Yixing clay is also known as zisha ware, a trade secret mixture of kaolin, quartz and mica, with a high content of iron oxide, coming from the area near the city of the same name in Jiangsu province first used made the Song Dynasty. Extremely famous for their tea wares that are normally unglazed and often fired to a brown color, Yixing teapots absorb the essence of tea flavors and minerals and thus produces a unique coating that increases the flavor and taste of tea served from it with each brewing.
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Small antique Yixing teapot with small loops below rim indicating may have been used to suspend oil or soy sauce. Hand painted vibrant enamels with circular panels of floral and leaf decorations.
Antique Yixing teapot, colored enamels, 6 circular panels with fanciful floral and leaf decorations. Tea aficionados consider Yixing teapots best for brewing tea as absorb oils released during brewing and improves tea’s flavor with continual use.
Gorgeous, rare antique Yixing teapot with brown wash, bright painted enamel scene from Peking opera Romance of Three Kingdoms. Floral are wish for long and healthy life, perfect metaphor for sharing tea loved ones. Kiln seals in body, bottom, lid. For decoration only.
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