《合瓢》 "He Piao", 187.4ml, Hong Jiang Po Ni, by Craftsman Chen Gui Zhi 陈桂枝 (Red JiangPoNi rarer than Yellow JiangPoNi, XiaoMeiYao & ZhaoZhuang ZhuNi)~!🧧Congratulations to Mr M.Y.🧧! 1348hrs 16th Feb 2026, Irvine! CA!

《合瓢》 "He Piao"

He Piao, the Shi Piao variant with lots of attitude, and this is a model that tests the Craftsman’s skill and patience of patting a a flat clay slab rounded up as an initially upright cylinder form.  We trust experienced Chen Gui Zhi to craft this, and she performed extremely well again!  Thank you Chen Gui Zhi!

Use this He Piao with lots of flair, pouring hot water into the pot, covering it and with the trickle of hot water flowing down gradually over the low gradient side walls!  A large expanse to watch in action: the hot water that flows and trickles down and evaporate off all so slowly and gradually!

Both spout and handle, are flamboyant and also functional, with the spout more extended than most, and a generously-looped handle that welcomes your fingers to grip with!
A delight to use.   Not for the faint-hearted!   A head-turner, sleek and clean-looking, being edgy yet totally Chinese traditional and Oriental!





The stunning, svelte and leaf-shaped tripod feet, raises this He Piao up for easy handling off the table:






Shrinkage of Fully-Handmade ZiSha:




Thank you for your grandest support to the honest and dedicated Craftsmen left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.
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(Red Jiang Po Ni is not just rarer than yellow Jiang Po Ni, it is also rarer than Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni and Zhao Zhuang Zhu Ni.)
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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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Skilful Craftsman Chen Gui Zhi, invited by our stalwarts Craftsmen Zhang Huan and Chen Fa Chu!  She officially joins us all at RealZiSha from June 2024 onwards.  Our happy and hardworking family is united for you friends.  Thank you dearest Friends in Tea, for your grandest support to these honest and dedicated Craftsmen left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.