Qie Gua Lian Xin 茄瓜莲心, 121.6ml, Di Cao Qing Zi Ni 底槽青紫泥, by Craftsman Liu Man Yin 刘曼因。

Dear Friends!  Here, we invite guest Craftsman Liu Man Yin, an old friend of ours, to craft his favourite small Ornate works: here is the Qie Gua Lian Xin.

He noticed an increasing trend and especially friends outside of China, who prefer smaller ZiSha works below 200ml.  Here he crafts this Qie Gua Lian Xin model purposely at the ~120ml capacity!

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BRING ONE HOME, USE IT and you will know all about Fully-Handmade ZiSha, the feel of real and quality YiXing ZiSha, the nurturing of Patina, how the true Patina feels and looks like, the Aura exuded from a Fully-Handmade Pot which others simply can't bring forth, and, Craftsman Liu Man Yin's skills, savour the pour.  You will know everything then.

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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.  Out of 12 pots he makes a month of 30days, 9 pots will survive the kiln firing successfully.  Out of 9 pots, a Craftsman on average sells 7 pots per month.  For ZiSha models/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, time taken will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zhu Ni pots have higher failure rates than Zi Ni and Duan Ni pots too.  Our Craftsmen are crazily 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.

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