戴国宝 ,字玉屏，别署玉道人，玉屏道人，访雪，铁画轩主人等。祖籍句容郭庄乡阳巷村。咸丰年间，他的父辈为避战迁居如东双甸镇。
著名紫砂壶艺术大师顾景舟在《简谈紫砂陶艺鉴赏》一文中这样说：“抽象地讲紫砂陶艺的审美，可以总结为形、神、气、态四个要素。形，即形式的美，是指作品的外轮廓，也就是具象的辟面相（注：辟面相即第一眼的感觉）；神，即神韵，一样能令人意远，体验出精神美的韵味；气，即气质，陶艺所内涵的和谐协调色泽本质的美；态，即形态，作品的高、低、肥、瘦、刚、柔、方、圆的各种姿态。”根据这一标准，只有在这四个方面都符合的，才能称得上是一件好的紫砂壶。
紫砂器皿是我国独有的，具有悠久历史的收藏项目。民间有紫砂器（壶）的创始人是明正德嘉靖年人供春之说。根据考古发掘证实，初步断定紫砂被有目的地使用应始于明中晚期，已经有六百多年历史。同时代的紫砂艺人也擅长仿烧宋代钧窑器物，因有“宜钧”之称。在收藏界，紫砂被认为是陶的一个特殊种类，盛产于珠海宜兴丁蜀镇一带。紫砂器皿可收藏的种类众多，除了以壶类为代表的茶具，当然还有摆件、文房以及装盛盆景的紫砂盆。
Dai Guobao, word jade screen, don't department jade road, jade screen road, visiting snow, iron painting xuan owner, etc. Jurong Guozhuang Township Yang Xiang village ancestral home. During xianfeng's reign, his father moved to Rudong Shuangdian Town to avoid war.
Gu Jingzhou, a famous master of zisha pot art, said in the article "A Brief Talk on appreciation of Zisha pottery" : "Speaking abstractly about the aesthetics of zisha pottery, it can be summed up as four elements: shape, god, gas and state. Form, that is, the beauty of the form, refers to the outer outline of the work, that is, the specific face (note: the face is the first feeling); God, that is, verve, can make people far away, experience the charm of spiritual beauty; Qi, namely temperament, the essence of the harmonious harmony of pottery color beauty; State, namely form, works of high, low, fat, thin, rigid, soft, square, round various gestures. According to this standard, only in these four aspects are in line with, can be called a good teapot.
Purple clay ware is unique to Our country, with a long history of collection items. Folk purple clay ware (pot) is the founder of Ming Zhengde Jiajing people for spring said. According to archaeological excavations, it is preliminarily concluded that purple sand was used purposefully in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, which has a history of more than 600 years. The contemporary purple sand artists are also good at imitating and burning jun kiln wares in song Dynasty, which is known as "Yijun". In the collection world, purple sand is considered to be a special kind of pottery, rich in The area of Dingshu Town, Yixing, Zhuhai. There are many kinds of purple clay vessels that can be collected, in addition to tea sets represented by POTS, of course, there are also ornaments, study rooms and purple clay basins containing bonsai.