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Thanks a lot! Glad to hear opinions from more experienced teadrinkers, especially since this is made in Sweden by a company that started with Japanese wares this year.Victoria wrote:Beidao - very nice yunomi, clean simple lines and liiks like it has a nice feel in you hand. Congrats!
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Absolutely! And I didn't even mention that You can try any of their 600 teas in the tea salon. The waiter (again nice-looking young man in a white linen suit) brings You their catalog and a tea book that explains more about the teas.GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:Very beautiful, and I love the saucers too. Smart shop to have the pretty boys selling tea. Ha! If I ever get to France I'll have to visit there.
Have You practised all the necessary skills?Salsero wrote: Wonderful glass and saucers, fantastic photography, and very charming story. Maybe I could get a job there!
Victoria wrote:What a great cup and especially to have a lovely memory from Paris. I love this pic and I love the carved chataku!! Lovely!! No pics of the salesman, huh?
Dang! I should have made him pose with the teacup...
Those yunomis always makes me think about dinosaur skin or human skin in a BAD condition. So I would have a hard time drinking tea out of 'em. But I do hope you like it Joeljoelbct wrote:A new Cup arrived recently. Yohen-kin Shino Yunomi, by Tomio Suzuki:
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I saw the Murasaki the night it was posted when I purchased the Aka Shino. I noticed it was gone soon after.joelbct wrote:Nice! I like his Murasaki style as well, but alas this one sold quickly:
I had one Yohen Kin but it was too bright for me; the picture had showed it to be more caramel colored than gold. In reality, it really did look like gold. I gave it to a girl I worked with and she loves it. I don't think she has actually used it, but keeps it in her display case.
The Aka Shino is much darker and less red than the 2000 Cranes picture. Most of their pictures are very accurate, but sometimes I think they get too creative with Photo Shop. This is something potential buyers should be aware of. It is my only complaint with 2000 Cranes. At least they have a liberal return policy; they even refund the original shipping costs. However, this still doesn't excuse altering pictures to make an item look better than it really does.
Yeah, the 2000 cranes images showed it to be more Orange than Gold, so it was a bit of a surprise, but it has grown on me. The golden hue almost makes it a bit whimsical. It is certainly unique, and makes quite a contrast next to my mostly earth-tone, black/red/brown teaware... And I don't think they are Photoshopping the Yohen-kin too heavily, because I couldn't capture the gold hue in my pictures above either.britt wrote:I had one Yohen Kin but it was too bright for me; the picture had showed it to be more caramel colored than gold.
I will definitely keep a look out for one of the Murasaki, Aka, or Kagayou Yunomi by Mr. Suzuki-san though. I love his aesthetic sense... And I love that one can get what would go for $3000 in a Chawan, for less than $200 in a Yunomi...
That's the one complaint I have with 2000 Cranes, I don't care to be surprised when I open the package.joelbct wrote:Yeah, the 2000 cranes images showed it to be more Orange than Gold, so it was a bit of a surprise, but it has grown on me. The golden hue almost makes it a bit whimsical.
... And I love that one can get what would go for $3000 in a Chawan, for less than $200 in a Yunomi...
Even though I didn't care much for it, I admit that getting clay and glaze to look like real gold is impressive. Apparently many years ago one of the Japanese warlords had all the tearoom utensils plated in gold, much to the distress of the Wabi-Sabi tea masters. Suzuki Tomio attempted to capture this without using real gold, and for the most part he was successful.
I never could figure out how they price these teaware items. I have also noticed the 3000 dollar chawan that look the same as the 160 dollar tea cups. They're bigger, but 2800 dollars worth? FYI I have seen Tomio Suzuki matcha chawan for 550-600 and I honestly can't see much difference between these and the more expensive ones.
I think it's just supply and demand... there are a lot of Chawan collectors out there willing to pay thousands for a Chawan, perhaps not as many Yunomi collectors, as Sencha is an everyday thing, whereas Chanoyu was the realm of the elite... kind of ironic given the Zen-minimalist roots of the tea ceremony.britt wrote:I never could figure out how they price these teaware items. I have also noticed the 3000 dollar chawan that look the same as the 160 dollar tea cups. They're bigger, but 2800 dollars worth? FYI I have seen Tomio Suzuki matcha chawan for 550-600 and I honestly can't see much difference between these and the more expensive ones.
As for the cheaper Suzuki's, 2000 cranes also has the smaller " Kofuku" Chawans of his going for 600, perhaps that is what you saw? Still much more than the Yunomi.
But hey, why does someone pay 50 million dollars for a Mark Rothko painting?
