{"product_id":"zisha-teapot-song-shu-pu-tao-shu-zhuang-014","title":"Tree-Trunk Sculptural Form Yixing Zisha Teapot – Yellow Jiangponi Clay, 130ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a 130 ml tree-trunk sculptural form teapot in Yellow Jiangponi Clay, partially handmade, made in Dingshu, Yixing. Its Chinese name is 松鼠葡萄树桩.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe clay.\u003c\/strong\u003e Jiangponi running toward yellow, closer in appearance to the duanni family while keeping the slope ore's soft grain. Gentle and easy-going; suits lighter teas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe form.\u003c\/strong\u003e The subject here is tree stump — in Chinese decorative vocabulary, bark, burl and growth rings modelled directly. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it was made.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize and tea.\u003c\/strong\u003e 130 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 green tea, light oolong and white tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis pot.\u003c\/strong\u003e Catalogue no. 014, 130 ml, US$200. Photographed individually — the images show the pot you receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade by 韩传杰. We buy directly from the workshop rather than through a wholesaler, so the attribution comes with the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eClay\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYellow Jiangponi Clay (黄降坡)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eForm\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTree-Trunk Sculptural Form (树桩仿生器)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eCapacity\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e130 ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eCraft\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePartially handmade (半手工)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eOrigin\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDingshu, Yixing, Jiangsu, China\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eCatalogue no.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew to zisha? Read \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/how-to-season-a-yixing-teapot\"\u003ehow to season a Yixing teapot\u003c\/a\u003e before first use.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSimilar teapots\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/zisha-teapot-can-he-092\"\u003eLotus Sculptural Form Yixing Zisha Teapot\u003c\/a\u003e — Aged Duanni Clay, 120 ml, $200\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/zisha-teapot-can-he-003\"\u003eLotus Sculptural Form Yixing Zisha Teapot\u003c\/a\u003e — Aged Duanni Clay, 120 ml, $200\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/zisha-teapot-zhu-ying-gong-chun-019\"\u003eSquare Form Yixing Zisha Teapot\u003c\/a\u003e — Aged Duanni Clay, 120 ml, $190\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr browse \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jiangponi-yixing-teapots\"\u003eevery Yellow Jiangponi pot\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/yixing-zisha-teapots\"\u003ethe full Yixing catalogue\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yihu Yike","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837605666863,"sku":"YHYK-0014","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/8676\/5615\/files\/tree-trunk-sculptural-form-yellow-jiangponi-clay-yixing-zisha-teapot-014-01_d9b97b47-452b-4af3-aaab-3c13d76d4f01.jpg?v=1787071396","url":"https:\/\/yixingzishateapot.com\/products\/zisha-teapot-song-shu-pu-tao-shu-zhuang-014","provider":"Yihu Yike","version":"1.0","type":"link"}