From Liuzhou’s glassblowing quarter to your tea table
Gao Lihua’s usual fairness pitcher tops out around 180ml, sized for the gaiwans she’s known for — but Michael Zhan kept hearing from tea event organisers who needed one pitcher to serve six or eight guests without constant refilling. This 400ml size is her answer: still hand-blown at her Liuzhou shophouse, but with a proper handle this time, since a pitcher this heavy when full is no longer comfortable held by the rim alone.
Gao spent several sessions on the spout alone, refining the angle until the pour cut off without a drip regardless of how quickly it was tilted back. The handle is drawn from the same gather as the body rather than fused on afterward, which keeps the whole piece one uninterrupted material. Michael examines each piece individually for optical clarity and lip finish before it ships, the same check he runs on her smaller pitcher.
Because it competes for bench time with her main gaiwan work, this event size is the least frequently restocked piece in the Liuzhou line — worth planning ahead for if you know a large session is coming.