Purple sand began to make cans during the period of Zheng De and Emperor Wu of Ming Chengzu, and famous artists came forth in large numbers. The fine products were passed down from generation to generation for 500 years. It is said that the founder of teapot is Gong Chun of Ming Dynasty in China. From the tree gall pot and six-petal round capsule pot during the reign of Zheng Dejia in Ming Dynasty to the creative design of Ji Hansheng and the production of Cao Anxiang, Zisha pot is a unique handmade pottery in China.
The tea set, Zhonghua Dragon Pot, can brew two kinds of tea at the same time, and then go to the French milk pot made by Yan Yan, a Buddhist purple sand artist. Each pot is unique and works hard on the appreciation of the pot. Due to the combination of artistry and practicality, the teapot is precious and memorable.
Moreover, the benefits of making tea in teapot and the cultural atmosphere of tea Zen blindly increase the elegant charm of teapot. The teapot is bullish in the auction market and is an "antique" with collection value. The works of famous artists are often hard to find. As the saying goes, "There are many jewels in the world, and Yixing Zisha is the most sought after."
Material characteristics of teapot
The raw materials used in purple sand Tokisho, including purple mud, green mud and red mud, are collectively called purple sand mud. Purple mud is an interlayer of nail mud seam. The ore body is thin and lenticular, and the thickness of the ore bed is generally about tens of centimeters to one meter, so the stability is poor. The appearance color of raw materials is purple and purplish red with light green spots, and the appearance color after firing is purple, purplish brown and purplish black.
The main component of purple mud is hydromica, which contains different amounts of kaolin, Yingshi, mica and iron. Comprehensive analysis shows that purple mud belongs to granular soil and timely mica series, which is quite similar to the characteristics of porcelain raw materials. Therefore, a single raw material has ideal plasticity, high strength and low drying shrinkage, which provides good technological conditions for various shapes.
Green mud is the grease in purple sand mud, so it is called "mud in mud" (Tuanshan mud is a mixture of purple mud and green mud). The output of green mud is not much, the mud is tender and the fire resistance is lower than that of purple mud. Generally, it is used as powder or pigment outside the matrix, which makes the color of Zisha pottery more colorful.