Marcia Selsor on tue 16 mar 10
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> From: Marcia Selsor
> Date: March 16, 2010 8:35:30 PM CDT
> To: Mike
> Subject: Re: Tea bowls. soup bowls, form follows function
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> Antionette,
> Chinese Sung Dynasty tea bowls had winter shapes and summer shapes. =3D
The form followed a similar function like the difference between =3D
cream-based soup bowls and broth based soup bowls.
> The summer tea bowls and cream-based soup bowls are low and wide in =3D
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> The opposite for winter tea bowls and broth based soup. They are =3D
taller, vertical and have more narrow openings to retain the heat.
> . Marcia
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>> 2010/03/16 23:55), Antoinette Badenhorst wrote:
>>> Okay, you will find me very ignorant on this subject even though I =3D
am interested in learning more about Asian countries, life styles, =3D
traditions. Maybe my ignorance has to do with my anchestry, but I hope I =
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will live long enough to have an opportunity to visit at least one Asian =
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country.
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>>> What makes a tea bowl a tea bowl and why shall I not use it for a =3D
cereal bowl or a little dipping dish? What about a saucer?
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>>> I remember several discussions of throwing perfect bowls. How =3D
crucial is sets for teabowls; thickness and size
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>>> Also: does tea bowls differ from country to country?
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>>> A while back we discussed teapots and how we should treat them. Are =3D
there any special treatments for tea bowls?
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>>> Coming form European decent, I love my teacup, but then that is a =3D
different discussion.
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>>> Antoinette Badenhorst
>>> Lincolnshire, Illinois
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> Marcia Selsor
> http://www.marciaselsor.com
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Marcia Selsor
http://www.marciaselsor.com
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