Modeled as a series of horizontal 'rock' layers with a branch-form handle and spout; the cover and interior with a small circular seal ‘Lu', and carved August 5th -1998 on the base
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) across, cloth box

The Irving Collection, no. 97Y.

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Lu Jianxing, a male artist, was born in 1958, and is also a native of Yixing, Jiangsu province. Lu began studying pottery and sculpture at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute in Jingdezhen, Jiangsu province in 1984, and also studied under the master potter Xu Xiutang (maker of lots 6 and 50). He has been making pottery and promoting Yixing art to foreign audiences ever since.