H140xW50xD50mm, Hong Kong
Something Old Something New, a pair of spoons (head) double as tamper (base) for making expresso.
The figurines are of course the famous Spike … & I. For more of Spike, visit his blog at
spiketang.wordpress.com
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H90xD50xW30, China
Two two lion with pup figurines are in fact bottles for medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine apart from the bitten tea, also comes in small pills and powder form. Judging by the size of the opening they would have been used to hold medicinal powder. Personally I find the powder form to be quite nasty, they tend to stick to your throat and the unpleasant taste lingered on for ages. I suppose these sweet looking bottles will help the patients take the medicine.
Here is the modern way of what thoughtful doctors do …
DIA75xH35, China
A modern day Jun ware cup. Jun ware is a type of celadon which dated back to the Tang dynasty and its popularity goes from the Sung dynasty all the way to the Qing dynasty. Its typical glaze has a spectrum of colour; rose purple, begonia red, aubergine purple, rooster blood red, grape purple, cinnabar red, spring onion green. Within these colours, there is a complexity of colours within.
DIA50-120xH35-65mm, China
This series of 10 cups make a good set of sake cups for dinner party. Depending on their drinking ability, guests can pick the size of their own cups and the host can refill all their cups at the same time!
The cups are so precisely made that they can be nested into one and other like the Russian Matryoshka dolls, making storage much easier.
W120xL190xH140mm, China
For the Chinese, the use of a bed pan is not confined for the bed ridden but for the privileged men who are too lazy to get out of men. In old China, the bed is the only place where heating is supplied and leaving once warm bed to the freezing world is not at all desirable and so the idea of a bedpan appeared. For the wealthy, the bedpan are made of gold or silver, copper for the well to do, porcelain for middle class and pottery like this one for the commoners. The metal ones are often insulated with a small duvet, it will defeat the purpose of not getting out of bed if you ended up touching something cold. Apparently President Yuan Shi Kai’s bedpan was made of lead, as it is not as noisy to wake himself up.
W100xD80xH200mm, China
This is a figurine is that of the God of Longevity, he is holding a longevity peach that just one bite of it will make one immortal.
Click here to see the god of longevity’s relation with astronomy,
history and
his cane.
Kung Kee Kung Kee!
If you still havent seen the pottery from Cobo Ceramic Workshop, come and take a look!
A joint venture of coboXsoilXmountainfolkcraft.
DIA200xH160mm, China
One of the decorative plants for the Chinese New Year is the daffodil, it is so popular that containers are made specially for its display. The bowl has a number of the symbolic elements; the lotus plant and the mandarin duck. The Chinese word for mandarin duck, Yuan Yang, stands for the male (yuan) and female (yang), meaning a pair of loving couple. The lotus plant is a symbol of fertility.
DIA100xH70mm, Hong Kong
INSTRUCTION
Rock shape box,
pinching to get a close form,
padding to get the facet shape and texture,
cut at semi dry to get the lid perfectly fit.
stoneware.
DIA160xH100mm, Hong Kong
Bronze finished round vase, thrown on wheel, texturized body with metallic wash finish.
The bronze like glaze effect come from a mixture of copper oxide, manganese dioxide, and iron oxide.
Mountain Folkcraft 