Double Blue Lines Tea Filter

Made of white porcelain, this tea set is fired with a pure, transparent glaze and decorated with painstakingly hand-painted double blue lines.

The filter net on the bottom is made of an environmentally-friendly nonwoven fabric, fine and close. Therefore, it serves well to filter tea leaves out of the tea liquid.

Features

The nonwoven fabric or cloth in the filter is a fabric-like material made of long fibers bonded together through chemical, mechanical, solvent, heat, or another type of treatment. Nonwoven fabrics have many beneficial advantages such as improved absorbance; liquid repellence; resilience and softness; flame resistance and thermal insulation; and, of course, filtration. The fabrics used are nontoxic and cheap to produce as well.

White porcelain - As a traditional type of Chinese porcelain among celadon (青瓷), blue and white (青花瓷), and painted porcelain (彩瓷), white porcelain (白瓷) has a low iron content and is covered in a clean, transparent glaze. Unlike painted porcelain, it has neither patterns nor a colorful appearance, instead maintaining its pure, bright white natural color.

Double lines - Known as xuán wén (玄纹), the double-line style is one of the most classic lined ornamentations in Chinese ceramic art. It stands with the lotus, dragon, and phoenix patterns as the most common and best-known. While looking simple, these hand-painted lines require expert craftsmanship and a steady hand to properly paint the straight, parallel lines.

Origin
Located in Fujian province, Dehua County enjoys a great reputation for its ceramic and porcelain crafts. White porcelain from Dehua has a bright, pure white color with great light transmission. The ivory white (象牙白) and Chinese white (中国白) have been well known both at home and abroad from as far back as the Ming and Qing dynasty. He Zongchao, Lin Chaojing, and Zhang Shoushan, among others, were the most famous ceramic artists from Dehuan during the Ming dynasty.