Show Off Your Pots and Cups XI

[Victoria]

Wow, very cool! Size?

[Luthier]

Wow, very cool! Size?

they are similar to those small kung fu teacups. wish they're larger though

[CDS]

Handpainted by Mukaeda Hidehito


Close up:


Inside view:

[bonjiri]

koudai view of yunomi

[trent]

here's the latest batch of new stuff, accumulated within the last week or so...

19th cent chinese bowl made for export, used as a teaboat or cup

early 20th cent japanese cup made for export. the thickness is substantial, but tapers to a thin lip. note the mountain scene

early 20th cent japanese cup. admittedly, it was acquired because i was jealous of tim's similarly shaped cups.


Small and THIN chinese cup of unknown date. this might be my new favorite cup because it is so minimalistic, and the rim is the thinnest i've ever seen. also, the white background creates the illusion that the solitary chinese character "wiggles" around the base of the cup. (this illusion is extremely hard to describe online, but noticeable in person)

*please excuse the uninspiring and static compositions... my tripod broke, thus my choice of angles is severely limited

[pb2q]

*please excuse the uninspiring and static compositions... my tripod broke, thus my choice of angles is severely limited

Not at all: the shots are nice, and the cups look great

Are these ebay finds?

[trent]

no, they're from Chaikhana in Santa Cruz, CA... probably the only shop of its kind on the western hemisphere. They carry tea, and loads of tea related antiques acquired from trips to china and connections with bay area asian immigrants

[Chip]

Wow, I have been very remiss in commenting on everyone's new beauties. They are all lovely.

Speaking of lovely. Elm Studios recent arrivals.

Small tea bowl





Yunomi

[kymidwife]

Wow, I have been very remiss in commenting on everyone's new beauties. They are all lovely.

Speaking of lovely. Elm Studios recent arrivals.

Small tea bowl





Yunomi

Ohhh sweet, the tea bowl looks like the baby brother to my larger one... same colors, same glass pool. Isn't it beautiful? And I see you couldn't resist the green one.

[Chip]

This is a sweet bowl, haven't used it yet. I like the wild edges, and the "veins" remind me of an aspen leaf.

The yunomi is really nice, the reddish blush interior somehow works with the green in a great way.

[betta]

I borrow a DSLR camera for the whole weekend from a colleague. It's for the first time I use this; normally I use a point and shoot camera. Then I tried to take pics of my pots. From the pics I took, degree of failure is as high as 80%.

It's nothing new, just a dicaoqing pot I bought from Chen about one month ago but I use it quite frequently. Here we can see at least the contrast color between that of lid and body. It's just purely a result from brushing excess tea soup squeezed out of the pot after I put the lid on during tea steeping. Patina grows mainly at the body of the pot.

[thomas]

Betta,

this is a very nice pot! What kind of tea do you brew in it? and how fast is the pour?

[betta]

Thanks, Thomas. I used it to steep all kind of green puerh. The pour is nice but it takes about 16-17s with 160 mL volume.

[AdamMY]

Here we can see at least the contrast color between that of lid and body. It's just purely a result from brushing excess tea soup squeezed out of the pot after I put the lid on during tea steeping. Patina grows mainly at the body of the pot.

You can easily help fix that, by once you put the lid on, pour a little bit of hot water around the ball on top onto the lid. This will help prevent heat loss, and give you a more even patina growth.

[betta]

You can easily help fix that, by once you put the lid on, pour a little bit of hot water around the ball on top onto the lid. This will help prevent heat loss, and give you a more even patina growth.

Thanks, AdamMY for offering a solution. I used to brush the squeezed tea soup also to the lid to solve this problem. But it doesn't work and leaves those uneven patina.
I'll try your method for steeping next time.