{"title":"Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢老师。","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring heavily and consistently.  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such 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'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! 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appreciated by ZiSha aficionados.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA true ZiSha great classic.  Taking all of 3-4 days to be CAREFULLY crafted, followed by: 3 rounds of firing, spread over the subsequent two weeks.  Made affordable by hardworking Zhang Huan for all of us!  Cherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSPECIALLY REQUESTED by 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craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring heavily and consistently.  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different 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'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43621894324374,"sku":null,"price":203.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20240513_211525.jpg?v=1715606488"},{"product_id":"da-bin-ru-yi-大彬如意-jcebm-dicaoqing-zini-底槽青紫泥-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Da Bin Ru Yi 大彬如意, 186.0ml, DiCaoQing ZiNi 底槽青紫泥, by our Collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢。","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2200c6;\"\u003eDa Bin Ru Yi 大彬如意!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an All-Time ZiSha Classic, created by Shi Da Bin 时大彬 (1573-1648).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 wows us with his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003esupremely COHESIVE, CORRECT and Suave rendition and recreation of the Da Bin Ru Yi!  \u003cspan 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performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically CLASSIC craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc 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spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 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Thank you!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43623757643926,"sku":null,"price":321.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20240513_230219.jpg?v=1715738705"},{"product_id":"fang-gu-仿古-jcebm-dicaoqing-zini-底槽青紫泥-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Fang Gu 仿古, 197.5ml, DiCaoQing ZiNi 底槽青紫泥, Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢。","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2200c6;\"\u003eFang Gu 仿古。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Must-Have ZiSha model, created by the all-important master of ZiSha in its history: Shao Da Heng 邵大亨。 Shao Da Heng is our Grand Master Shao Shun Sheng's great-great-great-great-grandfather (6 Generations direct 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'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such 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Wan.  During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherfore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou will know everything then.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 is tasked by us to craft the 190ml Fang Gu from Di Cao Qing.  This is where he excels.  He delights us with his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003esupremely COHESIVE and DELICATE, FINELY detailed masterpiece which is this Fang Gu!  \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eNote the finely worked 1.5mm thickness of the rim of the lid, and likewise the opposing rim of the opening of the body.  The spout also sports the supremely natural \"Javelin throw\" trajectory shape.  These two features\/design are easily picked out and 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Thank you!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43663453618326,"sku":null,"price":203.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20240521_222010.jpg?v=1716302200"},{"product_id":"fang-gu-仿古-dicaoqing-zini-底槽青紫泥-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Fang Gu 仿古, 199.5ml, DiCaoQing ZiNi 底槽青紫泥, Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢。","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2200c6;\"\u003eFang Gu 仿古。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Must-Have ZiSha model, created by the all-important master of ZiSha in its history: Shao Da Heng 邵大亨。 Shao Da Heng is our Grand Master Shao Shun Sheng's 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spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 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Thank you!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43671576903830,"sku":null,"price":203.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20240529_192630.jpg?v=1716984492"},{"product_id":"da-bin-ru-yi-大彬如意-186-9ml-dicaoqing-zini-底槽青紫泥-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Da Bin Ru Yi 大彬如意, 186.9ml, DiCaoQing ZiNi 底槽青紫泥, Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢。","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2200c6;\"\u003eDa Bin Ru Yi 大彬如意!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an All-Time ZiSha Classic, created by Shi Da Bin 时大彬 (1573-1648).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 wows us with his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003esupremely COHESIVE, CORRECT and Suave rendition and recreation of the Da Bin Ru Yi! 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performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically CLASSIC craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc 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spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherfore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou will know everything then.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 is tasked by us to craft the 190-200ml Fang Gu from Di Cao Qing.  This is where he excels.  He delights us with his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003esupremely COHESIVE and DELICATE, FINELY detailed masterpiece which is this Fang Gu!  \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eNote the finely worked 1.5mm thickness of the rim of the lid, and likewise the opposing rim of the opening of the body.  The spout also sports the supremely natural \"Javelin throw\" trajectory shape.  These two features\/design are easily picked out and 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'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43788511248534,"sku":null,"price":203.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20240621_201602.jpg?v=1718973494"},{"product_id":"da-bin-ru-yi-大彬如意-183-5ml-dicaoqing-zini-底槽青紫泥-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Da Bin Ru Yi 大彬如意, 183.5ml, DiCaoQing ZiNi 底槽青紫泥, Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢。","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2200c6;\"\u003eDa Bin Ru Yi 大彬如意!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an All-Time ZiSha Classic, created by Shi Da Bin 时大彬 (1573-1648).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 wows us with his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003esupremely COHESIVE, CORRECT and Suave rendition and recreation of the Da Bin Ru Yi! 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performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically CLASSIC craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc 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spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherfore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou will know everything then.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 is tasked by us to craft the 190-200ml Fang Gu from Di Cao Qing.  This is where he excels.  He delights us with his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003esupremely COHESIVE and DELICATE, FINELY detailed masterpiece which is this Fang Gu!  \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eNote the finely worked 1.5mm thickness of the rim of the lid, and likewise the opposing rim of the opening of the body.  The spout also sports the supremely natural \"Javelin throw\" trajectory shape.  These two features\/design are easily picked out and 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'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks (protruding) left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench (indented into the wood) of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  ( Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks, for they will suffer the compressing action during the making: as the half-handmaker worker will reach his fingers in and pressed on the slab outwards, exerting force against the outer mould.  This flattens all these convex Ni Deng Wen lines if they had been present earlier. ) ( And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform. )\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43798707634326,"sku":null,"price":203.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20240625_055039.jpg?v=1719267284"},{"product_id":"da-bin-ru-yi-大彬如意-185-3ml-dicaoqing-zini-底槽青紫泥-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Da Bin Ru Yi 大彬如意, 185.3ml, DiCaoQing ZiNi 底槽青紫泥, Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢。","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2200c6;\"\u003eDa Bin Ru Yi 大彬如意!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an All-Time ZiSha Classic, created by Shi Da Bin 时大彬 (1573-1648).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 wows us with his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003esupremely COHESIVE, CORRECT and Suave rendition and recreation of the Da Bin Ru Yi! 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spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 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performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically CLASSIC craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc 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spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherfore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! 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Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 delights us with this Pan Hu which is extremely satisfying to look at for hours on end.  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003ePan Hu 番壶, is one of the best shapes passed down through the generations, and a shape that has several iterations and this is one of 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him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"外方内清明，吾与尔皆亨\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e做人要胆大心细, 思虑要周到, 为人处世要光明正大。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvise for one to treat others with verve and care, with generosity and care, be upright and open.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTaking all of 4-5 days to be CAREFULLY \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ecrafted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eengraved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZhang Huan and Peng Peng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, followed by a day: 3 rounds of firing, spread over two weeks.  Made affordable by hardworking Zhang Huan and Peng Peng for all of us!!!!  Cherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDa Shui Tan Zi Ni, is the clay that is mined from the same Quarry site as the (mythical) Tian Qing Ni.  The Quarry Pit is named Da Shui Tan Kuang Qu 大水潭矿区。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Get one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts colour is the same as the said Tian Qing Ni.  In fact, there is a joke from Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, as they make their pots from the same Da Shui Tan Zi Ni supplied from our Cao Family: that patrons can possibly buy Craftsman Chen Fa Chu Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots at 1500rmb and sell it off at 10,000-20,000rmb as \"Tian Qing Ni\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Yu enjoys working with this Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  He also wishes to educate all friends to savour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, for its beauty is beguiling, a mixture of purplish, red, brown and grayish Zi Ni components. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREST ASSURED.  No way our trusty Yu Chun Lei and Chen Fa Chu, whom all our Artists have their 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actually made from Da Shui Tan Zi Ni instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTian Qing Ni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest rabbit holes for consumers into ZiSha Art and Craft.\u003cbr\u003eFact is:  There is NO certification for Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003eNone of our Grand Masters is ever going to certify any pot work as Tian Qing Ni.  Reputation that they cannot afford to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThey know that Tian Qing Ni exists solely as our imagination, and is a rabbit hole that \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ethey advise everybody not to fall for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey will NEVER advise you nor agree with you to chase down a \"Tian Qing Ni Ore and\/or pot\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey with all the learning behind them, will tell you that, Tian Qing Ni, is a type of ZiSha ore,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.  described only in words by a literati in the Qing Dynasty,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe person is called Zhou Gao Qi 周高起, the book he wrote is Yang Xian Ming Hu Xi 阳羡茗壶系。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240914-WA0009.jpg?v=1732329985\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  however there is ZERO Ore Specimen being handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.  there is also NOT one single pot handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.  Not even Huang Long Yuan 黄龙源 company dare to say they have this mythical Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTherefore, it remains the mythical ore and finished pot, which depending on one's own interpretation of the words written by Zhou Gao Qi, can be \"labelled as Tian Qing Ni.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSee the danger here?  \"depending on one's own interpretation of the words of Zhou Gao Qi.\"  There is no physical specimen ever handed down by him.  No ore nor pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTian Qing Ni is still described in a few publications and \"reference books\" written by certain authors (which many have heard of or bought such publications), but the truth remains that is Tian Qing Ni is as per points Number 1 to 4 above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, do also have the right understanding that:\u003cbr\u003eThere is NO REFERENCE BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY YIXING ZISHA ASSOCIATION.  All publications and books found in the market, are written by a few authors or workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do now see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are a strong learning point in your journey as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots are precious because the ore is excavated, mined and retrieved from the Da Shui Tan quarry which had been flooded by waters since the 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDa Shui Tan ZiNi pots exhibits the same: grayish-purplish-slight brownish hue as the mythical \"Tian Qing Ni pot\" by Zhou Gao Qi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDo own one.  They make amazing tea, with very slight muting effect on any bitterness in the tea leaves during steeping, and heightening their \"refreshed\"-ness and slight sweetness!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta 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Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 delights us with this Pan Hu which is extremely satisfying to look at for hours on end.  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003ePan Hu 番壶, is one of the best shapes passed down through the generations, and a shape that has several iterations and this is one of them that is\u003c\/em\u003e chosen by Senior Master Cao Lan Fang and Assoc Master Zhang Ke for him.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWe are elated that Zhang Huan responded superbly, crafting up this cohesive Pan Hu with Zhang Li 张力。 He also does away with the Tian Ya Di Gai 天压地盖 (\"Heaven presses on Earth\" - Lid) and did the more difficult Jie Gai 截盖 interface.  We also used our Cao Family's Da Shui Tan Zi Ni 大水潭紫泥 for this project, to imbue this Austere cohesive work with Engraving, with the air of understatement and long-lasting handsomeness\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e  Craftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.  For this project, we chose Craftsman Peng Peng to pair with him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTaking all of 4-5 days to be CAREFULLY \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ecrafted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eengraved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZhang Huan and Peng Peng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, followed by a day: 3 rounds of firing, spread over two weeks.  Made affordable by hardworking Zhang Huan and Peng Peng for all of us!!!!  Cherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDa Shui Tan Zi Ni, is the clay that is mined from the same Quarry site as the (mythical) Tian Qing Ni.  The Quarry Pit is named Da Shui Tan Kuang Qu 大水潭矿区。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Get one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts colour is the same as the said Tian Qing Ni.  In fact, there is a joke from Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, as they make their pots from the same Da Shui Tan Zi Ni supplied from our Cao Family: that patrons can possibly buy Craftsman Chen Fa Chu Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots at 1500rmb and sell it off at 10,000-20,000rmb as \"Tian Qing Ni\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Yu enjoys working with this Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  He also wishes to educate all friends to savour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, for its beauty is beguiling, a mixture of purplish, red, brown and grayish Zi Ni components. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREST ASSURED.  No way our trusty Yu Chun Lei and Chen Fa Chu, whom all our Artists have their backs, are going to sell their Da Shui Tan Zi Ni craft works at any inflated, exorbitant and dishonest prices.  We abide by the highest code of honesty in serving our patrons and Museums local and worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther retailers are blatantly and seriously selling their Da Shui Tan pots, but labelling them as \"Tian Qing Ni\" pots and selling at $4,000, $7,000, $10,000!  Regrettably so and take heed to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eGet an authentic Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot from our honest Craftsmen and Artists and be the Wise, Aware and the Learned one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause, we in our fraternity do know, that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni appear the same as the mythical Tian Qing Ni pot.  Both embody the highly similar grayish-purplish hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not ever get fleeced by others selling \"Tian Qing Ni\" works.  Most are even Jigger-machined pots not made from ZiSha at all, and those that are made of ZiSha are actually made from Da Shui Tan Zi Ni instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTian Qing Ni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest rabbit holes for consumers into ZiSha Art and Craft.\u003cbr\u003eFact is:  There is NO certification for Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003eNone of our Grand Masters is ever going to certify any pot work as Tian Qing Ni.  Reputation that they cannot afford to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThey know that Tian Qing Ni exists solely as our imagination, and is a rabbit hole that \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ethey advise everybody not to fall for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey will NEVER advise you nor agree with you to chase down a \"Tian Qing Ni Ore and\/or pot\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey with all the learning behind them, will tell you that, Tian Qing Ni, is a type of ZiSha ore,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.  described only in words by a literati in the Qing Dynasty,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe person is called Zhou Gao Qi 周高起, the book he wrote is Yang Xian Ming Hu Xi 阳羡茗壶系。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240914-WA0009.jpg?v=1732329985\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  however there is ZERO Ore Specimen being handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.  there is also NOT one single pot handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.  Not even Huang Long Yuan 黄龙源 company dare to say they have this mythical Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTherefore, it remains the mythical ore and finished pot, which depending on one's own interpretation of the words written by Zhou Gao Qi, can be \"labelled as Tian Qing Ni.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSee the danger here?  \"depending on one's own interpretation of the words of Zhou Gao Qi.\"  There is no physical specimen ever handed down by him.  No ore nor pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTian Qing Ni is still described in a few publications and \"reference books\" written by certain authors (which many have heard of or bought such publications), but the truth remains that is Tian Qing Ni is as per points Number 1 to 4 above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, do also have the right understanding that:\u003cbr\u003eThere is NO REFERENCE BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY YIXING ZISHA ASSOCIATION.  All publications and books found in the market, are written by a few authors or workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do now see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are a strong learning point in your journey as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots are precious because the ore is excavated, mined and retrieved from the Da Shui Tan quarry which had been flooded by waters since the 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDa Shui Tan ZiNi pots exhibits the same: grayish-purplish-slight brownish hue as the mythical \"Tian Qing Ni pot\" by Zhou Gao Qi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDo own one.  They make amazing tea, with very slight muting effect on any bitterness in the tea leaves during steeping, and heightening their \"refreshed\"-ness and slight sweetness!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by 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\"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 delights us with this Pan Hu which is extremely satisfying to look at for hours on end.  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003ePan Hu 番壶, is one of the best shapes passed down through the generations, and a shape that has several iterations and this is one of them that is\u003c\/em\u003e chosen by Senior Master Cao Lan Fang and Assoc Master Zhang Ke for him.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWe are elated that Zhang Huan responded superbly, crafting up this cohesive Pan Hu with Zhang Li 张力。 He also does away with the Tian Ya Di Gai 天压地盖 (\"Heaven presses on Earth\" - Lid) and did the more difficult Jie Gai 截盖 interface.  We also used our Cao Family's Da Shui Tan Zi Ni 大水潭紫泥 for this project, to imbue this Austere cohesive work with Engraving, with the air of understatement and long-lasting handsomeness\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e  Craftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.  For this project, we chose Craftsman Peng Peng to pair with him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"渊其中 骏其色 是茶仙 有琴德\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e出自《茶经》 形容茶的品质优秀如骏马，茶具像古琴一样有超凡脱俗的美丽。\u003c!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_241228_001217_967.sdocx--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Peng Peng inscribed these words,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich are taken from Cha Jing 茶经,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescribing thus:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehigh quality tea is akin to a handsome horse,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eand high quality teaware is akin to extraordinary beauty.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTaking all of 4-5 days to be CAREFULLY \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ecrafted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eengraved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZhang Huan and Peng Peng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, followed by a day: 3 rounds of firing, spread over two weeks.  Made affordable by hardworking Zhang Huan and Peng Peng for all of us!!!!  Cherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDa Shui Tan Zi Ni, is the clay that is mined from the same Quarry site as the (mythical) Tian Qing Ni.  The Quarry Pit is named Da Shui Tan Kuang Qu 大水潭矿区。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Get one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts colour is the same as the said Tian Qing Ni.  In fact, there is a joke from Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, as they make their pots from the same Da Shui Tan Zi Ni supplied from our Cao Family: that patrons can possibly buy Craftsman Chen Fa Chu Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots at 1500rmb and sell it off at 10,000-20,000rmb as \"Tian Qing Ni\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Yu enjoys working with this Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  He also wishes to educate all friends to savour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, for its beauty is beguiling, a mixture of purplish, red, brown and grayish Zi Ni components. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREST ASSURED.  No way our trusty Yu Chun Lei and Chen Fa Chu, whom all our Artists have their backs, are going to sell their Da Shui Tan Zi Ni craft works at any inflated, exorbitant and dishonest prices.  We abide by the highest code of honesty in serving our patrons and Museums local and worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther retailers are blatantly and seriously selling their Da Shui Tan pots, but labelling them as \"Tian Qing Ni\" pots and selling at $4,000, $7,000, $10,000!  Regrettably so and take heed to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eGet an authentic Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot from our honest Craftsmen and Artists and be the Wise, Aware and the Learned one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause, we in our fraternity do know, that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni appear the same as the mythical Tian Qing Ni pot.  Both embody the highly similar grayish-purplish hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not ever get fleeced by others selling \"Tian Qing Ni\" works.  Most are even Jigger-machined pots not made from ZiSha at all, and those that are made of ZiSha are actually made from Da Shui Tan Zi Ni instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTian Qing Ni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest rabbit holes for consumers into ZiSha Art and Craft.\u003cbr\u003eFact is:  There is NO certification for Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003eNone of our Grand Masters is ever going to certify any pot work as Tian Qing Ni.  Reputation that they cannot afford to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThey know that Tian Qing Ni exists solely as our imagination, and is a rabbit hole that \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ethey advise everybody not to fall for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey will NEVER advise you nor agree with you to chase down a \"Tian Qing Ni Ore and\/or pot\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey with all the learning behind them, will tell you that, Tian Qing Ni, is a type of ZiSha ore,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.  described only in words by a literati in the Qing Dynasty,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe person is called Zhou Gao Qi 周高起, the book he wrote is Yang Xian Ming Hu Xi 阳羡茗壶系。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240914-WA0009.jpg?v=1732329985\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  however there is ZERO Ore Specimen being handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.  there is also NOT one single pot handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.  Not even Huang Long Yuan 黄龙源 company dare to say they have this mythical Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTherefore, it remains the mythical ore and finished pot, which depending on one's own interpretation of the words written by Zhou Gao Qi, can be \"labelled as Tian Qing Ni.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSee the danger here?  \"depending on one's own interpretation of the words of Zhou Gao Qi.\"  There is no physical specimen ever handed down by him.  No ore nor pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTian Qing Ni is still described in a few publications and \"reference books\" written by certain authors (which many have heard of or bought such publications), but the truth remains that is Tian Qing Ni is as per points Number 1 to 4 above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, do also have the right understanding that:\u003cbr\u003eThere is NO REFERENCE BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY YIXING ZISHA ASSOCIATION.  All publications and books found in the market, are written by a few authors or workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do now see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are a strong learning point in your journey as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots are precious because the ore is excavated, mined and retrieved from the Da Shui Tan quarry which had been flooded by waters since the 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDa Shui Tan ZiNi pots exhibits the same: grayish-purplish-slight brownish hue as the mythical \"Tian Qing Ni pot\" by Zhou Gao Qi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDo own one.  They make amazing tea, with very slight muting effect on any bitterness in the tea leaves during steeping, and heightening their \"refreshed\"-ness and slight sweetness!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the Han Tang Shi Piao 汉堂石瓢, created by National Grand Master of The Arts: 徐汉堂 Xu Han Tang.  This is one of his proudest moment, and proudest creation.  It has gained respect from our YiXing ZiSha fraternity, championing and combining four strong adjectives altogether in its reverence: Austere, Gentlemanly, Oriental and Stately.  Combining curves, stylishness and yet exuding old Oriental charm in spades.  Ever since its debut into the ZiSha fraternity, it has swiftly established itself as one of the mainstay Giants of the Shi Piao variations!  Only a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDa Shui Tan Zi Ni, is the clay that is mined from the same Quarry site as the (mythical) Tian Qing Ni.  The Quarry Pit is named Da Shui Tan Kuang Qu 大水潭矿区。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Get one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts colour is the same as the said Tian Qing Ni.  In fact, there is a joke from Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, as they make their pots from the same Da Shui Tan Zi Ni supplied from our Cao Family: that patrons can possibly buy Craftsman Chen Fa Chu Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots at 1500rmb and sell it off at 10,000-20,000rmb as \"Tian Qing Ni\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Yu enjoys working with this Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  He also wishes to educate all friends to savour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, for its beauty is beguiling, a mixture of purplish, red, brown and grayish Zi Ni components. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREST ASSURED.  No way our trusty Yu Chun Lei and Chen Fa Chu, whom all our Artists have their backs, are going to sell their Da Shui Tan Zi Ni craft works at any inflated, exorbitant and dishonest prices.  We abide by the highest code of honesty in serving our patrons and Museums local and worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther retailers are blatantly and seriously selling their Da Shui Tan pots, but labelling them as \"Tian Qing Ni\" pots and selling at $4,000, $7,000, $10,000!  Regrettably so and take heed to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eGet an authentic Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot from our honest Craftsmen and Artists and be the Wise, Aware and the Learned one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause, we in our fraternity do know, that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni appear the same as the mythical Tian Qing Ni pot.  Both embody the highly similar grayish-purplish hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not ever get fleeced by others selling \"Tian Qing Ni\" works.  Most are even Jigger-machined pots not made from ZiSha at all, and those that are made of ZiSha are actually made from Da Shui Tan Zi Ni instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTian Qing Ni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest rabbit holes for consumers into ZiSha Art and Craft.\u003cbr\u003eFact is:  There is NO certification for Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003eNone of our Grand Masters is ever going to certify any pot work as Tian Qing Ni.  Reputation that they cannot afford to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThey know that Tian Qing Ni exists solely as our imagination, and is a rabbit hole that \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ethey advise everybody not to fall for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey will NEVER advise you nor agree with you to chase down a \"Tian Qing Ni Ore and\/or pot\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey with all the learning behind them, will tell you that, Tian Qing Ni, is a type of ZiSha ore,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.  described only in words by a literati in the Qing Dynasty,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe person is called Zhou Gao Qi 周高起, the book he wrote is Yang Xian Ming Hu Xi 阳羡茗壶系。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240914-WA0009.jpg?v=1732329985\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  however there is ZERO Ore Specimen being handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.  there is also NOT one single pot handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.  Not even Huang Long Yuan 黄龙源 company dare to say they have this mythical Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTherefore, it remains the mythical ore and finished pot, which depending on one's own interpretation of the words written by Zhou Gao Qi, can be \"labelled as Tian Qing Ni.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSee the danger here?  \"depending on one's own interpretation of the words of Zhou Gao Qi.\"  There is no physical specimen ever handed down by him.  No ore nor pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTian Qing Ni is still described in a few publications and \"reference books\" written by certain authors (which many have heard of or bought such publications), but the truth remains that is Tian Qing Ni is as per points Number 1 to 4 above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, do also have the right understanding that:\u003cbr\u003eThere is NO REFERENCE BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY YIXING ZISHA ASSOCIATION.  All publications and books found in the market, are written by a few authors or workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do now see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are a strong learning point in your journey as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots are precious because the ore is excavated, mined and retrieved from the Da Shui Tan quarry which had been flooded by waters since the 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDa Shui Tan ZiNi pots exhibits the same: grayish-purplish-slight brownish hue as the mythical \"Tian Qing Ni pot\" by Zhou Gao Qi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDo own one.  They make amazing tea, with very slight muting effect on any bitterness in the tea leaves during steeping, and heightening their \"refreshed\"-ness and slight sweetness!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the Han Tang Shi Piao 汉棠石瓢, created by National Grand Master of The Arts: 徐汉堂 Xu Han Tang.  This is one of his proudest moment, and proudest creation.  It has gained respect from our YiXing ZiSha fraternity, championing and combining four strong adjectives altogether in its reverence: Austere, Gentlemanly, Oriental and Stately.  Combining curves, stylishness and yet exuding old Oriental charm in spades.  Ever since its debut into the ZiSha fraternity, it has swiftly established itself as one of the mainstay Giants of the Shi Piao variations!  Only a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDa Shui Tan Zi Ni, is the clay that is mined from the same Quarry site as the (mythical) Tian Qing Ni.  The Quarry Pit is named Da Shui Tan Kuang Qu 大水潭矿区。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Get one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts colour is the same as the said Tian Qing Ni.  In fact, there is a joke from Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, as they make their pots from the same Da Shui Tan Zi Ni supplied from our Cao Family: that patrons can possibly buy Craftsman Chen Fa Chu Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots at 1500rmb and sell it off at 10,000-20,000rmb as \"Tian Qing Ni\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Yu enjoys working with this Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  He also wishes to educate all friends to savour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, for its beauty is beguiling, a mixture of purplish, red, brown and grayish Zi Ni components. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREST ASSURED.  No way our trusty Yu Chun Lei and Chen Fa Chu, whom all our Artists have their backs, are going to sell their Da Shui Tan Zi Ni craft works at any inflated, exorbitant and dishonest prices.  We abide by the highest code of honesty in serving our patrons and Museums local and worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther retailers are blatantly and seriously selling their Da Shui Tan pots, but labelling them as \"Tian Qing Ni\" pots and selling at $4,000, $7,000, $10,000!  Regrettably so and take heed to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eGet an authentic Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot from our honest Craftsmen and Artists and be the Wise, Aware and the Learned one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause, we in our fraternity do know, that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni appear the same as the mythical Tian Qing Ni pot.  Both embody the highly similar grayish-purplish hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not ever get fleeced by others selling \"Tian Qing Ni\" works.  Most are even Jigger-machined pots not made from ZiSha at all, and those that are made of ZiSha are actually made from Da Shui Tan Zi Ni instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTian Qing Ni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest rabbit holes for consumers into ZiSha Art and Craft.\u003cbr\u003eFact is:  There is NO certification for Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003eNone of our Grand Masters is ever going to certify any pot work as Tian Qing Ni.  Reputation that they cannot afford to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThey know that Tian Qing Ni exists solely as our imagination, and is a rabbit hole that \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ethey advise everybody not to fall for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey will NEVER advise you nor agree with you to chase down a \"Tian Qing Ni Ore and\/or pot\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey with all the learning behind them, will tell you that, Tian Qing Ni, is a type of ZiSha ore,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.  described only in words by a literati in the Qing Dynasty,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe person is called Zhou Gao Qi 周高起, the book he wrote is Yang Xian Ming Hu Xi 阳羡茗壶系。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240914-WA0009.jpg?v=1732329985\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  however there is ZERO Ore Specimen being handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.  there is also NOT one single pot handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.  Not even Huang Long Yuan 黄龙源 company dare to say they have this mythical Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTherefore, it remains the mythical ore and finished pot, which depending on one's own interpretation of the words written by Zhou Gao Qi, can be \"labelled as Tian Qing Ni.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSee the danger here?  \"depending on one's own interpretation of the words of Zhou Gao Qi.\"  There is no physical specimen ever handed down by him.  No ore nor pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTian Qing Ni is still described in a few publications and \"reference books\" written by certain authors (which many have heard of or bought such publications), but the truth remains that is Tian Qing Ni is as per points Number 1 to 4 above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, do also have the right understanding that:\u003cbr\u003eThere is NO REFERENCE BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY YIXING ZISHA ASSOCIATION.  All publications and books found in the market, are written by a few authors or workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do now see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are a strong learning point in your journey as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots are precious because the ore is excavated, mined and retrieved from the Da Shui Tan quarry which had been flooded by waters since the 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDa Shui Tan ZiNi pots exhibits the same: grayish-purplish-slight brownish hue as the mythical \"Tian Qing Ni pot\" by Zhou Gao Qi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDo own one.  They make amazing tea, with very slight muting effect on any bitterness in the tea leaves during steeping, and heightening their \"refreshed\"-ness and slight sweetness!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 delights us with this Pan Hu which is extremely satisfying to look at for hours on end.  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003ePan Hu 番壶, is one of the best shapes passed down through the generations, and a shape that has several iterations and this is one of them that is\u003c\/em\u003e chosen by Senior Master Cao Lan Fang and Assoc Master Zhang Ke for him.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWe are elated that Zhang Huan responded superbly, crafting up this cohesive Pan Hu with Zhang Li 张力。 He also does away with the Tian Ya Di Gai 天压地盖 (\"Heaven presses on Earth\" - Lid) and did the more difficult Jie Gai 截盖 interface.  We also used our Cao Family's Da Shui Tan Zi Ni 大水潭紫泥 for this project, to imbue this Austere cohesive work with Engraving, with the air of understatement and long-lasting handsomeness\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e  Craftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your 甌use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.  For this project, we chose Craftsman Peng Peng to pair with him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"全嫩黄金涌, 芽香紫甌裁\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e唐朝 Tang Dynasty's Famed Poet, 杜牧 Du Mu's poem\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e《题茶山》\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe two characters 壁 and 甌 in ancient times, are characters which are used interchangeably, what we Chinese term as 通用字。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTaking all of 4-5 days to be CAREFULLY \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ecrafted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eengraved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZhang Huan and Peng Peng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, followed by a day: 3 rounds of firing, spread over two weeks.  Made affordable by hardworking Zhang Huan and Peng Peng for all of us!!!!  Cherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDa Shui Tan Zi Ni, is the clay that is mined from the same Quarry site as the (mythical) Tian Qing Ni.  The Quarry Pit is named Da Shui Tan Kuang Qu 大水潭矿区。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Get one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts colour is the same as the said Tian Qing Ni.  In fact, there is a joke from Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, as they make their pots from the same Da Shui Tan Zi Ni supplied from our Cao Family: that patrons can possibly buy Craftsman Chen Fa Chu Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots at 1500rmb and sell it off at 10,000-20,000rmb as \"Tian Qing Ni\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Yu enjoys working with this Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  He also wishes to educate all friends to savour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, for its beauty is beguiling, a mixture of purplish, red, brown and grayish Zi Ni components. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREST ASSURED.  No way our trusty Yu Chun Lei and Chen Fa Chu, whom all our Artists have their backs, are going to sell their Da Shui Tan Zi Ni craft works at any inflated, exorbitant and dishonest prices.  We abide by the highest code of honesty in serving our patrons and Museums local and worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther retailers are blatantly and seriously selling their Da Shui Tan pots, but labelling them as \"Tian Qing Ni\" pots and selling at $4,000, $7,000, $10,000!  Regrettably so and take heed to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eGet an authentic Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot from our honest Craftsmen and Artists and be the Wise, Aware and the Learned one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause, we in our fraternity do know, that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni appear the same as the mythical Tian Qing Ni pot.  Both embody the highly similar grayish-purplish hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not ever get fleeced by others selling \"Tian Qing Ni\" works.  Most are even Jigger-machined pots not made from ZiSha at all, and those that are made of ZiSha are actually made from Da Shui Tan Zi Ni instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTian Qing Ni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest rabbit holes for consumers into ZiSha Art and Craft.\u003cbr\u003eFact is:  There is NO certification for Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003eNone of our Grand Masters is ever going to certify any pot work as Tian Qing Ni.  Reputation that they cannot afford to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThey know that Tian Qing Ni exists solely as our imagination, and is a rabbit hole that \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ethey advise everybody not to fall for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey will NEVER advise you nor agree with you to chase down a \"Tian Qing Ni Ore and\/or pot\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey with all the learning behind them, will tell you that, Tian Qing Ni, is a type of ZiSha ore,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.  described only in words by a literati in the Qing Dynasty,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe person is called Zhou Gao Qi 周高起, the book he wrote is Yang Xian Ming Hu Xi 阳羡茗壶系。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240914-WA0009.jpg?v=1732329985\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  however there is ZERO Ore Specimen being handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.  there is also NOT one single pot handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.  Not even Huang Long Yuan 黄龙源 company dare to say they have this mythical Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTherefore, it remains the mythical ore and finished pot, which depending on one's own interpretation of the words written by Zhou Gao Qi, can be \"labelled as Tian Qing Ni.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSee the danger here?  \"depending on one's own interpretation of the words of Zhou Gao Qi.\"  There is no physical specimen ever handed down by him.  No ore nor pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTian Qing Ni is still described in a few publications and \"reference books\" written by certain authors (which many have heard of or bought such publications), but the truth remains that is Tian Qing Ni is as per points Number 1 to 4 above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, do also have the right understanding that:\u003cbr\u003eThere is NO REFERENCE BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY YIXING ZISHA ASSOCIATION.  All publications and books found in the market, are written by a few authors or workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do now see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are a strong learning point in your journey as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots are precious because the ore is excavated, mined and retrieved from the Da Shui Tan quarry which had been flooded by waters since the 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDa Shui Tan ZiNi pots exhibits the same: grayish-purplish-slight brownish hue as the mythical \"Tian Qing Ni pot\" by Zhou Gao Qi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDo own one.  They make amazing tea, with very slight muting effect on any bitterness in the tea leaves during steeping, and heightening their \"refreshed\"-ness and slight sweetness!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" 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each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 delights us with this Pan Hu which is extremely satisfying to look at for hours on end.  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003ePan Hu 番壶, is one of the best shapes passed down through the generations, and a shape that has several iterations and this is one of them that is\u003c\/em\u003e chosen by Senior Master Cao Lan Fang and Assoc Master Zhang Ke for him.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWe are elated that Zhang Huan responded superbly, crafting up this cohesive Pan Hu with Zhang Li 张力。 He also does away with the Tian Ya Di Gai 天压地盖 (\"Heaven presses on Earth\" - Lid) and did the more difficult Jie Gai 截盖 interface.  We also used our Cao Family's Da Shui Tan Zi Ni 大水潭紫泥 for this project, to imbue this Austere cohesive work with Engraving, with the air of understatement and long-lasting handsomeness\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e  Craftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your 甌use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.  For this project, we chose Craftsman Peng Peng to pair with him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTaking all of 4-5 days to be CAREFULLY \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ecrafted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eengraved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZhang Huan and Peng Peng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, followed by a day: 3 rounds of firing, spread over two weeks.  Made affordable by hardworking Zhang Huan and Peng Peng for all of us!!!!  Cherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDa Shui Tan Zi Ni, is the clay that is mined from the same Quarry site as the (mythical) Tian Qing Ni.  The Quarry Pit is named Da Shui Tan Kuang Qu 大水潭矿区。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Get one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts colour is the same as the said Tian Qing Ni.  In fact, there is a joke from Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, as they make their pots from the same Da Shui Tan Zi Ni supplied from our Cao Family: that patrons can possibly buy Craftsman Chen Fa Chu Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots at 1500rmb and sell it off at 10,000-20,000rmb as \"Tian Qing Ni\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Yu enjoys working with this Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  He also wishes to educate all friends to savour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, for its beauty is beguiling, a mixture of purplish, red, brown and grayish Zi Ni components. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREST ASSURED.  No way our trusty Yu Chun Lei and Chen Fa Chu, whom all our Artists have their backs, are going to sell their Da Shui Tan Zi Ni craft works at any inflated, exorbitant and dishonest prices.  We abide by the highest code of honesty in serving our patrons and Museums local and worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther retailers are blatantly and seriously selling their Da Shui Tan pots, but labelling them as \"Tian Qing Ni\" pots and selling at $4,000, $7,000, $10,000!  Regrettably so and take heed to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eGet an authentic Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot from our honest Craftsmen and Artists and be the Wise, Aware and the Learned one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause, we in our fraternity do know, that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni appear the same as the mythical Tian Qing Ni pot.  Both embody the highly similar grayish-purplish hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not ever get fleeced by others selling \"Tian Qing Ni\" works.  Most are even Jigger-machined pots not made from ZiSha at all, and those that are made of ZiSha are actually made from Da Shui Tan Zi Ni instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTian Qing Ni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest rabbit holes for consumers into ZiSha Art and Craft.\u003cbr\u003eFact is:  There is NO certification for Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003eNone of our Grand Masters is ever going to certify any pot work as Tian Qing Ni.  Reputation that they cannot afford to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThey know that Tian Qing Ni exists solely as our imagination, and is a rabbit hole that \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ethey advise everybody not to fall for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey will NEVER advise you nor agree with you to chase down a \"Tian Qing Ni Ore and\/or pot\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey with all the learning behind them, will tell you that, Tian Qing Ni, is a type of ZiSha ore,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.  described only in words by a literati in the Qing Dynasty,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe person is called Zhou Gao Qi 周高起, the book he wrote is Yang Xian Ming Hu Xi 阳羡茗壶系。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240914-WA0009.jpg?v=1732329985\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  however there is ZERO Ore Specimen being handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.  there is also NOT one single pot handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.  Not even Huang Long Yuan 黄龙源 company dare to say they have this mythical Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTherefore, it remains the mythical ore and finished pot, which depending on one's own interpretation of the words written by Zhou Gao Qi, can be \"labelled as Tian Qing Ni.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSee the danger here?  \"depending on one's own interpretation of the words of Zhou Gao Qi.\"  There is no physical specimen ever handed down by him.  No ore nor pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTian Qing Ni is still described in a few publications and \"reference books\" written by certain authors (which many have heard of or bought such publications), but the truth remains that is Tian Qing Ni is as per points Number 1 to 4 above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, do also have the right understanding that:\u003cbr\u003eThere is NO REFERENCE BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY YIXING ZISHA ASSOCIATION.  All publications and books found in the market, are written by a few authors or workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do not see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are a strong learning point in your journey as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots are precious because the ore is excavated, mined and retrieved from the Da Shui Tan quarry which had been flooded by waters since the 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDa Shui Tan ZiNi pots exhibits the same: grayish-purplish-slight brownish hue as the mythical \"Tian Qing Ni pot\" by Zhou Gao Qi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDo own one.  They make amazing tea, with very slight muting effect on any bitterness in the tea leaves during steeping, and heightening their \"refreshed\"-ness and slight sweetness!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the Han Tang Shi Piao 汉堂石瓢, created by National Grand Master of The Arts: 徐汉堂 Xu Han Tang.  This is one of his proudest moment, and proudest creation.  It has gained respect from our YiXing ZiSha fraternity, championing and combining four strong adjectives altogether in its reverence: Austere, Gentlemanly, Oriental and Stately.  Combining curves, stylishness and yet exuding old Oriental charm in spades.  Ever since its debut into the ZiSha fraternity, it has swiftly established itself as one of the mainstay Giants of the Shi Piao variations!  Only a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDa Shui Tan Zi Ni, is the clay that is mined from the same Quarry site as the (mythical) Tian Qing Ni.  The Quarry Pit is named Da Shui Tan Kuang Qu 大水潭矿区。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Get one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts colour is the same as the said Tian Qing Ni.  In fact, there is a joke from Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, as they make their pots from the same Da Shui Tan Zi Ni supplied from our Cao Family: that patrons can possibly buy Craftsman Chen Fa Chu Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots at 1500rmb and sell it off at 10,000-20,000rmb as \"Tian Qing Ni\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Yu enjoys working with this Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  He also wishes to educate all friends to savour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, for its beauty is beguiling, a mixture of purplish, red, brown and grayish Zi Ni components. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREST ASSURED.  No way our trusty Yu Chun Lei and Chen Fa Chu, whom all our Artists have their backs, are going to sell their Da Shui Tan Zi Ni craft works at any inflated, exorbitant and dishonest prices.  We abide by the highest code of honesty in serving our patrons and Museums local and worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther retailers are blatantly and seriously selling their Da Shui Tan pots, but labelling them as \"Tian Qing Ni\" pots and selling at $4,000, $7,000, $10,000!  Regrettably so and take heed to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eGet an authentic Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot from our honest Craftsmen and Artists and be the Wise, Aware and the Learned one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause, we in our fraternity do know, that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni appear the same as the mythical Tian Qing Ni pot.  Both embody the highly similar grayish-purplish hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not ever get fleeced by others selling \"Tian Qing Ni\" works.  Most are even Jigger-machined pots not made from ZiSha at all, and those that are made of ZiSha are actually made from Da Shui Tan Zi Ni instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTian Qing Ni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest rabbit holes for consumers into ZiSha Art and Craft.\u003cbr\u003eFact is:  There is NO certification for Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003eNone of our Grand Masters is ever going to certify any pot work as Tian Qing Ni.  Reputation that they cannot afford to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThey know that Tian Qing Ni exists solely as our imagination, and is a rabbit hole that \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ethey advise everybody not to fall for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey will NEVER advise you nor agree with you to chase down a \"Tian Qing Ni Ore and\/or pot\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey with all the learning behind them, will tell you that, Tian Qing Ni, is a type of ZiSha ore,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.  described only in words by a literati in the Qing Dynasty,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe person is called Zhou Gao Qi 周高起, the book he wrote is Yang Xian Ming Hu Xi 阳羡茗壶系。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240914-WA0009.jpg?v=1732329985\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  however there is ZERO Ore Specimen being handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.  there is also NOT one single pot handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.  Not even Huang Long Yuan 黄龙源 company dare to say they have this mythical Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTherefore, it remains the mythical ore and finished pot, which depending on one's own interpretation of the words written by Zhou Gao Qi, can be \"labelled as Tian Qing Ni.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSee the danger here?  \"depending on one's own interpretation of the words of Zhou Gao Qi.\"  There is no physical specimen ever handed down by him.  No ore nor pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTian Qing Ni is still described in a few publications and \"reference books\" written by certain authors (which many have heard of or bought such publications), but the truth remains that is Tian Qing Ni is as per points Number 1 to 4 above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, do also have the right understanding that:\u003cbr\u003eThere is NO REFERENCE BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY YIXING ZISHA ASSOCIATION.  All publications and books found in the market, are written by a few authors or workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do now see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are a strong learning point in your journey as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots are precious because the ore is excavated, mined and retrieved from the Da Shui Tan quarry which had been flooded by waters since the 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDa Shui Tan ZiNi pots exhibits the same: grayish-purplish-slight brownish hue as the mythical \"Tian Qing Ni pot\" by Zhou Gao Qi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDo own one.  They make amazing tea, with very slight muting effect on any bitterness in the tea leaves during steeping, and heightening their \"refreshed\"-ness and slight sweetness!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by 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\"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do not see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do 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processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by 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mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking 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NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang 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style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be 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style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePRESENTING the Ji Zhi 汲直  ZiSha model famously created by Chen Man Sheng 陈曼生。\u003c\/span\u003eChen Man Sheng is a famous calligrapher and painter in the Qing period.  He also is the governor of an area what is YiXing now.  H\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ee is a famous literati and he also loves ZiSha Art.  He designed ZiSha Art and is prolific at it.  Man Sheng's 18 Styles 曼生十八式 pots are FAMOUS within the ZiSha fraternity and continue to this date, an amazing 18 styles of legendary classics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJi An 汲黯  is a famous Minister of the Han Wu Di era and he is well-known for his honesty, frankness and Straightforward-ness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e直 is 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Craftsman.  \u003cbr\u003e4.  Cohesiveness:  heavily time-consuming, as Zhang Huan has to undergo many pieces before deciding on the most cohesive one to match up.   As much as experience comes in: Zhang Huan can look over the ten to fifteen pieces of handles on the work bench and look over at the Ji Zhi body, sometimes the defining decision HAS to come when he attaches the handle onto the body and only when the rubber meets the tarmac, can he make the final decision to stick with it, or to detach it and put up another one.  Back and forth, he finally forms up the decided specimen onto the body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSenior Master Cao and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng chose this special Tai Xi Zi Ni for Zhang Huan to craft this beautiful Ji Zhi ZiSha work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta 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style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, roughly horizontal lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\" 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and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the Han Tang Shi Piao 汉堂石瓢, created by National Grand Master of The Arts: 徐汉堂 Xu Han Tang.  This is one of his proudest moment, and proudest creation.  It has gained respect from our YiXing ZiSha fraternity, championing and combining four strong adjectives altogether in its reverence: Austere, Gentlemanly, Oriental and Stately.  Combining curves, stylishness and yet exuding old Oriental charm in spades.  Ever since its debut into the ZiSha fraternity, it has swiftly established itself as one of the mainstay Giants of the Shi Piao variations!  Only a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDa Shui Tan Zi Ni, is the clay that is mined from the same Quarry site as the (mythical) Tian Qing Ni.  The Quarry Pit is named Da Shui Tan Kuang Qu 大水潭矿区。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Get one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts colour is the same as the said Tian Qing Ni.  In fact, there is a joke from Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, as they make their pots from the same Da Shui Tan Zi Ni supplied from our Cao Family: that patrons can possibly buy Craftsman Chen Fa Chu Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots at 1500rmb and sell it off at 10,000-20,000rmb as \"Tian Qing Ni\"!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Yu enjoys working with this Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  He also wishes to educate all friends to savour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni, for its beauty is beguiling, a mixture of purplish, red, brown and grayish Zi Ni components. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREST ASSURED.  No way our trusty Yu Chun Lei and Chen Fa Chu, whom all our Artists have their backs, are going to sell their Da Shui Tan Zi Ni craft works at any inflated, exorbitant and dishonest prices.  We abide by the highest code of honesty in serving our patrons and Museums local and worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther retailers are blatantly and seriously selling their Da Shui Tan pots, but labelling them as \"Tian Qing Ni\" pots and selling at $4,000, $7,000, $10,000!  Regrettably so and take heed to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eGet an authentic Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot from our honest Craftsmen and Artists and be the Wise, Aware and the Learned one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause, we in our fraternity do know, that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni appear the same as the mythical Tian Qing Ni pot.  Both embody the highly similar grayish-purplish hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not ever get fleeced by others selling \"Tian Qing Ni\" works.  Most are even Jigger-machined pots not made from ZiSha at all, and those that are made of ZiSha are actually made from Da Shui Tan Zi Ni instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTian Qing Ni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest rabbit holes for consumers into ZiSha Art and Craft.\u003cbr\u003eFact is:  There is NO certification for Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003eNone of our Grand Masters is ever going to certify any pot work as Tian Qing Ni.  Reputation that they cannot afford to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThey know that Tian Qing Ni exists solely as our imagination, and is a rabbit hole that \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ethey advise everybody not to fall for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey will NEVER advise you nor agree with you to chase down a \"Tian Qing Ni Ore and\/or pot\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey with all the learning behind them, will tell you that, Tian Qing Ni, is a type of ZiSha ore,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.  described only in words by a literati in the Qing Dynasty,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe person is called Zhou Gao Qi 周高起, the book he wrote is Yang Xian Ming Hu Xi 阳羡茗壶系。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240914-WA0009.jpg?v=1732329985\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  however there is ZERO Ore Specimen being handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3.  there is also NOT one single pot handed down by him to anybody else,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.  Not even Huang Long Yuan 黄龙源 company dare to say they have this mythical Tian Qing Ni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTherefore, it remains the mythical ore and finished pot, which depending on one's own interpretation of the words written by Zhou Gao Qi, can be \"labelled as Tian Qing Ni.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSee the danger here?  \"depending on one's own interpretation of the words of Zhou Gao Qi.\"  There is no physical specimen ever handed down by him.  No ore nor pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTian Qing Ni is still described in a few publications and \"reference books\" written by certain authors (which many have heard of or bought such publications), but the truth remains that is Tian Qing Ni is as per points Number 1 to 4 above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, do also have the right understanding that:\u003cbr\u003eThere is NO REFERENCE BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY YIXING ZISHA ASSOCIATION.  All publications and books found in the market, are written by a few authors or workers who have gathered their own specimens of ores through the years, and they wrote these books based on what their own sampling and perception is.  YiXing ZiSha Association and their working Ceramic professors and Grand Masters do not reference themselves with these books.\u003cbr\u003eWe at RealZiSha, we do know these few authors personally, we do meet them personally regularly and have tea with them.  We maintain our cordiality and courtesy with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Artists, Grand Masters, we, do maintain our stance and maintain our core principles.  Many things are common sense, and should never be hyped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, in YiXing, in fact, nobody in our proper fraternity talk about clays much.  The unscrupulous ore sellers or pot sellers always say that, as long as a customer walk in very concerned about various types of ores and clays, these customers are \"easy meat\".  Please do not be one of these customers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe focus on Craftsmanship.  All YiXing ZiSha (properly mined, picked against the impurities) are equally good in our eyes, hands, and the tea we steep them with.\u003cbr\u003eBe a true ZiSha wise aficionado and learned person, focussing of simply two points:  1)Craftsmanship, and 2)as long as it is YiXing ZiSha, it is good ZiSha.   Don't pay for hyped up clays with many advertised ore photos and fanciful names.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy affordable ZiSha works by our Craftsmen and Artists :-D !!!\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupport PROPER Da Shui Tan Zi Ni.  Although they are affordable, do not ever think that Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is not precious.  It is.  Just that we price it with a honest conscience at affordable prices.  Yes, just because they are priced affordably here, please do not see them as lesser.  It is just that Craftsman Chen and us just do the proper thing.  Remember, you can\/are going to bring this pot to meet us anytime in YiXing and have tea with our Master Artists and Grand Masters possibly, and tell them you acquired this from Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Chen Fa Chu or Assoc Master Yu Chun Lei (who had crafted Da Shui Tan Zi Ni works for you) at the price you paid.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eYour Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pot here is a source of pride and joy, albeit being affordable.   This Da Shui Tan Zi Ni is precious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe strongly recommend you to purchase our Da Shui Tan Zi Ni Zi Sha works by Master Yu Chun Lei, Craftsman Zhang Huan and Craftsman Chen Fa Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKindly do because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are a strong learning point in your journey as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese Da Shui Tan Zi Ni pots are precious because the ore is excavated, mined and retrieved from the Da Shui Tan quarry which had been flooded by waters since the 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDa Shui Tan ZiNi pots exhibits the same: grayish-purplish-slight brownish hue as the mythical \"Tian Qing Ni pot\" by Zhou Gao Qi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDo own one.  They make amazing tea, with very slight muting effect on any bitterness in the tea leaves during steeping, and heightening their \"refreshed\"-ness and slight sweetness!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, jagged lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench 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perfection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis curved mini-architecture is amazing: if you hold the lid up and look UNDERNEATH each of the two curved \"pillar\" sides, you will notice the hollow \"cave\" reaches horizontally deep all the way to the inner edge, meaning Zhang Huan did not play cheat to prop up the two pillar sides with additional clay!  This comes at great expense of expertise, persistence to the core of Fully-Handmade Craftsmanship, and Zhang Huan says he is stubborn on this, so that the lid will NOT bogged down by extra weight:\u003cbr\u003eThe result presented to you the patron, being,\u003cbr\u003eThe Lid looks svelte, and holds up light and refreshing as well!\u003cbr\u003eKudos to Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282747.jpg?v=1737801067\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282748.jpg?v=1737801082\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery lovingly built in, are TWO evenly matched and symmetrical circular openings.\u003cbr\u003eFully-Handmade ZiSha will never be perfect, but Zhang Huan amazes us with his execution!  Arch, curve, finesse, symmetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring crafting: Settling down this slice of svelte and slim curved piece onto the lid, and joining them into one whole piece of lid, is gruelling enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYet Zhang Huan accomplishes all with deftness, extreme care and finesse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, just like a crane lowering a delicate crown onto the foundation, the setting of the piece of arched ZiSha slab onto the lid, is extremely difficult.  This arch piece is wide, gently raked unlike a higher-domed structure, and being ZiSha delicate and tender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is just bewildering that this can be executed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAny mistake or unnecessary pressure, will distort this piece, and he has to redo it with ANOTHER arch structure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHis savoir-faire amazes and sometimes even dumbfounds us, who always believed in him!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe arch and curve of the lid's top, if you look and examine carefully, actually joins the convexity of the main body's shoulder curve!:\u003cbr\u003eThe overall result is that, with this Tian Ya Di Gai  lid-to-body interface, the lid adorably looks being popped up by the two rims.\u003cbr\u003e:-D exceedingly cute, gratifying, satisfying and COMFORTABLE to the eyes.\u003cbr\u003eA long-lasting shape that will never go out of style.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eTopping it up, is the choice of the choice of our special Tai Xi Zi Ni!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSenior Master Cao and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng chose this special Tai Xi Zi Ni for Zhang Huan to craft this beautiful Ji Zhi ZiSha work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111240.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111249.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111259.jpg?v=1737779153\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this affordable price, we never jack up.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one!  Make it a happy camper and showpiece on your tea table serving two to three pax :-D even more so as the 载体 Zai Ti of the Tai Xi Zi Ni, is this staggeringly built and brilliantly crafted Niu Gai Lian Zi.  We all thank Zhang Huan and cherish him to bits!  Thank you Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, roughly horizontal lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\" 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!!!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe lid is a staggering work of Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMost Niu Gai Lian Zi's lids are either made:\u003cbr\u003e1.  taller,\u003cbr\u003eand\/or,\u003cbr\u003e2.  with a steeper, higher-raked angle starting from the rim rising up faster to the top, reaching the top plateau faster.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121811.jpg?v=1737779154\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121925_de3a5c1f-0235-4ce2-ae4f-22fa384fa9aa.jpg?v=1737779166\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg 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the lid up and look UNDERNEATH each of the two curved \"pillar\" sides, you will notice the hollow \"cave\" reaches horizontally deep all the way to the inner edge, meaning Zhang Huan did not play cheat to prop up the two pillar sides with additional clay!  This comes at great expense of expertise, persistence to the core of Fully-Handmade Craftsmanship, and Zhang Huan says he is stubborn on this, so that the lid will NOT bogged down by extra weight:\u003cbr\u003eThe result presented to you the patron, being,\u003cbr\u003eThe Lid looks svelte, and holds up light and refreshing as well!\u003cbr\u003eKudos to Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282747.jpg?v=1737801067\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282748.jpg?v=1737801082\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery lovingly built in, are TWO evenly matched and symmetrical circular openings.\u003cbr\u003eFully-Handmade ZiSha will never be perfect, but Zhang Huan amazes us with his execution!  Arch, curve, finesse, symmetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring crafting: Settling down this slice of svelte and slim curved piece onto the lid, and joining them into one whole piece of lid, is gruelling enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYet Zhang Huan accomplishes all with deftness, extreme care and finesse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, just like a crane lowering a delicate crown onto the foundation, the setting of the piece of arched ZiSha slab onto the lid, is extremely difficult.  This arch piece is wide, gently raked unlike a higher-domed structure, and being ZiSha delicate and tender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is just bewildering that this can be executed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAny mistake or unnecessary pressure, will distort this piece, and he has to redo it with ANOTHER arch structure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHis savoir-faire amazes and sometimes even dumbfounds us, who always believed in him!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe arch and curve of the lid's top, if you look and examine carefully, actually joins the convexity of the main body's shoulder curve!:\u003cbr\u003eThe overall result is that, with this Tian Ya Di Gai  lid-to-body interface, the lid adorably looks being popped up by the two rims.\u003cbr\u003e:-D exceedingly cute, gratifying, satisfying and COMFORTABLE to the eyes.\u003cbr\u003eA long-lasting shape that will never go out of style.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eTopping it up, is the choice of the choice of our special Tai Xi Zi Ni!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSenior Master Cao and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng chose this special Tai Xi Zi Ni for Zhang Huan to craft this beautiful Ji Zhi ZiSha work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111240.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111249.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111259.jpg?v=1737779153\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this affordable price, we never jack up.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one!  Make it a happy camper and showpiece on your tea table serving two to three pax :-D even more so as the 载体 Zai Ti of the Tai Xi Zi Ni, is this staggeringly built and brilliantly crafted Niu Gai Lian Zi.  We all thank Zhang Huan and cherish him to bits!  Thank you Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most 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work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this low price.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere 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Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 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success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are crazily committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is vital to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe 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Artwork, engages and requires a different form of grace, 禅 and operation from the user during use.  They all direct the practitioner, towards a common endpoint.  We, when we sit down in YiXing and chat about amongst all our Artists and Craftsmen, from Lu Xue Feng to Zhang Xue Lei, from Zhang Ke to Shao Shun Sheng, from Chen Fa Chu to Yuan Hui, all strongly believe that.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere, presenting the, Ji Zhi pot 汲直壶。An outstanding, very beautiful Fully-Handmade ZiSha work.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan, performed this for all of us friends: An exquisitely charming and Oriental ZiSha Art piece,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePRESENTING the Ji Zhi 汲直  ZiSha model famously created by Chen Man Sheng 陈曼生。\u003c\/span\u003eChen Man Sheng is a famous calligrapher and painter in the Qing 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home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's 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processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three 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you dearest ZiSha friends :-D !!!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe lid is a staggering work of Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMost Niu Gai Lian Zi's lids are either made:\u003cbr\u003e1.  taller,\u003cbr\u003eand\/or,\u003cbr\u003e2.  with a steeper, higher-raked angle starting from the rim rising up faster to the top, reaching the top plateau faster.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121811.jpg?v=1737779154\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121925_de3a5c1f-0235-4ce2-ae4f-22fa384fa9aa.jpg?v=1737779166\" 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perfection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis curved mini-architecture is amazing: if you hold the lid up and look UNDERNEATH each of the two curved \"pillar\" sides, you will notice the hollow \"cave\" reaches horizontally deep all the way to the inner edge, meaning Zhang Huan did not play cheat to prop up the two pillar sides with additional clay!  This comes at great expense of expertise, persistence to the core of Fully-Handmade Craftsmanship, and Zhang Huan says he is stubborn on this, so that the lid will NOT bogged down by extra weight:\u003cbr\u003eThe result presented to you the patron, being,\u003cbr\u003eThe Lid looks svelte, and holds up light and refreshing as well!\u003cbr\u003eKudos to Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282747.jpg?v=1737801067\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282748.jpg?v=1737801082\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery lovingly built in, are TWO evenly matched and symmetrical circular openings.\u003cbr\u003eFully-Handmade ZiSha will never be perfect, but Zhang Huan amazes us with his execution!  Arch, curve, finesse, symmetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring crafting: Settling down this slice of svelte and slim curved piece onto the lid, and joining them into one whole piece of lid, is gruelling enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYet Zhang Huan accomplishes all with deftness, extreme care and finesse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, just like a crane lowering a delicate crown onto the foundation, the setting of the piece of arched ZiSha slab onto the lid, is extremely difficult.  This arch piece is wide, gently raked unlike a higher-domed structure, and ZiSha, being extremely delicate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is just hugely admirable that this can be executed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAny mistake or unnecessary pressure, will distort this piece, and he has to redo it with ANOTHER arch structure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHis savoir-faire amazes and sometimes even dumbfounds us, who always believed in him!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe arch and curve of the lid's top, if you look and examine carefully, actually joins the convexity of the main body's shoulder curve!:\u003cbr\u003eThe overall result is that, with this Tian Ya Di Gai  lid-to-body interface, the lid adorably looks being popped up by the two rims.\u003cbr\u003e:-D exceedingly cute, gratifying, satisfying and COMFORTABLE to the eyes.\u003cbr\u003eA long-lasting shape that will never go out of style.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eTopping it up, is the choice of the choice of our special Tai Xi Zi Ni!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSenior Master Cao and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng chose this special Tai Xi Zi Ni for Zhang Huan to craft this beautiful Ji Zhi ZiSha work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111240.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111249.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111259.jpg?v=1737779153\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this affordable price, we never jack up.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one!  Make it a happy camper and showpiece on your tea table serving two to three pax :-D even more so as the 载体 Zai Ti of the Tai Xi Zi Ni, is this staggeringly built and brilliantly crafted Niu Gai Lian Zi.  We all thank Zhang Huan and cherish him to bits!  Thank you Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery Fully-Handmade ZiSha work, presents a different form of Oriental charm and, every different ZiSha Teapot Artwork, engages and requires a different form of grace, 禅 and operation from the user during use.  They all direct the practitioner, towards a common endpoint.  We, when we sit down in YiXing and chat about amongst all our Artists and Craftsmen, from Lu Xue Feng to Zhang Xue Lei, from Zhang Ke to Shao Shun Sheng, from Chen Fa Chu to Yuan Hui, all strongly believe that.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere, presenting the, Ji Zhi pot 汲直壶。An outstanding, very beautiful Fully-Handmade ZiSha work.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan, performed this for all of us friends: An exquisitely charming and Oriental ZiSha Art piece,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePRESENTING the Ji Zhi 汲直  ZiSha model famously created by Chen Man Sheng 陈曼生。\u003c\/span\u003eChen Man Sheng is a famous calligrapher and painter in the Qing period.  He also is the governor of an area what is YiXing now.  H\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ee is a famous literati and he also loves ZiSha Art.  He designed ZiSha Art and is prolific at it.  Man Sheng's 18 Styles 曼生十八式 pots are FAMOUS within the ZiSha fraternity and continue to this date, an amazing 18 styles of legendary classics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJi An 汲黯  is a famous Minister of the Han Wu Di era and he is well-known for his honesty, frankness and Straightforward-ness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e直 is Straight.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeing a person of good honest character and 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in narrower and merges upwards with the sculpted lid dome shoulder, and then upwards culminating in a delicately and carefully formed lid knob by Zhang Huan.  The characteristic spout of the Ji Zhi historic work is beautifully mastered and executed under the auspices of Senior Masters as well.\u003cbr\u003eProbably the most demanding is the handle of the Ji Zhi:\u003cbr\u003e1.  It is slim, and flimsy to work with, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2.  Though slim, it is formed flatter in cross-section so as to enhance amazing comfort and ergonomics while handling this fine Art piece,\u003cbr\u003e3.  The curves are bewildering to form correctly, as once bent, it cannot be \"unbent\"\/straightened again and re-bent.  It has to be formed with decisive movements by the Craftsman.  \u003cbr\u003e4.  Cohesiveness:  heavily time-consuming, as Zhang Huan has to undergo many pieces before deciding on the most cohesive one to match up.   As much as experience comes in: Zhang Huan can look over the ten to fifteen pieces of handles on the work bench and look over at the Ji Zhi body, sometimes the defining decision HAS to come when he attaches the handle onto the body and only when the rubber meets the tarmac, can he make the final decision to stick with it, or to detach it and put up another one.  Back and forth, he finally forms up the decided specimen onto the body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSenior Master Cao and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng chose this special Tai Xi Zi Ni for Zhang Huan to craft this beautiful Ji Zhi ZiSha work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our 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home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of 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Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with 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success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are crazily committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is vital to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, roughly horizontal lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\" 🌿👐🎋\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413982572694,"sku":null,"price":308.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250215_123445_f410a248-5973-404a-91c6-6ab416d9278c.jpg?v=1739617218"},{"product_id":"niu-gai-lian-zi-牛盖莲子-227-3ml-tai-xi-zi-ni-台西紫泥-by-our-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Niu Gai Lian Zi 牛盖莲子, 227.3ml, *Tai Xi Zi Ni 台西紫泥, by our Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢。","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChosen by Senior Masters Lu Xu Feng and Cao Lan Fang again, this is an immensely sleek and svelte looking Niu Gai Lian Zi, tasking 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alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121928_57b440b2-b4b1-4b57-a2c3-91753e199159.jpg?v=1737779166\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121954.jpg?v=1737779154\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHowever, here is the staggering form, executed to PERFECTION by Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt has the most gradual rake, and indeed, curving in a perfect ARCH, as part of a sector of an imaginary big circle.\u003cbr\u003eNot just that, this curve is repeated EVENLY from ALL side angles!\u003cbr\u003eZhang Huan spent many hours doing the Shang Ming Zhen 上明针 stage for this lid top to achieve 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src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282747.jpg?v=1737801067\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282748.jpg?v=1737801082\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery lovingly built in, are TWO evenly matched and symmetrical circular openings.\u003cbr\u003eFully-Handmade ZiSha will never be perfect, but Zhang Huan amazes us with his execution!  Arch, curve, finesse, symmetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring crafting: Settling down this slice of svelte and slim curved piece onto the lid, and joining them into one whole piece of lid, is gruelling enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYet Zhang Huan accomplishes all with deftness, extreme care and finesse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, just like a crane lowering a delicate crown onto the foundation, the setting of the piece of arched ZiSha slab onto the lid, is extremely difficult.  This arch piece is wide, gently raked unlike a higher-domed structure, and ZiSha, being extremely delicate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is just hugely admirable that this can be executed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAny mistake or unnecessary pressure, will distort this piece, and he has to redo it with ANOTHER arch structure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHis savoir-faire amazes and sometimes even dumbfounds us, who always believed in him!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe arch and curve of the lid's top, if you look and examine carefully, actually 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src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111240.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111249.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111259.jpg?v=1737779153\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this affordable price, we never jack up.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one!  Make it a happy camper and showpiece on your tea table serving two to three pax :-D even more so as the 载体 Zai Ti of the Tai Xi Zi Ni, is this staggeringly built and brilliantly crafted Niu Gai Lian Zi.  We all thank Zhang Huan and cherish him to bits!  Thank you Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta 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src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121925_de3a5c1f-0235-4ce2-ae4f-22fa384fa9aa.jpg?v=1737779166\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121928_57b440b2-b4b1-4b57-a2c3-91753e199159.jpg?v=1737779166\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121954.jpg?v=1737779154\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHowever, here is the staggering form, executed to PERFECTION by Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt has the most gradual rake, and indeed, curving in a perfect ARCH, as part of a sector of an imaginary big circle.\u003cbr\u003eNot just that, this curve is repeated EVENLY from ALL side angles!\u003cbr\u003eZhang Huan spent many hours doing the Shang Ming Zhen 上明针 stage for this lid top to achieve perfection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis curved mini-architecture is amazing: if you hold the lid up and look UNDERNEATH each of the two curved \"pillar\" sides, you will notice the hollow \"cave\" reaches horizontally deep all the way to the inner edge, meaning Zhang Huan did not play cheat to prop up the two pillar sides with additional clay!  This comes at great expense of expertise, persistence to the core of Fully-Handmade Craftsmanship, and Zhang Huan says he is stubborn on this, so that the lid will NOT bogged down by extra weight:\u003cbr\u003eThe result presented to you the patron, being,\u003cbr\u003eThe Lid looks svelte, and holds up light and refreshing as well!\u003cbr\u003eKudos to Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282747.jpg?v=1737801067\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282748.jpg?v=1737801082\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery lovingly built in, are TWO evenly matched and symmetrical circular openings.\u003cbr\u003eFully-Handmade ZiSha will never be perfect, but Zhang Huan amazes us with his execution!  Arch, curve, finesse, symmetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring crafting: Settling down this slice of svelte and slim curved piece onto the lid, and joining them into one whole piece of lid, is gruelling enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYet Zhang Huan accomplishes all with deftness, extreme care and finesse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, just like a crane lowering a delicate crown onto the foundation, the setting of the piece of arched ZiSha slab onto the lid, is extremely difficult.  This arch piece is wide, gently raked unlike a higher-domed structure, and ZiSha, being extremely delicate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is just hugely admirable that this can be executed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAny mistake or unnecessary pressure, will distort this piece, and he has to redo it with ANOTHER arch structure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHis savoir-faire amazes and sometimes even dumbfounds us, who always believed in him!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe arch and curve of the lid's top, if you look and examine carefully, actually joins the convexity of the main body's shoulder curve!:\u003cbr\u003eThe overall result is that, with this Tian Ya Di Gai  lid-to-body interface, the lid adorably looks being popped up by the two rims.\u003cbr\u003e:-D exceedingly cute, gratifying, satisfying and COMFORTABLE to the eyes.\u003cbr\u003eA long-lasting shape that will never go out of style.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eTopping it up, is the choice of the choice of our special Tai Xi Zi Ni!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSenior Master Cao and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng chose this special Tai Xi Zi Ni for Zhang Huan to craft this beautiful Ji Zhi ZiSha work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111240.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111249.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111259.jpg?v=1737779153\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this affordable price, we never jack up.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one!  Make it a happy camper and showpiece on your tea table serving two to three pax :-D even more so as the 载体 Zai Ti of the Tai Xi Zi Ni, is this staggeringly built and brilliantly crafted Niu Gai Lian Zi.  We all thank Zhang Huan and cherish him to bits!  Thank you Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta 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Fang again, this is an immensely sleek and svelte looking Niu Gai Lian Zi, tasking Craftsman Zhang Huan to perform for all of you dearest ZiSha friends :-D !!!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe lid is a staggering work of Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMost Niu Gai Lian Zi's lids are either made:\u003cbr\u003e1.  taller,\u003cbr\u003eand\/or,\u003cbr\u003e2.  with a steeper, higher-raked angle starting from the rim rising up faster to the top, reaching the top plateau faster.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_121811.jpg?v=1737779154\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg 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angles!\u003cbr\u003eZhang Huan spent many hours doing the Shang Ming Zhen 上明针 stage for this lid top to achieve perfection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis curved mini-architecture is amazing: if you hold the lid up and look UNDERNEATH each of the two curved \"pillar\" sides, you will notice the hollow \"cave\" reaches horizontally deep all the way to the inner edge, meaning Zhang Huan did not play cheat to prop up the two pillar sides with additional clay!  This comes at great expense of expertise, persistence to the core of Fully-Handmade Craftsmanship, and Zhang Huan says he is stubborn on this, so that the lid will NOT bogged down by extra weight:\u003cbr\u003eThe result presented to you the patron, being,\u003cbr\u003eThe Lid looks svelte, and holds up light and refreshing as well!\u003cbr\u003eKudos to Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282747.jpg?v=1737801067\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282748.jpg?v=1737801082\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery lovingly built in, are TWO evenly matched and symmetrical circular openings.\u003cbr\u003eFully-Handmade ZiSha will never be perfect, but Zhang Huan amazes us with his execution!  Arch, curve, finesse, symmetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring crafting: Settling down this slice of svelte and slim curved piece onto the lid, and joining them into one whole piece of lid, is gruelling enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYet Zhang Huan accomplishes all with deftness, extreme care and finesse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, just like a crane lowering a delicate crown onto the foundation, the setting of the piece of arched ZiSha slab onto the lid, is extremely difficult.  This arch piece is wide, gently raked unlike a higher-domed structure, and ZiSha, being extremely delicate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is just hugely admirable that this can be executed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAny mistake or unnecessary pressure, will distort this piece, and he has to redo it with ANOTHER arch structure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHis savoir-faire amazes and sometimes even dumbfounds us, who always believed in him!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe arch and curve of the lid's top, if you look and examine carefully, actually 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src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111240.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111249.jpg?v=1737779154\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111259.jpg?v=1737779153\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this affordable price, we never jack up.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one!  Make it a happy camper and showpiece on your tea table serving two to three pax :-D even more so as the 载体 Zai Ti of the Tai Xi Zi Ni, is this staggeringly built and brilliantly crafted Niu Gai Lian Zi.  We all thank Zhang Huan and cherish him to bits!  Thank you Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with 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success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta 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the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in 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Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with 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the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in 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Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with 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the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in 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'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with 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the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, roughly horizontal lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\" 🌿👐🎋\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44844241715350,"sku":null,"price":173.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250331_001636.jpg?v=1743357706"},{"product_id":"qie-gua-茄瓜-160-9ml-di-cao-qing-zi-ni-底槽青紫泥-by-our-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Qie Gua 茄瓜, 160.9ml, Di Cao Qing Zi Ni 底槽青紫泥, by our Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢。","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQie Gua 茄瓜, Di Cao Qing Zi Ni 底槽青紫泥, by our Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢。\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, 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the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most 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with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang 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charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, roughly horizontal lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\" 🌿👐🎋\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965429084310,"sku":null,"price":173.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250428_200736.jpg?v=1745843763"},{"product_id":"niu-gai-lian-zi-牛盖莲子-225-8ml-tai-xi-zi-ni-台西紫泥-by-our-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Niu Gai Lian Zi 牛盖莲子, 225.8ml, *Tai Xi Zi Ni 台西紫泥, by our Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢 ~ Congratulations to Prof Y.H.T, 0954hrs 11th May 2025, Venice, CA.","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChosen by Senior Masters Lu Xu Feng and Cao Lan Fang again, this is an immensely sleek and svelte looking Niu Gai Lian Zi, tasking Craftsman Zhang Huan to perform for all of you dearest ZiSha friends :-D !!!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250511_162633.jpg?v=1746975505\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe lid is a staggering work of Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMost Niu Gai Lian Zi's lids are either made:\u003cbr\u003e1.  taller,\u003cbr\u003eand\/or,\u003cbr\u003e2.  with a steeper, higher-raked angle starting from the rim rising up faster to the top, reaching the top plateau faster.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" 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most gradual rake, and indeed, curving in a perfect ARCH, as part of a sector of an imaginary big circle.\u003cbr\u003eNot just that, this curve is repeated EVENLY from ALL side angles!\u003cbr\u003eZhang Huan spent many hours doing the Shang Ming Zhen 上明针 stage for this lid top to achieve perfection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis curved mini-architecture is amazing: if you hold the lid up and look UNDERNEATH each of the two curved \"pillar\" sides, you will notice the hollow \"cave\" reaches horizontally deep all the way to the inner edge, meaning Zhang Huan did not play cheat to prop up the two pillar sides with additional clay!  This comes at great expense of expertise, persistence to the core of Fully-Handmade Craftsmanship, and Zhang Huan says he is stubborn on this, so that the lid will NOT bogged down by extra weight:\u003cbr\u003eThe result presented to you the patron, being,\u003cbr\u003eThe Lid looks svelte, and holds up light and refreshing as well!\u003cbr\u003eKudos to Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282747.jpg?v=1737801067\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000282748.jpg?v=1737801082\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery lovingly built in, are TWO evenly matched and symmetrical circular openings.\u003cbr\u003eFully-Handmade ZiSha will never be perfect, but Zhang Huan amazes us with his execution!  Arch, curve, finesse, symmetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring crafting: Settling down this slice of svelte and slim curved piece onto the lid, and joining them into one whole piece of lid, is gruelling enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYet Zhang Huan accomplishes all with deftness, extreme care and finesse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Friends, just like a crane lowering a delicate crown onto the foundation, the setting of the piece of arched ZiSha slab onto the lid, is extremely difficult.  This arch piece is wide, gently raked unlike a higher-domed structure, and ZiSha, being extremely delicate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is just hugely admirable that this can be executed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAny mistake or unnecessary pressure, will distort this piece, and he has to redo it with ANOTHER arch structure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHis savoir-faire amazes and sometimes even dumbfounds us, who always believed in him!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe arch and curve of the lid's top, if you look and examine carefully, actually joins the convexity of the main body's shoulder curve!:\u003cbr\u003eThe overall result is that, with this Tian Ya Di Gai  lid-to-body interface, the lid adorably looks being popped up by the two rims.\u003cbr\u003e:-D exceedingly cute, gratifying, satisfying and COMFORTABLE to the eyes.\u003cbr\u003eA long-lasting shape that will never go out of style.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eTopping it up, is the choice of the choice of our special Tai Xi Zi Ni!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSenior Master Cao and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng chose this special Tai Xi Zi Ni for Zhang Huan to craft this beautiful Ji Zhi ZiSha work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111240.jpg?v=1737779154\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111249.jpg?v=1737779154\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250125_111259.jpg?v=1737779153\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTai Xi Zi Ni, is the peculiar clay that is mined from the already collapsed and sealed Quarry site, the Tai Xi quarry.  The Quarry Pit is named Tai Xi Kuang 台西矿。It is an extinct clay per se.  Whatever is left in our inventory, will never be renewed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Tai Xi Zi Ni, not just being authentic, is sold to true connoisseurs at this affordable price, we never jack up.  Dear Friends, this is superb quality Tai Xi Zi Ni.  Do procure at least one!  Make it a happy camper and showpiece on your tea table serving two to three pax :-D even more so as the 载体 Zai Ti of the Tai Xi Zi Ni, is this staggeringly built and brilliantly crafted Niu Gai Lian Zi.  We all thank Zhang Huan and cherish him to bits!  Thank you Zhang Huan!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, roughly horizontal lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\" 🌿👐🎋\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44988927443094,"sku":null,"price":302.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250511_162420.jpg?v=1746975505"},{"product_id":"qing-shi-gong-deng-清式宫灯-140-3ml-xiao-hong-ni-小红泥-by-our-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Qing Shi Gong Deng《清式宫灯》, 140.3ml, Xiao Hong Ni 小红泥, by our Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, Emgraving by Craftsman Pe'eng Pe'eng 芃芃。~ Congratulations to Ms M.!!! 1044hrs 17th July 2025, Phoenix, AZ!","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e《清式宫灯》Qing Shi Gong Deng\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZhang Huan is back, his previous batch of twenty to thirty pots crafted between April and May and fired in late May, all suffered deformations (Zi Ye Shi Piao and De Zhong).  He is of course undeterred.  Life goes on.  We cheer for Zhang Huan!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, chosen by Senior Masters Lu Xu Feng and Cao Lan Fang, is this Qing Shi Gong Deng《清式宫灯》model for Zhang Huan to craft for all of you friends, and,\u003cbr\u003eIN XIAO HONG NI!!! :-D. Yi-Lei and ian chose the verses for Engraving Craftsman Pe'eng Pe'eng, while Pe'en Pe'en exercises her own artistic direction for the delicate Bamboo engraving.  Xiao Hong Ni is excellent for premium Aged Sheng Pu Er 生普洱, and Shu Pu Er 熟普洱, and Oolong types e.g. Yan Cha 岩茶 and Dan Cong 单丛。\u003cbr\u003eXiao Hong Ni is chosen amongst the team for all of you, accounting for ZiSha model chosen, volume and overall aura to be achieved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, this time we partnered him with Pe'eng Pe'eng the lady Engraving Craftsman to pamper us with her delightful Calligraphy and Bamboo Engraving!\u003cbr\u003eAssuming the user is right-handed,\u003cbr\u003eCalligraphy faces the Tea Master,\u003cbr\u003e\"桑麻松竹明真趣,  诗酒琴棋识素心\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e这是一副蕴含生活情趣与精神追求的对联。上联“桑麻松竹”通过田园元素展现自然质朴的生活状态，下联“诗酒琴棋”则体现文人雅士的文化修养与精神追求，二者结合凸显了自然与人文的和谐共生\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst stanza, saying that it 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they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta 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style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, roughly horizontal lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45206571876502,"sku":null,"price":331.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250718_002157.jpg?v=1752769509"},{"product_id":"meng-chen-san-zu-孟臣三足-187-6ml-xiao-hong-ni-小红泥-by-our-craftsman-zhang-huan-张欢","title":"Meng Chen San Zu《孟臣三足》, 187.6ml, Xiao Hong Ni 小红泥, by our Craftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, Engraving by Craftsman Pe'eng Pe'eng 芃芃。~ Congratulations to Ms S.M.!!, 1827hrs 17th July 2025, Velden! 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chosen amongst the team for all of you, accounting for ZiSha model chosen, volume and overall aura to be achieved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, this time we partnered him with Pe'eng Pe'eng the lady Engraving Craftsman to pamper us with her delightful Calligraphy and Flower Engraving!\u003cbr\u003eAssuming the user is right-handed,\u003cbr\u003eCalligraphy faces the Guests,\u003cbr\u003e\"及时当勉励,  岁月不待人\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e这首诗出自东晋诗人陶渊明的《杂诗十二首·其一》,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e通过感慨时光易逝，劝诫人们珍惜当下、奋发有为。\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoem behoves us to take the chances now, for time is never waiting for us.  Poem encourages us to make the wisest use of the time now, and motivates us to strive diligently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250717_173400.jpg?v=1752766552\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlum Blossoms pictorial engraving faces the Tea Master,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250717_173316.jpg?v=1752766552\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta 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Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here 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'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; 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Yi-Lei and ian chose the verses for Engraving Craftsman Pe'eng Pe'eng, while Pe'en Pe'en exercises her own artistic direction for the delicate Bamboo engraving.  Xiao Hong Ni is excellent for premium Aged Sheng Pu Er 生普洱, and Shu Pu Er 熟普洱, and Oolong types e.g. Yan Cha 岩茶 and Dan Cong 单丛。\u003cbr\u003eXiao Hong Ni is chosen amongst the team for all of you, accounting for ZiSha model chosen, volume and overall aura to be achieved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, this time we partnered him with Pe'eng Pe'eng the lady Engraving Craftsman to pamper us with her delightful Calligraphy and Plum Blossoms Engraving!\u003cbr\u003eAssuming the user is right-handed,\u003cbr\u003eCalligraphy faces the Guests,\u003cbr\u003e\"幽姿”指梅花沉静淡泊的姿态，不流于世俗纷扰。“少年场”象征年少时的热闹场景或功名追逐，词人以此暗喻自己虽才华出众却远离权贵，选择坚守清高品格。\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“幽姿”指梅花沉静淡泊的姿态，不流于世俗纷扰。“少年场”象征年少时的热闹场景或功名追逐，词人以此暗喻自己虽才华出众却远离权贵，选择坚守清高品格。\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e淡妆浓抹总相宜-这句进一步强化梅花不畏风雪、超然物外的特质。词人以梅花喻己，即便人生经历飘零坎坷，仍保持高洁心志。\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoth stanzas encourages us to remain steadfast in character; never dipping one's feet into the noise and fracas that exuberant youths may find themselves constantly surrounded with; inspires us to admire the Plum Blossoms for they are able to live through the heat of summer and yet remain strong and bloom in the winter despite snow and even frosty conditions!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250718_170152.jpg?v=1752856464\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlum Blossoms pictorial engraving faces the Tea Master,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250718_170017_0.jpg?v=1752855972\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eCraftsman Zhang Huan 张欢, since young, has embarked on his journey of crafting Austere ZiSha works of HIGH QUALITY.  He had been noticed and hand-picked by Senior Cao Lan Fang and Senior Master Lu Xue Feng over observation of the past decade, and they have taken him in as their very hardworking disciple and CORE COLLEAGUE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141822.jpg?v=1734872428\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/1000141818.jpg?v=1734872444\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/IMG-20240512-WA0007_1cba6dd0-8e90-4588-a03d-2e75357bf2fc.jpg?v=1734872475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years of perfecting further his already polished skills, his works have consistently been given more than a nod by our Artists, be it Senior Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng, Assoc Master Li Yan Ru, Assoc Master Du Cheng Yao.  Craftsman Zhang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, and he also works closely with Yi Xiao Ran (featured in our home page video) and also Chen Fa Chu (together both being the longest serving Craftsmen with us).  Craftsman Zhang Huan is naturally gifted, and extremely dedicated to perfecting his Art.  His works have been noticed and appraised highly.  The lines and detailing of his pots are unmatched for their prices.  His lines and detailing speak of his EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot.  The lines and detailing speak of his fighting through his years from very challenging family conditions since young.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly a very well-trained, experienced and skilful Craftsman will be able to understand the curves and proportions perfectly, and here beautifully captured and crafted by Craftsman Zhang Huan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b70000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhao's works are highly scrutinised by our Senior Masters, and deemed to be ready for you, delectable for your use and a long lasting permanent ZiSha work in your collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 70% success rate, i.e. fire 3, and two will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~190ml to suit anything between a single to three persons' tea session!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgain, another\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etremendous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elabor of love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Zhang Huan.  It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZhang Huan works with Senior Master Cao Lan Fang in her studio and all works are AMAZING high performance and high value.  Take one home fast and savour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis formidable, archetypically ZiSha classic craft and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCraftsman Zhang thanks you for your kindest support of his Work and adopting his work on your tea table while you steep teas for yourself and your family and Friends! Thank you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold one, hold up one, swing his work around.  Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work.  Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you.  The whole piece grow on you because 1) he takes reference from what the Senior Masters chose for him, 2) and he amazingly crafts them up EXACTLY as to what the Senior Masters want from him: extreme fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section.  Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of \"fully-handmade zisha\" pots.\u003c\/strong\u003e  These latter JM\/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle.  Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob.  \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss.  For example, the worker being \"passed the baton\" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, \u003cstrong\u003ewith nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout.  Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e  Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away.  Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.\n\u003cp\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003cbr\u003eThe keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eExplained, https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/blogs\/news\/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.\u003c\/span\u003e   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 27, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIf he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[For ZiSha models\/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.\u003cbr\u003eThank you Friends!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Senior Masters have given Craftsman Zhang Huan the full blessings with all of us.  He is fully-fledged at RealZiSha.  Most important, after all the hard work,\u003cbr\u003eWe are very happy that he is now with all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting Zhang Huan and his hard-worked and fine-worked Pieces for you.  One by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlso to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Zhang Huan; During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftsladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench.  Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she\/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body.  Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab.  Thus you are \"enjoying\" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot.  Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks.  And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTake note that these Ni Deng Wen lines are CONVEX AND PROTRUDING OUTWARDS from the flat clay slab wall, not marked inwards.  They protrude *out* due to them being complementary to the worn and cut *in* lines on the wooden bench the Craftsman is working on.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherefore, do cherish and have fun admiring the discontinuous, roughly horizontal lines on your pot's inner walls, are called, the 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen \"Workbench Lines\/Marks\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"realzisha.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45207730651286,"sku":null,"price":331.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/files\/20250718_164740.jpg?v=1752855864"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3684\/4694\/collections\/1000141819.jpg?v=1715504728","url":"https:\/\/www.realzisha.com\/en-au\/collections\/craftsman-zhang-huan-%e5%bc%a0%e6%ac%a2%e8%80%81%e5%b8%88.oembed?page=17","provider":"realzisha.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}