Zisha teapot Si Fang kui Ling, handmade by artist Level 3, YANG Fei 杨菲（L3-2021）老紫泥 紫砂壶 “四方魁菱” "Four-sided Kui Ling"

🫖 Four-sided Kui Ling"

Clay: premium aged purple clay from family-owned mine

Volume:  280cc

Shape

The diamond-shaped kui pattern, with its symmetrical beauty, is in line with traditional Chinese aesthetics in architecture, objects, painting, and art. The four petals of the diamond-shaped kui bloom on the teapot lid, with the veins arranged neatly and the body of the pot powerful, making it highly ornamental. The diamond shape resembles a kui flower. The kui flower and diamond shape both convey a sense of liveliness. Purple clay is a type of clay sculpture that combines water and fire. The spirit of the artist is in harmony with the universe and flows through the teapot.

Material:

The original ore purple clay is a classic type of Zisha clay that is quite common. There are few good quality ones and many inferior ones. It has a purple-brown color and is often called "black purple clay" by players. It is one of the clay materials that players love. The products made from it have a pure texture, even sand particles, a pleasing color, a warm and delicate feel, not too bright or flashy, and are like small pieces of jade. It is refined from the original purple clay ore excavated from the Huanglongshan vein in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. Because the iron content in the vein is relatively high, the particles in the clay are larger and the structure is loose, which makes the body of the vessel obviously a special double air-hole structure. The air convection is smooth, and the air holes have good convection. This gives Yixing purple clay teapots the characteristics of quick heat transfer, and strong heat preservation, and is conducive to maintaining the temperature and color, aroma, and taste of tea when brewing.

Artist:   

YANG Fei 杨菲 

National Master of Arts and Crafts, level 3 (awarded 9 Dec 2021) 

Born in 1990 in Dingshu Town, Yixing City, she is reserved in speech but agile in action, and has been dedicated to the art of teapot making for more than ten years.

She studied under Senior Master of Arts and Crafts (level 2), Gu Shunfang, and under her mentorship, her skills have improved and her personal style has emerged. Her works are characterized by simple and concise lines, a simple and dignified shape, profound charm, and an emphasis on using changes in lines to express the beauty of the teapot.