Tea Cup with
Tray
Song Dynasty
Height: 14.6 cm
The tray for tea cup was invented in the Tang Dynasty
(618-907), by the daughter of the minister of Sichuan Area.
She found the tea cup was too hold for her hand then used
wax to hold the bottom of the cup. Later people used clay to
hold the cup. In the Song Dynasty, there were many styles of
the tea cup tray, such as the tea cup with tray shown here,
it was also coated in a layer of glaze.
Background
Knowledge:
History of China
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