On April 13, 2014, CCTV's "Weekly Quality Report" exposed the Yixing purple sand chaos!
The following is the text version of the program: Friends who like to play with purple clay may not know that not only the purple clay may be fake, but also the master who makes the purple clay pot may be a counterfeit. . Yesterday (13th), CCTV’s “Weekly Quality Report” exposed this.
Purple clay pots are popular, and so are the purple clay masters. Nowadays, the works of the so-called purple clay masters can often be seen in advertisements on many TV stations. These works are said to be magical and highly valuable for collection. CCTV reporters searched according to the picture and found the Shengdian Culture Company mentioned in the TV advertisement.
This set of purple clay pots includes a pot and four cups. Each set has a production certificate, master creation certificate and anti-counterfeiting certificate. There are 20,000 sets issued nationwide, and each set sells for 2,980 yuan. According to the introduction, the designer and creator of this set of purple clay teapots is Chen Guangde, a seventh-generation descendant of Chen Mansheng, a famous purple clay master in the Qing Dynasty, and a rising purple clay master.
The circulation of this set of purple clay teapots is as high as 20,000 sets. However, traditional purple clay teapots are generally handmade because each craftsman can process a very limited number of purple clay teapots each year, especially masters. Works are even more scarce resources. How could master Chen Guangde produce 20,000 sets of pots? After the reporter raised questions, the salesperson revealed the truth. He said that Chen Guangde's title as "National Senior Arts and Crafts Artist" was also valid.
What kind of person is Master Chen Guangde?
CCTV reporters learned that, like all industries in our country, the authors of purple clay pots also have different professional title levels, which are roughly divided into There are different levels such as researcher-level senior industrial artist, senior industrial artist, industrial artist, and assistant artist.
The masters we often talk about now are mostly researcher-level senior industrial artists and senior industrial artists.
Zisha comes from Yixing, and most of the authors of purple clay pots come from Yixing. The reporter logged into the relevant query system of the Yixing municipal government department and entered Chen Guangde, but did not find any information related to him.
Nowadays, there are many merchants selling master pots, and the media advertisements are almost overwhelming. Moreover, the authors of the purple clay pots sold by some merchants are indeed influential masters in the industry. In a purple clay teapot franchise store in Beijing, many works are made by Chinese arts and crafts masters and Chinese ceramic masters. This set of "Five Virtues of the World Purple Clay Pot" includes five pots and five cups, priced at 15,800 yuan.
There are 599 sets issued nationwide. It is claimed to be a collaboration between Chinese arts and crafts master Bao Zhiqiang and five famous calligraphers. work.
However, the reporter later found Bao Zhiqiang. He said that he was only supervising the production of this set of "Five Virtues of the World's Purple Clay Pots".
Bao Zhiqiang said that this set of pots is a souvenir jointly launched by his company and a company, and the inscription is "Le Ren Supervised Manufacturing", which means that he supervised the manufacturing. The sales company took a sidestep and turned supervision and publicity into manufacturing. Bao Zhiqiang called the sales company.
In fact, the purple clay teapot is first of all a daily necessities, and secondly a handicraft. Don’t be obsessed with the master, the master is just a legend.