Chen Zhan

Chen Zhan worked during the Qing Dynasty, a golden age when Yixing teapots had become treasured objects of desire among scholars, emperors, and tea lovers alike. While history hasn't preserved the full story of Chen Zhan's life, their hands shaped clay during a time when the purple mountains of Yixing were producing some of the most celebrated pottery the world had ever seen. Each teapot from this era was more than a vessel — it was a quiet conversation between the maker and the art of tea itself.