{"product_id":"azure-dragon-pattern-flat-jade-yixing-clay-woodfired-teapot-94828","title":"Azure Dragon Pattern Flat Jade yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94828","description":"Translation: \"Qinglong-wen Bian Yu Hu\" — a flattened jade ewer\/teapot decorated with an Azure Dragon motif.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe exact technical identity of \"扁玉壶\" is somewhat ambiguous from the name alone: it suggests a low‑profile (flattened) jade vessel in the general shape of a hu\/hu‑type ewer or small teapot rather than a mass‑produced ceramic teapot. Jade vessels have a long history in China, originating as ritual bronzeware and jade imitations in the Shang–Zhou period and continuing as luxury objects through later dynasties. Carved jade teapots or ewers became prized court and scholar’s objects especially from the Ming and Qing eras, when jade carving reached high technical refinement and carvers often adapted classic bronze and ceramic forms in hardstone.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe \"青龙纹\" (Azure Dragon pattern) is one of the Four Symbols in Chinese cosmology and an auspicious, imperial motif widely used on ritual and decorative objects. On a flattened jade ewer this motif would be executed in low relief or incised carving around the shoulder or body, emphasizing movement across the broad, compressed profile.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nShape note:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\"扁\" indicates a compressed, wide silhouette with relatively low height and broad shoulders; as a hu\/teapot it would typically have a lid, a short spout and an elegantly proportioned handle, emphasizing surface decoration over verticality.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWood-fired handmade Yixing teapot made from Duanni clay sourced from the original Huanglongshan mine. Xu Shun Wei.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n","brand":"Moychay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67018436706349,"sku":"94828","price":351.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/5758\/4429\/files\/DSC09828.jpg?v=1783814399","url":"https:\/\/atlanta.moychay.com\/products\/azure-dragon-pattern-flat-jade-yixing-clay-woodfired-teapot-94828","provider":"Moychay Atlanta LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}