"Shu Chai San You" 《束柴三友》~ "Bundled Three Friends (Pine+Bamboo+Plum Blossoms)", 680ml, by YiXing's Top Ornate Class Artist & Prodigy L4 Assoc Master Zhang Xue Lei 张雪磊, 助理工艺美术师 ~ commissioned by Private Collector. Available for further commissioning.
AVAILABLE FOR/WELCOMING further commissioning.
Assoc Master Zhang Xue Lei took nine weeks to complete this commissioned work, not taking account the other four weeks for failed specimens during crafting. The band, the Shu Dai 束带, adds tremendous aesthetic challenges during design and tremendous difficulties during crafting.
For the price of a used Black Bay, or a new SpringDrive, or, for half or one-third the price of a used base Rolex model, owned by millions all over the world, here one can own a Top ZiSha work (belonging to the Ornate class, if not the most difficult ZiSha Class, the most time-consuming Class work to craft from start to finish). And this top ZiSha Work comes from the top Ornate ZiSha Artist: Zhang Xue Lei. To make it even more meaningful, Fully-Handmade ZiSha makes up half of the Chinese tea culture.
Tea Culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha.
A further icing on the cake:
Zhang Xue Lei can, at most craft only three of such, a year. He is born on 16th February 1996, and is 28 years old now.
Between 28 years of age (Yr 2025) to 45, and before Zhang Xue Lei's eyes age and be afflicted with inevitable poor focussing,
That is 27 years left of productive life crafting the most detailed and tiring Ornate Class works. And Zhang will not be crafting the model 束柴三友 Shu Chai San You always, but more often, 松段 Song Duans, 梅桩 Mei Zhuangs. Therefore, one can count with one's digits on four limbs, how many (or rather how FEW) Zenith 束柴三友 Shu Chai San You's Master Zhang will craft in his entire life.
Take part in this exciting, fulfilling and enlivening part of the Chinese Culture!
680ml.
Assoc Master Zhang chose for this application, Lao Duan Ni for crafting.
