During the Republic of China, there were many shops specializing in Yixing pottery in Shanghai, Yixing, Hangzhou and other places, among which the famous ones were: Chen Dinghe, Tiehuaxuan, Wu Desheng, Utilization Company, Mao Shunxing, etc. These pottery shops or companies all place orders in Yixing, and each shop employs pot-making artists to process or make pots. Some shop owners are good at pottery carving and use their own knives to carve the pots. Therefore, purple clay pots from the Republic of China period usually have the name of the pot maker and the name of the company. The pottery carvings on the pots are also signed with two names: the engraver and the company name. 1. Ge Dehe Pottery Company (1860-1954) Founders/operators: Ge Yiyun (1842-1928), Ge Yacheng (1928-1954) Company name "" Ge Dehe" ▲ Ge Dehe clay painted landscape pattern purple sand Pot ▲ Ge De and Sifang Song and Bamboo Pot 2. Yiguzhai/Fuxing Kiln (1905-1930) Founder/Operator: Zhao Songting (1852-1934) Famous pottery masters Cheng Shouzhen, Chu Ming, and Pan Degen’s trade name "" Yiguzhai "/" "Gongju", ""Dragon and Phoenix Picture", ""Yongzheng 2nd Year" model. ▲Yiguzhai style longevity peach pot ▲Republic of China Yiguzhai style Yujing pot ▲Fuxing kiln ""Gongju" red clay three-legged level Pot ▲ Fuxing Kiln ""Gongju" style polished handle purple sand pot 3. Wu Desheng Pottery Shop (1916-1939) Founder/operator: Wu Hanwen (1874-1941) Famous pottery makers hired Yu Guoliang, Fan Dasheng, Feng Guilin , Hu Yaoting, Shao Luda, Wang Xichen, Chu Yinlan and others made pots all the year round, and Ren Ganting and others made pottery. They also ordered clay blanks from Wang Baogen, Jiang Yanting, Fan Jinfu, Pei Shimin, Wu Yungen, etc. Business name mark ① Wu Han style: ""Qitao", ""Qitao", ""Qiantao", ""Songlu Master", ""Yanru", etc.; ② Early business names: ""Songhexuan" (regular script Fangzhang), ""Qitao invention" (zhuan script) Square seal); ③ Marks after 1921: ""Jinding Trademark",""Made by Wu Desheng". ▲Wu Desheng carved pottery, Jinding trademark purple sand square pot ▲Wu Desheng made pottery carved stone ladle ▲Wu Desheng bamboo drum 4.Chen Ding He Pottery Factory (1920-1954) Founder/operator: Chen Yuanming Brothers Company name ① Bottom inscription ""Chen Dinghe Made" (square seal, round seal), ""Chen Yuanming"; ②Export products: ""C.T.H.CO" ; ③ ""Qianlong Year System" (seal script with Yang Wenfang seal). ▲ Chen Dinghe made a Wu Ni Bafang round mouth monk hat basin 5. Tie Hua Xuan Pottery No. (1923-1956) Founder/Operator: Dai Guobao ( 1875-1926), Yang Deyi (1882-1961), Dai Xiangming (?-2002) Famous pottery makers ① Pot making: Fan Dasheng, Hu Yaoting, Qiang Yihai, etc.; ② Pottery carving: Chen Shaoting, Tan Quanming, etc.; ③ Customized Pot blanks: Yu Guoliang, Wang Baogen, Chen Guangming, Li Baozhen, Wu Yungen, Chu Ming, Shi Liansheng, etc. Company name imprints: ① ""Yupingsheng", ""Tiehuaxuan"; ②""Tiehuaxuan" (the large pot is a large seal in seal script). , large round seals, small pots with small rectangular seals in regular script); ③After 1926: ""Lotus", ""Master of Tiehuaxuan" ▲Tiehuaxuan Yupingsheng, Gu Jingzhou flat cover lotus seed pot ▲Tiehuaxuan colorful mud persimmon base pot 6. Mao Shunxing Pottery Factory (1937-1954) Founder/Operator: Mao Shunxing (1901-1977) Famous pottery makers include Mao Shunxing, Mao Zhensheng, Zhu Kexin, Wang Yinchun, Wu Yungen, Shen Xiaolu, etc. Engraved with the company name "Made by Mao Shunxing" (square seal in regular script), "Produced by Mao Shunxing".

▲Mao Shunxing made purple clay pot ▲Mao Shunxing style clay round bell pot 7. Wang Yutai Wangzhuang Tea Shop (1937-1940) Founder/operator: Wang Tiyu (1869-1941) The famous pottery maker Feng Guilin's business name " " Juan Weng "(Wang Tiyu) ▲Wang Yutai scroll flower pot 8. Yixing Shushan Ceramics Production Cooperative (1955-1958) Company name imprint ① Early stage: ""Yixing Tangdu Ceramics Production Cooperative" seal; ② Half a year later: " " "Produced by Yixing Shushan Ceramics Production Cooperative" medal (April 1956 ~ April 1958) Produced by Yixing Tangdu Ceramics Production Cooperative Produced by Yixing Shushan Ceramics Production Cooperative Ren Ganting and Jiang Shisheng's purple sand tea set modeled by Yixing Shushan Ceramics Production Cooperative A group of purple clay pots from the Republic of China mostly follow the style of the Qing Dynasty, but the pottery carving decoration is different from the Qing Dynasty, and is replaced by imitations of famous paintings and celebrity calligraphy. Therefore, imitations of tablets, bronze inscriptions and ancient pottery inscriptions on bricks and tiles are popular; the materials also come from that time. Publications, such as "Jin Shi Suo" and other rubbings, "Mustard Seed Garden Painting Book", etc., but among the many purple sand shops, these few have become historical existences.