Between Sun and Moon | White Porcelain Teaware・Where All Things Come Full Circle

Q: Occasions or Usage

A solitary tea ritual "Life's urgency dissolves into the air, and the warm tea brings a quiet attentiveness — generous in feeling, deep in meaning."Display in a modern Eastern space The minimal yet complete circular silhouette gives the piece the presence of a sculpture, even when at rest.An evening with someone close Between Sun and Moon is particularly suited to tea at night. The imagery of sun and moon meeting lends the occasion a quality of quiet, unhurried intimacy.Meaningful gifting and collecting An ideal gift for significant life milestones, career achievements, collecting, or honouring a senior — carrying the meaning of wholeness, maturity, and peace.

Q: Ideal For

Personal use: Those who want the daily act of brewing tea to have the quality of arrival — not searching, but settlingGifting: Retirement, significant birthdays, milestone occasions — the imagery of yuán (圓, completeness) makes this the most directly meaningful piece in the Mountain Water Line for occasions that mark a life's fullnessCollecting: The overhead handle, the dome silhouette, and the sun-moon concept make Between Sun and Moon the most architecturally distinctive piece in the series

Still in form, still in mind — a teapot that closes out the world

Between Sun and Moon is part of Heinrich Wang's Mountain Water Line. Series The lid is the sun; the mouth is the moon. The lines of the piece rise from the base, travel up the body, and arc across the top in a single unbroken gesture — a dome of porcelain that closes out the world and holds the tea ceremony within. Wang designed this piece around the concept of yuán (圓): completeness, fullness, the moment when everything that has been moving finally comes to rest.

Material Glossy glaze 霧面黑霧面

Option Single cup Single pot Set-a pot and two cups

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Designed by Taiwanese artist Heinrich Wang

Designed by contemporary white porcelain artist Heinrich Wang, each piece embodies Eastern philosophy and contemporary form.

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Why Between Sun and Moon | Why This Set

The lid is the sun. The mouth is the moon. Both present at once. The name rì chū wàng yuè — sun rising, moon watching — describes a specific moment: dawn, when both luminaries share the sky. Heinrich Wang compressed that moment into the form of a teapot: the dome of the lid rising like the sun, the open circle of the mouth receiving like the moon. The piece holds both, simultaneously, in equilibrium.

One unbroken line, from base to sky. Wang writes in The Will of the Teapot: "The lines rise from the elevated base, travel up the body, and connect to the overhead handle, tracing a perfect dome to close. Like a sealed gate, it shuts out everything unrelated — even the spout barely shows, tucked quietly behind the handle. This single continuous gesture carries the beauty of ritual, and separates the space within from the noise without." To hold this teapot is to step inside that closure.

A mountain base, a water body — the balance of opposing forces. Wang describes the proportions directly: "Rising like a mountain in the elevated base; spreading like water in the body — the structure commands the boldness of the mountain, the serenity of the water." The tension between vertical ascent and horizontal expansion is what gives the piece its particular composure.

The answer to a life of searching. Wang's closing words on this piece: "Everything that life's growth and living's attempts have set in motion — here, at last, it finds a place to rest and be savored. With the will of sun and moon in balance, it draws a point of completion across the vast and the formless." Between Sun and Moon is not the beginning of the tea ritual. It is where the ritual arrives.

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使用情境｜Usage Scenarios

For a gathering that deserves composure
Wang describes the setting: "A pale wood table against a grey concrete wall — a teapot and cups, round and calm, beginning the ritual of welcome… Life's urgency dissolves into the air, and the warm tea brings a quiet attentiveness." Between Sun and Moon at 520cc is sized for multiple people. It is a teapot that establishes the mood of the table before anyone speaks.
For a gathering that deserves composure
Wang writes of this piece: "Everything that life's growth and living's attempts have set in motion — here, at last, it finds a place to rest." For a retirement, a significant birthday, a milestone that marks the transition from striving to arriving — Between Sun and Moon says something that is difficult to say in words.
For daily use and long-term display
When not in use, the dome silhouette of Between Sun and Moon holds its presence on a shelf or desk. The piece is equally at home in a modern apartment and a traditional tea room.

Design Detail

The overhead handle — arching from both sides of the body to meet at the top — is the most technically demanding element of this piece. The large-span arc must be formed and attached while the clay is workable, with the shrinkage of the firing precisely calculated so that after the kiln, the two ends of the handle land exactly at their intended positions on the body. A deviation in either direction breaks the symmetry of the dome.

The spout is deliberately understated — positioned so that it is nearly invisible from the front, tucked behind the handle's arc. This is not an oversight. It is the piece's commitment to the completeness of its own silhouette: the dome reads as uninterrupted, and the spout only reveals itself when you look for it.

The cup comes with a saucer. The act of returning the cup to its saucer is part of the ceremony — a small closure that mirrors the larger closure of the teapot's form.

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Design Concept

Between Sun and Moon is the most formally complete piece in Heinrich Wang's Mountain Water Line. Where Drifting Clouds is elongated and open, Between Sun and Moon is rounded and enclosed — a teapot that contains its own sky.

Heinrich Wang on the design:

"Between Sun and Moon expresses the majesty and breadth of mountain and water through roundness — a mountain's presence in the elevated base, a water's serenity in the body. The structure commands the bold and heroic; the form interprets the refined and distinguished. Together they hold up the joy of the realm of reverence."

On the line that defines the piece:

"The lines rise from the elevated base, travel up the body, and connect to the overhead handle, tracing a perfect dome to close. Like a sealed gate, it shuts out everything unrelated — even the spout barely shows, tucked quietly behind the handle. This single continuous gesture carries the beauty of ritual, and separates what is within from the noise without. Inside: natural ease, flowing and unhurried."

And on what the piece ultimately offers:

"Everything that life's growth and living's attempts have set in motion — here, at last, it finds a place to rest and be savored. With the will of sun and moon in balance, it draws a point of completion across the vast and the formless."

Excerpted from Heinrich Wang, The Will of the Teapot — Mountain Water Line, Locus Publishing.

Occasions or Usage

A solitary tea ritual
"Life's urgency dissolves into the air, and the warm tea brings a quiet attentiveness — generous in feeling, deep in meaning."

Display in a modern Eastern space
The minimal yet complete circular silhouette gives the piece the presence of a sculpture, even when at rest.

An evening with someone close
Between Sun and Moon is particularly suited to tea at night. The imagery of sun and moon meeting lends the occasion a quality of quiet, unhurried intimacy.

Meaningful gifting and collecting
An ideal gift for significant life milestones, career achievements, collecting, or honouring a senior — carrying the meaning of wholeness, maturity, and peace.

Ideal For

Personal use: Those who want the daily act of brewing tea to have the quality of arrival — not searching, but settling

Gifting: Retirement, significant birthdays, milestone occasions — the imagery of yuán (圓, completeness) makes this the most directly meaningful piece in the Mountain Water Line for occasions that mark a life's fullness

Collecting: The overhead handle, the dome silhouette, and the sun-moon concept make Between Sun and Moon the most architecturally distinctive piece in the series

Dimension

Teapot: L16.8 × W14.6 × H14.9 cm | 520cc
Cup with saucer: L7.1 × W7.1 × H4.3 cm | 80cc

Evolution without end — rising at night, setting at dawn.
Exploration without rest — alternating between bitter and sweet.
Until, at last: transcendence and ease.
A solution of pure stillness.
From here, sun and moon become one.
The aftertaste: extraordinary, natural.
— Heinrich Wang

About the Artist | Heinrich Wang

Heinrich Wang, founder of NewChi Porcelain and Tittot, is one of Taiwan’s most representative contemporary artists in white porcelain and liuli glass. Renowned for infusing philosophy and poetry into object design, his works have been exhibited at the National Museum of History in Taiwan, the Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, and the Triennale di Milano, earning recognition from collectors worldwide. Every porcelain piece is personally overseen by Wang, offering an aesthetic choice that unites artistry, cultural depth, and practical function.

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FAQs

Is Between Sun and Moon an appropriate retirement or milestone gift?

It is the piece in the Mountain Water Line most directly suited to this kind of occasion. Heinrich Wang writes of it: "Everything that life's growth and living's attempts have set in motion — here, at last, it finds a place to rest and be savored." The imagery of sun and moon in balance, of completeness after searching, of a life arrived at its own fullness — these are not incidental to the design. They are the design. Ships in a gift box. The 520cc capacity means it will be used with others, which is fitting for a gift that marks the beginning of a different kind of time.

How is Between Sun and Moon different from other teapots in the Mountain Water Line Series??

Each piece in the Mountain Water Line has its own design language — Drifting Clouds is elongated and open, with a cloud handle at the center; View of Mountain & Sea is angular and grounded. Between Sun and Moon is the most enclosed and complete: the overhead handle arches across the top of the pot in a single unbroken dome, creating a sealed silhouette that reads as architecturally whole. At 520cc it is also one of the larger pieces in the series, suited to multiple people. Where Drifting Clouds is about the solitary encounter, Between Sun and Moon is about the gathering that arrives somewhere.

How do you hold a teapot with an overhead handle?

The overhead handle requires a different grip from a side handle — the fingers wrap around the arc from below, the thumb rests lightly on top, and the pour comes from the wrist rather than the forearm. The gesture is more deliberate than a side-handle pour: the teapot must be lifted higher, tilted with more intention. Most people find this takes a few uses to feel natural, and then find that the deliberateness is precisely what they value about it — every pour is a considered action.

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