The Chinese people love tea, and naturally they cannot lack love and research for tea utensils. In the forging of modern tea wares, there often exists peak creations that draw inspiration from traditional fine gold and silver handicrafts.
For example, Mongolian inlay and gold-chasing craftsmanship:
Drawing inspiration from the craftsmanship of Mongolian women's headdresses, it not only has complicated carving techniques but also requires gem inlaying and the braiding and inlaying skills of gold, silver, and copper wires. Artists form a set of comprehensive processing techniques through hammering, chasing, filigree weaving, and gem inlaying on metals, commonly known as Mongolian inlay art.
Another example is the forged hammered pattern craftsmanship:
A decorative technique between texture and pattern, created by hand hammering without forming a specific image. It has many mimetic forms, such as barren and cracked land, like waves, like cracked bark, like a clear stream in the mountains. With each hammer blow, a myriad of styles can be presented.
Each piece is like a precious heirloom that makes people unable to put it down. Nowadays, it is not difficult to find good-looking tea utensils, but master-level creations are rare. People often cherish them when they obtain them.
Fleeting inspiration + high aesthetic standard + skillful hands
These are luxury items born from the hands of craftsmen. Masters are hard to find. And today, Tongxin She Teahouse would like to introduce to you a brand that gathers the creations of China's top handicraft artisans - Zhenbao Tang.
Gold and silver tea wares have always been regarded as the bright moonlight on the tea table. For the "moonlight" in their hearts, craftsmen have never stopped their pursuit. National-level master of arts and crafts Pan Deyue, Chen Lei, a representative figure of chasing craftsmanship, and Wang Jianwei, a representative figure of metal carving craftsmanship, all bring their own擅长 knife work and designs to the extreme. From cold metals to warm tea wares, they find the most suitable "name" for each utensil.
As a result, many "lives" on the tea table are born.
Work: Filigree pure silver pot with "Boundless Blessings and Prosperity" in Jugun Zhu style.
• Capacity: 220ml.
• Size: 108mm * 78mm * 96mm. 47.3mm (pot mouth).
• Production: Chen Lei.
• Limited edition.
• Weight: about 156g.
The filigree silver pot with "Boundless Blessings and Prosperity" in Jugun Zhu style traces its origin from the ancient purple clay pot style "Jugun Zhu". This pot style is designed as a daily practical utensil. The pot body is round. The large mouth cover is convenient for pouring out tea dregs. The spout is straight, and the water flows like a torrent. The gourd is an auspicious thing representing "blessings and prosperity". On the gourd vine, the leaves, vines, and fruits are growing vigorously and full of vitality. The vine encircles the pot for a week in an infinite cycle, implying continuous and endless "blessings and prosperity". Therefore, this pot is named "Boundless Blessings and Prosperity" silver pot.
Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl and rhino hide lacquer craftsmanship. Fifteen layers of lacquering and hand polishing. Blue and gold color scheme. Beautiful, heat-insulating, and comfortable to hold. Inlaid with natural mother-of-pearl. The touch is warm, and it fluoresces and shimmers. Excellent in both touch and vision. One pot for multiple teas without flavor transfer. Boiling water in a silver pot softens the water quality and enhances the taste of tea. Healthy material.
The silver pot handle is inlaid with mother-of-pearl and rhino hide lacquer craftsmanship. Fifteen layers of lacquering and hand polishing. Blue and gold color scheme. Inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Fluorescent and shimmering. Excellent in both touch and vision.
The silver pot body is decorated with filigree inlay, one of the "Eight Wonders of Yanjing".
One of the "Eight Wonders of Yanjing", a Chinese intangible cultural heritage. Filigree inlay, also known as fine gold craftsmanship, is actually a combination of two production techniques, "filigree" and "inlay". It is a traditional jewelry craftsmanship with a history of more than 2,000 years. It is listed as one of the "Eight Wonders of Yanjing". It began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and was most prosperous during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In June 2008, filigree inlay was included in China's intangible cultural heritage. The pot body is decorated with gourd vine patterns. The relief chasing craftsmanship makes the patterns distinct in layers and gives a sense of space.
Inlaid with emerald gourds. The relief chasing of gourd vines. The gourd is an auspicious thing representing "blessings and prosperity". On the gourd vine, the leaves, vines, and fruits are growing vigorously and full of vitality. The vine encircles the pot for a week in an infinite cycle, implying continuous and endless "blessings and prosperity". The gourds and leaves are made by filigree inlay craftsmanship. The silver wires are fine and densely hand-wound, full of vitality, echoing the theme of long life and prosperity. Inlaid with brass and emerald gourds on the front and back of the pot, beautiful and durable.
The spherical copper coin-shaped tea strainer. The openings are in the shape of copper coins. The tea strainer protrudes inside the pot body and is hemispherical, which can expand the area for pouring out tea soup and facilitate the rapid filtration of tea leaves and tea dregs. The openings are in the shape of copper coins, with reasonable density and delicate processing and beautiful shape.