- Yixing clay tea set, 1 tea making pot, 1 serving pot, and 6 cups
- Tea pot capacity is 7oz and each cup holds 1oz
- Built in strainer ensures that leaves do not clog up the spout or get into your cup
Yang GuiFei was born in the Tang Ming Dynasty and selected to go to the Palace. One day, while enjoying the flowers in the garden, she happened to touch a flower that automatically closed when disturbed. A servant saw this and reported that Yan GuiFei was so beautiful that even the flowers were ashamed of themselves. (Seems that the quality of servants at this time was quite low.) Still, the emperor was intrigued and ordered her to appear before him.
Pleased with her looks, he kept her beside him as Royal concubine (it seems the real story is more complex than this simple statement). As a result, many of her family prospered by her influence in providing position and privileges, including a fellow called An Lu Shan. Later when An Lu Shan rebelled and successfully threatened the emperor, the Royal court had to flee. With some justification, the court blamed Yang GuiFei for their troubles and she ended up being hung.
The story about Yang GuiFei shaming the flowers gave her the name "embarrassing the flowers".
The teapot is plump, representing Yang GuiFei's voluptuousness, which was the desired female shape at this time. Yang GuiFei was regarded as the perfect representation of this ideal.
Yixing clay tea set, 1 tea making pot, 1 serving pot, and 6 cups. Tea making pot - in the foreground of the main picture - is 7.7cm high, with a diameter of 9.5cm (3ins in height and 3.7ins in diameter). The serving pot is 9.5cm high with a diameter of 7cm (3.7ins in height and 2.8ins in diameter). Cups are 3cm high with a diameter of 7.3cm (1.2in in height and 2.9ins in diameter).
Tea pot capacity is 7oz and each cup holds 1oz.
Built in strainer ensures that leaves do not clog up the spout or get into your cup. The bottom of the pot feature's the artists signature.
Ships in a handsome, sturdy case of cloth covered, thick cardboard.
Product of China.
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