Teapot Authority » Featured Articles http://www.teapotauthority.com Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:06:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Buddhist Sutra Teapot http://www.teapotauthority.com/2008/12/11/buddhist-sutra-teapot/ http://www.teapotauthority.com/2008/12/11/buddhist-sutra-teapot/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:15:40 +0000 admin http://www.teapotauthority.com/?p=144 The shape of this beautiful Buddhist Sutra teapot is tapered from the wide shoulder up to the lip and down to the ring at the bottom.

The finial and handle are round. It’s a pretty stone blue with a brown clay interior.

Delicate Chinese calligraphy, golden in color, circles the lid and shoulder of the teapot.

The script refers to a traditional Chinese poem. This is a very elegant piece.

W 6″ x H 1.8″ Vol. 8 oz.

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The rounded rear of this bluish green teapot resembles a nut. The flat front presents an array of seed-like brown beads that move and rattle.

The spout has leaf detail, and the buckle at the top of the handle is a tiny brown bud. This extraordinary piece stands on “feet” of nuts and a vine whose tendril extends to the leafy spout. The Lotus Seeds and Frog teapot is a wonderful work of the artist’s imagination.

L: 7″ W: 3.5″ H: 5″

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The yin yang illustrates the traditional Chinese recognition of opposites and the union of opposites in objects or phenomena: light and dark, man and woman, summer and winter, heaven and earth.

In place of a finial, the top of this very attractive teapot features two rounded openings that complement the overall yin yang design. The handle is flaired at the top, and the spout is separated and then rejoined, again bringing to mind the philosophy of yin and yang.

Eight sand-colored bars on the shoulder appear identical at a glance but are actually different patterns. The teapot is a dark, earthy brown accented with the sand-colored bars.

Regular price: $39.00pad Sale price: $34.00

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