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Yahefujiang Yusuying

05-2723Uyghur Mozhifatutao Firing CraftsmanshipTraditional CraftsmanshipXPCCBatch 5 (2018)

Lineage & School of Heritage

He is the fourth-generation bearer of the pottery firing craft.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

He is a Uyghur man, born in December 1974, a native of Tumxuk City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. National representative bearer of Uyghur Mozhifatutao Firing Craftsmanship, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He began learning Uyghur mould-formed pottery firing at the age of six. Through intensive study he mastered the full range of skills required at every stage of the process, including clay preparation, clay mixing, clay ageing, clay kneading, shaping, glazing, firing and finishing, and he is one of the few practitioners in the region who have persisted in transmitting this craft. The vessels he fires are rich in form, with distinctive expressive force and pronounced individuality.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Yahefujiang Yusuying · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Uyghur Mozhifatutao Firing Craftsmanship
Item code
Ⅷ-6
Category
Traditional Craftsmanship
Region
XPCC
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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