Hand-Grip Form Yixing Zisha Teapot – Jiangponi Clay, 140ml
Hand-Grip Form Yixing Zisha Teapot – Jiangponi Clay, 140ml
This is a 140 ml hand-grip form teapot in Jiangponi Clay, partially handmade, made in Dingshu, Yixing. Its Chinese name is 呱呱来财.
The clay. Mined from the slope between Huanglong and Qinglong mountains, where red and yellow ores meet — so the fired body carries both, warm and softly mottled. Fine-grained with a gentle sand feel. It polishes to an oily lustre faster than most clays and brews sweet and round.
The form. The Hand-Grip Form (手抓壶) dates to the contemporary, attributed to contemporary makers. Built to be held by the body rather than a handle — the grip is worked into the form itself. Unusually direct in the hand. You feel the wall thickness and the heat of the tea as you pour.
How it was made. Formed with the help of a mould for the body, with the spout, handle, lid and finishing worked by hand. A well-made half-handmade pot is a good pot; the difference is in labour, not in whether it brews well.
Size and tea. 140 ml serves two to three people from a single fill, which makes it the most generally useful size on a tea table. Best suited to black tea, light oolong and ripe pu-erh.
This pot. Catalogue no. 005, 140 ml, US$100. Photographed individually — the images show the pot you receive.
Made by 韩传杰. We buy directly from the workshop rather than through a wholesaler, so the attribution comes with the pot.
| Clay | Jiangponi Clay (降坡) |
|---|---|
| Form | Hand-Grip Form (手抓壶) |
| Capacity | 140 ml |
| Craft | Partially handmade (半手工) |
| Origin | Dingshu, Yixing, Jiangsu, China |
| Catalogue no. | 005 |
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