李茂林，即李養心。明代嘉靖、萬曆間宜興制壺高手。號茂林。江蘇宜興人，一說江西婺源人。生卒不詳。「四名家」（董翰、趙梁、袁錫、時朋）後制壺名工，擅作小圓式壺，世稱「名玩」，樸實中具妍麗之態。排行第四，故又以「小圓壺李四老官」得名。制壺不加署款，僅朱書號記而已。原先壺坯，都附入缸窯燒造，不用匣缽封閉，沾有缸壇釉淚。自養心始，壺另作瓦囊，閉入陶穴，防止砂壺沾染釉淚，砂壺燒造質量大為提高。子李仲芳，亦是當時制壺名手。明代周高起《陽羨茗壺系·正始》：「李茂林，行四，名養心。制小圓式，研在朴致中，允屬名玩。自此以往，壺乃另作瓦囊，閉入陶穴，故前此名壺，不免沾缸壇油淚。」明代陳貞慧《秋園雜佩》稱：養心之壺藝在時大彬之上，為供春勁敵。傳世作品極少。民國李景康、張虹《陽羨砂壺圖考．創始》：「自正德以遞萬曆，所制多大壺，李茂林始制小圓式，實為陽羨小壺之鼻祖。」顧景舟主編《宜興紫砂珍賞》，著錄有李養心「菊花八瓣壺」一具，底刻款「李茂林造」四字楷書款。
藏品名稱：李茂林紫砂壺
款識風格：明代風格
數量單位：1件
類別：雜項
規格：重：553.8g 高：11cm
此壺用料為已經絕跡的鱔魚黃，工藝十分精細，蓋與壺嚴絲合縫且平整。兩側有「福祿壽喜」「長樂」等圖文。外側壺底滿刻印文，壺底內側刻「李茂林造」印，壺蓋內側分別刻「李」和「林造」印，壺蓋內側分別刻「李」和「茂林」兩個小印。
Collection name: Li Maolin teapot
Style of knowledge: Ming style
Quantity unit: 1 piece
Category: Miscellaneous
Specifications: Weight: 553.8g Height: 11cm Small print.
Li Maolin, Li Yangxin. In the Ming Dynasty, Jiajing and Wanli Yixing pot masters. No. Maolin. Yixing, Jiangsu Province, one person who is from Jiangxi Province. The birth and death are unknown. "Four homes" (Dong Han, Zhao Liang, Yuan Xi, Shi Peng) post-made pot masters, good at small round pots, the world called "famous play", simple and beautiful. Ranked fourth, so it is named after the "small round pot Li Si old official". The pot is not added, only the Zhu book is remembered. The original pot blanks were all attached to the cylinder kiln for firing, without the need for sputum closure, and the cylinder glaze tears. Starting from the self-supporting heart, the pot is made into a sac, and the pothole is closed to prevent the sand pot from being stained with glaze. The quality of the sand pot is greatly improved. Li Zhongfang was also a famous pot maker at the time. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Gaoqi, "Yangshuo Hussein, Zhengshi": "Li Maolin, line four, famous nourishment. System small round, research in Park Zhizhong, allowed to be a famous play. Since then, the pot is another tile, closed Tao points, so the former pot, can not help but dip the oil and tears." Ming Dynasty Chen Yuhui "Autumn Garden Miscellaneous" said: the pottery of the heart is on the time of Dabin, for the spring enemy. There are very few handed down works. Li Jingkang and Zhang Hong of the Republic of China. Founding: "From Zhengde to pay Wanli, the number of pots made, Li Maolin began to make a small round, which is the originator of Yangshuo Xiaohu." Gu Jingzhou editor "Yixing Zisha Treasures", recorded with Li Yangxin "Chrysanthemum Eight-petal Pot" One, the end of the paragraph "Li Maolin made" four-character book.The pot material is the extinct squid yellow, the craft is very fine, and the cover and the pot are tightly stitched and flat. On both sides, there are pictures such as "Fu Lu Shou Xi" and "Chang Le". The outer side of the pot is engraved with inscriptions, and the inside of the bottom of the pot is engraved with the words 「Lima Lin made」. The inside of the pot lid is engraved with 「Li」 and 「Linzhi」 prints. The inside of the lid is engraved with two small seals of 「Li」 and 「Maolin」.
