Cai Shao "Mao" Fine Porcelain Tea Bowl
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 stunning iridescent tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan.
This piece came out of her kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her multi-day firing process.
Finishing these beautiful pieces involves an electric kiln firing to set the unglazed porcelain, followed by application of a blended ash glaze and finally an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her old-school kiln, reaching temperatures so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay.
Technical Specifications
- weight : 61 g
- apprx. capacity : 60 ml
- width : 8.25 cm
- height : 3 cm
- firing : dian shao + cai shao
This tea cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide elements present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing. This piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand.
This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for unique works that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece 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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