Bao Weng

Bao Weng — whose name beautifully translates to something like 'Treasure Elder' — is one of those quietly intriguing figures in the world of Yixing pottery, known to us more through whisper than record. Like many artisans of the Yixing tradition, their greatest legacy may simply be the pots themselves: objects so well-crafted they outlasted the stories of their makers. Bao Weng reminds us that behind every treasured teapot is a pair of skilled hands whose dedication to clay was its own kind of poetry.