Sculptural Form Yixing Zisha Teapot – Duanni Clay, 80ml
Sculptural Form Yixing Zisha Teapot – Duanni Clay, 80ml
This is a 80 ml sculptural form teapot in Duanni Clay, wood-fired with hand carving, made in Dingshu, Yixing. Its Chinese name is 香梨.
The clay. A co-formed ore of zini and green clay, firing to a satin yellow. Duanni is strongly sandy — more bone than flesh, as potters put it — and among the most breathable bodies in Yixing. Very open. It suits delicate teas where you want lift and clarity rather than weight.
The form. The subject here is pear — in Chinese decorative vocabulary, coolness and clarity. Naturalistic work — huaqi — takes its subject from the living world: gourds, pine, bamboo, lotus, fruit, animals. It descends directly from Gongchun's tree-burl pot, the founding object of the craft. Each piece is modelled and carved rather than turned, so no two come out the same.
How it was made. Wood-fired, with carving cut by hand before the firing — so the ash settles into the incised lines.
Size and tea. At 80 ml this is a solo pot. One person, short infusions, and the small volume means you can push a good leaf through eight or ten steeps without ever brewing more than you drink. Best suited to green tea, raw pu-erh and white tea.
One honest note on duanni-family clays: because the body is pale and very open, dark and heavily roasted teas can leave uneven marks if the pot is handled with oily hands or left wet. Rinse it, dry it, and keep it to lighter teas and it will come up beautifully.
This pot. Catalogue no. 412, 80 ml, US$500. Photographed individually — the images show the pot you receive.
Made by 宁云. We buy directly from the workshop rather than through a wholesaler, so the attribution comes with the pot.
| Clay | Duanni Clay (段泥) |
|---|---|
| Form | Sculptural Form (仿生器) |
| Capacity | 80 ml |
| Craft | Wood-fired with hand carving (柴烧刻绘) |
| Origin | Dingshu, Yixing, Jiangsu, China |
| Catalogue no. | 412 |
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