Mini Xishi yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94910 holiday2021

Mini Xishi yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94910 holiday2021This piece is a "mini Xishi" () a reduced size version of the classical Xishi teapot form associated with Yixing (Zisha) pottery. The Xishi shape is one of the well known traditional teapot silhouettes from the Yixing region of Jiangsu province, a center of Chinese teapot making from the late Ming and through the Qing dynasties, where potters refined a language of compact, elegant forms for brewed tea. The Xishi form is characterized by its

Packed in a festive box

humble yet powerful addition to any tea table

The bushes used for this tea are between 40 and 60 years old

The proportion is 7 g per 100 ml

creamy and naturally sweet

It includes a teapot

Elegant porcelain cup with asymmetrical glaze and stylized Japanese calligraphy motif

A woodfired Dehua tea cup with a fluted melon-rib body and a small footed base

subtle burnish

Tanyang Gongfu Hong Cha (35 g)

Silky with a distinct sweetness and hints of light fruity acidity

Length: 197 mm