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Ancient wine goblet rests

Ancient wine goblet rests

August 23, 2025

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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

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