《菱秀》"Ling Xiu ~ The Delicate Elegance of The Ling Flower", 213.8ml, ~ Crafted by L3A Master Consummate Artist Li Yan Ru 李艳如 ~ Congratulations to Mr L.L., 0955hrs 10th May 2025, Ventura, CA.
《菱秀》Ling Xiu ~ "The Elegance of Ling Flower", 紫泥 Zi Ni,
213.8ml,
by L3A Consummate Master Artist Li Yan Ru 李艳如。
This is one of Master Li Yan Ru's signature Segmental-Corollary design, Master Li is a prodigy Segmental-Corollary Class Specialist Artist. Make this your reliable workhorse, a delightful and very handy, practical piece. Master Li Yan Ru spared no effort at creating this Segmental-Corollary Design with Motifs DENSELY, UNIFORMLY and ELEGANTLY SPREAD ALL over the whole body, requiring mind-boggling detailing work.
The surfacing work that she has to perform ever so slowly, carefully, is gruelling. She has to take care of every mm of surface refining ("上明针") for this work.
The difficulties of a Segmental-Corollary Work, are many,
The details are what bring many a Segmental-Corollary ZiSha work to mediocrity, and what elevates a true maestro:
The undulating contours HAVE to be curvaceous, there cannot be any sudden straight lines detected from the interplay of light and shadows cast on the surfaces. These curvaceous undulating contours HAVE also to form a direct, distinct and OPPOSING contrast to to the SIX vertical lines (three that run down on the left face, and three that run down on the right face).
The knife that cuts through butter: are the shadows: The shadows cast from light angled from around. She has to screen, screen and screen from all angles, and comb every surface to ensure the smoothness of curves of the undulating surfaces.
Note that 上明针 Shang Ming Zhen (i.e. surface refining) is EXTREMELY difficult RIGHT AT the edges too, whether it is the sharp ended vertical crevice lines, or the sharp-ended vertical protrusion lines. This is a pain to any Artist doing a Segmental-Corollary Class work:
Surface Refining work (aka 上明针 Shang Ming Zhen) of a fully round Austere pot can be performed almost continuously by the left hand rotating the turntable while the right hand holds the Ming Zhen tool 牛角片.
HOWEVER, a Segmental-Corollary pot cannot be done likewise. It has to be done differently: with the hand manoeuvring the Ming Zhen tool up and down, up and down, up and down, across the irregular surfaces. And what adds fuel to fire, are that the curves keep changing, and she has to keep changing the angulation of her refining blade and one can never be fast at this stage; It is time-consuming. She has to keep looking at what she had done, after each stroke gingerly applied.
When you see this, you understand how taxing and gruelling the work of Shang Ming Zhen on a Segmental-Corollary Class ZiSha work.
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This is an important learning piece.
There are tons of fake specimens on the market. These fakes are actually mould-made/half-handmade Segmental-Corollary pieces, flooding the market, posing as, and labelled as, "Fully-Handmade" pieces.
We have purposely taken detailed photos of the inner walls this time, so as to let them "imprint" into your minds how a TRUE FULLY-HANDMADE SEGMENTAL-COROLLARY WORK is to be identified from the inside. How the fluffiness and creasing combine together at the rim near the base, and then as we extend our observation upwards, how the fluffiness/crumb-like appearance continue but gradually decrease.
Here, we go down, and then go up, in eight sequential photographs:
We have already seen how Master Li Yan Ru professes, specialises and "owns", the hugely onerous class: 锦囊~提炼 the combination of,
1) Segmental-Corollary class 锦囊器 PLUS,
2) Overhead Top Handle Class 提梁款 works.
Her Designs are not just pushing Senior Artists and Research Level Artists, they are winning multiple awards! Totally Understandable for her virtuoso skills honed from many years of hard work and learning since young.
Here Master Li continues her stupendous work for dearest friends in you, as she onerously crafted this design of hers: the beautiful, complex and yet immensely elegant《菱秀》Ling Xiu.
Here she designed this equally highly ergonomic piece Segmental-Corollary precious piece at only ~210ml, and will be suited for most modern tea sessions between two to four people at a seating.
This excellently crafted and handy piece, is very important in one's appreciation of ZiSha Art, being of the Segmental-Corollary Class; and she really hopes this will come in helpful in your ZiSha Art and tea steeping usage journey.
An excellent, ergonomic and handy piece that is such a happy camper piece delighting guests and friends at the tea table. This, at $1089, for a Segmental-Corollary piece by a L3A Consummate Master Artist. She continues to amaze with her prices for all of you!
Master Li Yan Ru crafts Austere, Polygonal and Segmental-Corollary Works, and she only avails them with us at RealZiSha.
Master Li gained her accreditation as L3A Consummate Master Artist on the 12th December 2023 and she deeply appreciates all your time and being with her, as she scales to L2 Senior Master soon!
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Master Li has consistently orders coming through for her Austere works ever since she has been working with us in China since 2018, and her international debut with us in mid-2024 which showcased three of her signature and award-winning Segmental-Corollary ZiSha works. The fourth and highly proclaimed, Segmental-Corollary ZiSha work was launched in December and was snatched up within a day. She regularly crafts Austere and Polygonal works on her own terms, and what she loves to manifest.
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Video and Paper certification for this pot from Consummate Master Li Yan Ru 李艳如, and after receipt of your ZiSha prized work, she will link up with you via Video Streamyard call to certify and chat with the patron, you, regarding this Work.
Congratulations to the dear Patron of this Art work of hers!! Master Li looks very much forward to seeing you friends from all over the world engaged in this lovely tea journey of Tea And Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art. MASTER LI thanks all of you friends who have been supporting her and she hopes to accompany you friends on your journey of tea, and its culture!🎋
Once purchased, unique 5rmb cash note allocated and written in to secure and authenticate your purchase with RealZiSha and Master Li Yan Ru 李艳如。
Master Li thanks you for your time with her appreciating and hopefully adopting this work of hers! She will catch up with you on a Streamyard video!
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