450ml Wood fired Duanni Tea Jar gaogan Stamped on the base is

Stamped on the base is 放下 - a mark we are using for a range of high quality teaware we're developing

The most accurately we can date it is pre-1958

complete with numbered inner ticket and presentation box

which is drier than we'd normally prefer

these are made just as nicely

450ml Wood fired Duanni Tea Jar gaogan Stamped on the base isWe knew this Duanni clay made lovely tea it's a batch of clay we've used before for making our Fangxia Duanni teapots. It's a pure ore with no additives, something that's not so easy to find even more so in a tea jar. These were fired in a wood kiln. It's still early, and it will be interesting to see how the teas change over the course of years, but in our tests so far, both the Zini and Duanni jars seem to be working well for storing tea and "waking