Zou Dexiang
Lineage & School of Heritage
His eldest son Zou Chuanzhi learned the craft from him and is now a provincial-level representative bearer of an intangible cultural heritage project.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1948 in Jiangling County, Hubei Province. A representative bearer of the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects in lacquerware decoration craftsmanship (Chu-style lacquerware decoration craftsmanship). In 1961 he studied lacquerware decoration craftsmanship under Qi Yibai. In 1985, at the invitation of the Jingzhou Museum, he successfully replicated Chu-style lacquered wooden wares such as the Wooden Carved Animal Screen. His skills are superb, especially in carving and lacquering, and he has summed up techniques and mnemonic rhymes for making vessels. He holds distinctive views of his own on the mortise-and-tenon structure of vessels, the preparation and blending of coloured lacquers, and the outlining and polychrome painting of decorative patterns.
Honors & Recognition
His representative works include the Snake and Bird Screen, the Zeng Hou Yi Dou and the Tiger-Base Bird-Frame Drum; the last of these won a silver award at the first China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo held by the Ministry of Culture in 2010 and was collected by the National Library of China.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Lacquerware Decoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-127
- Lacquerware Decoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-127
- Lacquerware Decoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-127
- Lacquerware Decoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-127
- Lacquerware Decoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-127
- Lacquerware Decoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-127
- Lacquerware Decoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-127
- Lacquerware Decoration Craftsmanship Ⅷ-127
Profile
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