Yixing Plum Blossom Black Clay Xi Shi Teapot

This black clay teapot is famous for its smooth lines and exquisite craftsmanship. Its overall design skillfully integrates the handle, spout and body, presenting a lifelike and vivid shape, which is worthy of collection and play. Excellent choice. The color of the mud is simple and elegant. After a long period of use, it gradually shows a unique edge, with a warm and solemn atmosphere. Accompanied by this teapot, the brewed tea soup is also more mellow and fragrant due to the warmth of the teapot body.

The shape design of the teapot is elegant and smooth, and the flow and blend of lines seem to show a natural and vivid picture. The seamless fusion of the handle and the spout makes the whole teapot present a coherent and unified aesthetic feeling. The white plum pattern carved on the body of the teapot is the icing on the cake. The white plum blooms proudly in winter, reflecting each other with the pattern on the lid, creating a quiet and vibrant picture.

Zisha teapots are made of black mud purple clay. This material not only gives the teapot a natural and simple aesthetic visually, but also has good thermal insulation properties, which can maintain the temperature of the tea soup and make the brewed tea more mellow. After years of tempering, the mud of the teapot gradually reveals a unique texture, making the teapot more simple and elegant, more valuable for collection and rich in history.

It combines the essence of purple clay pottery with cultural connotations, showing the maker's deep understanding and creativity of nature, life and traditional culture. Whether it is used as a collection or a tea ceremony utensil, this black clay teapot will bring people a double enjoyment of vision and taste, and become a precious cultural heritage and spiritual sustenance. Its meticulous craftsmanship and rich design make people feel as if they are in the ocean of art, feeling the ingenuity of purple clay and the power of art.

Made of: Yixing Black Clay (原矿黑泥).
Includes: Certificate, Gift Box.
Dimension: Length 15.3 cm (6.02"), Height 9.3 cm (3.66"), Lid Diameter 6.3 cm (2.48").
Capacity: 450 ml (15.21 oz).

Teapot Maker:

Li Luchun, is a nationally recognized master of arts and crafts, a distinguished artisan at the Gu Long Kiln Art Center, and a professional ceramic artist. Born in 1966 in the ceramic capital of China, he pursued studies in the Arts and Crafts program at Nanjing Normal University for his undergraduate degree. In 1986, he joined the Chinese Calligraphy Association, where he underwent systematic training in calligraphy and the appreciation of renowned calligraphic works.

In the 1990s, Li Luchun shifted his artistic focus to the art of carved purple clay pottery. His pottery pieces emphasize the expressive changes of ink lines, showcasing a remarkable blend of delicate and robust carving techniques. His works exhibit a profound literati essence unique to purple clay artistry. Having apprenticed under Shanghai seal engraver Han Tiangao and his disciple Cha Yuankang, Li Luchun's purple clay teapot creations have continuously evolved, achieving breakthroughs in style. His works have garnered multiple awards in various national competitions and are collected by museums and collectors both domestically and internationally.