Craftsman Wan Jia Lin 万佳琳 also joins us at RealZisha, with her introduction of this Red Jiang Po Ni Work! We are happy to work with her. She is also Craftsman Chen Fa Chu's friend and we are growing in strength. She will be working on great ZiSha works for all of us to own and savour. This is her very beautifully crafted Shui Ping.
Here, she applied the rarer Red Jiang Po Ni (compared to yellow or standard Jiang Po Ni) to this classic Shui Ping ZiSha work. The price is as usual at RealZiSha: extremely affordable at a steal: $266 only.
Also to be cherished and witnessed in this ZiSha Work, you : observe besides the usual important, critical and beautiful hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade ZiSha pot, this pot has the discontinuous and roughly horizontal marks evident on the inner walls, and these are called the: 泥凳纹 Ni Deng Wen, which are the marks left on the clay slab, complementary to the marks on the workbench of the Craftsman Wan. During the making of FHM ZiSha pots, the Craftladies and Craftsmen will be using tools to cut the clay slabs, etc, and these cutting strokes will leave marks on the studio workbench. Especially the first major forceful cut across the table to delineate the clay she/he wants to utilize to form the main body of the body. Thus when the craftsman subsequently pound the clay slab on the workbench, these marks will be etched onto the clay slab. Thus you are "enjoying" the additional natural hallmarks of a Fully-Handmade pot. Even a partially handmade pot will not show these marks. And those fake, those Jigger-machined pots may show CONCENTRIC continuous circular lines, usually all parallel to one another, and extremely uniform.
Ian provides amazing service, and this pot is a true work of art!
Ian provides amazing service, and this pot is a true work of art!
I’m extremely satisfied with this teapot. It’s an excellent size for brewing sheng pu’er, and the craftsmanship is beautiful. Many thanks to craftsman Gu Xiao Ming for his excellent work. I highly recommend Real Zisha to any tea enthusiast looking for a quality teapot. Thank you!
I feel so blessed and honored to own a teapot from this master. She knew my vision and created exactly what I wanted. It is beyond exquisite and it will never fail to put me in awe.
Truly special ore. Look up eggplant zini famed in the Qing dynasty. Felt slightly Sandy at first (in an unadulterated clay positive manner) but after the first few sessions the teapot is becoming more smooth and vibrant. So grateful for your craft cultural preservation!
I can't get enough of this beautiful piece: the color, the shape, the warmth while leaves are infusing, the resulting tea taste (mostly ripe Pu-erh for this one)... The best purchase I ever did, probably; I'll cherise this all my life, thank you for your work.