Description
What Is It?
This is a pair of taller, narrower tea cups made in black pottery and finished with a Jizhou kiln tortoiseshell-style glaze. Compared with a lower cup, the shape feels more upright in the hand and changes the overall rhythm of the tea table.
Why Is It Worth Buying?
If you like tea cups that feel a little more slender and composed, this pair has that quality. It is ready for two people, and the darker body with amber markings gives even a small cup a strong presence.
Why Is It Different from Ordinary Alternatives?
What makes these different is the meeting of form and glaze. The shape is clean and narrow, while the glaze comes from the old Jizhou kiln tortoiseshell tradition, where black and yellow tones shift into one another during firing. The result feels more layered and alive than a plain evenly colored cup.
How Do I Use It?
- pour tea in small rounds into each cup
- hold the cup lightly near the rim or lower body
- use the pair for shared gongfu pours or tasting flights
- rinse and dry both cups after use
Why Might Natural Variation Appear?
Because the cups are handmade and the glaze develops in the kiln, small differences in amber patterning, surface markings, and the feel of the rim can appear from one piece to another. Those differences are normal for this kind of ware and should be read as character, not flaws.
Product Detail
Material: Black pottery + plant ash
Craft: Plant matter fused into ceramic during firing
Included pieces: 2 tea cups
Cup diameter: 3 cm
Cup height: 5 cm
Capacity: 50 ml each
Style: Jizhou kiln leopard pattern
Quantity: 2 cups per set
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