Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan
Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan

Retreat Handpainted Gaiwan

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The wood-fired gaiwan is hand painted by the artist Cao in Jingdezhen whose works are admired by a wide range of vivid landscape paintings. He has committed himself to hand painting for two decades and is qualified as a national-level class A artificer.

The gaiwan features a fine handpainted scene depicting a man is playing a Chinese traditional instrument in front of mountains. The painting is divided into two parts with a half on the body and the other on the lid, providing a stereoscopic and aesthetic enhancement. Made of white fine ceramic, the gaiwan is mottled with black throughout which results from the interaction with the flame and ash in a complicated firing process, giving an impression of Chinese ink wash painting. The gaiwan actually is not only a piece of craft, but acts more like a timeline that manifests how much time the artist spent working on it with the expert painting skill .

The gaiwan holds approximately 110 ml of liquid. Pinched out slightly, the rim is extremely easy to pour out the tea like a dream, and thin enough to prevent the fingers from the heat as well. As the inside is not glazed, we recommend dedicating it to a kind of tea to help improve the taste of the same tea with long-term use, as most of zisha teapots are treated.