Cicada Wing Ultra Thin Iron Bodied Naked Fired Gaiwan
Encounter a heart-warming tea container, taking a sip or two of light and elegant tea in the middle of a busy schedule; between touch and vision, clearly comprehend heaven, earth and people of nature and ingenuity.
Frequently Bought Together
- Material: Dehua high-purity primary kaolin, iron-rich clay body.
- Firing Method: Naked (unglazed) wood-fired, reduction atmosphere, multi-day kiln.
- Peak Firing Temperature > 1290°C (2350°F), vitrified stoneware.
- Wall Thickness: Approx. 0.5 mm (Cicada Wing), slightly thicker on Yuanbao/Mati.
- Body Style: Tripod three-foot base, wide mouth with close-fitting lid
- Surface: Unglazed, naturally ash-kissed, iron-black metallic patina.
- Cicada Wing Dimensions: 9.5 cm diameter × 6.8 cm height (3.74 × 2.68 in)
- Cicada Wing Capacity: 110 ml (3.7 fl oz) to lid line
- Yuanbao Dimensions: 9.2 cm diameter × 7.5 cm height (3.62 × 2.95 in)
- Yuanbao Capacity: 110 ml (3.7 fl oz)
- Mati Dimensions: 9.0 cm diameter × 7.0 cm height (3.54 × 2.76 in)
- Mati Capacity: 120 ml (4.1 fl oz)
- Food Safety: Lead-free, cadmium-free, and compliant with FDA & EU food-contact standards.
- Care: Hand-wash recommended; fully vitrified—will not absorb stains or odors.
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A Flame’s Fingerprint, A Body Thinner Than Daylight
Some objects demand to be held before they reveal themselves. This Naked Fired Gaiwan is one of them. Its color is not painted. It is the memory of a 1,290°C wood kiln—an unglazed iron-black skin born from a three-day fire, where drifting ash settled on bare clay and molten embers drew lines no human hand could plan. This is Chai Shao Naked Fired Gaiwan in its purest form: no glaze, no barrier, no repetition. Just a conversation between earth and flame, suspended in a bowl that weighs less than a sparrow.
We shaped the wall until light bled through it. At roughly half a millimeter, the porcelain glows like a cicada’s wing backlit by morning sun. Yet this Ultra-Thin Iron-Bodied Naked Fired Gaiwan doesn’t flinch at boiling water. High-purity Dehua kaolin, slow-reduced at stoneware temperatures, forges a body that is paradoxically delicate and dense—an Iron-Bodied Gaiwan that rings like struck bronze and cradles your palm with the warmth of a living ritual. The three carved feet lift the bowl just enough to cool the base, anchor the pour, and give your fingers a natural purchase. This is not a museum piece. It is a daily instrument for the tea drinker who understands that a gaiwan should feel like an extension of the hand.
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Why This Naked Fired Gaiwan Changes the Ritual
The Naked Fire Can’t Be Rehearsed
Glazes hide; naked firing reveals. In a Naked Fired Gaiwan, the clay body absorbs the kiln’s entire biography: a blush of iron where oxygen licked the rim, a ghost of carbon trailing across the lid, a constellation of fine ash that looks like distant rain on obsidian. No two bowls repeat the same story. When you pour, you’re holding a genuine Wood Fired Gaiwan whose surface is a one-off artifact of combustion and chance—an aesthetic Western collectors call “primitive modernism” and Japanese tea masters have revered for centuries. - Thin As a Possibility, Tough As a Promise
“Ultra-thin” usually whispers “fragile.” This Ultra-thin Gaiwan breaks that rule. Before a single flame touched the clay, a master trimmer spent hours at the wheel, removing stock over more than a hundred progressively finer passes until the wall reached the structural minimum—roughly 0.5 mm. After firing, the resulting Iron-Bodied Gaiwan is so vitrified that it refuses to absorb stains or odors. Tap it, and you get a clean, high-pitched ping that hangs in the air. The sensory contradiction is intentional: it feels almost weightless, yet it lands in the hand with a quiet, grounded authority. - Tripod Logic for Real-World Brewing
Three feet are not a decorative afterthought. On a wet tea tray, a flat-bottomed gaiwan can suction-lock or wobble. A Naked Fired Gaiwan elevates the base, breaking surface tension, speeding heat dissipation, and giving you a stable platform even on slightly uneven surfaces. The tripod also naturally cools the bottom enough to touch sooner after the steep, letting you empty the leaves without fumbling. -
A Gongfu Heart, Three Personalities
Every bowl in this Gaiwan Tea Set family holds a concentrated dose of tea—110 to 120 milliliters—engineered for the short, successive infusions of Gongfu brewing. Choose your shape:-
Cicada Wing (9.5 × 6.8 cm, 110 ml): The highest shoulder, the thinnest wall, the most ethereal translucency.
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Yuanbao / Ingot (9.2 × 7.5 cm, 110 ml): A squatter, broader profile inspired by ancient Chinese silver ingots; feels generous in the hand.
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Mati / Horseshoe (9.0 × 7.0 cm, 120 ml): Slightly taller, with a subtle flare that gives you an extra sip of volume and a different pouring rhythm.
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- This series blends the wood-fired drama of a Chai Shao Wood-fired Gaiwan with the precision of Dehua thin-body craft—a bridge between the bold Jingdezhen Wood-Fired Gaiwan tradition and the silent elegance of the south. It stands as both a daily tool for serious Gongfu brewing and a piece of functional sculpture that will stop conversations.