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Yixing Zisha Aged Purple Clay Crowing Rooster Teapot - Mr. Dot  (230ml)

 

This Crowing Rooster Teapot is handmade with top quality purple clay. This Shi Piao Teapot is showing a crowing rooster in the farm, a rare inspiration for yixing pot desig. The rooster is created not by engraving but by adding hand shaped clay, part by part onto the pot. We name this pot after our favourite client-- Mr Dot. Mr Dot, who is a rooster who loves to drink our tea!

 

The 30 year old aged purple mud is the purple clay of Huanglong Mountain. It was refining and aged since the 1980s, and its existence is limited. It is high fired at about 1180 degrees.  After firing, it is slightly purple and reddish inside , the color is mature and stable, dignified and solemn. After the raising,  there is a hint of imperial glaze in the simplicity which makes it one of the most popular clay type. It goes well with most teas including :Light Roasted Oolongs , Raw & Ripe Puerh, Black , White , Green Teas

 

This teapot holds approximately 390ml (+/- 5ml) and features a flat filter and tight-fitting lid. The walls of this teapot are thick,  but it allows for a very stable and comfortable hand feel that has to be experienced to fully appreciate. It also includes a certificate from the artist indicating the artist’s name, teapot shape and clay composition.

 

Zisha (‘purple sand’) describes the reddish-brown color of the sedimentary soil which settled in ancient lakes and is now buried deep underground. The clay is compressed under heavy sedimentary rock formations throughout the Yixing region, southwest of Shanghai, in China’s Jiangsu province. Huanglong Mountain near Dingshu township has been the source of high quality purple clay ore for centuries. The mountain itself is rather ordinary – neither grand or pretty – but it is 350 million years old.

 

These teapots are prized because their unglazed surfaces absorb traces of the beverage and develop a patina, which enhances the taste, color and aroma of fine tea.

Yixing Zisha Aged Purple Clay Crowing Rooster Teapot - Mr. Dot (230ml)

$257.00 Regular Price
$231.30Sale Price
  • Material : Zisha Clay ( Aged Purple Clay : 紫泥 )


    Volumn : 230 ml

     

    Length: 14 cm
    Width: 10 cm 
    Height: 7 cm 

     

    Teas to Match : Light Roasted Oolongs , Raw & Ripe Puerh, Black , White , Green Teas

     

    Artist : Dai Chenguang ( 戴晨光 ) - Senior Yixing Pot Artist

     

    Certificate : Available

     

    Gift Box : Available

     

    Date of Creation : 2018

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