Handmade Handuo Yixing Zisha Teapot – Zipao Yusha Clay, 100ml
Handmade Handuo Yixing Zisha Teapot – Zipao Yusha Clay, 100ml
This is a 100 ml handuo teapot in Zipao Yusha Clay, fully handmade, made in Dingshu, Yixing. Its Chinese name is 汉铎.
The clay. Zini blended with fine sand, so the fired body carries visible grain against a settled purple ground — the name means 'purple robe, jade sand'. The sand adds texture without costing breathability. A pot that stays interesting to look at as it ages.
The form. The Handuo form (汉铎) dates to the Qing dynasty. Modelled on a duo — the bronze handbell struck to call an assembly in the Han dynasty. Straight-walled and tapering upward to a flat lid. Upright and sober, with a real sense of cast metal about it.
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 pu-erh, black tea and roasted oolong.
This pot. Catalogue no. 077, 100 ml, US$85. Photographed individually — the images show the pot you receive.
Made by 王婷. We buy directly from the workshop rather than through a wholesaler, so the attribution comes with the pot.
| Clay | Zipao Yusha Clay (紫袍玉砂) |
|---|---|
| Form | Handuo (汉铎) |
| Capacity | 100 ml |
| Craft | Fully handmade (全手工) |
| Origin | Dingshu, Yixing, Jiangsu, China |
| Catalogue no. | 077 |
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