《福禄石瓢》"Fu Lu Shi Piao", 178.8ml, *Zhi Ma Duan Ni 芝麻段泥, by Craftsman Li Qiu Lin 李秋林 ～ Engraving (Bamboos and Poem) by Craftsman Ruo Xi 若兮!~!🧧Congratulations to Mr J.L.🧧! 1735hrs 22nd Feb 2026, Los Angeles! CA!
《福禄石瓢》"Fu Lu Shi Piao"
ZiSha Art is the most amazing carrier medium, housing Five aspects of Chinese Cultural Arts!
1. Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft,
2. Painting,
3. Calligraphy,
4. Poetry,
5. Engraving Art and Craft.
Hold, Use and Keep relishing all five aspects of our Chinese Culture in your daily life, in solitude, in practice, during hospitality to family and friends alike!
Savour the journey, dearest Friends :-D
Here adoringly, Craftsman Li Qiu Lin 李秋林, crafted this《福禄石瓢》"Fu Lu Shi Piao" after consultation with our uncle Premier Master Cao An Xiang! Fashioning a Shi Piao shape with a,
1) prosperous-meaning, fountain-like spout,
2) a carefully sculpted and ergonomic lid knob,
3) an equally delectable handle: heavily and skilfully sculpted,
4) "topping up" with the three very cute gourd-shaped ~葫芦 Hu Lu~ feet!
福禄寿 Fu, Lu, Shou are the three words which the Chinese love, meaning blessing, ascension in rank, and longevity!
福禄 Fu Lu rhymes with 葫芦 Hu Lu which is the gourd, and for this reason, Chinese like to use the Hu Lu as decorations in the home, and in our art, paintings and sculptural creations!
Craftsman Li Qiu Lin, Chen Yu and Fan Xiao Zhi are back after their projects for four temples’ worth of works as they followed our uncle Cao An Xiang in his travels to the temples. And they will be hard at work crafting for all of you friends again! All of us with Li Qiu Lin wishes you a Happy New Year of The Horse!!!starting with this auspicious 《福禄石瓢》"Fu Lu Shi Piao"!
"一蓑烟雨任平生。"
出自宋代苏轼的《定风波·莫听穿林打叶声》
赏析词人竹杖芒鞋行走在风雨中，本处在艰辛的环境，而词人却走得那么潇洒、悠闲，这种可贵的精神与客观风物交融为一，构成浑然一体的境界，可见诗人鲜活灵动的心灵和达观的精神。
From Su Shi's poem "Ding Feng Bo - Do Not Listen to the Sound of Rain Beating Through the Trees" (Song Dynasty).
The poet walks with a bamboo staff and straw sandals through wind and rain, in a harsh environment, yet he walks with such ease and leisure. This precious spirit blends seamlessly with the objective scenery, creating a unified realm. This reveals the poet's vibrant and agile mind and optimistic spirit.
Bring this home early for more brilliant tea tastings with your guests, as you and your guests appreciate the visual beauty of the Plum Blossoms engraving and reflect upon the verse engraved in Xing Shu 行书 Calligraphy Style by Craftsman Ruo Xi 若兮!
And of course Ruo Xi's sterling engraving of the Bamboos:
THIS Fu Lu Shi Piao has an impressive 2+3+4+3+2 = 14 exit filter holes facilitating tilting and pouring tea out: allows and draws in more tea and presents a higher hydrostatic pressure that results in a strong jet of tea during serving!!! Coupled with the wide aperture spout>>> the jet is strong and fast!
Craftsman Li Qiu Lin delights us this time with the delectable Zhi Ma Duan Ni 芝麻段泥! Zhi Ma Duan "Sesame Seed Duan Ni" is a lovely type of Duan Ni, incorporating much iron as its constituent, amidst the highly porous nature that is Duan Ni!
Zhi Ma 芝麻 Duan Ni 段泥 is thus affectionately named, because of the speckling of iron constituents in generous quantities resemble Sesame Seeds 芝麻 :-D!
Shrinkage of Fully-Handmade ZiSha:
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As with all Art pieces from RealZiSha here presented to all of you dearest Friends, guardians of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art, they are premium pieces availed at the most astounding lowest prices. We want you each of you friends to get the best. You deserve it.
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Craftsman Gu Xiao Ming 顾小明 thanks you dearest friends for your grandest support to the honest and dedicated Craftsmen left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.
Here with us in our happy family of true ZiSha connoisseurs, you witness 90-120 photos taken of EACH Fully-Handmade ZiSha work here.
Compare this to elsewhere: factory bosses of jigger-machining non-zisha pots contribute downstream to their retailers: 5-10 stock photos for each non-zisha pot model, used to sell a stock of 10, 20, 30 jigger-machined non-zisha pots per model. I.e. 5-10 photos to sell hundreds of one model.
We at RealZiSha, take 90-120 photos, fresh, of EACH, ONE, Fully-Handmade ZiSha work. Together with our sacrificial and hardworking Craftsmen and Artists committed to honest true Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft, we at RealZiSha go the eons' distance.
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Explained, 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. Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.
If he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.
If he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.
The 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.
The 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.
All 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.
[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.)]
Our 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.
Thank you Friends!
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