Bamboo – Jianshui Gaiwan | Black Clay with Traditional Inlay Technique 130 ml.

STYLE

Its black colour highlights the green leaves beautifully of either green oolong or sheng puer. In Chinese art the bamboo have meanings related to human character. Bamboo stands for being honest, strong on the inside, and able to adapt. It bends in the wind but doesn’t break, which shows inner strength, flexibility, and moral goodness.

Jianshui is one of the four famous ceramic cities in China, mainly due to the artistic processing of coloured clays from local clay mines and the related ceramic crafts, as well as Yixing.  The township is in Yunnan, not far from Kunming. Jianshui pots, which are more robust than the Yixing pots, are thrown on a potter’s wheel. The unglazed pots, which shine brightly on the outside, are ‘breathing’ tea vessels with high heat retention. Their colour is usually eggplant black, rust brown, but they can also be light grey or yellow. These antique style vessels are “hard as iron, shiny as water, silky as jade, tinkling like a stone”.

MATERIAL

Jianshui Zitao

DIMENSIONS

Capacity: 130 ml.

USAGE

Sheng puer, Green oolong, Chinese green tea, White tea

SIGNATURE/ARTIST

Wang Chou, 2025

PROVENANCE

Original from the artist

CONDITION

New