Yixing Tea Pot

A beautiful, authentic Yixing Clay tea pot, handmade by a crafting family with three generations of experience. Be wary of fake, cheaper pots that are made in factories without Yixing clay, these will not create good suction while pouring and the clay will not retain complex flavors that these pots are famous for. ARTIST BACKGROUND: Xia Cai Hong is a graduate of the Yixing Academy of Clay Arts. She's from a teapot crafting family that's been creating works of art in Yixing for three generations. Her favorite teapot styles are "Fang Gu" and "Rong Tian". Her father Xia Fu Ru is now retired but worked in Yixing Factory #1 starting in the 1970's after the end of the Cultural Revolution. Every pot is hand-made and the artisan will sometimes change the stamps they use. There may also be some slight differences in the color, handle shape, and volume. Some differences in the color and shininess of the actual teapot you receive as compared to the one in the photographs may also be due to light