Orange Rhythm Elegant Bamboo Ashtray

Listen, the dawn light in Jingdezhen falls on the tip of the brush.
Master Zhang always waits for the first ray of dawn when he draws bamboo leaves??said to be when the blue pigment is most lively. Each piece of bamboo leaf on this ashtray ?? is created by him dipping a rabbit-hair brush in cobalt and ‘writing’ it on the orange-red glaze, just like how ancient poets wrote poems.
Why do designers fall in love with it?
? One piece, four paintings: rotate the wooden base to reveal four ‘windows’ hiding an entire oriental garden. Detailed orchid strokes are like fine hair, while freehand plum branches leave ample white space; it’s like a small art museum on a tea tray???
? Glaze mystery: the orange-red base glaze is derived from rare minerals in Jingdezhen, and after firing, it radiates a warm golden glow. Under the light of a lamp in the evening, the ashtray looks like a small lantern??
When it speaks as a gift:
Give it as a gift during a move, and a friend touching the bamboo pattern says, “Are you wishing me to progress step by step?”
For a father who wants to quit smoking, he smiles and puts a lighter in the ashtray: “From now on, this will only hold sweets.”??
Unboxing theater:
When you tear open the silk paper, the first thing you touch is the warm and smooth wooden base??specifically chosen to use the old mortise and tenon technique, allowing the ceramic and wood to embrace tightly. The inner lining of the gift box explains the bamboo??, so there’s no cultural barrier when giving it to a Western friend.