Handmade Artisan Design Yixing Zisha Teapot – Duanni Clay, 100ml
Handmade Artisan Design Yixing Zisha Teapot – Duanni Clay, 100ml
This is a 100 ml artisan design teapot in Duanni Clay, fully handmade, made in Dingshu, Yixing. Its Chinese name is 青铜古雅.
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 archaic bronze — in Chinese decorative vocabulary, the form and surface of a Shang or Zhou ritual vessel. An original design rather than a version of a canonical form. The maker sets the proportions, the line and the ornament. Judged on its own terms rather than against a classical template.
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. 100 ml is the classic gongfu size — comfortable for one drinker or two sharing small cups, and the volume most Chaoshan-style brewing was built around. 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. 348, 100 ml, US$550. Photographed individually — the images show the pot you receive.
Made by an independent Dingshu potter working outside the titled-master system. We do not attach a name we cannot verify.
| Clay | Duanni Clay (段泥) |
|---|---|
| Form | Artisan Design (设计款) |
| Capacity | 100 ml |
| Craft | Fully handmade (全手工) |
| Origin | Dingshu, Yixing, Jiangsu, China |
| Catalogue no. | 348 |
New to zisha? Read how to season a Yixing teapot before first use.
Similar teapots
- Artisan Design Yixing Zisha Teapot — Lipi Duanni Clay, 100 ml, $360
- Handmade Pumpkin Form Yixing Zisha Teapot — Duanni Clay, 100 ml, $360
- Artisan Design Yixing Zisha Teapot — Duanni Clay, 50 ml, $550
Or browse every Duanni pot · the full Yixing catalogue.
