Description:

宜兴紫砂 虚扁壶 功夫茶壶 茶具套装 

Yixing Purple Clay (Zi Sha) Tea Set 7 Pieces Xubian

茶壶 Tea pot: 16* 11* 8 cm / 1pcs

茶杯 Tea cup: 6* 3 cm  / 6 pcs

The Yixing pronounced (E-Shing) teapot was the first vessel designed specifically for brewing tea during the Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644). The first Yixing teapots originated west of Taihu, the great lake in the Jiangsu province around 100 miles from Shanghai. ... Pottery has been produced in Yixing since neolithic times.

There are three clays of Yixing collectively known as Zisha (purple sand) a purple-brown clay, a buff-colored clay, and deep orange-red clay. (Chineseantiques.co.uk)