than others rarely respected someone whose status was lower than their own. Boss Hua is not a sage either, there are no exceptions.

After a while, Dr. Tea brought a purple sand teapot in the shape of a cat and a tiger from the tray.

For the habitual thief Li Sheng, he has a certain appreciation for treasures. Otherwise, it would be too worthwhile to commit burglary and not know the treasure. Li Sheng knows that there are three grades of purple sand teapots:

The grade of the purple sand pot lies in the author's production skills and cultural and artistic content, from the fineness of the work or product production, to classify the purple sand teapot and other purple sand products, which can be roughly divided into three categories: road goods, fine goods, and special handicrafts (including works of art).

The first category is large-scale goods: refers to large-scale products for the people, with low prices, but the production is simple, rough, easy to produce and low cost. Its shape is also ever-changing as far as the market can see, but it is mass-produced for the same model. Historically, the main road goods products are practical, used in teahouses and rural areas, the shape is simple and conducive to production; now the combination of practicality and appreciation of furnishings, the shape is diverse, in line with the taste of the public, but from the artistic point of view it is relatively tacky, and the use of objects is mostly Jiangnan teahouses and the general public who are new to purple sand. This kind of product does not talk about "art", but only "use". It is popular and indecent, so it has never been in the list of appreciation and collection.

Of course, there are special circumstances, that is, during the economic depression period in history, the unique master can only make some large-scale goods products to make a living, or the large-scale goods works made before celebrities become famous. Moreover, the products produced by Zeng Dali in history have been handed down to the present, and they also have collection and research value.

The second category is fine goods: it refers to the art products with a certain appreciation value and practicality, with a certain level of craftsmanship, both "use" and "art". Most of its authors are skilled craftsmen, mainly copying traditional shapes, and there are batch productions, and there are also considerable production levels, but they are not elaborate productions, not innovative special arts. Generally speaking, it is a "product" with appreciation value, not a "work" of the individual

The third category is special handicrafts (including works of art): refers to the handmade works of famous artists, which not only pay attention to the perfection of the shape, but also pay special attention to the quality of craftsmanship in the production process. It is the crystallization of the artist's (author's) feelings of the earth and its creative consciousness, and it is (the work) rather than the "product" produced through a relatively fixed production process. Teapots with special crafts are highly sented by collectors and can be expensive, while historical artifacts are even more staggering. According to the classics, the masterpieces of ancient famous artists have the reputation of "precious as Henghuang", "precious as Liuhuang", and "price as Xuanlin". "Jingling copper tripod is half a hundred clear, and Jingxi tile injection is more than 10,000", that is, Jing L's copper cho can be bought fifty, and Jing Xi's sand pot is worth more than 1,000 silver. Zisha's monograph "Catalogue of Tea Pots" also mentions that "a pot in the Ming Dynasty is worth a Chinese family", which shows the high value of the famous artist's works.

Now Dr. Tea didn't dare to slack off when he saw Boss Hua, and brought out the best purple sand teapot in the teahouse. In fact, this purple sand is the shape of a tiger. But it's a little bit worse in momentum, like a cat.

According to the legend of the county, there is a joke that likes to draw tiger county orders: Once upon a time, there was a county lord who liked to paint, but he couldn't draw well. One day, he drew a tiger and asked the entourage around him: "What do you think the master is drawing?" The entourage looked at it carefully for a long time and said, "Master, have you painted a cat?" The old man was angry: "Blind your dog's eyes! Am I painting a cat? It's obviously a tiger!" The attendant hurriedly complimented and said: "Villain, dazzled for a while, it is really a tiger, and the tiger painted by the master is really majestic!" The county magistrate asked again: "What do you say the tiger is afraid of?" The attendant said: "The tiger is afraid of the wind." The county magistrate asked again: "What do you say the wind is afraid of?" and the attendant said: "The wind is afraid of the corner." The county magistrate asked again: "What do you say are afraid of in the corner?" and the attendant said: "The corner is afraid of mice." The county master asked again: "What do you say are the rats afraid of?" The attendant said: "The rats are most afraid of your painting, master!"