mingsonjia: inkjadestudio: mingsonjia: inkjadestudio: changan-moon: Ancient Chinese silver tea utensil. Tang dynasty. Fameng Temple museum. via 铜镜大观 Just wanted to add that in the Tang dynasty, people did not brew loose tea leaves like present day Chinese. That only became common in the Ming dynasty. Back then, tea leaves were made into compressed cakes and the cakes were ground in the silver mortar you see in the third and fourth row with hot water added for consumption. Also, in th...
