Description: Shaping Style: 中华门 (China Gate) Bottom Mark: 锡山俞制 Cover Mark: 俞国良 Dimension: 18/13cm Volume: 600cc Purple Clay Classification: 原矿底槽清(raw ore bottom clear clay) About The Patterns and Text: Introduction Of The Bottom Mark: Yu Guoliang (1874-1939), also known as Zu Lin, was a native of Xishan, Wuxi, Jiangsu. His works were exquisite and elegant. He was a famous purple clay pot artist and ceramic artist later than Huang Yulin. Packaging: Brand new in gift box. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What is Yixing Zisha Teapots? Yixing clay teapots , also called Zisha teapot (紫砂壶), are made from Yixing clay. This traditional style commonly used to brew tea originated in China, dating back to the 15th century, and are made from clay produced near Yixing?in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu.The Zisha teapot is originally Chinese hand-made clay handicrafts. It is a work of art that have both practicality and ornamental value.Yixing clay Teapots has a variety of modelsThere are a variety of teapot models, and there is always a saying "not one kind square, and all kinds of round". The purple clay teapot can be traditionally embellished into geometric shapes, natural shape and tendon profile sharp. Geometric shape teapots, mainly are square, spherical, or cylindrical. Generally the circular one is relatively soft, with beautiful lines, curves, while the square device is very powerful.The natural shape generally takes plants and animals as the prototype. Some of these works are directly made with the shape of a variety of items, such as pumpkin pot, persimmon flat pot and so on, and some pots are carved on the body, such as ivy pot, pot of primrose. Tendon profile shape take the flowers and fruits in the nature as pattern, create vivid and smooth muscle pot. Such pots are not only a beautiful pot style, but also with the rigorous producing process, especially in the flap part, and the seam is very tight. The lid should be turned, and the pot body pattern is both of density and decency. There are three major characters of Yixing zisha teapots1. Unique adsorptionTeapot's good ventilation also created another unique quality, which is the strong adsorption. It will continue to absorb tea aroma when teapot is used, and after a long time, it will create a aroma. Therefore, the top purple clay teapot can make the same type to avoid flavor mixing, which affects its taste.2. The more nourished, the more spiritualFor many appliances, the more you use, the older they are, but the more you use, the better the purple clay teapot is. The pot body will be more and more shiny, smooth, beautiful and mild after frequent cleaning.3. Resist hot and cold temperatureTeapot is sandy and it transfers heat slow, so it has a good stability of hot and cold, even if burned directly on the stove, it will not be split.Value of art collection of Yixing TeapotsThe purple clay teapot is used to make tea and it is artware because of its sophisticated producing technology. Since ancient time, scholars have attached great importance to teapot collection. Some teapots, made by superb craft from the hands of masters, even lead to equivalence of "earth equal to gold". How to open and use the Chinese Yixing teapot?As a kind of tea set for appreciation and practical uses, purple clay teapot is the favorite thing for literature lovers in different historical stages in ancient China. Speaking of purple clay teapots, it originates from the Song dynasty and developed in the Ming dynasty, and peaked at the time ruled by Kang Xi and Qian Long in the Qing dynasty in terms of techniques and appreciation and collection. Also, the main characteristics of purple clay teapots are the common wealth of the descendants.Due to the uniqueness of purple clay teapots, it looks even more dashing when applied to the daily uses. Yixing teapots are made by coarse sand which contains less grit. Using this kind of teapot will not cover up the scent of the tea. Truly, this kind of teapot can balance well between the color, aroma and the taste of tea. Technicians on porcelain and food have jointly conducted experiments in three months' time on the practical value of purple clay teapots. They have used TC-PIIG automatic color identification technique and chromatism detection technique. This experiment ranges from Yixing purple-clay teapots, Yixing cinnabar teapots, and white porcelain teapots and glass cups. They used these containers to brew green tea, brown tea and oolong tea and analyze the color, aroma, taste, residue of the tea, tea polyphenols, caffeine, reduced sugar, theanine, tea cream, etc. The result is, the former two kinds of purple clay teapots in better than other porcelain teapots and glass cup. Having identified the quantity of Vitamin C and microbes by quantitative analysis, purple-clay teapots are the perfect one of all, which is hard for tea to go bad.First, the pot may be full of strange odors, so you have to throw away the residue out of it and pour hot water to wash the inner side of the pot. Then, pour out the hot water and dip the pot in the cool water. As a result of it, this odor is gone.Second, the texture of the pot in hard to conduct heat and perfect for maintaining the temperature. When you are holding it with hot water inside, you will not feel burning in hand, also, it can warm you hand and that is good for your body.Third, there are two blowholes in the purple-clay teapot, so it can adjust its temperature when meeting with cold or hot water. In cold weather, hot water will not split the whole purple-clay teapot. You do not need to worry any more when stewing or boiling things within it.Fourth, it can be used for quite a long time. Especially, when you touch it very often, the teapot will become even more shining and brighter than ever before.Fifth, the inner side of the teapot can absorb the fluid of tea. Although you never clean the stain of tea on it, it never smells odd and even release the aroma of tea. The stain of tea on the inner side of the teapot has been proved to have the ability to kill bacteria by biological experiments, because it contains flavomycin.Sixth, there are tall and short purple-clay teapots. According to the rules of brewing tea, tall pots are suitable for making brown tea, because brown tea is fermented. So brown tea cannot be contained in stuffy containers, also, it is more tasteful in tall pots. While short teapots is for green tea, because green tea is not fermented and not suitable for stuffy pot, so as to maintain the green color, wonderful taste of green tea.Seventh, when using, maintaining the pot, the surface cannot be painted with oil. In addition, you cannot suck the spout of the teapot so as to maintain the natural brightness of its surface and maintain the original taste of the tea.How to nourishing your Yixing clay teapot?Teapot is spiritual. The more nourishing, the more valuable and the more, flavored. If an original teapot is improperly used or nourished, its value will be greatly reduced.Nourishing1. After a new pot is open, it is used to make tea, every day, and the teapot can be washed with waste tea. About six months later, the teapot will be well kept.2. When people dump tea with teapot, they should make the index finger touch the lid to avoid the lid falling or being damaged.3. When passing and seeing the teapot between persons, ?try to avoid to deliver to the second person with hand. The ideal way is, after one's own appreciation, put the pot on the table, so that the second person could take pot on the table by himself. The hand-delivering way may broke teapot easily.4. After using, teapot must be cleaned. Wash with water and keep it by pot kept pen.5. One pot could brew a certain kind of tea. If allowed, it can make one kind tea only in one pot for better maintenance.Cleaning and maintenance1. Wash teapot with clean water. Do not use detergent and other chemicals for cleaning the teapot.2. Do not use sandpaper or washing cloth to wipe the pot body. A very special tea towel should be used to wipe valuable pot body.3. Use tea soup to make the teapot smooth and translucent.4. Regardless of the new pot or old pot, the temperature of teapot body is a little high after the tea is made by boiled water, at this moment, use wet tea towel or a clean damp cloth to wipe the pot body.5. Brush the teapot properly and do not use excessive force.
Price: 115 USD
Location: Xi'an
End Time: 2024-12-08T01:53:27.000Z
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Primary Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Color: Purple
Original/Reproduction: Vintage Reproduction
Region of Origin: China