Teapot Nixing
Liu Bao Urn

Name: Wu Haoyu Nixing Teapot Liu Bao Urn
SKU: 7803
Price: 1990.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Wu Haoyu

SKU

7803

A limited edition teapot by renowned Chinese ceramic artist Wu Haoyu, handcrafted from Nixing clay in his signature wafer-thin style. This elegant urn-shaped masterpiece partially dipped in a deep grey-green glaze, revealing the red-brown clay body beneath, is part of a special collection that pays tribute to Liu Bao: a post-fermented tea speciality from Guangxi province, whose fertile lands are also the source of Nixing clay. Naturally, this teapot pairs perfectly with aged Liu Bao, as well as Oolong, Pu Erh and other dark Chinese teas.

Item	Teapot
Artist	Wu Haoyu
Origin	Nanning, Guangxi, China
Dimensions	Ø6.6 x H9 x W10 cm
Volume	180ml
Material	Nixing clay
Strainer	Ceramic ball filter
Artist stamp	Seal to base and inside lid
Packaging	Gift box

Each piece is handmade and unique therefore sizing is approximate and appearance may vary.

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Contemporary ceramic artist and tea connoisseur Wu Haoyu serves as an Associate Professor of Art and Ceramic Design at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing. He has exhibited at major art events such as the Venice Biennale and the London Design Festival as well as numerous art museums and the Chinese Embassy in Italy. In addition to vases and abstract artworks, he also creates highly collectible wood-fired teaware made of Nixing clay, which he personally collects from the mountains of Guangxi and refines using traditional techniques. Over years of intensively studying the clay Wu Haoyu has developed a signature aesthetic that centres on claybodies unparalleled in their lightness and elegance in an exquisite palette of brown to black hues.

Boasting a 1300 year old history, Nixing – along with Yixing, Jianshui and Rongchang – is one of the four renowned styles of traditional Chinese pottery. Produced in Qinzhou, Guangxi province, Nixing wares are made from a mixture of two clays dug from the banks on both sides of the Qinjiang river. Baked unglazed at high temperatures of around 1200°C, the mineral-rich clay takes on colours ranging from the characteristic deep copper brown to blue-greys and black, which is then often polished to reveal an incredibly smooth matte surface that is particularly suited to decorative carving. Less porous than Yixing clay, Nixing teaware is suitable for enjoying all types of Chinese tea, especially Liu Bao, Pu Erh, Oolong and black teas.