Jun Ware Hand-Pinched Teacup 110ml

Product Specifications

Capacity: 110ml

Diameter: 8.0cm

Height: 5.2cm

Material: White Clay & Jun Mineral Glaze

Food Safe: Yes

Packaging: Premium gift box

Born from the kilns of Shenhou during the glorious era of the Song dynasty, Jun ware stands as one of China’s Five Great Kilns—renowned not for painted patterns, but for the silent dialogue between clay, mineral, and flame. At over 1300°C, glazes rich in copper and iron undergo a mesmerizing kiln transformation, often described as “one color enters the kiln; ten thousand colors emerge.” This process yields ceramic surfaces that are never repeated—each piece a unique testament to the alchemy of fire, chemistry, and time.

The Hand-Pinched Large Master Cup merges spontaneous craft with bold presence. Formed entirely by hand, its walls bear the gentle, irregular impressions of the potter’s fingers—a texture that invites touch and conveys a sense of immediacy, of clay shaped in a single, mindful gesture.

The cup’s generous volume is designed for moments of slow, contemplative tea. Whether steeping a richly aromatic oolong, a mellow aged white tea, or a profound pu-erh, its capacity allows the leaves to unfurl freely and the liquor to develop in depth and nuance.

True to Jun ware’s essence, the glaze flows in deep, atmospheric hues—lavender bleeding into iron-red, midnight blue melting into mossy green—as though a fragment of a stormy sky or a mineral-rich landscape were captured in ceramic. These colors are not applied; they are born in the reduction atmosphere of a wood-fired kiln, where chance becomes art.

Fired in Shenhou, Henan—the historic heartland of Jun ware—each cup is singular, a wearable piece of kiln poetry. Its substantial weight and tactile surface ground the tea ritual, turning each sip into an act of connection: to earth, to fire, to a tradition that has shaped beauty for a millennium.