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This teapot is made by Guo Jiangxia.
Name: De Zhong / 德钟
Material: 80s Purple Clay / 老紫泥
Design & Pattern: This pot is made with smooth handicraft and very fine texture. The pot is newly made one with 30 years aged clay. The Artist's family began to store original purple clay since 1980s. The clay is very rare now, it appears brownish when firing at 1170℃. with yellow spots natural and even. You can either add this elegant pot to your collection or use it to brew pu-erh, black or oolong teas.
Capacity: 200ml
Dimension: L 5.3'' * W 3.4'' * H 2.8''
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Yixing (pronounced “Yee-Shing”) teapots are very special teapots made from zisha clay, a rare type of purplish clay made of iron, quartz and mica. It is found only in Yixing, China; a town located roughly 120 miles northwest of Shanghai amidst rolling hills. Zisha clay is so unique in fact, that Yixing is the only place in the world where it can be found. This very rare material gives the Yixing teapot special properties that make it one of the most sought after teapots in the world, for both collectors and tea enthusiasts alike.
The raw materials for yixing clay are buried deep underground, sometimes under heavy sedimentary rock formations. When excavated, it is usually located within stratified layers of other clays. The seam of yixing zisha can be as thick as a several decimeters, up to a meter. Yixing clays consist of fine iron-containing silt, with mica, kaolinite and varying quantities of quartz and iron ores as its main mineral constituents.
Processing of raw zisha yixing clay involves removing the clay from the underlying strata, drying it under the sun in open stalls, and then pulverizing the dried clay pieces into fine particles. The clay powder then undergoes air screening to isolate clay particles of the finest grit size. The screened clay is then mixed with water in a cement mixer to a thick paste, piled into heaps, and vacuum processed to remove air bubbles, in addition to some moisture from the clay mixture. The quality and quantity of water in yixing clay is critical in that it determines the quality of the stoneware products produced. After this processing, the resulting clay is then ready to be used.
The appearance of yixing products, such as its color or texture, can be enriched and altered through the addition of various metal oxides into the yixing clay, through the manipulation of firing temperatures, and also from regulating the kiln atmosphere (oxidative versus reductive).
When judging the quality of Yixing teapots the following can be done:
1. Tap the pots lightly together: the ceramic should make a distinctly metallic sound.
2. Look at the fit of the lid into the pot, it should be flush and appear seamless.
3. Fill the pot with water, place the lid on, and begin pouring the water. it should pour smoothly.
4. While pouring, place your finger over the hole on the lid, this action should stop the flow of water immediately and completely if the lid is well fitted.
Yixing teawares are prized because their unglazed surfaces absorb traces of the beverage, creating a more complex flavor. For these reasons, yixing teawares should never be washed using detergents, but rather with water only, and connoisseurs recommend using each tea vessel for one kind of tea (white, green, oolong, or black) or sometimes even one variety of tea only.
The physical sizes of these fine teapots are smaller than Western counterparts because they are designed for individual use. Traditionally, some Chinese would pour the tea from the spout directly into their mouths.
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