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认识任永贵将军还是他在上海警备区工作时，一转眼之间已过去10多年了，其问他又去了福建省军队工作。这次由于“将军壶”的缘分，有了再次晤面的机会。比起当年，除了脸上多了几道岁月的刻痕外，依然步履矫健，精力充沛。穿了便服的他，也就更增添了儒雅的气质。虽说任将军长期在军中服役，但对祖国灿烂的文化艺术，早在学生时代就深受感染，十分喜爱，紧张的军旅生活之余，就以书画为伴。岁月的流逝也同时为任将军积累了书画艺术的底蕴，成为名符其实的一员儒将。
爱好书画艺术的任将军同样热爱祖国的茶文化，爱屋及乌，也对传统的茶壶十分倾心。我国四大陶都之一的宜兴紫砂壶，自然更成了任将军情有独钟的珍藏品。今年初夏的一天，著名国画家赵任年、资深编辑王金海，大愚堂主人、鉴赏家屠际春等知友数人去拜访任将军，将军亲自表演茶艺请尝“大红袍”，大家无拘束地侃谈书画篆刻艺术，并观赏壶底盖有“任永贵藏”印章的紫砂茶壶。这时，一位友人提出何不做一把任将军自己题字作画的“将军壶”?大家听了都说是个好主意，任将军也说：“太巧了，我手头刚好有一方印章，刻的是‘任将军壶’四个字，是一位台湾篆刻家刻制的”。
“将军壶”形成共识，构想已经初浮水面。根据任将军戎马一生的特点，最后定下一套四柄壶的方案。任将军要求这套茶壶浑厚中显大度，古朴中具新意，带着这样的创意和设计要求，际春自驾私车与金海诸友先后多次往返上海、宜兴道上，去陶都宜兴丁山镇上，拜访制壶名师，并参观陶艺博物馆。根据任将军的要求，大家反复研究推敲，丰富细部，由金海画出初稿，陶艺家王海金设计打样，制出样壶后再虚心征求前辈名师意见，经多次修改定型。宜兴市美协副主席、著名陶艺家邵家生先生也为“将军壶”提出一些建议。王海金以他精湛的工艺、扎实的功力，终于不负众望，制作出了一套四柄、风格独特、形神兼备、各具鲜明个性的“将军壶”。这四柄“将军壶”根据不同造型特点，分别命名为“将军令壶”、“将军印壶”、“将军权壶”、“将军度壶”。壶身分别刻有任永贵将军的梅、兰、竹、菊图及“舞雪”、“清香”、“风顺”和“秋妍”题字。壶底盖有“任将军壶”印。策划人“仁年”、“金海”、“际春”三方小印盖在壶盖内，制壶陶艺家王海金的印章盖在壶的内底。
“将军壶”线条流畅，动静结合，刚柔并济，能分能合，和谐统一，深得宜兴制壶大师们的赞赏。将军喜爱之情，溢于言表。最为难能可贵的是国画大师程十发先生时正卧病医院，听到任永贵欲制“将军壶”，于病榻前欣然题写了“将军壶”三个大字，赠予任将军。程十发先生这一题字刻印在小量制作，仅供圈内朋友交流把玩用的“将军壶”红木收藏匣上。
在我面前一字排开的四柄“将军壶”，颇有大将风范，它是国内制壶史上的一次首创。“将军壶”面世之日，正值建军节75周年前夕。因此，“将军壶”除了具有收藏价值外，也正是表达了任永贵将军对中国人民解放军的深厚感情。
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It was over ten years ago when I was working at Shanghai Garrison Command that I got to know General Ren Yonggui. This time, because of General Teapots, I had a chance to meet him again. Comparing with the past, he was older, but still energetic. He looked gentler in casual clothes. Though serving in the army for a long time, he had a good command of the splendid Chinese art and culture. When he was a military student, he studied paintings and calligraphy in his spare time. In the past years, he has almost been a real scholar.
As he is interested in paintings and calligraphy, he also likes the tea culture, and therefore, he is in love with traditional teapots. Of course, Yixing purple sand pots are his favorite collection. One day in early summer this year, the famous traditional Chinese painter Zhao Rennian, senior editor Wang Jinhai, and the famous connoisseur Tu Jichun visited General Ren and asked him to perform tea ceremony. They talked freely about the calligraphy and carving art and appreciated the purple sand pot with the seal of Ren Yonggui. Suddenly someone replied, "Why not make a General Pot inscribed and painted by General Ren himself?" General Ren also said,"Good idea! 1 happen to get the seal from a Taiwan seal cutter."
Thus the plan of surfaced. According to the military of General Ren, a plan of four pots was determined. General Ren required the teapot to be simple, generous and new. With such a plan and the design requirements, Tu Jichun, Wang Jinhai and other friends went to Yixing to visit famous pot-makers for many times. According to the requirements of General Ren. they enriched details. Wang Jinhai painted the first draft, the famous ceramist Wang Haijin drew a design, with the help of Mr. Shao Jiasheng-- the famous ceramist and Vice President of Yixing Art Society+ the vivid set of General Teapot came into being. Ac-cording to the different appearance, the four teapots are respectively named General Command Pot, General Seal Pot, General Power Pot, and General Degree Pot, with different inscriptions of plum. orchid, bamboo, or chrysanthemum on the body. All the four pots have the seal of "Teapot of General Ren" on the outer bottom. Seals of designers Rennian, Jinhai, and Jichun could be found inside the cover, and the seal of ceramist Wang Haijin could be seen in the inner bottom.
As the teapots bear smooth lines and good combination of firmness and flexibility, it won good remarks from the pot makers in Yixing. General Ren loves them very much. In addition, Cfien Shifa- the famous raditional Chinese painter was in hospital when he heard about the General Teapot, but he inscribed characters of General Teapot for him in a high mood.
The four General Teapots in front of me is the first example in Chinese pot making history. As it was created before the 75th anniversary of Army Day, General Teapots also express the deep love for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. |
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任永贵将军（中）与鉴赏家屠际春（右）本作者在一起 |
著名陶艺家王海金在精心制作“将军壶” |
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