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Chen Kai's Duan Ni Xiangjun Teapot/Xiaoxiang-Tears Set

Chen Kai’s Creation
Customization period: 15-30 days
Sale priceFrom $2,950
Sale price$2,950
shape: Xiangjun Teapot
Chen Kai's Duan Ni Xiangjun Teapot/Xiaoxiang-Tears Set
Chen Kai's Duan Ni Xiangjun Teapot/Xiaoxiang-Tears Set Sale priceFrom $2,950

Xiangjun Teapot/Xiaoxiang-Tears Set
Clay: Duan clay
Capacity:Teapot: 220ml Set: 480ml
Author: Chen Kai

The piece is shaped like a spotted bamboo, capturing its spirit through form. It is both bamboo and emotion. As bamboo, the knob, spout, and handle are each paired with a slender, curved bamboo segment, unified in style yet each possessing its own unique charm. The bamboo leaves at the joints blend seamlessly into the body of the pot. The body is decorated with clay-painted patterns, with purplish-red spots leaping across the cold-pressed golden clay. As emotion, the knob resembles the hair of a beautiful woman bowing her head slightly in sorrow, the spout like a jade arm gently wiping away tears, the handle's gentle curve supporting the woman's slender waist, and the body like the hem of her skirt stained with tears—delicate and moving, evoking pity in all who behold it.
Xiangfei bamboo, also known as spotted bamboo, is a creature of natural beauty, celebrated for the love story of Emperor Shun and his two Xiangfei consorts. A thousand years have passed since the fall of the Qing Dynasty, yet the Xiangfei bamboo along the shores of Dongting Lake still tells the tale of that ancient hero and love.
The author uses cold, golden clay buried in the earth's strata for hundreds of millions of years as an artistic language, perfectly interpreting the elegance of the spotted bamboo branches and the unwavering love that transcends life and death through the combination of form, color, and meaning.
It can truly be said that the teapot conveys emotions, and is incredibly lifelike. .

Chen Kai

National Certified Master Artisan, Handcrafted by National Craftsman; Member of the China Arts and Crafts Association.

Born in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, Chen Kai graduated from the Department of Ceramic Art at Wuxi Institute of Arts & Technology. He studied under renowned masters including Jiang Yongjun, Fan Zhuoqun and Fan Zefeng.

Devoting himself to the in-depth research of sculpture and painting, Chen Kai has drawn extensively from diverse artistic traditions to forge his own unique style. His works are characterized by elegance, delicacy, vigor and grace, earning high esteem among literati and connoisseurs.
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