People who love tea must have a purple clay pot in their hands.
The world respects the purple clay teapot as "the first tea set in the world", among which, the small red clay teapot is the most valuable, the red clay is delicate and rosy, and has a delicate and noble feeling. In addition, the color of vermilion mud is bright red, which symbolizes auspiciousness. Therefore, it is very popular among pot lovers. The elegant and noble vermillion mud pots made by famous masters have become "luxury goods" that show social status and elegant taste in teahouses. Even the Emperor Qianlong loved this elegant and noble little pot.
In "Qianlong Xingle", there is a small purple clay vermilion teapot placed on the tea cabinet, which should be the imperial teapot of Qianlong, and the classic pot shape in this classic is the Siting pot.
In the Qing Dynasty, the famous masters of making pots made of vermilion mud, the most widely circulated are "one nameless, two Siting, three Mengchen, four Yigong". "Wuming" refers to the unmarked vermilion clay utensils, and the last three are both the names of the people and the names of the pots, all of which are classic pots.
The Zhunisiting teapot recommended today has a capacity of 180cc, and it belongs to the "good thing at the bottom of the box". The reason why it is called the bottom of the box is that it must be a good teapot. He has all the conditions that a good teapot needs to meet. , Work, money, and merit are indispensable, and mud is the top priority of Zisha.
As a good product for the bottom of the press box, it is naturally very good in the use of mud. This time, the material used is small coal kiln red mud. About small coal kilns, a few key words can be clearly stated: mining is difficult, the output is very small, In the 1990s, the mine was closed, and the shrinkage rate was high. Such a non-renewable small coal kiln vermilion mud has a price and no market. When one piece is used up, there will be one less in the world. Here I will focus on the shrinkage rate of small coal kilns.
The shrinkage rate of ordinary vermicelli is 10%, while that of small coal kilns is about 25% or even 30%. This is the main factor for the low yield of small coal kilns, and it is also the reason why small coal kiln pots are rare on the market. After sintering, a large amount of mineral soil will appear wrinkled. At first glance, the surface of the pot is flat, but at a closer look, there are many fine, tight and naturally shrinking flowing textures on the side. This is the legendary "no wrinkle and no red".
Siting pot, curved mouth, curved like a peacock's long neck, delicate and agile, just like a peacock's liuxia when it comes out of the water, beautiful circle handle, high virtual lid tangent to the pot mouth, looking as handsome as a swan neck, exquisite and elegant belly, can be Inclusive of thick tea leaves, tight shape, good fragrant effect, high appearance and practicality, it is especially loved by tea people. This is why the Siting teapot is so popular It is difficult to make it by hand. There are not many finished products in this batch of pots. We only have three. There are no artists with good pot-making skills in Yixing, but there are not many who can make pots and integrate into painting aesthetics. Xia Qing can be said to be the best among them. In recent years, he has been focusing on all hand-made pots. Xia Qing's pot-making skills are considered top-notch among his peers, and he has his own unique understanding of purple clay pots.