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Chinese Tea Ceremony Box
Located in New York, NY
The lidded rectangular wooden box painted in black and red with cartouches of Court figures and floral decoration; opening to reveal eight dishes.
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20th Century Chinese Tea Sets

Materials

Wood

Chinese Tea Ceremony Box
Chinese Tea Ceremony Box
H 6.75 in W 18.75 in D 9 in
Antique Chinese Porcelain Chinese Taste Tea Ceremony Plate, Late Ming
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Region of Origin: China Country of Manufacturing
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Porcelain Chinese Taste Tea Ceremony Plate, Late Ming
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Region of Origin: China Period: 16th century, 17th
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Master of Tea Ceremony Sign
Located in New York, NY
An elaborate and intricately carved master of tea ceremony sign inscribed with the names of the
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Decorative Art

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Japanese Matcha Bowl for Tea Ceremony Autumn Leaves Akikusa Kato Jyosui 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
the 17th century, Kyō ware and Japanese tea ceremony had a close relationship. The use of China
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1990s Japanese Decorative Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Japanese Screen for Tea-Ceremony, Ink Bamboo and Plum on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
gold leaf on paper. This is a double-sided Japanese Furosaki or tea-ceremony screen from the mid
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century antique Chinese Tea Table Lacquered with Porcelain inclusions
Located in BILBAO, ES
Chinese black lacquerd tea table with gilt highlights, circa 1930's. Needs restauration in left
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities

Materials

Bentwood

Japanese 2-Panel Furosaki’byôbu 風炉先屏風 'Tea-Ceremony Folding Screen' with Dragons
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A striking low and wide two-panel furosaki’byôbu (tea-ceremony room divider) painted with two
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Vintage Chinese Famille Rose Fencai Double Happiness Tea Cups Plate Set 70s
Located in Richmond, CA
We are honored to offer this exceptional Chinese porcelain tea set, specifically designed for
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Porcelain Tea Cups Falangcai Enamel Insects Flowers Shende Tang 19c-20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A pair of exquisite falangcai enamelled Chinese porcelain tea cups, dating back to the transitional
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Important Chinese Pyrography Painting of “LUK YU” Famous Tang Dynasty Tea master
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a panoramic pyrography painting on panel: “Master Tea Ceremony” by then Living Treasure Fang
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20th Century Chinese Arts and Crafts Paintings

Materials

Wood

Chinese Antique Blue and White China, Qing Period
Located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo
tea ceremony. With the pattern of Ice Clack, Bamboo and Pine Tree and Plum Blossom design. The cute
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Gilt Black Lacquer Tea Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
branches, the mid-section doors enclose multiple drawers originally used to house wares for tea ceremony
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Set #5 Kosometsuke Antique Chinese 17c Ming Dynasty Plates China Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Japanese tea ceremony meal, the Kaiseki. The central scene depicts clouds among bent bamboo with a small
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Enamelware Teapot with Mythical Qilin, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Enameled Teapot with Mythical Qilin, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Passing Boat and Bridge Pattern Tea Set, Circa 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
appreciation. Tea ceremonies often included exquisite porcelain, symbolizing a blend of utility and artistry
Category

Antique 1720s Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Old Pair Symbolic Longevity Effigy Lighting Lanterns
Located in South Burlington, VT
, and their use evolved as functional and decorative elements in traditional Japanese and Chinese tea
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lanterns

Materials

Iron

Antique Chinese 17c Kosometsuke Tianqi/Chongzhen Porcelain Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
used for the Japanese tea ceremony meal, the Kaiseki, small dishes for serving food at the tea ceremony
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese 17c Kosometsuke Tianqi/Chongzhen Porcelain Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
tea ceremony are the most commonly encountered form of Chinese export porcelain for Japan. Made in
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese 17c Kosometsuke Tianqi/Chongzhen Porcelain Boys with Flower
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
the tea ceremony are the most commonly encountered form of Chinese export porcelain for Japan. Made in
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese 17c Kosometsuke Tianqi/Chongzhen Dish Porcelain Playing Boys
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, small dishes for serving food at the tea ceremony are the most commonly encountered form of Chinese
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Ceramic Storage Jar Song-Yuan Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
and Sackler from Christie's in 2009 for its long documented history in Japanese tea ceremony. For a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Chinese Porcelain Swatow Zhangzhou Chilong Dish, ca 1600
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
dishes would have been used for the Japanese tea ceremony meal, the Kaiseki. Kaiseki or kaiseki-ryōri is
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Set of 17 Large Antique Kosometsuke Chinese Ming Dynasty Plates, 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Chongzhen c.1620 – 1630. These small Transitional porcelain dishe were made in China at Jingdezhen to a
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Chinese Asian Four-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Landscape with Children
Located in Studio City, CA
with a mother who is apparently on her way to a feast or ceremony carrying a tray of flowers and
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20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Rare Ca 1600-1660 Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Kosometsuke Plate Copper Red
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
traditional Kaiseki.⁠ ⁠ This is the meal served in the context of chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony). It precedes
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Kosometsuke Plate Arhat, ca 1600-1640
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Kosumetsuke plate was used for the tea ceremony. Very nice⁠ The dish is strongly painted with a Luohan in
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Kaiseki Set of 5 Chinese Porcelain 17th C Kosometsuke Boy and Bird di
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
been used for the Japanese tea ceremony meal, the Kaiseki, small dishes for serving food at the tea
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Kosometsuke Plate Hare Moon, ca 1600-1640
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Kosumetsuke plate was used for the tea ceremony. Very nice Heavily potted Additional information: Material
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

17th Century Japanese Screen. Karako Asobi: Chinese Children at Play.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Furosaki screen. A Furosaki screen is part of the equipment used for the Japanese tea-ceremony. It is
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Antique 17th Century Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Celadon Incense Burner with Peony Arabesque Design/Chinese Antique/14th-17th C
Located in Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
ceremony "Mitate", people freely created uses for things and enjoyed them with tea. A peony arabesque
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

Set of 5 Antique Kaiseki Chinese Porcelain Kakiemon Style Bowls, 18/19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. These small dishes would have been used for the Japanese tea ceremony meal, the Kaiseki. Kaiseki or
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Blue And White Teabowl And Saucer Set Circa 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
. Tea ceremonies often included exquisite porcelain, symbolizing a blend of utility and artistry. Each
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Antique 1720s Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

Fish and Waterweed Teabowl and Saucer Set, c 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng era
Located in seoul, KR
appreciation. Tea ceremonies often included exquisite porcelain, symbolizing a blend of utility and artistry
Category

Antique 1720s Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Chinesw Kosometsuke Tianqi/Chongzhen Porcelain Landscape, 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
for the Japanese tea ceremony meal, the Kaiseki, small dishes for serving food at the tea ceremony are
Category

Antique 17th Century Chinese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Blue And White Teabowl And Saucer Set Circa 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
appreciation. Tea ceremonies often included exquisite porcelain, symbolizing a blend of utility and artistry
Category

Antique 1720s Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Nihonga Painting 19th c Edo Scroll by Tonomura Chokunyu River landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. Furthermore, in 1862, he founded and hosted the Seiwan Tea Ceremony (a sencha tea ceremony), which achieved
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Antique 19th Century Edo Paintings

Materials

Silk

Japan Antique Kasuga "Deer" Granite Stone Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
where they served as a spiritual source of light for evening tea ceremonies. Often carved from granite
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Garden Ornaments

Materials

Granite

Japanese Celadon Lidded Vessel Mizusashi by Uichi Shimizu
Located in Atlanta, GA
kettle during the Chado tea ceremony. Quite modern in appearance, the vessel showcases a distinct ridged
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Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japan Tall Kasuga "Zodiac" Stone Lantern, 104 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
tea ceremonies. Often carved from granite stone, today’s vintage survivors serve as fashionable
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Granite

Japanese Screen Painting, circa 1700 'Horses' by Kano Tanshin
Located in Kyoto, JP
Horses Kano Tanshin Morimasa (1653-1718) Two-panel tea-ceremony Japanese screen or furosaki
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Antique 1690s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Screen, 19th Century, Rabbits and Horsetail Reeds on Silver Leaf
By Nenma
Located in Kyoto, JP
tea-ceremony, and it would have been used in ceremonies to celebrate the Mid-Autumn-Moon. In Japan the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections
Located in valatie, NY
and the tea ceremony.     
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1990s American Books

Materials

Paper

Decorative plate creation by the Japanese artist Baba Takashi
Located in Paris, FR
of tea ceremony pottery were created. Bizen pottery pieces are fired unglazed in a pinewood kiln for
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2010s Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Rare Japanese Porcelain Painted Footed Dish Makuzu Kozan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
to add a strong visual effect. The bowl was likely used during a themed tea ceremony to present the
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Two-Fold Screens with Flower Arrangements and Rare Birds
Located in Milano, IT
. Unlike those used during the tea ceremony, that maintain a natural and austere wabi-sabi construction
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Wagumi Handled Bamboo Basket Ikebana
Located in Atlanta, GA
(ikebana) was designed and woven to evoke a sense of serenity and humbleness during the tea ceremony. With
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bamboo

17th Century Korean Grapevine and Squirrel Scroll Painting, Mid Joseon Period
Located in Kyoto, JP
the style of a tea-ceremony scroll. We have retained this brocade and mounting style.  
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Antique 17th Century Korean Other Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Blown Glass Ladle Sculpture #3, 2020
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
from bulbous pestle to delicate ladle, alluding to the ceremonial cleansing for participants in the Tea
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Blown Glass

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Ladle #3, 2007
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
ceremonial cleansing for participants in the Tea Ceremony. In this sense, the proximity of these objects to
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Blown Glass Ladle #5, 2007
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
participants in the Tea Ceremony. In this sense, the proximity of these objects to their implied ceremonial use
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Blown Glass

Rare Set of 18th Century Chinese Painted Panels
Located in Paris, FR
. Hence, we can recognize the fabrication of porcelain, of silk, the harvesting of rice, the tea ceremony
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Decorative Art

Rare Set of 18th Century Chinese Painted Panels
Rare Set of 18th Century Chinese Painted Panels
H 114.18 in W 86.62 in D 1.19 in
White Ohi Ceremonial Vessel
By Ohi Toshio
Located in New York, NY
began crafting ceramic works near Kanazawa for the tea ceremony. Toshio is the eleventh generation of
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Arts and Crafts Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

White Ohi Ceremonial Vessel
White Ohi Ceremonial Vessel
H 7.2 in W 12.4 in D 6.7 in
Early 20th Century Rootwood Serving Tray
Located in Seattle, WA
associated with Japanese sencha, the Chinese literati inspired steeped tea ceremony. Sencha practitioners
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Early 20th Century Japanese Scholar's Objects

Gold Lacquer Natsume with Chrysanthemum on a Fence by Okada Hyokan I '1904-1969'
Located in Berlin, Berlin
the Urasenke tea ceremony school, Hounsai (*1923): Kiku maki-e dai-natsume, Konichi, and his kao in
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Lacquer

Materials

Gold, Gold Leaf

Chinese Tang Tea Ceremony Painting
Located in South Burlington, VT
engaging in a tea ceremony - sipping tea- reminds us of peaceful pleasures. We believe this work of art to
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Chinese Tang Tea Ceremony Painting
Chinese Tang Tea Ceremony Painting
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H 14 in W 28 in L 14 in
Chinese Antique "Tea Ceremony" Bronze Hand Bell 19th Century, Lovely Sound
Located in South Burlington, VT
A one-of-a-kind rare tea ceremony accessory discovered from our recent Japanese acquisitions
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Antique Matcha Bowl Kyo-Ware 'Shinshuji', 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a matcha bowl serving during tea ceremony. This item was made around 1960s in Showa era
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Late 20th Century Japanese Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Japan Fine Old Tea Ceremony Set Complete Signed Mint and Boxed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Signed, mint and boxed. Japan, a superior and fine old tea ceremony nine-piece set, Natsume
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Religious Items

Materials

Ceramic, Bamboo, Wood

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Chinese Tea Ceremony For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Chinese tea ceremony for your home. A Chinese tea ceremony — often made from stone, ceramic and metal — can elevate any home. Find 180 options for an antique or vintage Chinese tea ceremony now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Chinese tea ceremony, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A Chinese tea ceremony is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in modern, Arts and Crafts and Art Deco styles are sought with frequency. A well-made Chinese tea ceremony has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Richard A. Hirsch, Lam Qua and Makuzu Kozan are consistently popular.

How Much is a Chinese Tea Ceremony?

Prices for a Chinese tea ceremony start at $68 and top out at $446,031 with the average selling for $2,950.
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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A Chinese tea table is a piece of furniture traditionally used in China for preparing and serving tea. It usually held a pump for drawing water and a basin for washing teacups and pots. The top doubled as a surface for resting teacups in between sips. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Chinese tea tables.