Purple sand is a kind of ceramic product between pottery and porcelain, which is characterized by compact structure, close to porcelain, high strength, fine particles and shell-like or stone-like fracture, but it does not have the translucency of porcelain tire.

There are many colors of purple mud, commonly known as "five-color soil". In addition to the main "five-color" Zhu mud, purple mud, Duan mud, black mud and dark green mud, there are various colors such as white mud, black mud, yellow mud and loose mud. Purple sand does not hang glaze, and makes full use of the true color of mud. After firing, the color is warm, quaint and lovely, and the surface of purple sand is also matt.

Classification of purple sand

The main varieties of Zisha pottery are all kinds of tea sets, wine sets, tableware, stationery, flower pots, sculptures, aged handicrafts and so on. Single teapot can be divided into four categories: light products, square products, steel ladle products and flower products.

In the purple sand ware, the teapot has always been loved by people, and purple sand flowerpot is also favored by collectors because of its use and ornamental value. Purple pottery flowerpots are made of purple clay, with different sizes, and Fiona Fang has different shapes and changes. The circumference of the washbasin is as big as seven feet and as small as half an inch. The high basin can be planted with cliff-like flowers and trees, and the shallow basin is used to arrange water stones and stump bonsai, which complement each other.

Purple sand flowerpot has ideal moisture absorption and drainage performance. The purple sand basin is not glazed inside and outside, with strong cohesion and slight water absorption, so it drains slowly, which is suitable for the growth of flowers and trees, the collocation of potted flowers, and the poetry is interesting and enjoyable, both practical and ornamental.