Yixing kiln purple sand lotus heart inscription flowers and birds hexagonal tea pot

[Yixing kiln purple sand lotus heart inscription flower and bird hexagonal tea pot]

Yixing kiln purple sand lotus heart inscription flower and bird hexagonal tea pot, Qingyongzheng, height 13 cm, caliber 3.6 cm, bottom diameter 5.9 cm
The can is hexagonal, with flat shoulder, flat bottom, and double cover for mother and child. The cover is engraved with the words “lotus heart” in regular script. The six sides of the tank belly are piled with mud to draw a picture of mountains, stones, flowers and birds. The sand mud is purplish red with fine texture and exquisite decoration
During the Yongzheng period, Neiting specially customized small capacity purple sand tea pots with different tea names to Yixing for the emperor to taste tea. Lotus tea is one of the famous tea in Jiangnan.

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