Pot stand
Simplified 壶承
A shallow dish or stand for the teapot that holds only a little water. An anthropologist records that by about 2014 many Taiwanese tea practitioners had swapped the large drained tea tray for a pot stand, promoted by senior tea figures as simpler and cleaner.
On this page
- 1Body
- 2Rim
- 3Base
Form#
- Body
- 1shallow, flat-bottomed dish or low pedestal stand in ceramic, stone, metal, or wood, sometimes fitted with a removable perforated metal or ceramic grate
- Rim
- 2low upright or slightly incurved rim
- Base
- 3wide ring foot or flat base
- Handle
- none
Working volume#
This support is best described by the dimensions of its seat and the vessel it carries. A flat stand has no useful liquid capacity; a recessed or double-layer design may catch drips. Any reservoir volume belongs to that individual design, not to the name of the form.
Variants and sub-types#
| Name | 中文 | Difference | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Dry-brewing Disc (Pingpan Huchen) | 平盤乾泡壺承 | Low, solid or slightly concave ceramic, stone, or metal plate (Ø 11–16 cm, H 1.0–2.2 cm) used in modern Taiwanese and mainland 'dry brewing' (乾泡法) to frame the teapot and catch stray drops from the spout without 淋壺 drenching. | 12 |
| Shallow-well Perforated Pot Stand (Shuangceng Huchen) | 淺槽雙層壺承 | Compact two-layer stoneware or porcelain stand with a removable perforated top disc over a shallow well, bridging dry-table aesthetics with light lid-rinsing. | 123 |
History#
- Qing–RepublicIn Chaozhou gongfu tea, a small saucer or pad (茶墊) beneath the teapot buffers the table and catches minor drips alongside the deeper tea boat.3
- 1990s–2000sTaiwanese ceramicists and tea masters develop dedicated teapot stands (壺承) for dry-table brewing (乾泡法), replacing the slotted tea tray so the pot sits directly on a cloth runner (茶席).12
- c. 2014Replaces the rectangular tea tray for many Taiwanese practitioners, shifting the visual focus of the tea table from drenching the pot to dry presentation and fabric staging.1
Attributions are shown as the source states them.
Sources#
- 張靜紅：流動、聚合與區隔：台灣茶藝發展中的矛盾和動力 ↗
- 方梁生：陶瓷茶具之融合與再創 ↗
- 翁輝東《潮州茶經·工夫茶》 (1957) ↗
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