Pagoda Yixing Teapot
November 26, 2008 by admin
Filed under Featured Teapots, Less Than $50, Teapots, Yixing Teapots
This “Pagoda” Yixing teapot is exceptional for its trapazoid light brown body and its charcoal lid, finial, handle, and spout.
Its second distinction is the wave-like lid and lip with an appropriately wavy finial. The spout and handle feature straight edges as counterpoints to the wave design.
The body of the teapot is textured with very fine diagonal lines running in one direction from the lip to the bottom. Pagoda is an exquisitely understated and intriguing piece.
L 6″ x H 3″ x W 3.25″ Vol. 8 oz.
Regular price: $41.00 Sale price: $37.00
Popularity: 28% [?]
Yin Yang Yixing Chinese Teapot
November 26, 2008 by admin
Filed under Featured Articles, Less Than $50, Popular Teapots, Teapots, Yixing Teapots
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: $39.00
Sale price: $34.00
Popularity: 52% [?]