FREE UK DELIVERY INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS, PLEASE NOTE When your order contains more than one item, We WILL give a fair shipping refund. We always endeavour to keep our shipping costs as low as possible. Blue Dragon Infuser Mug - Handcrafted. White porcelain mug with two golden dragons amid clouds on a blue background. Includes porcelain strainer insert to catch your chinese tea leaves & matching lid to keep your tea warm. China uses the word tao meaning pottery to describe low-fired ware (Earthenware) & the word ci to describe high-fired ware (Stoneware or Porcelain). Earthenware has to be glazed to make it impermeable & fires at temperatures between 800 & 1150 C. Stoneware is harder than Earthenware & fires at 1200-1300 C. Porcelain is made from Kaolin & Petuntse which combine to produce a vitrified body fired at temperatures of 1280-1,400 C. The vitrification process leaves an unattractive finish so that, even though the body is impermeable, the usual practice with porcelain is to add a glaze applied either before one firing or between the initial & a second firing. Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province is home to large deposits of pure kaolin & has a documented history of porcelain production dating back over 1700 years. The wealth of experience enabled the artisans of the city to become the first to master the accurate reproduction of colour on porcelainware & for the city to become one of the four most significant in China by the time of the Qing dynasty. Dimensions (l x b x h) 7cm diameter x 11cm high (14cm with infuser & lid); 300ml. Materials Porcelain. Colours Various. Weight 530g. Packing Decorative box. Other / Care / Cleaning Instruction Dishwasher & microwave safe. Origin Pingyao County, China. Please look at all the pictures which form part of the description. Sizes quoted are approximate. DO NOT proceed with a purchase until you are completely satisfied that all details are correct. A refund will be issued only in the event of loss or damage to the item during transit or in the unlikely event that the item does not match the description. Blue Dragon Infuser Mug - Handcrafted
