“The old teapot is different from the newer teapot because… the craftsmanship is very obvious.”
“It’s ability… when it’s perfect, but not mechanic. When it’s mechanic — it’s like you are printing a straight line with a computer, using a printer. But if you draw a perfect line with your bare hand, that’s the beauty of art.”
Kingston teaches us about a pair of late Qing dynasty Shui Ping style Yixing teapots — made of Duan Ni clay — for King Rama V of Thailand.
Afterwards, leading lady Dae took some great photos of the pots.
Thank you for the great blog, very informative. I wanted to know how the pot was cleaned so well as I have a pot I have boiled a few times and cannot get a sent old tea off of it. Any suggestions.
Long soak in very mild bleach solution.
Then a washing out and a few changes of clean water, of course.