Cultural storiesNingxia Hui Autonomous Region; also Lanzhou and Linxia in Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Henan
Puts together a tea gift for a particular friend and delights when they recognise a favourite detail.
The story / Vosmyorka
At home, handles a personal gaiwan with care.
Cultural context
Vosmyorka / Collection
A cream linen jacket and ochre work apron accompany Vosmyorka’s tea story. Colourful ingredients show beneath the raised gaiwan lid, with a tea scoop secured at the side.
A cream stand-collar shirt, pale sage quilted waistcoat and loose ochre trousers create the home outfit. Vosmyorka lifts the lid of a gaiwan of tea.
A long blue jacket with restrained stitching pairs with white trousers. Vosmyorka serves Eight Treasures tea in a pale gaiwan.
A pale shirt and long plum waistcoat create a quiet wedding look. Vosmyorka supports a closed white gaiwan on its saucer with both paws.
Wide blue trousers complete the white shirt and black fur-edged waistcoat. A clear caddy of tea, chrysanthemum and dried fruit hangs at Vosmyorka’s hip; the double-tier woven hat keeps the silhouette distinctive.
Black-and-cream embroidered clothing with a green sash pairs with the two-tier woven hat. Vosmyorka presents a wooden box with eight compartments for the tea blend, the free paw open in greeting.
00 / Original form
A half-open yellow-green bud has toothed tips, a sugar-like texture and one dark tea fleck. It sits above a broad honey-cream head with dark amber eyes.
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