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During the Southern Song Dynasty, people like Zhou Jichang and Lin Tinggui painted a "Five Hundred Arhats" scroll called "Drinking Tea". The way to drink tea in southern China was to stir and knock the tea with a strainer (called a fēngdǎo). The teacup had a saucer underneath, designed to prevent one from getting burned.
Southern Song Dynasty's Zhū Jìcháng and Lín Tíngguī and so on: "Five Hundred Arhats - Drinking Tea"
In order for Chinese people to drink tea properly, they must first pound the leaves with a tool called "bajian".
Stirring and pounding the tea soup with a bamboo spoon,
A trivet is designed to prevent burning one's hands.
Southern Song dynasty to Yuan period silver-inlaid gold floral and bird pattern tea bowl and saucer stand in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ru Kiln (also Ru Kiln or Ru-yao)
Northern Song Dynasty Ru Kiln Qing Celadon Kaffa-style Cup Stand British Museum Collection
Guan Ware
Song dynasty blue-glazed cup support from the Palace Museum
Southern Song official kiln bowl tray
Old Tiger Cave site of Nanking Kiln in Southern Song Dynasty unearthed
Kiln (or kilns) are devices used for high-temperature heating and processing of materials. They can be fired by electricity or traditional fuels such as gas and charcoal.
Northern Song dynasty Defu kiln tooth-white hatching flower reticulated cup stand, stored in Taipei Palace Museum.


Northern Song dynasty Defu Kiln white-tooth incised-floral pattern vase stand, in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei.


Northern Song Dynasty 11th-12th century Defu kiln white porcelain floral lotus pattern cup rest
Song dynasty white porcelain carved floral relief cup stand
Northern Song Dynasty Dingyao white-glazed official-mark flower-patterned cup support
Northern Song Dynasty Glazed Tea Bowl Support (Whole) Collection of Harvard Art Museum in the United States
Northern Song period Glazed Cup Saucer Stand (Inside) Harvard University Art Museums collection
Song Dynasty celadon-glazed tea cup stand (base), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston
Song Dynasty Ceramic Sauce Bowl Support (3 million)
Members of the group seek to collect Zhang Ling's (of the Qianlong period) old art collection in Hong Kong.
Song Dynasty ceramic saucer holder
Junyao
Northern Song / Jin Zunyao qing blue glaze chrysanthemum style cup base.
Northern Song blue glaze purple splashed cup stand. Owned by An Siyuan in the past.
Purchased price: $665,000
Yaozhou kiln
Northern Song dynasty Yaozhou kiln blue-glazed tea bowl and tea cup tray
Song Dynasty Black Glazed Dish Rest
Northern Song dynasty Yaozhou Kiln black glaze cup. Value: 1.12 million RMB.
Northern Song Dynasty Yaozhou Kiln Black Glaze Bowl Support (Two Sets) Old Collection Special Sale of Ancient Ceramics by An Si Yuan
Northern Song dynasty YAO state kiln blue glazed cup rest (entire piece) Collection of Harvard Art Museum USA
Song Dynasty Jingdezhen Bowl Stand (front view) in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums
Jade Mountain Jar Base (Bottom) from the Yao State Kiln in Northern Song Dynasty is housed in the Harvard Art Museum in the United States.
A Song dynasty Yue kiln blue-glazed tea cup and a black glazed cup stand from the grave of the Ly family.
Longquan Kiln
Yuan dragon spring cup stand, Korean National Museum of Contemporary Art collection



Southern Song dynasty Longquan kiln celadon cup and cup rest
Southern Song Dynasty, Longquan Kiln Glazed Vase Stand, collection of Hangzhou Southern Song Official Kiln Museum
Ming dynasty Longquan kiln blue and white cloud crane pattern cup support
Lacquerware
Southern Song Lacquer Vase.
The Southern Song dynasty tomb was unearthed at Cangtan Village, Wujin District, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province in 1982.
Currently on display at the Jiangsu Provincial Museum in Nanjing
Song dynasty vessels including oil drop cups and cup stands.
The Museum Collection
Southern Song dynasty Silver gilt black lacquer cup 1998 unearthed from the tomb of Huang Yan in Huaiyang county
Southern Song Dynasty Yuhuchunzhen vase and vase stand.
National Museum of Art, Kurashiki Collection
Southern Song dynasty Jingdezhen rabbit hair mouth-mouth cup and cup stand.
Museum of Modern Art (Hayashibara) collection
Southern Song Dynasty Ru Kiln Cups and Cup Sitters
The British Museum collection
Southern Song dynasty Yufang rabbit hair yixing teacup paired with a 16th-century Ryukyu lacquerware tray decorated with gold-plated mother-of-pearl.
Southern Song dynasty Jingdezhen oil droplet vase and vase stand
Collection of the Meisho Bunko Art Museum
Clear Ming painted peony fluted vase stand (front face) Collected by The National Museum of Japanese History in Tokyo
Clear glaze vase with flower and leaf pattern (oblique view) Collection of the Tokyo National Museum, Japan
Porcelain vase with lotus pattern, Ming Yongle period, held in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Ming Yongle red floral patterned wine cup stand (with inscription) In the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Others
Song Dynasty Purple Gold Gilt Cup
National Museum of Korea
Mr Xu Zhan-tang's collection from Wàngshān Zhuāng.
Golden Dynasty Shanxi Fucang Black Glaze Partridge Patterned Cup
Qing dynasty nephrite platter with peony design; housed at the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Ritual bronze vessel and its stand from Yuan Dynasty.
Sung Dynasty Gilt Silver Incense Container, Jiang Museum Collection.


Southern Song dynasty to Yuan Dynasty silver-gilt flower and bird pattern cup rest Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
Tang dynasty luochan teacup and saucer unearthed from Famen Temple treasure house
Qing Yongzheng Qīng huā huà huì wén zhǎn tó