Purple Gold Sand · 紫玉金砂

The Ingot Vessel

元宝手抓宝瓶 · 126 ml · thrown by Yi Fou

Shaped like the old gold ingot, lifted from the top.

$405.00 USD

Low stock — only 2 left

A bao ping — a treasure-vase pot lifted by a moulded grip across the top rather than a side handle, its silhouette drawn from the yuan bao, the boat-shaped gold ingot of imperial China. Purple gold sand gives the auspicious form a mica-bright body.

Clay body

Purple Gold Sand · 紫玉金砂

Capacity

126 ml

Dimensions

9.5 × 8 × 7.1 cm

Weight

136 g

Form

Bao Ping — grip-top treasure pot

Maker

Yi Fou · 亦缶

SKU

PO/ET · S0315

One pot, one tea — keep this pot to a single kind of tea. Rinse with hot water only, never soap, and wipe dry. The unglazed clay will slowly take on a patina from the tea you brew.