《幽趣》"You Qu", WORLD DEBUT NEW DESIGN (1st Piece) by YiXing's Top Ornate Class Artist L4 Assoc Master Zhang Xue Lei 张雪磊, 助理工艺美术师, *Huang Jin Duan Ni (Golden Duan Ni) 黄金段泥!~!🧧Congratulations to Mr A.A.🧧! 1344hrs 28th Feb 2026, Port Franks! ON Canada🇨🇦!

Presenting to you Friends!!!
YiXing's prodigal and top Ornate Artist, Assoc Master Zhang Xue Lei's WORLD DEBUT piece:
~ WORLD DEBUT NEW DESIGN 1ST PIECE! ~

Signed off by Zhang Xue Lei officially,
"本人 世界首发" ~ Personal, My World Debut of,
"《幽趣》" ~ You Qu!
167.6ml.


Dearest Friends, as we write here post Chinese New Year, yes! our dearest Ornate Prodigy Zhang Xue Lei is back with works for you, after his recent nine months of gruelling work May 2025 ~ Jan 2026:
- 1) crafting supremely exquisite Ornate works for several patrons which you have seen,
- 2) and during this nine months, he has also been concurrently learning the Thin-Walled technique from none other than, National Grand Master of Ceramic Arts, Chen Guo Liang!who also trained Zhang Ke and now also training Senior Consummate Master Yuan Hui!
THIS WORLD DEBUT 《幽趣》"You Qu" IS EXACTLY BORNE OF HIS PERFECTED SKILLS UNDER GRAND MASTER CHEN GUO LIANG, AND NOW PRESENTED GRANDLY FOR LAUNCH FOR THE FORTUNATE OWNER,
THE ICING ON THE CAKE IS THE USE OF PREMIUM:
黄金段泥 HUANG JIN DUAN NI ~ GOLDEN DUAN NI.

He has launched a series of three minor Ornate works between February, March and April 2025:
Sui Han San You《岁寒三友》- as procured by Patron Ms B.T., Delaware on the 23rd Feb 2025: https://www.realzisha.com/products/sui-han-san-you-%E5%B2%81%E5%AF%92%E4%B8%89%E5%8F%8B-three-friends-of-winter-pine-bamboo-plum-blossoms-151-8ml-by-yixings-top-ornate-class-artist-prodigy-l4-assoc-master-zhang-xue-lei-%E5%BC%A0%E9%9B%AA%E7%A3%8A-%E5%8A%A9%E7%90%86%E5%B7%A5%E8%89%BA%E7%BE%8E%E6%9C%AF%E5%B8%88 ,

Ao Han《傲寒》- procured by Patron Mr W., Michigan, 4th March 2025:
https://www.realzisha.com/products/ao-han-%E5%82%B2%E5%AF%92-lao-duan-ni-%E8%80%81%E6%AE%B5%E6%B3%A5-by-yixings-top-ornate-class-artist-prodigy-l4-assoc-master-zhang-xue-lei-%E5%BC%A0%E9%9B%AA%E7%A3%8A-%E5%8A%A9%E7%90%86%E5%B7%A5%E8%89%BA%E7%BE%8E%E6%9C%AF%E5%B8%88 ,

Ao Han《傲寒》- procured by Patron Mr J.C.K., 25th April 2025 : https://www.realzisha.com/products/ao-han-%E5%82%B2%E5%AF%92-standing-tall-majestically-with-perseverance-through-difficult-times-206-6ml-lao-duan-ni-%E8%80%81%E6%AE%B5%E6%B3%A5-by-yixings-top-ornate-class-artist-l4-assoc-master-zhang-xue-lei-%E5%BC%A0%E9%9B%AA%E7%A3%8A-%E5%8A%A9%E7%90%86%E5%B7%A5%E8%89%BA%E7%BE%8E%E6%9C%AF%E5%B8%88 ,

The two gruelling Ornate works, commissioned which he has worked and presented to the two Patrons within the past nine months as well,
https://www.realzisha.com/products/shu-chai-san-you-%E6%9D%9F%E6%9F%B4%E4%B8%89%E5%8F%8B-bundled-three-friends-pine-bamboo-plum-blossoms-by-yixings-top-ornate-class-artist-prodigy-l4-assoc-master-zhang-xue-lei-%E5%BC%A0%E9%9B%AA%E7%A3%8A-%E5%8A%A9%E7%90%86%E5%B7%A5%E8%89%BA%E7%BE%8E%E6%9C%AF%E5%B8%88-commissioned-by-private-collector

https://www.realzisha.com/products/commissioned-work-for-esteemed-mr-e-engel%F0%9F%8C%9E%F0%9F%8D%B5%E2%98%98%EF%B8%8F-assoc-master-zhang-xue-leis-world-debut-ornate-zisha-work-taking-after-the-bristlecone-pine-of-north-america

Now, Assoc Master Zhang Xue Lei has perfected the Savoir-Faire of Thin-Walled ZiSha construction, he has encompassed that into his debut series of Fine Art, Minimalistic Ornate, Small Volume, Thin-Walled Ornate Works to be launched these few months as each come through the kiln about once a month!  Each a totem and emblematic of one's esteemed ZiSha collection of all classes of ZiSha, Austere, Polygonal, Ornate, Segment-Corollary and Top Handles, each a collectable in view of Zhang Xue Lei’s prodigious credentials and upward trajectory in our fraternity!  We are very happy to hereby, launch the second of his WORLD DEBUT SERIES!
His First was the 《佳茗》"Jia Ming" launched on 8th Feb 2026 and astutely procured by Tea Master Mr T.J. of Finland🇫🇮!
He has now completed this Fine Art of a Second piece of Minimalist Ornate Class work, which he proudly presents here the You Qu.  You meaning Quiet, Qu meaning Joy。

Usually Tree Sections (桩类花器) are large and cumbersome to some especially to users who wish to only steep for one or two persons.
Zhang Xue Lei understands that wish, and set upon creating a ~160ml tree stump from premium Huang Jin Duan Ni, to light up a person's delightful solo or two pax cosy session!  He crafted this to be a delightful Tree Section Ornate work AND also the form of a Hun Fang 混方器 ~ Curved Polygonal class work, and sporting a very tight Qian Gai interface!  He avails this at only $950!!

Being of our RealZiSha Family and our Cao Family, it is also presented in our bespoke Fine Casework for the fortunate Owner!
As Zhang Xue Lei always say, "I will never let a work that I cannot be 1000% proud of, leave my studio." 
Congratulations to the Owner to endow his or her tea table with famous Zhang Xue Lei’s piece of Fine Art!
As taken from the Poem,
"静坐得幽趣.  清茶快此生。"
Our Chinese phrase, meaning being,
"Sitting in Meditation, One Arrives at Quiet Joy,
Sipping Clear Tea, We Lead a Joyful Life."
Zhang Xue Lei named this work 幽趣。

Presenting The《幽趣》"You Qu" 167.6ml, Huang Jin Duan Ni 黄金段泥, by Top Ornate Class Artist & Prodigy L4 Assoc Master 张雪磊 Zhang Xue Lei!

Ornate Handle and Spout,







This Tree Section Body that is carefully crafted and patted into shape by Prodigy Master Zhang Xue Lei:
What is convex on the outside, is concave on the inside.
There is no low skilled patching or adding of clay on the outside to created the convex features of the tree.
Rather, Master Zhang Xue Lei, being a masterful Artist: right from the start was intentionally, carefully patting the clay slab, with a clear destination in his mind of WHERE the convexities will be, where the concavities will be.  He also performed Hong Ni (red clay) 红泥 clay sculpting 泥绘 to create the two red-coloured leaves.




Ornate Spout:


Zhang Xue Lei's wise and delightful use of Ornate natural tree features to contain the ventilation hole, much to most of your guests' totally not realizing it at all at first, but later observing the vapour fumes coming off from it!




The SUPER TIGHT QIAN-GAI INTERFACE:

Beyond Zhang Xue Lei's larger works according to our patrons' requests in China, Zhang has also started crafting these smaller pieces, that are PERFECTLY RIGHT on the usable volumes for gungfu steepings for one to two persons.  Primed to suit many people's request for something usable for one, two people's tea savouring session, more austere looking, still bearing his trademark savoir-faire, ingenuity and intricacy, showcasing his skills in a precious Ornate work worthy in future of Museum standards and donations.
Bring home Xue Lei's "YOU QU"《幽趣》!  After receipt of this work, chat with him on Streamyard! Show it on your tea table!  He will both blush and yet be glad and proud too!
Tea Culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha.
Take part in this exciting, fulfilling and enlivening part of the Chinese Culture!

Being of our RealZiSha Family and our Cao Family, it is also presented in our bespoke Fine Casework for the fortunate Owner!

Congratulations to the Owner to endow his or her tea table with famous Zhang Xue Lei’s piece of Fine Art!
https://www.realzisha.com/collections/%E5%BC%A0%E9%9B%AA%E7%A3%8A-%E5%8A%A9%E7%90%86%E5%B7%A5%E8%89%BA%E7%BE%8E%E6%9C%AF%E5%B8%88-zhang-xue-lei-level4-assistant-master-artist

For all our esteemed Patrons' information, Zhang Xue Lei only crafts Ornate works 花器.  He does not craft 光器Austere (e.g. Xi Shi, Fang Gu)/ 方器 Polygonal/ 筋囊器 Segmental-Corollary works for sale.  If you Google and trawl the net, and you find Austere/pure Polygonal/Segmental-Corollary pots "made by Zhang Xue Lei" sold by other retailers, they are all false.  Even if these pots bear "his stamp", they are not his works.  Avoid.  They are all duds (jigger-machined pots or half-handmade factory-line products stamped with Counterfeit Stamps).  And such stamps and certificates from these retailers are faked.  Such Chinese sites of bogus retailers are ubiquitous.  If they are prevalent in China, imagine all the cookie-cut sites in English language currently online and designed to dupe the Westerners.  With AI, such sites can be drafted up really fast, and many retailers cookie-cut and paste photos from Taobao, where they get their central source jigger-machined pots from.  These sources have centralised photo-taking by the sourcing factory, and then distributed to their retailers.

Again, we reiterate, Zhang Xue Lei does not craft Austere/Polygonal/Segmental-Corollary pots for sale.  He only crafts Ornate Class works, and he only avails them with us at RealZiSha.

Imitation is the best form of flattery/acknowledgement.
Zhang Xue Lei is famous, highly recognised and acknowledged now in our fraternity.