Teaware

This pot is modelled on famous Shi Da Bin designed pot. Classic and beautiful.

Shi Dabin came from a scholarly lineage. He borrowed for his pots shapes from ritual objects of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties of the distant past. Those were the ideal Grand Era that Confucius much referred to and used as a bench mark to criticize contemporary policies. Two millenniums later in Ming dynasty, when his teachings were framed to defend the tyranny of the ruling class, his ideal of sage kings slighted. It is unclear if there is any message in Shi's clay works, but it was a strategic success. People from any camp liked them.

Purple clay tea pot--Stone Gourd Ladle-Shi Piao Hu. Decorated with hand-carved landscape pattern.

Di Cao Qing is from deep inside, usually reddish brown. Di Cao Qing is usually darker and heavier than Qing Shui ni(Pure Clay).

Shi Piao Hu(Pot)-literally Stone Gourd Ladle is quite a famous, classical Chinese teapot shape. The appearance is concise and elegant. You will never get bored playing around and steeping tea with this teapot.