Capacity filled to the brim: approximately 230ml
Capacity in use with lid: approximately 175ml

This Gaiwan is handmade of fine Jingdezhen porcelain, and is also finished with a special dark red glaze known as Jihong 霁红 with a hand painted qinghua (blue) landscape inside the bowl.

The studio follows the traditional recipe for the glaze. The firing temperature has to be strictly maintained at 1280°C. This product is very difficult to make and thus has a high scrap rate. Jihong is a glaze color that can only be fired successfully within a narrow range of temperature (around 1280°C to 1300°C). Slight changes in temperature and atmosphere can destroy an entire batch. The batch just prior to this one failed in the kiln.

You can read more about jihong glaze in our blog post here.