Handmade Hanwa Yixing Zisha Teapot – Chijin Zini Clay, 180ml
Handmade Hanwa Yixing Zisha Teapot – Chijin Zini Clay, 180ml
This is a 180 ml hanwa teapot in Chijin Zini Clay, fully handmade, made in Dingshu, Yixing. Its Chinese name is 汉瓦.
The clay. A zini with a warm, reddish-gold cast in the fired body, sitting between the classic purples and the red clays. Behaves like zini — porous and rounding — but reads warmer in the hand and under tea light.
The form. The Hanwa form (汉瓦) dates to the Qing dynasty. Modelled on Han-dynasty roof-end tiles, which were stamped with auspicious phrases such as 'may joy never end'. The body is cylindrical with flat shoulders and a straight wall. Firm, architectural lines. Takes a patina in a way that brings out an almost metallic depth.
How it was made. Built entirely by hand — the wall is beaten out from a slab and joined without a mould. Inside the body you can still read the tool marks and the joint line, which is how the method is verified.
Size and tea. At 180 ml this fills three or four cups at once — enough for guests without moving to a full teapot. Best suited to black tea, ripe pu-erh and roasted oolong.
This pot. Catalogue no. 161, 180 ml, US$85. Photographed individually — the images show the pot you receive.
Made by 胡秀萍. We buy directly from the workshop rather than through a wholesaler, so the attribution comes with the pot.
| Clay | Chijin Zini Clay (赤金紫泥) |
|---|---|
| Form | Hanwa (汉瓦) |
| Capacity | 180 ml |
| Craft | Fully handmade (全手工) |
| Origin | Dingshu, Yixing, Jiangsu, China |
| Catalogue no. | 161 |
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