Jingdezhen Hanging Lid Lotus Pond Porcelain Gaiwan

180mL

$40.00

5 in stock

This tranquil yet colorful gaiwan in an ultra-pale-green glaze features an unusual lid that can perch free-floating on the rim of the bowl, thanks to a hidden sculpted foot on the lid’s underside. A profuse pattern of lotus leaves and flowers in pink and green form a single image that spreads from bowl to lid and is echoed asymmetrically on one side of the thick saucer. Pure brewing elegance with flair.

This gaiwan’s Fen Cai style of of colorfully detailed porcelain is a famous style invented in the historic porcelain capital of Jingdezhen City. This center of ceramics innovation has generated many of China’s most celebrated porcelain styles today, including the iconic blue-and-white Qing Hua porcelain famed since antiquity.