Pan Hu 番壶, XiaoMeiYao ZhuNi 小煤窑朱泥, 122.8ml, by Craftsman Zhao Xiao Wei 赵小卫。

122.8ml.

Delicately made, thin-walled, NOT thick-walled, NOR irregular-thickness-walled like those cheating new technology 车一刀 Che Yi Dao 朱泥 pots sprouting up in the market since early 2022. Che Yi Dao involves a swivelling-rotational cutter that goes around a roughly-finished ZhuNi pot to cut the outer surface into a perfect shape. This cutter obliviates the need of accomplished skill of a true Fully-Handmaking Craftsman. Obviously, Che Yi Dao also absolves the need of a skilled FHM Craftsman to 1)pound the slab into a careful thin-slab, 2)paddle-pat the slab into a uniform shape purely manually.

In the utilisation of Che Yi Dao cutter, the worker will just need to 1) roughly pound the slab into a slightly thicker slab. After that the worker rounds up this slab as part of the main body, and will just 2)need to ROUGHLY paddle-pat it into shape. After which he sets up the Che Yi Dao cutter to revolve and cut the body into a perfect shape.
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Pan Hu is the Austere shape and model which all ZiSha collectors must have.

Pan Hu, exudes oriental charm shape, the curves of which are difficult to padde up just nicely, ever so cohesively, with the paddle and hand.

This Pan Hu has an added step and hurdle to overcome and which is the deftly crafted and significantly height-ed Quan Zu 圈足, the Circumferential Foot, to elevate it well up.

The A)roundish ~ tall-ish lid and
B) high-ish Quan Zu, this Pan Hu exudes great oriental charm with simplicity, with a good stance, and a largish presence on your tea table for its small volume!

Skilful Artisan Zhao Xiao Wei crafted up this Pan Hu of thin-wall which is not easy to do right especially with the high (and oft-unpredictable results) shrinkage of XiaoMeiYao ZhuNi.

122.8ml to suit our tea sessions for one to two persons.

Courtesy of hardworking Craftsman: Zhao Xiao Wei 赵小卫。
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He thanks you for your kindest support of his Art!