Zhu Wenli
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in September 1950 in Ruzhou, Henan Province. He is a national representative bearer of Ru Porcelain Firing Craftsmanship, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He is a Ru porcelain firing technician and an expert receiving the special government allowance of the State Council. He studied Ru porcelain firing under Lei Yuzhai and, through sustained further study, succeeded in 1987 in developing the glaze formulation and firing technique for the sky-blue glaze of Ru imperial porcelain. Over the years, drawing on his predecessors' experience, he has conducted detailed research and analysis of glaze composition, glaze-colour variation, vessel-form characteristics, the scientific control of firing atmosphere and temperature, and the styles and artistic features of Ru porcelain in the periods after the Song dynasty, and has mastered every essential of the craft. His works have soft, flowing lines and simple, imposing forms. During his years at the Ru porcelain factory he trained more than seven hundred workers, with more than thirty key apprentices.
Honors & Recognition
His trainees Zhu Yufeng, Zhou Xiaoheng, Zhu Ninghua, Fu Zhaohui and others have also become well-known figures in the Ru porcelain firing industry.
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