A beautiful, heavy cup for Gong Fu Cha, grooved, high. Real Celadon porcelain (Qingci) from Longquan.

A beautiful, heavy cup for Gong Fu Cha, round, with a relief Lotus. Real Celadon porcelain (Qingci) from Longquan.

Handmade, very thin porcelain cup from a small, family-run manufactory in Chaozhou. Simple utilitarian ceramics of good quality, as can be found everywhere in Chaozhou.

For background information and pictures on the production of these ceramics, see Blog entry - Chaozhou porcelain (German)

High scent cup made of mellow green porcelain (celadon), for Gong Fu Cha.

Height: 6.2cm Diameter: 4.2cm Volume: 36ml Weight: 55g

Ceramic cup from Taiwan, fired in a wood-fired kiln with ash approach. To achieve such results, the cup must be fired several times.

The artist Chen Xuanheng produces these cups in his studio in Xinbei (New Taipei City) with clay from Miaoli.

Beautiful cup made of white porcelain with hand painted pomegranate motive in red and blue (Shiliu in Chinese).

Handmade, genuine Jingdezhen porcelain, very good quality.

Height: 4.7cm Diameter: 6.7cm Volume: 45ml Weight: 33g

Beautiful cup for Gong Fu Cha, whose exterior has a hand painted mushroom motive. The Ganoderma lucidum (Chinese: Lingzhi) is considered a lucky charm; the motive shows its grain, named after the traditional dance of the hip-drum (Chinese: Yaogu).

Handmade, from genuine porcelain from Jingdezhen, of excellent quality.

A very beautiful cup for Gong Fu Cha in the Fanggu-Style with floral motif at the outside. Fanggu can be translated as imitating antiquity.

Handmade and of high quality.

Height: 4.3cm Diameter: 6cm Volume: 40ml Weight: 50g

A beautiful cup for Gong Fu Cha, on the exterior a motif with a bird sitting on a flowering branch. Fanggu translates as imitating antiquity.

Of high quality, handcrafted.

Height: cm Diameter: 5.9cm Volume: 35ml Weight: 55-70g

Beautiful cup made of clay, made on a potter's wheel and then kilned in a wood fire oven. The various colours occur through the ashes that are produced by the kilning. Every peace is unique in form and colours.

Beautiful cup made of ceramics, made on a potter's wheel and then kilned in a wood fire oven. The various colours occur through the ashes that are produced by the kilning. Every peace is unique in form and colours.

A rather shallow cup, on the outside with brownglaze and in the inside with hand painted fishes. Handcrafted, genuine Jingdezhen porcelain of very good quality.

Height: 2.7cm Diameter: 8.7cm Volume: 35ml

Clay cup, kilned in a wood fire oven

Beautiful, very fine porcelain cup original from Jingdezhen in top quality. Beige inside, vermilion outside. Matches the Lan Lianhua Gaiwan. The Chinese name means orchid lotus flower, the colour is called Shihong - persimmon red.

Beautiful tulip shaped cup, made from the finest white porcelain.

Flat cup for Gong Fu Cha with an imprint of the Zhu Ye theme (Bamboo Leaves).

Precious little tulip-shaped cup for Gong Fu Cha with a hand-painted lotus flower. Ruyao is a firing style dating from the Song Dynasty. Over time, the cracks in the glazing absorb the colour of the tea.

Height: 5.2cm, Diameter: 6.2cm

A noble small cup, grooved, high, green-grey, for Gong Fu Cha. This Form is named Kuiha, Sunflower. Ru Yao is a style of kilning from the Song dynasty. The broken glaze makes for a special effect when the tea colours the subtle grooves by the time of usage.

Height: 4.2cm, Diameter: 7.2cm

An elegant, very tall cup for Gong Fu Cha, round, high and grey. Ruyao is a type of burning dating from the time of the Song dynasty. The crackled glazing absorbs the colour of the tea over time.

Height: 6cm, Diameter: 9cm

Nice clay cup made of volcanic rocks from Taiwan by Master Lin Guanxian.

Lin Guanxian studied in Japan. His style has been influenced by the aesthetics and cultural diversity from there. The simple style is meant to remind us of the soil of Taiwan, an island full of volcano, a simple beauty, a treasure island (the golden spots), in the idea that the warm tea reactivates the cooled volcano within us!

Small cup made from thin white porcelain for Gong Fu Cha.

A simple, flat cup from white porcelain without imprint, for Gong Fu Cha.

Yankuang style big clay cup by Master Xu Xulun. Interior with Ruyao glaze.

Yankuang means mixing rocks and ashes with the clay - an ancient tradition. After the earthquake disaster in Nantou in 1999, one could see the cracked earth of Taiwan. This inspired ceramic artists to take these visible rocks and create ceramics to reconcile the earth, transforming pain and disaster into beauty!

The clay is the flesh, the rock is the skeleton. Mixed together, they become the symbol of sincerity. Yankuang Ceramics not only lives the natural philosophy, but also the practical application. The aim is to express the language of tea correctly. Aesthetics is multi-layered. The visual is only one aspect of it. The most important thing is the tea.

A beautiful cup for Gong Fu Cha with hand painted classic motifs.

A cup of very good quality, handcrafted, made from genuine Jingdezhen porcelain.

Height: 3cm Diameter: 8cm Volume: 25ml Weight: 52g

A very beautiful cup for Gong Fu Cha with hand painted fishes (Chinese: Yubei - fishcup). The walls are rather thin and with a flattening rim.

A cup of very good quality, handcrafted, made from genuine Jingdezhen porcelain.

Height: 3cm Diameter: 8cm Volume: 25ml Weight: 52g