Palace Lantern Yixing Zisha Teapot – Zhuni Clay, 100ml
Palace Lantern Yixing Zisha Teapot – Zhuni Clay, 100ml
This is a 100 ml palace lantern teapot in Zhuni Clay, hand-finished with enamel decoration, made in Dingshu, Yixing. Its Chinese name is 宫灯.
The clay. Very high in iron, fired to a bright vermilion, and dense enough to ring when the lid is tapped. Zhuni shrinks by up to twenty percent in the kiln, so a large share of every batch cracks — the Yixing saying is that a zhuni pot without wrinkles is not zhuni. Dense and low-porosity, so it holds aroma at the surface instead of absorbing it. This is the clay that makes fragrant teas smell like themselves.
The form. The Palace Lantern form (宫灯) dates to the early Qing. Modelled on a palace lantern — a rounded, upright body with a formal, festive bearing. Ceremonial without being heavy. Reads as celebratory on a tea table.
How it was made. Hand-finished body with enamel painting applied and fired separately.
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 oolong, dancong and green tea.
This pot. Catalogue no. 236, 100 ml, US$950. 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 | Zhuni Clay (朱泥) |
|---|---|
| Form | Palace Lantern (宫灯) |
| Capacity | 100 ml |
| Craft | Hand-finished with enamel decoration (手工珐琅彩) |
| Origin | Dingshu, Yixing, Jiangsu, China |
| Catalogue no. | 236 |
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