Dragon Tea Figurine in Yixing Clay

The Dragon Tea Figurine in Yixing Clay is a charming Yixing clay figurine, perfect for enhancing your traditional tea ceremony. The Figurines in the Chinese Tea Ceremony If you have ever attended the Chinese tea ceremony Gongfu Cha, you will surely have noticed that most tea trays (Cheban) are accompanied by a small clay figurine, known as "茶 宠" (tea pet). These Yixing clay artworks are constantly wetted during the tea ceremony, bringing auspices of good luck and prosperity. In China, tea figurines are held in high regard, sometimes equated to pets. Even though they are simply decorative objects for the tea tray, in many Chinese families they hold deep symbolic meanings.