《道•和 四方》"Dao•He Si Fang ~ Tao•Peacefulness in Four Directions", 156.6ml, *4th Quarry Bai Ma Zi Zi Ni 四号井白麻子紫泥, by Craftsman Gao Xiang 高翔 ~!Congratulations to Ms M.L.! 1428hrs 1st May 2026, Phoenix! AZ!

《道•和 四方》"Dao•He Si Fang ~ Tao•Peacefulness in Four Directions!"
Bai Ma Zi Zi Ni 白麻子紫泥 is our family's very special clay, and we want you to notice that it is a type of Zi Ni, not Duan Ni.
Bai Ma Zi Zi Ni 白麻子紫泥 is different from Bai Ma Zi Duan Ni 白麻子段泥 (which needs to be fired at 1370degC).

Under the supervision of Cao An Xiang and Zhang Ke, this time, Craftsman Gao Xiang utilises our Cao Family's 4th Quarry Bai Ma Zi Zi Ni, in crafting this beautiful Tao He Si Fang!
* Dao•He Si Fang 《道•和 四方》*

The design hopes to inspire one's pursuit of The Tao of things, and as a personal deed to wish upon Peace in all directions for all sentient beings, as the Tea Master steeps tea.
Bai Ma Zi Zi Ni is our very special clay!!!  It is a type of Zi Ni, not Duan Ni, and we fire it to 1250degC just as is eludicated here:

"在矿层中偶然出现, 含矿量极少。
烧成后呈褐紫红色调, 胎质纯正温润, 表面黄白色的砂点颗粒丰富而自然, 色泽浑朴古雅。
It appears rarely and occasionally in mineral layers, extremely low ore content (we need to sieve through it carefully and pick out the required ore!).
After firing, it exhibits a BROWNISH-PURPLISH-REDDISH hue, with a pure and WARM texture. The surface is rich in natural YELLOWISH-WHITE particles, giving it a rustic and elegant appearance."
Our Cao Family's 4th Quarry Bai Ma Zi Zi Ni fired at 1250degC:



Lots of YELLOW-WHITE particles! as described.

PRESENTED PROUDLY HERE IN OUR LATEST PRODUCTION, AND COURTESY OF GAO XIANG'S HANDS:
* Dao•He Si Fang 《道•和 四方》*



Our Cao Family's 4th Quarry Bai Ma Zi Zi Ni fired at 1250degC.

Gao Xiang is with you now, crafting beguiling and stunning handy-volumed Polygonal class works for all of you.
Him being a very honest friend whom Zhang Huan, Zhu Shu and Yang Ping Ting respect a lot in their clay sculpting trainings several years ago, all of us managed to convince him, to join us in September 2025!  And yes here he is for all of you friends!   We are all very happy and over the moon!!

Gao Xiang, at age of 31 now, has been particularly fond of small Polygonal class works since fifteen years ago when he picked up and trained hard in Fully-Handmaking works!  He receives of course, the nod of quality by Senior Consummate Master Yuan Hui!  All of the Craftsmen now in the group too are very happy that from now on, they can all complement one another!  Small (100-160ml) Polygonal works are his area of focus and forte, this being is his love which he does best in!  We really hope all of you friends and ZiSha aficionados will agree with our team here that his works are amazing in craftsmanship and artistic direction under the auspices of Senior Consummate Master Yuan Hui!  All afforded at the most affordable price in the market, and of delicate savoir-faire and workmanship!  Very happy that he will now be here permanently with all of you!  A lot of hard work from all of us, and we will continue fighting very hard against all odds, for all of you.   We love our Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and are very grateful and over the moon whenever each piece goes to your homes.

We passed Gao Xiang, our Cao Family’s 4th Quarry Bai Ma Zi Zi Ni that we mined from Huang Long Shan by decades ago.  We continue to support and cheer for dear Craftsman Gao Xiang and thank him for his years of dedication to ZiSha and his love of delicate Polygonal works!








Craftsman Gao Xiang 高翔, presents here, the《道和四方》"Dao He Si Fang, 4th Quarry Bai Ma Zi Zi Ni 四号井白麻子紫泥!
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45-degree 1mm-chamfering, A) At the rim of the opening, B) all around the Lid, C)at the handle, and D) at the lower edges of the body:











The carefully, deftly and diligently crafted hand-pushed in filter for amazing great pour from a small-volume ~155ml work!

Shrinkage of Fully-Handmade ZiSha work:




We wish all our dearest friends in you, to enjoy it, use it, savour it and feel the aura of our Chinese YiXing Art!
Craftsman Gao Xiang is NOW proudly one of us and he will be featuring consistently, with Zhang Huan, Zhu Shu, Yang Pin Ting, Gu Xiao Ming, Chen Fa Chu, et al.  Craftsman Gao Xiang's works are highly scrutinised and praised too!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.

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Cherish it as they do not come easy, with the firing kiln enabling only a 60-70% success rate for this detailed Polygonal + coloured Clay embellishment sculpting Art, i.e. fire 3, and two or less will be successful.  This is SPECIALLY crafted for all of you friends at ~110ml to suit the gungfu solo steeping practice!  Still good for steeping for two people at a sitting!

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Hold 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.  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.  EACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing, 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, with 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.  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.