{"product_id":"zisha-teapot-zi-yu-jin-sha-ke-hui-ru-piao-062","title":"Ru Piao Yixing Zisha Teapot – Ziyu Jinsha Clay, 100ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a 100 ml zisha teapot in Ziyu Jinsha Clay, hand-carved, made in Dingshu, Yixing. Its Chinese name is 乳瓢.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe clay.\u003c\/strong\u003e A sanded zini with golden flecks suspended in a purple body — the classical literary name for zisha itself, used here for a blend that shows the effect plainly. Reads as zini in use, with a livelier surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe form.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the Ru Piao form — 乳瓢 in Chinese. It is one of the many shapes carried in the Dingshu workshops outside the small set of canonical forms, and it is built by the same slab-and-beat method as the classics. We describe what we can verify: the ore, the method and the proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it was made.\u003c\/strong\u003e Decoration cut into the leather-hard clay by hand with a steel blade, in the Yixing engraving tradition that goes back to Chen Mansheng's collaborations with potters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize and tea.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 and black tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis pot.\u003c\/strong\u003e Catalogue no. 062, 100 ml, US$500. Photographed individually — the images show the pot you receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade by 潘涛. 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\u003eZiyu Jinsha Clay (紫玉金砂)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eForm\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRu Piao (乳瓢)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eCapacity\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e100 ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eCraft\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-carved (刻绘)\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\u003e062\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-jiang-po-tang-yu-239\"\u003eHandmade Tang Yu Yixing Zisha Teapot\u003c\/a\u003e — Zhuni Clay, 100 ml, $500\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/zisha-teapot-zi-yu-jin-sha-ru-piao-171\"\u003eRu Piao Yixing Zisha Teapot\u003c\/a\u003e — Ziyu Jinsha Clay, 180 ml, $60\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/zisha-teapot-huang-jin-duan-ke-hui-gao-shi-piao-372\"\u003eTall Shipiao Yixing Zisha Teapot\u003c\/a\u003e — Golden Duanni Clay, 120 ml, $450\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr browse \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/zini-yixing-teapots\"\u003eevery Ziyu Jinsha 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":45837638041647,"sku":"YHYK-0062","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/8676\/5615\/files\/ru-piao-ziyu-jinsha-clay-yixing-zisha-teapot-062-01_434c956e-088d-427b-bf0a-8b2e058efe35.jpg?v=1787071554","url":"https:\/\/yixingzishateapot.com\/products\/zisha-teapot-zi-yu-jin-sha-ke-hui-ru-piao-062","provider":"Yihu Yike","version":"1.0","type":"link"}