《如意僧帽》"Ru Yi Seng Mao", 300ml, Lao Duan Ni 老段泥 ~*Partial Deoxygenation Firing 还原烧*, DUAL L3 Master Artist Li Yi Jun 李逸军 ~ Master Artist in ZiSha Pot Crafting & Master Artist in Engraving *双国工*: 工艺美术师(陶瓷), 与, 工艺美术师(陶刻)!
We honour Master Li Yi Jun.
Master Li Yi Jun is not a "full time" Artist: he works full time at our YiXing government municipality, and goes around day in day out, around YiXing helping the community with area development.
However, he is FULL TIME in his heart for ZiSha Art!
Despite his very busy schedule daily, he is still able to allocate time SYSTEMATICALLY and RIGOROUSLY after work every day, to strive at his passion for ZiSha Art crafting, and dig into his daily deep reads into literature, is nothing short of admirable and worthy of our Cao Family's respect, salute and acknowledgement.
He is a close family friend to us Cao Family, and his showcase is just a five minutes' walk from ours at Unit 103, Jie Fang Zhong Lu!
We meet him and his wife almost daily at our showcase for tea.
Master Li Yi Jun, DESPITE him being a "part-time" Artist, is STILL ABLE to strive so hard at BOTH ZiSha teapot Crafting AND ZiSha Engraving, and:
*** GAIN Ascension to L3 Masterhood at BOTH fraternities: speaking VOLUMES of his dedication and commitment to ZiSha Art! ***
Our Cao Family gives respect to Master Li for his life for ZiSha Art.
Video and Paper Certification with Master *DUAL* L3: Master Artist for Ceramic Arts, and, Master Artist for Engraving Art, *双国工*: 工艺美术师(陶瓷), 和, 工艺美术师(陶刻) - 李逸军 for every Artwork of his procured.
《如意僧帽》"Ru Yi Seng Mao"
Stunning Ru Yi Seng Mao ZiSha work by MASTER LI YI JUN!
Accomplished in Lao Duan Ni 老段泥 beautiful undergone Partial Deoxygenation Firing 还原烧 overseen by Master Li Yi Jun and our uncle Zhang Yun Long,
Masterful and intricately crafted by L3 Master Artist Li Yi Jun 李逸军 *双国工*: 工艺美术师(陶瓷), 与, 工艺美术师(陶刻)!
~300ml.
The Seng Mao is the most difficult Polygonal form to craft, and Master Li goes one up, as he painstakingly designed over several drafts, and finally intricately crafted, this Ru Yi Seng Mao 如意僧帽! It has Ru Yi patterns 如意纹 adorning the traditional Seng Mao design. As a Seng Mao, it also belongs to the sleeker (shorter) Seng Mao 矮僧帽 silhouette. A masterpiece that we had always wanted Master Li to craft, and he finished it over one month after the Chinese New Year!
Here it is proudly presented to the one lucky patron, to bring this home and display as one stunning Seng Mao piece, worthy of passing through generations.
The stunning poise and overall design:
Master Li ingeniously designed and inserted the sixteen holes at the Hat's Four Lateral Fins, to aid in draining off any tea water that can collect around the top opening.
They bring us to Master Li's masterful introduction of the Ru Yi patterns around this Seng Mao!
Here we see them adorning the external sides of the Hat's fins:
Master Li says that he wants all these features, never appearing as an afterthought, but make for an extremely cohesive and beautiful Seng Mao! We see he has aced it, and it now sits in stunning exhibition at our Jing Tang She showcase.
Master Li also crafts the Ru Yi patterns onto the handle most skilfully, wisely and also three-dimensionally: a feast in all planes of visual admiration. 
You can see here, being crafted both on top and below the Fly Feature of the handle.
He chooses to style the Lid Knob in a beguilingly and fully Three-Dimensional Lotus Petal form, all very detailed at the same time without being superfluous. Masterful.
It performs excellently ergonomically as its stout and generous form coupled with the three-dimensionality, make for an extremely comfortable and reassuring grab and lift: 
Master Li accomplishes the Qian Gai interface stealthily and unobstrusively:
A beautiful hexagonal piece of Art in your hand whenever you lift off the lid,
Not just Art, fully functional.
Accomplished in Lao Duan Ni 老段泥 beautiful undergone Partial Deoxygenation Firing 还原烧 overseen by Master Li Yi Jun and our uncle Zhang Yun Long,
Again, once purchased, unique 5rmb cash note allocated and written in to secure and authenticate your purchase with RealZiSha and Master Li Yi Jun 李逸军。
Proudly Mr Zhang Yun Long (Cao Lan Fang's husband), Master Li Yi Jun together on 25th May 2026, 2:30pm:
As usual, Video and Paper certification for the owner of this work and after receipt of this piece, Video Streamyard call to be arranged gladly for you to chat with Master Li Yi Jun, regarding this Work!!
Double Master Li Yi Jun is grateful to you for your kindest patronage and adoption of his Art!
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Grand Master Li Chang Hong's brother, is Master Li Yi Jun's grandfather. Photo shows in the centre: National Grand Master of The Arts Li Chang Hong, with his wife Provincial Grand Master of The Arts Shen Qu Hua (沈蘧华～江苏省工艺美术大师) on the left, and Master Li Yi Jun on the right.
