Welcome to Volume VI of the Show Off Your Pots and Cups Topic!
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Show Off Your Pots and Cups VI
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Few new teawares. Sorry for the lack of natural light, but it's night here. I'll try to take some better ones later.
Tea boat:
"cow nose" lid pot, ~ 200 ml:
Couple of pots of unknown provenance, a little sloppy, but factory style pots, maybe imitation. From Josh @ J-tea via Taiwan. Both 8 cup pots (as you can see from the "8" under the lid in the second picture). 6 character seal that is a little messy. Can't get a picture of the seal in this light. You can't tell in this picture, but the lid of the guava shaped (ba le) pot is maybe *slightly* lighter than the body.
Large (maybe 250 ml or more) Quing Shui Ni pot from Jing:
Tea boat:
"cow nose" lid pot, ~ 200 ml:
Couple of pots of unknown provenance, a little sloppy, but factory style pots, maybe imitation. From Josh @ J-tea via Taiwan. Both 8 cup pots (as you can see from the "8" under the lid in the second picture). 6 character seal that is a little messy. Can't get a picture of the seal in this light. You can't tell in this picture, but the lid of the guava shaped (ba le) pot is maybe *slightly* lighter than the body.
Large (maybe 250 ml or more) Quing Shui Ni pot from Jing:
Beidao (and anyone else who might be in Stockholm):
The shinoyaki yunomi is from "Japanska torget" at Tegnérgatan and the teapot is from "Sun Ai" right across the street!
"Japanska torget" has quite a big selection of yunomi and chawan - of course not as exclusive pieces as you can find at for example "Artictic Nippon", but some are still rather nice! There are also a few inexpensive yunomi in "JFK" at Swedenborgsgatan.
The shinoyaki yunomi is from "Japanska torget" at Tegnérgatan and the teapot is from "Sun Ai" right across the street!
"Japanska torget" has quite a big selection of yunomi and chawan - of course not as exclusive pieces as you can find at for example "Artictic Nippon", but some are still rather nice! There are also a few inexpensive yunomi in "JFK" at Swedenborgsgatan.
Battra: Yikes, how much is there I don't know about this city?? I'm drinking some Kukicha from JFK right now. Turned out to be 50 meters from my old work I thought it was nothing but a sushi place. I did now like there yunomis however. I definitly have to visit Tegnérgatan soon. Thanx a lot!
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Thanks for posting these, Will. The pix actually came out quite nicely, especially considering you were using incandescent light.wyardley wrote: Few new teawares.
What is that at the bottom of your bowl that the pot rests on? Are there not devices to place at the bottom of a teaboat to keep the pot from sitting in water?
Sure Stacey - since you asked so nicely! If it doesn't turn out so well on the boards, here's the direct linkGeekgirlUnveiled wrote:OMG! There's my dogwoods. Bubba, I HAVE to know the mark on the bottom of that set, because I must find that cup and saucer. Love it!
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I'd seen those before but didn't know what they were for. From what I understand, it's mostly to keep the pot from scratching the porcelain.Salsero wrote:Thanks for posting these, Will. The pix actually came out quite nicely, especially considering you were using incandescent light.wyardley wrote: Few new teawares.
What is that at the bottom of your bowl that the pot rests on? Are there not devices to place at the bottom of a teaboat to keep the pot from sitting in water?
There are other types of tea boats where the pot is elevated and there are little drain holes, but then the hot water isn't surrounding the pot and keeping it hot when you're brewing, after you shower the pot with water, and you can't brush up tea onto the pot as easily. With this type, you're intended to drain the boat pretty frequently.