Handmade Landscape Engrave Jing Lan Yixing Teapot

The shape of Jing Lan Teapot comes from the guardrail of Chinese old well. The guardrail can not only protect the wall of well from collapsing, but also prevent people from falling into the well. Also in ancient Chinese poetry it symbolized the homeland.
Teavivre Handmade Landscape Engrave Jing Lan Yixing Teapot is made of rare Jiangpo Ni from Huanglong Mountain and also engraved with exquisite landscape painting and words. This pot gives us the sense of “steady” with flat bottom, flat lid and slightly flat body, which looks squarish. The height of handle is close to the height of body, so when using the pot, we feel that the pot is steady and not tilted. The spout of the pot is short and straight, and the water comes out quickly and smoothly. The mouth of the pot is big, which is convenient for users to put the tea leaves and clean the pot. The lid is tightly connected with the mouth, which guarantees its good air tightness. The button of the pot looks like a bridge with graceful shape, which brought a sense of wisdom to the flat and straight Jing Lan Teapot.

Painting: Engraves a peaceful landscape scenery.

Words: 百川归海(Bǎi chuān guī hǎi), refers to all the streams and rivers flowing into the sea

Material

Xiang Po Ni: This clay was occasionally found in the early 90s when the Yixing government opened the “pottery capital road” from Dingshan to Yixing. This road must pass through the junction slope of Huanglong Mountain and Qinglong Mountain. In order to smooth the slope, the workers began to dig the slope and then found some Zisha raw ore, which was named “Xiangpo Ni” and also names “Gangpo Ni” by local people.
“Xiangpo Ni” was discovered by accident and its stock is scarce. The characteristics are: light brown in the primary color, after firing turning to red with yellow, fresh color with obvious granular sensation, after seasoning the surface becoming “oil and wax”. It is a good variety of Zisha clay.

The Maker - Sun Wen

The maker of this teapot is Sun Wen who is a young female potter. She was born in Dingshu Village, Yixing, Jiangsu which is famous for pottery. Influenced by her parents, who were both potters, Sun was interested in Yixing purple clay form her childhood. She likes innovation and always studies hard to constantly improve her own craftsmanship. With time goes by, Sun has developed a distinctive style, the teapots made by her always look quaint, elegant and tasteful.

Origin

Yixing County, the Pottery Capital of China, has a very long history of pottery making for around 6500 years. Yixing boasts abundant resources of argil, tea, bamboo and charcoal, all of which build the important material resource basis for making pottery. Yixing Zisha products have been awarded many prizes both in home and abroad, some excellent works have been presented as national gifts in international communications.