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Elegancy plays the rhythm of tea and evokes the delight of Zen as well. Tea and Zen share the common cultural character of their aspiration for elegancy, which is also the inherent characteristic of tea culture. Tea tasters from antiquity to today unexceptionally take the teatime chatting as a matter of gracefulness. And people during the Song Dynasty, in particular, regarded tea tasters graceful while alcoholics vulgar. The Zen advocates the easy life in peaceful mood. In ancient Chinese society, the literati usually pursued elegancy, their teaware are therefore personified with similar temperature.




Selected Works

Purple-clay Teapot with Chen Mansheng’s Inscription, by Yang Pengnian, Qing Dynasty
Purple-clay Bamboo-shaped Teapot by Chen Mansheng, Qing Dynasty
Purple-clay Teapot with Loop Handle and Chen Mansheng’s Inscription, Qing Dynasty
Purple-clay Teapot with Ren Bonian’s inscription ‘Shipiao’(stone ladle) by Wang Dongshi, Yixing ware, Guangxu Reign, Qing Dynasty
Purple-clay Teapot with Design of Yu Chuan Tasting the Tea, by Qu Ziye, Qing Dynasty
Tea-brewing and Inkstone Washing by Qian Hui’an, Qing Dynasty
“禅茶一味”——中国古代茶具赏析
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