Is the Cuiyan teapot valuable for collection?
Cui Yan (Yu Yan) is a member of China Arts and Crafts Association, an assistant to national arts and crafts artists, a member of China Hard Pen Calligraphers Association and a member of Jiangsu Calligraphers Association. He studied under Shen Hansheng, a master of arts and crafts in Jiangsu Province. He has been familiar with the making of purple sand since he was a child. He has a high understanding of pot art and is good at absorbing the specialties of many masters and integrating them into his own works. For many years, I have been devoted to the artistic creation of purple sand. He is good at carving figures, flowers and birds, pursuing pot-making taste and choosing clay. All kinds of teapot are unique in shape, smooth in lines, exquisite and rigorous in workmanship, practical and beautiful, elegant in taste, mainly decorated with pottery carvings, paying attention to the charm of calligraphy and painting, advocating the idea of taking a knife as a pen, and integrating calligraphy, painting, sculpture, epigraphy, pottery and other arts. His works have been exhibited in exhibitions and competitions at all levels, won dozens of awards, and entered many museums in Tibet, which were well received by many experts, loved by pot art lovers, widely collected and valuable.