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- Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:36 am
- Forum: Archived Swaps
- Topic: FS: Antique Imari porcelain cups
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5167
Re: FS: Antique Imari porcelain cups
I thought they were also Chinese. I don't think these are considered imari though. I believe imari requires blue and red underglaze. I seem to recall that deer can symbolize for the Chinese, unselfishness. Something about how when one deer comes and starts grazing. He calls all his other buddies to ...
- Sat Jul 31, 2021 7:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where did you get your tea education?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13481
Re: Where did you get your tea education?
Hmm benchmark teas is maybe easier to achieve with Puerh, all other teas change too much each season in my opinion. Maybe Japanese teas are also easier to benchmark as they are highly consistent in their mainstream offerings. Ippodo teas come to mind for example. Probably not the most interesting t...
- Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where did you get your tea education?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13481
Re: Where did you get your tea education?
I wondering if there are benchmark teas from e.g. certain vendors, that we can say this is the "standard" or "classic", which all other teas in the same category should be compared to. Or are there so many other factors, such as brewing methods, such that the leaf itself isn't as important.
- Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: tea and music
- Replies: 51
- Views: 16686
Re: tea and music
Guqin music will make you transcend from your room into the mountains of China, in any time of the day. :D I've been trying to learn more about the guqin. Do you have any recommenddations for good players/recordings? Any playlist on Spotify or apple music should be sufficient. Just make sure it's g...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:09 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Antique teacup set need help identifying
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1862
Re: Antique teacup set need help identifying
Looks definitely transfer printed to me. The general consensus is that if transfer printed, if Chinese, it's often from the 1950s and onward. Although I believe that there are a few pieces here and there that are earlier. That said, it could be Japanese instead. I think the cup's stamp says ”大樱轩制“. ...
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:34 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1830239
Re: Yixing
Hmm You might be thinking of Xuanxue? There's been lots of attempts to unify, or at least find complimentary aspects, of different philosophies throughout history, some more successful than others. I don't know much about the details here so I'll listen to the natives,e.g. Youzi :) I'm just a Ruist...
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:23 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1830239
Re: Yixing
Actually I think Confucianism and Taoism did somewhat converge into a syncretistic philosophy during the Han dynasty. Both original philosophies were I think realist in outlook, that applied the many similar categorical concepts, often looking for the same end result (order), just some differences o...
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 2:18 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: The Porcelain Thread
- Replies: 311
- Views: 218488
Re: The Porcelain Thread
There are four ownership marks on the plate. Normally, I don't like damaged things but that's okay for me. Now, that the website discussion.chinese-antique-porcelain.com is available again I'll ask there tomorrow and let you know what they think. Hmm Yes, the first photo is the canton plate. Thanks...
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:21 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: The Porcelain Thread
- Replies: 311
- Views: 218488
Re: The Porcelain Thread
I think the first photo is the canton plate, right? That plate foot shows that it was probably using unfired blanks from previous periods that were still in stock from Jingdezhen, which is common. It has a slanted edge right? Both look like mid 19th century type oieces. Can't say anything about the ...
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:16 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: The Porcelain Thread
- Replies: 311
- Views: 218488
Re: The Porcelain Thread
New beautiful plates for my teapots 8-) Unfortunately, the website discussion.chinese-antique-porcelain.com is down, so I cannot ask how old they are. My guess is that 3.jpg is from Song dynasty and the two others are from Qing dynasty, but I am not so sure about 2.jpg. ./download/file.php?id=5534 ...
- Sun May 31, 2020 12:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Yixing teapot - maintain temperature with surrounding water?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9457
Re: Yixing teapot - maintain temperature with surrounding water?
I don't get this either. Won't the water cause more added mass, therefore allow easier transference of heat to warm up the cooling water mass? If you're constantly pouring out the cooling waste water, and then adding in fresh boiling water every steep, then I can see how that would help maintain tem...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:51 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: The Porcelain Thread
- Replies: 311
- Views: 218488
Re: The Porcelain Thread
Bok Yeah, that's what he said too. "The decoration is Japanese in style, and the foot rim seems to be straight up and rounded...still looking Japanese even without blue rings. Let's wait for someone else to confirm." If it would be from the West or Middle East it would be a disappointment, but Japa...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:47 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: The Porcelain Thread
- Replies: 311
- Views: 218488
Re: The Porcelain Thread
The first one I assumed might be Japanese. That's definitely not a Chinese pattern I've seen before.
The second one looks like it is Chinese, but I've never seen that particular pattern before either. Could be pretty old though.
The second one looks like it is Chinese, but I've never seen that particular pattern before either. Could be pretty old though.
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:21 pm
- Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
- Topic: Yancha Vendors: Highest Grade vs Bang for Buck Vendor Recommendations
- Replies: 86
- Views: 73523
Re: Yancha Vendors: Highest Grade vs Bang for Buck Vendor Recommendations
Can someone make a comparison to e.g. wine? E.g. there's plenty of decent drinkable wines that cost anywhere from $12-15. you can spend e.g. $30, and you will get a better wine, but after that in my opinion you start rapidly getting diminishing returns. Where are the diminishing returns when it come...
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:18 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Song to Ming Dynasty pottery
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3817
Re: Song to Ming Dynasty pottery
I’ve noticed a couple western tea vendors are selling antique Chinese pottery from as far back as Song Dynasty but prices seem low. Is it actually possible to buy authentic 400-800yr old bowls, cups and plates for $100-300? Chadrinkincat I also looked at them recently and compared them with pieces ...