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This is a question that I believe needs to be adressed: what does calligraphy, or landscape drawings, or special glaze have to do with the taste? If you look at any real tea set-up, there is usually some artistic qualities to it. Leo, you have stated how you used be crazy about this, what happened. Is tea decoration for cultural reasons, show off reasons, or a mere representation of a multi thousand dollar teapot bought with the power of “guanxi”. Does such items enhance the taste, or show its “true colors better” I am confused beacuse more artistic items are so often more praised.
-Gu Jingzhou Yixing teapot?
-Song kiln fujian Jian zhan pottery?
-Silver kettle (saw this at a ningbo tea shop 10 000CNY!)
Thank you!
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I am very picky about material control and precision in shape for all infusion and drinking vessels. I think what goes on the surface of such vessels adds only to the craft or decorative values, and not the infusion quality. Some very fine pieces can be of some artistic values. Pots by big name artists, say Gu Jingzhou, have increased in price in the past 30 years quite dramatically. The same has actually happened to antiques, paintings, real estates, and puer chabing in the Chinese market. I am not sure whether it is the real appreciation of value or external factors.
As you may have observed, I am very keen in the study of antique artefacts of cultural and artistic values. However, I do not confuse an item of such values with the utilitarian infusion capability value.
To me, silver for teaware is absurd, using an antique Song ware to make tea in is sinful, and a Gujingzhou teapot is a speculative and / or financial medium that just happens to take the form of a teapot.
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