Volume: Approximately 200ml
This is an Yixing teapot made from 青灰泥 qinghuini clay, a dark brown/purple-grey clay with small golden flecks. Qinghuini clay ore is found in a layer between zini and duanni Yixing clay ores. It is considered a subtype of zini (purple clay) ore and is in fact a naturally-occurring mixture of zini with some duanni. Once fired, the duanni appears as small golden flecks on the clay.
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 pot was made by Lin Hanpeng and Chen Chunhong Studio.
This teapot was fired in a traditional wood kiln in Yixing. The pattern, color and finish are the result of being fired uncovered in a wood kiln for 3 days and 4 nights. The pine wood ash falls on the surface of the teapot forming a natural glaze that is sometimes glossy black, red, brown, yellow, green or any combination of these colors. Wood Fired Yixing Teapots each have their own special appearance, no two are the same. Photos are of actual teapot.
Learn more about our Wood Fired Yixing Teapots here:
https://www.mudandleaves.com/blog/wood-kiln-yixing-teapots
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.