Ru porcelain has a unique color with precious agate as its glaze and has been described as "the beauty of a broken cloud in the clear sky after the storm.” The glaze of Ru porcelain is full and bright, with a few bubbles which were called “as sparse as morning stars that flicker under light.” We can see sparse bubbles embedded in the middle and bottom of the Ru porcelain fractured surface. Observing the glaze surface with a magnifying glass, the bubbles in the middle are like stars in the glaze layer. The crack stripe on the glaze surface is as thin as a cicada's wings, so it is also called crab claw pattern, ice crack pattern, and fish roe pattern. 

The Ru kiln, once located in Ruzhou, has a truly unique story and is one of the five famous kilns from the Song Dynasty. Ru porcelain ranks the first among the five famous kilns in porcelain history and has one of the famous traditional porcelain techniques. This porcelain is still representative of porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Teapot dimensions: 5" across and 3 7/16" tall without the lid
Teacup dimensions: 2 1/2" across and 2 3/4" tall 

*Removable infuser included with set