Longquan Celadon · Lotus Leaf Aroma Cup & Pooled-Glaze Saucer
There is celadon that holds a lotus pond in the palm of your hand.
$92.48
1 in stock
Specifications: Aroma cup 60ml · 7.5cm (H) × 5.8cm (mouth) · Saucer 11cm (D) | Material: Ceramic (Celadon) | Colour: Fenqing (Powder Blue)
Place of Origin: Zhejiang, China
Handcrafted by Lei Huixian (Master of Arts and Crafts, Zhejiang Province)
Handcrafted. One of a kind. Signed collector’s certificate included.
This aroma cup set is made by Lei Huixian, a Master of Arts and Crafts of Zhejiang Province.Her works have been selected for the G20 Hangzhou Summit and the World Internet Conference.
The aroma cup is tall, slender, and narrow — a form designed to gather and hold fragrance. Unlike a standard teacup, its narrow rim and tall body trap the aroma, letting it swirl and concentrate within. You lift the cup, you breathe in — and the tea’s fragrance unfolds before the first sip. This is a cup made for the nose as much as the mouth.
On the cup, lotus leaves and flowers are carved by hand — leaves spreading wide, veins clear; blossoms standing tall, some in bud, some unfurling. The glaze is Fenqing (Powder Blue) — a classic Longquan glaze, soft and luminous, its tone ranging from a gentle grey-blue to a clear dawn-sky blue. It brings the lotus to life, cool and serene.
The saucer is pooled-glaze — the glaze gathers thick and clear at its centre, like a still, shallow pool. Place the cup on the saucer, and it becomes a lotus floating on a quiet pond. Cup is flower, saucer is water — flower rests on water, water holds the flower. Light moves across the surface, and the glaze shifts, now blue, now green — the colour of sky after rain, held in a single vessel.
Each set is unique. Hand-thrown and hand-carved, one at a time. The lotus leaves, the blossoms, the pooling glaze — each one slightly different, shaped by hand, not by machine. This is the mark of the maker — and the mark of a piece that exists only once.