建水制陶的历史,最迟从元代始.1980年,有关专家在建水县城北碗窑村古窑址进行考察,在收集到的青花陶碗盘和玉壶春瓶残片上,书写有“元”字,证明为元代烧制产品.建水陶瓷的种类有:青瓷、青花、粗陶与无釉磨光细陶——紫陶.建水紫陶与江苏宜兴陶、广东石湾陶和四川荣昌陶同样享有盛名.建水紫陶以它朴雅庄重的形、色质,刻雕填磨的精细工艺,古意盎然的断简残帖装饰,在全国众多陶艺中独树一帜.建水紫陶初创于清代光绪年间.一说是,当地陶工潘金怀在烧制白陶鸦片烟斗时,从一个偶然的效果中得到启示,遂以当地五色粘土研制红色陶泥烟斗,焙烧后成为紫陶烟斗.另一说为,紫陶烟斗是1895年后由建水县令、江西人卢咸顼发明的.但是,据云南省工艺美术研究所陶瓷专家刘镇南先生实地考察,从现存一件光绪 Jianshui pottery history, at the latest from the Yuan Dynasty .1980, the experts in Jianshui County, North Village kiln kiln ancient village site investigation, collected in the blue and white pottery dish and Yuhu spring bottle fragments, writing There are “Yuan” words, proved to be the Yuan Dynasty fired products. The types of Jianshui ceramics are: celadon, blue and white, stoneware and non-glazed polished fine pottery - purple pottery Jianshui purple pottery and Jiangsu Yixing pottery, Guangdong stone Bay pottery and Sichuan Rongchang Tao also enjoys a good reputation.Jian Shui Zitao with its elegant and solemn shape, color, engraving and grinding fine craft, the ancient meaning of the broken off residual posts decoration, unique in many of the nation’s pottery. During the Guangxu years of Qing Dynasty, local potter Pan Jinhuai got enlightenment from a chance effect when he cooked the white clay opium pipe, and developed red clay mud pipe with colored clay of the local area and roasted into purple Pottery pipe.On the other said, purple pottery pipe was built by the Jianshui County in 1895, Jiangxi people invented by Lu salty.However, according to Yunnan Institute of Ceramics Liu Zhennan expert on-the-spot inspection, from the existing one Guangxu