Jun Kiln Round Blue Ceramic Teapot

300mL

$35.00

Out of stock

A round Jun Kiln ceramic teapot with striking blue glaze and a large body that allows a tea to expand while steeping. The perfect size to share multiple steeps with others or to steep a large personal cup of tea at a time.

Jun Kiln’s signature dappled blue glaze has shades of light to deep blue with accents of warm brown around the mouth, lid, and spout of the teapot. The entire teapot is glazed and has a dark blue glazed interior. It has a built-in strainer bulb behind the spout to filter tea leaves without clogging.

This teapot has slightly thick walls, which help retain heat as it steeps. It can be used to make any type of tea, especially more aromatic teas like Anxi wulongs, Wuyi rock wulongs like Ba Xian (Eight Immortals), and black teas like Anji Hong.

Historic Jun Kiln

The Jun Kiln of the Song Dynasty was one of the five great kilns (五大名窯), along with the Ru Kiln (汝窯), Guan Kiln (官窯), Ding Kiln (定窯), and Ge Kiln (哥窯).

Jun Kiln was particularly well-known for its unique multi-colored blue glazes with hints of purple, and for the forms of its ceramics. Jun-style porcelain was originally created in the Song Huizong period of the Song Dynasty in China (1082) and was produced in Yuzhou City, Henan Province. Over the years, more modern teaware has continued to be made in the style of pieces from the original Jun Kiln.

The striking dappled patterns of Jun Kiln’s signature glaze are made by painting on multiple layers of glaze and using many natural metal oxide pigments to make layers of different colors. The ceramic is fired at a very high temperature that is very carefully controlled to let the glaze gently flow down the sides of the cup like a stream of water, creating dense feathered visuals of multiple colors.

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