Yixing Teapots | Yixing Red Clay Three Legs Dragon Teapot

Description

Many tea connoisseurs would say that the Yixing Red Clay Three Legs Dragon Teapot is an indispensable item for a tea enthusiast’s collection. The qualities that make them truly special are directly linked to the purple clay (ZiSha), found only in the Yixing, Jiangsu province of China, and the highly skilled craftspeople commissioned to create the pots. Yixing teapot is considered by some connoisseurs as the best possible way to steep tea.
The following natural characteristics proof the Yixing Red Clay Three Legs Dragon Teapot was made by distinctive raw material:
1. Unique adsorption: Yixing Red Clay Three Legs Dragon Teapot’s good ventilation also created another unique quality, which is the strong adsorption. It will continue to absorb tea aroma when teapot is used, and after a long time, it will create a aroma. Therefore, the teapot only can make the same type of tea to avoid flavor mixing, which affects its taste.
2. The more nourished, the more spiritual: For many appliances, the more you use, the older they are, but the more you use, the better the Yixing Red Clay Three Legs Dragon Teapot is. The set body will be more and more shiny, smooth, beautiful and mild after frequent cleaning.
3. Resist hot and cold temperature: Yixing Red Clay Three Legs Dragon Teapot is sandy and it transfers heat slow, so it has a good stability of hot and cold, even if burned directly on the stove, it will not be split.
Made of: Yixing DahongpaoRed Clay (大红袍泥).
Size: 275 ml or 9.29 oz, Width 15.7 cm (6.18"), Height 9.6 cm (3.77").
Teapot Maker:
Hao Tongtong, born in 1969 in the Ceramic Industry Park of Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, is the sixth generation inheritor of his family who has passed on the purple clay making craft for hundreds of years. He learned the craft of making and carving purple clay teapots from his elders when he was young, inherited the family’s experience and skills in making purple clay teapots, and understood the concept and aesthetics of purple clay teapots under the guidance of the best tutors. Hao Tongtong is an artist with great attention to detail, and each of his works has a high quality requirement. He uses traditional techniques in the production of purple clay, focusing on using the best raw materials. He has excellent skills and unique innovative design in the production of purple clay pots, and his works are widely praised in the industry, and he has won the gold medal of purple clay teapots competition and national arts and crafts competition for many times. His works are popular among collectors at domestic and overseas.