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.
Brightly hand- painted enamel with fanciful floral and leaf decorations, this small teapot a has circular loop handle, short spout, flaring rim and small flat cover. Although Yixing ware considered the best for brewing tea, antique pieces are for decorative and collecting purposes only.
Rare Yixing teapot with brown wash, bright painted enamel scene from Peking opera. 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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