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Tea bowl - Chicken Cup Only 16 known to exist. Ming dynasty, Chenghua emperor reign, 15th c. an act of devotion for the empress
mother representing core Chinese values such as continuing the
family line and nurturing the young. |
objects misunderstood -
that a good porcelain cup
was used as a pen holder
or
green tea, hand-rolled
was served colder
than imagined
with ice and sugar
I might define
this kind of ignorance
as invisibility
or resistance
built into another manufacturing culture -
350 years of
handles, saucers, spoons!
Still,
it's too soon to tell
if black tea's spell
so deftly
bagged and ticketed
will lift in the
next 5,000 years.
what's next?
mysterious inclinations -
not for all the ...
Look.
I know you know
true prophecies
are few
and just aren't my cup of
