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The most beautiful tea tables I've ever seen.

by futurebird » Mar 6th, '13, 03:00

http://www.aliexpress.com/item-img/Chin ... 66857.html

There are so many styles this one has a pond in the middle:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item-img/Chin ... 37680.html

Here is a mill stone that is used as a table:

http://teasessions.tumblr.com/post/6142 ... table-feng

Well...I will make due with a slate tile from the roof of my grandmother's house.

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Re: The most beautiful tea tables I've ever seen.

by Alex » Mar 6th, '13, 03:57

Those are amazing. Not to my taste though. I'd take one of your grandmother's slate tiles please! :mrgreen:

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Re: The most beautiful tea tables I've ever seen.

by Teaism » Mar 6th, '13, 03:58

You can find a lot of the stone carving in the town of Zhaoqing, Guangzhou. They are stone used for Chinese ink painting but also works well as a tea tray.

As for the stone wheel tray. It was a stone mill for rice. The top part is missing and the base was improvised for tea brewing.

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