【藏品名稱】：蔣蓉樹樁紫砂壺
[collection name]: Jiang Rong stump purple clay pot
【藏品規格】：高11厘米，底11厘米
[collection Specification]: 11cm high and 11cm bottom
【藏品簡介】：說到紫砂作品和對紫砂文化的傳承，瞬間就能想到這幾個技藝高超額度大師，他們對紫砂的發展起到了至關重要的作用，他們就是1956年江蘇省人民政府任命的紫砂“技術輔導”。也是我們現在常說起的“紫砂七老。今天我們來欣賞紫砂七老之一，女性紫砂手藝人，紫砂界的巾幗代表蔣蓉大師的作品。
[collection introduction]: when it comes to purple sand works and the inheritance of purple sand culture, you can think of these highly skilled masters who have played a vital role in the development of purple sand. They are the "technical guidance" of purple sand appointed by the people's Government of Jiangsu Province in 1956. It is also the "seven old purple sands" we often talk about now. Today, let's enjoy the works of master Jiang Rong, one of the seven elders of purple sand, a female craftsman of purple sand and a female representative of purple sand industry.
蔣蓉（1919- 2008），別號林鳳，江蘇省宜興市川埠潛洛人。1995年被授予“中國工藝美術大師”稱號。 蔣蓉作品曾在全國工業會議上評為“特等獎”，并為周恩來總理出訪東南亞等國家制作禮品。 1956年，江蘇省人民政府任命她為紫砂工藝“技術輔導”，這在當時歷史情況下是工藝界的一種最高榮譽和待遇。 蔣蓉的作品在中國紫砂工藝史上技術精湛，生動具真，別樹一格，成為中國紫砂工藝史上第一位女工藝美術大師，曾任中國美術學會會員，中國工藝設計協會委員，江蘇省工藝美術協會名譽理事。
Jiang Rong (1919-2008), nicknamed Lin Feng, was born in qianluo, Chuanbu, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province. In 1995, he was awarded the title of "master of Chinese arts and crafts". Jiang Rong's works were awarded the "special prize" at the national industrial conference and made gifts for Premier Zhou Enlai's visits to Southeast Asia and other countries. In 1956, the people's Government of Jiangsu Province appointed her as the "technical guidance" of purple sand craft, which was the highest honor and treatment in the craft industry under the historical circumstances at that time. Jiang Rong's works are exquisite, vivid and true in the history of Chinese purple sand technology. She has become the first female arts and Crafts Master in the history of Chinese purple sand technology. She once served as a member of China Art Society, a member of China Arts and crafts design association and an honorary director of Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Association.
在文學藝術創作中，樹是十分受人喜愛的題材。紫砂壺中的樹樁壺式，營造出深遠的文化底蘊。此件蔣蓉大師制作的樹樁紫砂壺。此壺風格追求一般悠然自得的生活情趣。壺身紋理形態自然生動，顏色生機盎然，整體造型盡顯國色天香 蔣蓉大師擅長將動物、植物、花果等天然形體，經過藝術提煉之后，運用于紫砂創作中，使紫砂壺的藝術美感與天然生趣融為一體。蔣蓉款紫砂壺作品觀賞性極強，其構思之奇特、配色之巧妙、施藝之精細、形象之逼真，搭配著紫砂壺生動的表面紋理，給人耳目一新之感，十分讓人賞心悅目。
In literary and artistic creation, trees are very popular subjects. The tree stump pot style in the purple sand pot creates a far-reaching cultural heritage. This purple clay pot with tree stumps made by master Jiang Rong is a plum stump, and the pot body is decorated with annual rings and plum blossoms. This pot style pursues the general leisurely life interest. The texture of the pot body is natural and vivid, the plum blossom color is full of vitality, and the overall shape is full of national color and natural fragrance. Master Jiang Rong is good at applying natural shapes such as animals, plants, flowers and fruits to purple clay creation after artistic refinement, so as to integrate the artistic beauty of purple clay pot with natural interest. Jiang Rong's purple clay pot works are highly ornamental. Its unique conception, ingenious color matching, fine art and realistic image, combined with the vivid surface texture of the purple clay pot, give people a refreshing feeling and are very pleasing to the eye.
因此，蔣蓉紫砂藝術憑借其風格形象生動、色彩艷麗，充滿濃郁的生活趣味，在紫砂藝術家比較罕見。 大師受人敬仰的不僅是藝術上的成就，也在于她淡定平和、不追名逐利的心態，更在于她寬厚仁慈的胸懷。作為一個紫砂藝人，做壺是做藝，做藝也是做人，需要全身心的投入，要認真做人，認真做藝。在當今藝術界因門第之見或名利之爭乃至各團體之間的利益之爭而出現的相互難以協調甚至相互詆 毀的現象時有耳聞，蔣蓉大師用她高尚的藝德告訴紫砂后人們“大師”的真正意義。
Therefore, Jiang Rong's purple sand art is rare among purple sand artists because of its vivid style, gorgeous colors and strong interest in life. The master is respected not only for her artistic achievements, but also for her calm and peaceful attitude of not pursuing fame and wealth, but also for her generous and kind mind. As a purple clay artist, pot making is art, and art is also a man. You need to devote yourself to being a man and art seriously. In today's art world, it is difficult to coordinate and even slander each other due to the family view, the struggle for fame and wealth, and even the interest struggle between various groups. I have heard that master Jiang Rong uses her noble artistic ethics to tell the real meaning of "master" after Zisha.
