Where to find this cup?

[houltmac]

Anyone know where I can find a traditional "Chinaman tea cup". The reddish cups without handles whose lid looks like the hat and the body has a face painted on it?

[brandon]

We talked about this in chat, but I'll post here to wrap things up.
What he is asking about is a Daruma. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll)

The exact cup he posted happens to be on sale here.
http://www.soshina.org/index.asp?PageAc ... ProdID=213

[houltmac]

Thanks to Brandon for helping me out on this - it was a big step forward. Sadly, the only place I can find with the exact same cup seems to be at Brandons link, which is not in the UK (not a huge deal) and out of stock (bigger problem).

I'll keep looking, but if anyone finds one in the mean time it'd be appreciated.

[shogun89]

Heres one with a kitty!
http://www.teavana.com/Tea-Products/Sal ... th-Lid.axd

[Drax]

Ah, good ol' Daruma.

That's a neat cup, though I think I'd drink from it with his face pointing away from me. hehe

[brandon]

http://www.holymtn.com/catalog/index.ph ... cts_id=960

http://www.teavana.com/Daruma+s+Face+Te ... uctDetails

[houltmac]

Thanks guys, I gave up on the UK and ordered one from a US store.