Show Off Your Chinese Teaware (Page 3 of 5)

I really like these cups.

I was also wondering if anyone thought the pot I posted in the first page is making any progress (getting shinier, or just different photo quality?)

It's great to have you. I look forward to seeing your pots.

I understand from a number of news stories and various internet sites that there seem to be a lot of pots from shipwrecks sold in Malaysia. I was wondering if you have seen these pots or have heard anything about them. I guess my question is very general, but it would be interesting to see a thread about them. Can they actually be used to make tea, or are they too salty? Are they actually good quality pots, or just old and have a good story attached?

For anyone who might be unsure what I am referring to, I mean Yixing pots like the ones found on www.mingwrecks.com

Looks like pots from cheng ARE good.

This cup is breathtaking. Thanks for sharing!

@Thanks: Thanks, Thanks for your kind comment. I was going to post on my web log about my recent trip to Jingdezhen, and haven't got round to it. I might as well post another round of pictures here. This is a shanshui (literally Mountains and Rivers; the term for Chinese landscape painting) scene that goes all round the cup. The cup is about 100ml, rather large; but one can't expect the painters to make themselves more near sighted than they already are painting landscape on 30ml gongfu cups.

In this set I am turning the cup counter-clockwise. It reminds me a little of the introduction to the Taoyuan Ji 桃源記 because of the lone traveller and the stream which seems to lead into the small hamlet. The dog reminds me of 雞犬相聞, which of course reminds me of Laozi 鄰國相望雞犬之聲相鳴民至老死不相往來

Laozi Chapter 80 Translation by Arthur Waley
...[The Sage] could bring it about that “the people should have no use for any from of writing save knotted ropes, should be contented with their food, pleased with their clothing, satisfied with their homes, should take pleasure in their rustic tasks. The next place might be so near at hand that one could hear the cocks crowing in it, the dogs barking; but the people would grow old and die without ever having been there”.
http://afpc.asso.fr/wengu/wg/wengu.php? … &no=80

Did you purchase that cup Lao Cha Gui?
It is really incredible, I rarely find painted work to be something I could see myself using.
Looks like a brilliant oolong or green tea cup to me.

Haha, I am pretty careful although I have chipped a few things.
A lot of hand painted works are either very cartoonish or very feminine.
Even a lot of classic white and blue stuff doesn't seem nearly as well executed as your mountain scene.
A rare treasure I think.

  This is from Yunnan sourcing, DHP clay from fudong.




    I use it for lightly oxidized ball shaped oolong, like jade Tie Guan Yin and Taiwanese light fermentation oolong, like Highmountain oolongs.

Been getting a few things on auction, and been pretty lazy about posting them. Here is an old cup that might interest you folks.
Small gaiwan lid included for comparison.

Thank you Salsero for both of your kind comments.

The second one is quite flattering, although I am fond of that cup as well. I use it almost exclusively now.

Two of my favorite shapes. Do they have any seal under the lid?

hi everyone, i'm new to the group, and here is my contribution to the list of chinese wares. although i think this one was made in macau at that times:

i put it here in my database, that can be used by anyone to add whatever information or contribution you want to:
http://worldoftea.iespana.es/tea.php?tea=33
http://worldoftea.iespana.es/shop.php?shop=2727