Image from book page 321
Qín Quán Hú
An emperor's weight, reimagined for your tea table.
Inspired by the bronze weights that Emperor Qin Shi Huang used to unify ancient China's measurement system, the Qin Quan teapot mimics that iconic rounded, slightly top-heavy silhouette — turning a symbol of imperial authority into something you brew your morning oolong in. It's a beautifully simple design: a smooth, bell-shaped body that feels solid and grounded in your hands, much like the weighty object that inspired it. Holding one is a small, tactile connection to over 2,000 years of Chinese history.
The original Qin dynasty bronze weights that inspired this teapot were so precisely standardized that examples unearthed by archaeologists still match each other in mass after more than two millennia underground.
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Original Chinese Text 原文
秦权为秦始皇统一度量衡后推广使 对我国社会政治经济的发 要的意义 。 “秦权过 ”形似秤达 。身简呈 环形飞软 。 通体不施任何装饰 ，以裸胎之美诠释着紫砂泥 该索色泽温和雅正,线条流畅，形制朴素敦厚 j的衡具,， 规定全国的衡量标准 ， 展起着重大推动作用,在中华文明的发展中具有重 忆 攻李圆状 ，腰部以上呈收和敛式 ，嵌盖与过 身浑成一体，假底 ，端庄沉稳，桥钮微拱，一弯流与壶身 者接 ，和舒展自然 ， 质最本真的魅力 ， 区| 届