Masterwork "Xuan Miao" Cai Shao Cup
Masterwork "Xuan Miao" Cai Shao Cup
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Tea Cups
De Hua Porcelain
Yi Xuan CeramicsThis fully handmade cup is one-of-a-kind and available while supplies last
Crafted By Yi Xuan
This teacup is large enough to hold in two hands and use for whisked tea (matcha) or to hold the full brew of a small yixing pot for solo brewing.
Artist Yi Xuan was so pleased with this piece that she applied her ancient-style seal to the interior of the cup, where unglazed porcelain shows through the swirling colors of her hand-blended ash glaze.
The rippling shape of the cup feels deeply intentional in its sculpting, and shows off the deep red and white so beautifully.
Technical Specifications
- weight : 319 g
- apprx. capacity : 150 ml
- width : 8 cm
- height : 6.5 cm
- firing : Dian Shao + Cai Shao
Artist Yi Xuan took this cup through two full firing processes: first, an electric firing to set the porcelain, then a dip in a hand-blended ash glaze and an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her old-school kiln, where temperatures reach so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay.
The result of this painstaking process is a unique, deep, complex cup that shows off the heat signature of the kiln and the way glazing interacts with unglazed porcelain across multiple firings.
Work like this is what puts the Yi Xuan Ceramics Research Institute on the map!
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Yi Xuan
Dehua County Yi Xuan Ceramics Research Institute |
Cai Shao Ceramics Studio Research Center
Master potter, artist and researcher Yi Xuan heads her own officially-recognized Ceramics Research Institute, accredited by the Dehua Ceramics Development Committee as a Research and Development site for collaboration with ceramics craft university programs. She primarily works with national-level ceramics masters and graduate program professors doing experimental kiln firings, researching new techniques and collaborating as an artist and kiln master.
Her wood-fired kiln is based on years of research on ancient firing techniques, along with modern science and collaboration. Due to the immense amount of work to do a firing, Yi Xuan only fires three times a year, with most space devoted to university research projects. This means her own body of work is tiny and mostly reserved by collectors before firing.
Yi Xuan and Verdant Tea
In November 2023, we were lucky enough to be introduced to Yi Xuan through a classmate that studied with one of the professors with whom she collaborates. We became quick friends.
Yi Xuan decided to make a few of the pieces held back for her own personal collection available to us as a cultural exchange to share Dehua’s ancient and ever changing ceramics tradition.
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