As your supplier of prime specialist teas, we choose only those tea wares that you can use for enhancing your tea infusion effects and tea enjoyment experience. That’s why we focus our collection in the infusing and drinking vessels. That includes teapots, gaiwans, and cups.
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Celeste Green Gaiwan
Gaiwans, Tea Accessories, White porcelain$ 17.10The plum blossom blooms in mid to late January against the bitterness of Winter. That is why ancient literati had a high regard of the flower, for its metaphoric representation of people with the strength and endurance of holding on Righteousness, even when facing violent repression by the powerful.
Symbolism aside, the gaiwan's round belly form provides a minimal surface area to volume ratio to maximise heat retention, while fanning out at the brim to quicken cooling for easy handling and smooth decantation. This is a classic shape. The lid has a well form dome for trapping air. A lid button has a well formed hollow to keep itself cool enough for resting your finger on it when handling.
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Celeste Green Chahai
Chahai, Tea Accessories, White porcelain$ 9.80A classical shape chahai that goes well with an 160ml teapot. Or choose it to pair with the Celeste Green Gaiwan.
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Happiness Gaiwan
Gaiwans, Stoneware, Tea Accessories$ 37.00A small gaiwan for the serious drinker
One issue with smaller gaiwans made from porcelain is the balance of weight while infusing and handling. The lightness in a small volume also means easier heat loss. The use of stoneware alleviate both issues. The brim is made thin, even and firm for easy control when decanting, while the body wall gradually thickens towards the centre for good heat retention. The glass like celadon overglaze makes the vessel as good as porcelain, only with the advantages of a more substantial body. The "Happiness" gaiwan is one of two hand scripted smaller size selections we have picked from Dehua. The two characters for the term "xi le" — happiness — are handwritten separately on the inside and the outside of the gaiwan body. The name of this style of calligraphic script is "Xing Shu" or "Hsing Shu" dependent on which translation system. Or it can be called a semi-cursive script. In dynastic era, it was a non-formal script style used for daily communication but not for formal documents. -
Rural Life Gaiwan
Gaiwans, Stoneware, Tea Accessories$ 37.00Celadon overglaze stoneware
One issue with smaller gaiwans made from porcelain is the balance of weight while infusing and handling. The lightness in a small volume also means easier heat loss. The use of stoneware alleviate both issues. The brim is made thin, even and firm for easy control when decanting, while the body wall gradually thickens towards the centre for good heat retention. The glass like celadon overglaze makes the vessel as good as porcelain, only with the advantages of a more substantial body. This "Rural Life" gaiwan is one of two hand scripted smaller size selections we have picked from Dehua. The first four lines from a Tang Dynasty poem "Rural Life" are handwritten on the perimeter of the gaiwan. The style of this calligraphic script is Cao Shu, a cursive script. Some call it running script. It seems that the brush was indeed running when the characters were being brushed on the ceramic biscuit. 茶碗上以草書體寫唐代賈島的一首詩，「郊居即事」的開頭四句：住此園林久，其如未是家。葉書傳野意，檐溜煮胡茶。
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Jia Bing Hu: Reverse Handle Concubine
Tea Accessories, Yixing Teapot, Yixing ware$ 99.00倒把西施
Artist: Jia Bing Hu Pot style: Dao Ba Xishi — Reverse Handle Concubine Material: Da Hong Pao Capacity: 145 ml 賈炳虎 潘壺 大紅袍 底款：賈炳虎製 -
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Yao Ling Xiang: Stone Ladle
Tea Accessories, Yixing Teapot, Yixing ware$ 710.00石瓢
Artist: Yao Ling Xiang, National Associate Master Industrial Artist Pot style: Shi Piao (Stone Ladle) Material: Original Zi-ni Capacity: 400 ml Year: 2015 Signed certificate 姚玲香（ 國家助理工藝美術師 ） 原礦紫泥 底款：姚玲香製 蓋款：玲香、姚 簽名證書 -
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Classic White Utility Gaiwan 150
Gaiwans, Home, Tea Accessories, White porcelain150 ml is an important capacity for infusion vessel, because this is one of the standard sizes specified by ISO for preparing tea for tasting. That is also why we think this classic bell shape white china gaiwan is so useful as a utility infusion ware. It is also a large enough size for serving up enough tea using the gongfu approach, yet small enough for most hand sizes to handle. Produced by a very small studio in Chaozhou ( the "capital" of gongfu tea ) using a half-mould, half-handmade process, the thinness at brim of the bowl is ideal for smooth liquid flow and heat management. Choice of white porcelain and bone china.$ 15.00 -
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Bamboo Drum
Tea Accessories, Yixing Teapot$ 210.00雙線竹鼓
Artist: Zhao Ming Jia Pot name/style: Double Line Bamboo Drum 2012 Material: Wuhui Shao (Straw-covered low temperature refired) Capacity: 205 ml 周明家 2012 摀灰燒
