Cai Shao Porcelain "Xuan Huang" Masterwork Gaiwan
Cai Shao Porcelain "Xuan Huang" Masterwork Gaiwan
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Gaiwans
De Hua Porcelain
Yi Xuan CeramicsThis fully handmade gaiwan is one-of-a-kind and available while supplies last
Crafted By Yi Xuan
Yi Xuan’s experimental giant wood-fired kiln set into the hillside on the outskirts of Dehua glows all through the night as she fires a batch of porcelain. The intense heat, smoke and chemical transformation possible in the kiln turn what would otherwise come out a lustrous shining white into this beautiful shade of red-orange.
Technical Specifications
- weight : 100 g
- apprx. capacity : 145 ml
- width : 9.5 cm
- height : 8 cm
- firing : Cai Shao
Making pieces this thin and fine put them at risk of cracking in the kiln, but Yi Xuan takes that risk to honor the fine detailed craft that put Dehua on the map. The result is a gaiwan as light in the hand as Jingdezhen’s famous porcelain, but with a natural, hand-thrown feel and color that makes tea leaves really shine.
This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact Gaiwan pictured.
Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces with patterns that can never line up quite the same again. Once this individual gaiwan finds a new home, it is gone.
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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