One of Ryubundo’s most exquisite pieces, this kettle pot is an amalgamation of the most intricate sculpture, painting, calligraphy, and engraving craftsmanship. With bronze as its skin, silver as its insides, gold, bronze and tin as ornamentation, this kettle is engraved on the inside with patterns of evergreen pine and paper scrolls. The rare combination of this kettle pot’s use of five elements and its sophisticated craftsmanship makes it a cultured vessel for embodying over one hundred years of rich history. It is undoubtedly the finest of pots.
Material: Gold, silver, bronze, iron and tin
Size: 700ml
【龙文堂安之介造嵌金松摘铜包银壶】
龙文堂安之介的精品之一，此壶集合了雕塑、绘画、书法、镶嵌工艺，以金为钮，银为胆，铜为身，铁、锡为提梁，壶胆内有刻花，并精心刻绘了苍劲虬松与飘逸书款，融金银铜铁锡五种材质、精湛绝伦工艺、清雅文人气息与百余年历史传承于一身，可以说是壶中的极品。
RYUBUNDO 龙文堂
From the very early of its history, dating back to the early 18th century, the metalwork studio “Ryubundo” 龍文堂 always represents the highest standard of tetsubin (Japanese iron kettle) making. From the founder of the studio, Shiho Ryubun (1735-1798), every successive director of the studio ryubundo were talented not only in metalworking, but also in painting, calligraphy, and poetry. Therefore, the aristocratic, literatic taste are the main features of ryubundo tetsubin. From the middle of Edo Period (1603-1868) when tea culture was popular everywhere in Japan, the development of ryubundo reached a boom, and this boom continued to the latter Meiji Period (1868~1912), and the studio was mentioned in the ironic novel by the famous Japanese writer Natsume Soseki, I Am a Cat. The sentence writes “those people living a luxurious life would lose their sleep if they could not hear the sound made by the lid of ryubundo iron kettles when water is boiling”
日本京都的金工名家——龙文堂，在其三百余年的历史当中始终代表着日本茶器具制作的巅峰水准。从创始者四方龙文(1735-1798), 到之后的历任龙文堂堂主，皆博学多才，除了金工之外，往往擅长书画，并精通国学。因而，龙文堂制作的茶器具中，不少都令人遥想当年汉风雅韵。从茶文化盛行的江户时代开始，龙文堂铁壶就在贵族间十分兴盛。而在时代巨变的明治，龙文堂随日本金工一起发展到了极致。被日本二十世纪最著名的小说家，夏目漱石在其代表作《我是猫》中提到。
