Jing Zhou Shi Piao 景舟石瓢, Zhi Ma Duan Ni 芝麻段泥, 183.9ml, by Craftsman Chen Yu 陈羽; Engraving of Bamboo & Poem in Kai Shu 竹与诗词(楷书)刻绘 by Craftsman Ruo Xi 若兮!
《景舟石瓢》 Jing Zhou Shi Piao
The small Jing Zhou Shi Piao here! at about 180ml only! Jing Zhou Shi Piao is an ultra classic of our ZiSha fraternity, born of the legendary Gu Jing Zhou's genius design mind, and Craftsman Chen Yu embarked upon creating and crafting the smallest Jing Zhou Shi Piao amenable for most tea people's practice in modern times. Keeping the same pretty side silhouette as the prettiest Jing Zhou Shi Piaos known (but often crafted beyond 220ml), our uncle Cao An Xiang advised for a mild lowering (-1mm) of the upper brim/water level line, so that the lid that caps out on top, will be afforded a bigger gap (+1mm) between the ventilation hole below and the top of thd lid kob. This is very important because it creates more space for the Tea Master to grip on the lid knob.
Thank you for Craftsmen Chen Yu for painstakingly mastering this difficult shape, that is the Jing Zhou Shi Piao, making that slight 1mm modification and thereby created this very lovable small volume Jing Zhou Shi Piao! A must-have classic, with engraving of Plum Blossoms and Poem, the hard work and creating this smallest Jing Zhou Shi Piao for all!
Savour this 180ml small volume Jing Zhou Shi Piao!
Compare this to the standard silhouette Jing Zhou Shi Piao which can "only" be easily gripped if the whole Jing Zhou Shi Piao is created large, like this original 600ml piece by the legend Gu Jing Zhou (auctioned at 27,025,000RMB, Year 2015).
Jing Zhou Shi Piao is a must have, Austere shape for every connoisseur!
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!
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
Engraving of the Plum Blossoms
Bring this home early for more brilliant tea tastings with your guests, or by yourself!
Poem in Kai Shu 楷书 Calligraphy Style faces the Guests,
" 玉楼金阙慵归去 且插梅花醉洛阳"
"From Zhu Dunru's "Partridge Sky - Written in the Western Capital" (Song Dynasty):
This line reflects the poet's unwillingness to return to the capital's officialdom. He only wants to engage in poetry and life, befriend nature, expresses the poet's disdain for fame and fortune, as well as his noble and refined character. The entire poem showcases the poet's noble and reclusive sentiments of disdaining fame and fortune and finding space and time in nature.
Dearest friends, enjoy your tea :-)
Engraving of the Plum Blossoms, face the Tea Master (right-handed use)
Thank you to Craftsman Ruo Xi for his Engraving dligence!
Crafted at ~180-190ml to cater for our tea friends who want a small and beautiful Jing Zhou Shi Piao pot for Gung Fu tea steepings, and suitable for one to three persons!
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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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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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