Jingdezhen Hand-Carved Distant Mountains Porcelain Gongfu Tea Set

Mountain ridges rise in low relief across this six-vessel Jingdezhen tea set. The carving is not a printed landscape: it changes with touch and with the angle of light, giving each cup and serving piece a quiet topography.

Yingqing glaze settles with a pale bluish cast in the carved recesses, making the distant ridges more pronounced. Pure White keeps the same relief closer to the porcelain body, offering a cleaner, more graphic reading. The choice is not only color but the way the surface is perceived.

The set is complete for four-person gongfu tea: a 150 ml gaiwan for brewing, a pointed-spout fairness pitcher for an even pour, and four 50 ml cups. Its value lies in carrying one coherent landscape from the brewing vessel to every place at the table, so guests encounter the carved mountains through both touch and shared use rather than as decoration seen from a distance.

• Origin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
• Material: High-fired white porcelain
• Decoration: Hand-carved distant-mountain relief
• Glaze options: Yingqing; Pure White
• Gaiwan: 150 ml / 5.1 oz; 10 cm diameter x 8.5 cm H / 3.9 in diameter x 3.3 in H
• Fairness pitcher: 220 ml / 7.4 oz; 8.8 cm rim diameter x 9 cm H / 3.5 in rim diameter x 3.5 in H
• Each tasting cup: 50 ml / 1.7 oz; 5.5 cm diameter x 5.7 cm H / 2.2 in diameter x 2.2 in H
• Set contents: 1 gaiwan, 1 fairness pitcher, and 4 tasting cups