Olive yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94872 160224

Olive yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94872 160224(Ganlan hu), literally "olive teapot," is a classic Yixing (Zisha) teapot form. Its clean, slightly elongated oval profile reminiscent of an olive fruit appears in the long tradition of Yixing pottery from Yixing county, Jiangsu province. While exact origins are not precisely documented, the form was refined and popularized by teapot makers from the late Ming into the Qing era and has remained a favored shape among tea connoisseurs and studio potters

Material and exact proportions vary by maker

and controlled wet-pile fermentation conducted on June 21

It includes four different Hong Cha varieties

Young tea is fresh and fragrant with sweet and vegetal notes

stepped ridges

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tight-fitting lid—optimized for small

creamy and chocolate-like with notes of dark wood

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similar tall forms are often thrown or hand‑built from zisha or other stoneware clays and finished with simple

characterized by notes of caramel and a rich

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