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Yang Pengnian
杨彭年
Qing Qing Dynasty The scholar's potter — where clay met poetry
Biography
Living during the golden age of Qing Dynasty Yixing teaware, Yang Pengnian was one of the most celebrated zisha potters of the early 19th century, renowned for his extraordinary collaboration with the scholar-official Chen Mansheng. Together they created the iconic 'Mansheng Eighteen Styles' — teapots where clay and calligraphy met as equals — forging a legacy that forever intertwined literati culture with the art of the teapot.
Key Contribution
Yang Pengnian's partnership with Chen Mansheng produced the legendary Mansheng pots, a landmark fusion of zisha craftsmanship and literati inscription that set the gold standard for scholar-artist collaboration in Chinese teaware history.
Referenced in the Book
p. 246