Each teapot is entirely hand carved, and so there may be very slight variations in the carvings. Teapot carvings will vary very slightly from pot to pot.
Capacity: Approximately 115ml
This teapot features a hand carved picture of a pine tree on one side of the teapot and Chinese Characters on the other side. The Chinese Characters read: 一心禅寂， which translates to "one heart wabi-sabi," to devote yourself completely to wabi-sabi.
This is an Yixing teapot made from dicaoqing 底槽青 zisha, a dark brown-purple Yixing clay. This dicaoqing is original ore zisha from Huanglongshan Number 4 Mine. The clay has been aged for around 4 years. This clay is very versatile and is good for use with most kinds of tea.
You can read more about Dicaoqing clay in our blog entry here.
As the teapot is used it will develop a shine.
This teapot shape is known as shipiao. This pot is known as "half-handmade" as the sculptor uses a molding tool to shape the body, and uses his hands for the handle, spout, holes, and smoothing out the body. In fact, no machine was used in it's shaping as the use of the tool is entirely manual.
You can read more about half handmade teapots in our blog entry here.
This teapot was made by Lin Hanpeng and Chen Chunhong Studio.
Preparation Before Use
Yixing Teapots should be prepared before using the first time. This is called "opening the pot". It removes the dust from firing the teapot.
We recommend rinsing the teapot under warm water two or three times, then filling the teapot with boiling water and emptying it out two to three times. After this the teapot is ready for use.