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This product contains five cups in one box.
Jianyao was originally a folk kiln in Jiangnan. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, due to the special need for “tea fighting”, black cups were fired exclusively for the court, and some tea cups were engraved with the words “for imperial use” or “for entering” at the bottom.

This type of porcelain is called Tianmu glaze in Japan. Both Japanese and Korean tea ceremonies attach great importance to this item. Its body is thick and firm, with a light black or purple black color, and its main vessel types are bowls and cups. Among them, tea cups are the most common, with black mud colored fetal bones and multiple crystalline lines on the glaze, as fine as rabbit hair, known as “rabbit hair cups”.

Underglaze grain is a decoration made by using the acidification marks formed by acidic glaze. As all kiln built porcelain is fired upside down, the glaze water sags, and the finished product has a light glaze color at the edge. Due to the different slopes of the vessel walls, the flow rate is fast and forms fine and fine lines, while the flow rate is slightly slow and coarse, forming the shape of rabbit hair. In addition, there are also famous kiln products that have been fired into “partridge spots” and “silver star spots”, which are unique and beautiful.

Chinese ceramic tea set
Ceramic tea sets are specialized utensils for brewing tea leaves made from raw materials such as kaolin and purple clay, including ceramic teapots, ceramic lid bowls, ceramic tea cups, ceramic tea trays, ceramic tea holders, ceramic tea washers, etc; The main production areas are Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, Foshan in Guangdong, Zibo in Shandong, Yixing in Jiangsu, Dehua in Fujian, Chaozhou in Guangdong, Liling in Hunan, and Tangshan in Hebei.
There are many varieties of ceramic tea sets, which can be divided into two types based on material: porcelain tea sets and ceramic tea sets. The main types of porcelain tea utensils include celadon tea utensils, white porcelain tea utensils, black porcelain tea utensils, and colored porcelain utensils. These tea sets have all had a glorious chapter in the development history of Chinese tea culture.

Ceramic tea set
Among ceramic tea sets, purple clay tea sets are the most famous.
It emerged at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty (however, there are clear written records of purple clay tea sets dating back to the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty), and gradually became a unique and famous tea set, popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The origin of the Tiliang Zisha teapot tea set has a beautiful story. It is said that Su Shi, a famous poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, enjoyed drinking tea. When he was giving lectures in Dushan, Yixing, Jiangsu, he specially commissioned someone to make a Tiliang style Zisha teapot designed by himself for the convenience of brewing and drinking tea when going out. Later generations named this type of teapot “Tiliang teapot” or “Dongpo teapot”. This kind of “lifting beam pot” has a beautiful and antique appearance, making it a great ceramic gift. The teapot has always played an important role in Chinese tea culture and tea set families. For example, the teapot placed on the Eight Immortals’ table in ordinary households is basically a teapot. Due to its beautiful and practical appearance, it has entered many ordinary households. The album “Ceramic Teapots with Various Decorative Themes” includes ceramic teapots with various decorative themes. Su Shi once wrote in his poem, ‘Silver bottles pour oil and float ant wine, purple bowls spread with Su Panlong tea,’ which shows his great admiration for purple clay tea sets.