{"product_id":"wood-fired-doucai-bird-and-banana-leaf-jingdezhen-porcelain-teacup-柴窑斗彩蕉叶杯-100ml","title":"Wood Fired Doucai Bird and Banana Leaf Jingdezhen Porcelain Teacup 柴窑斗彩蕉叶杯 100ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eCapacity filled to rim: Approximately 100ml.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince each teacup is hand painted, the design may vary slightly from the photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis teacup is hand wheeled of fine thin porcelain and features a hand painted doucai design. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e These teacups were made using \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mudandleaves.com\/blogs\/teatime\/chinese-porcelain-paintings-3-styles?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=952b275ec\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"null noopener\" aria-describedby=\"a11y-new-window-message\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe doucai technique that originated in Ming Dynasty China.\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDoucai 斗彩 is a porcelain painting technique that uses both 釉下青花 youxia qinghua, \"underglaze cobalt blue painting,\" and 釉上彩 youshangcai \"overglaze painting\" of many colours. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe process of making doucai porcelain is quite labour-intensive for the artists. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mudandleaves.com\/blogs\/teatime\/handmade-inside-a-jingdezhen-porcelain-studio\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here to learn more about the studio and how each piece is made.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe teacup was fired in a traditional wood kiln. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFiring porcelain using wood gives the porcelain a special texture\/appearance often described as \"oily.\" However, the process requires great skill as temperature control is much more difficult. The scrap-rate for wood fired porcelain is much higher. Unlike our wood fired Yixing and Nixing Teapots, these porcelain teapots are sheltered from the wood ash in the traditional way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kind of porcelain is known as fanggu porcelain because it aims to revive an ancient style of porcelain. Fanggu technique is more costly and difficult to execute properly than modern styles of porcelain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mudandleaves.com\/teatime-blog\/fanggu-porcelain\"\u003eClick here to learn more about fanggu porcelain in our blog entry.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MudandLeaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48553349808347,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/0768\/5574\/files\/F5AEF612-DFB3-4A9B-A5F0-E3AD86B34176.jpg?v=1775231170","url":"https:\/\/mudandleaves.com\/products\/wood-fired-doucai-bird-and-banana-leaf-jingdezhen-porcelain-teacup-%e6%9f%b4%e7%aa%91%e6%96%97%e5%bd%a9%e8%95%89%e5%8f%b6%e6%9d%af-100ml","provider":"MudandLeaves","version":"1.0","type":"link"}