Cicada Ice Jade Porcelain Gaiwan
175mL
- Capacity: 175mL
- Origin: Jingdezhen City (景德镇市), Jiangxi Province
- Style: Bing zhong “ice jade” porcelain
- Material: Glazed porcelain
$45.00
3 in stock
An elegant classic porcelain gaiwan made of fine ice jade porcelain in a translucent cool white color with a design of a cicada perched on a bamboo branch on one side.
This teacups forms a matching set with our Cicada Ice Jade Porcelain Teacup, sold separately. Also comes in a floral blue peony design as the Blue Peony Ice Jade Porcelain Gaiwan.
The cicada (zhi liao) and bamboo (zhu) design on the side of this gaiwan is a visual play on words that creates a reference to the phrase zhi zhu. Zhi zhu is a philosophical concept describing a state of gratitude and satisfaction where one feels one has enough and has no hunger for material things. As such, the image of a cicada perched on bamboo has become artistic shorthand for this concept.
