Landmark Gaiwan Large pop to follow the hint by

to follow the hint by brewing within the Yixing clay a tea from the local Guangdong province may well connect the dots separated by some thousand kilometers away

During the tea off-season

selective harvesting rather than mechanical picking

This year's Dong Ding is clean and extremely balanced

It remains round and pleasant

Landmark Gaiwan Large pop to follow the hint byEmerging from the table like a titanic sculpture, this large and thick gaiwan by Liu Shisan is weighty and monolithic, with a textured glazes suggesting roughly carved marble and oxidised iron. The clay has been carefully worked to keep the two from encroaching on one another, and the dark pedestalled foot and button with a shallow basin resemble nothing so much as an old stone and bronze fountain just waiting for water. The wide, sturdy construction