Red and White Camellia Tea Bowl - Kyoto Ninsei Style
Camellia flowers are a common winter motif in Japan, though their blooming season can be more than half the year.
Camellias are so popular in the tearoom because this species of plant gives us all our tea. Matcha is created from grinding the leaves of camellia sinensis , but other varieties of teas are made by processing the same leaves in various ways.
In the language of flowers camellias symbolise different things depending on their colour. Because the flowers drop all at once, rather than shedding their petals one by one, they were often shunned by the warrior class who disliked the allusion to beheading.
Striking red camellias historically symbolized a noble death among Japanese warriors and samurai, but over time they also came to represent love. A white camellia means waiting, while the yellow camellia conveys longing.
Dimensions: w12.5cm x d12.5cm x h7.5cm
Camellia flowers are a common winter motif in Japan, though their blooming season can be more than half the year.
Camellias are so popular in the tearoom because this species of plant gives us all our tea. Matcha is created from grinding the leaves of camellia sinensis , but other varieties of teas are made by processing the same leaves in various ways.
In the language of flowers camellias symbolise different things depending on their colour. Because the flowers drop all at once, rather than shedding their petals one by one, they were often shunned by the warrior class who disliked the allusion to beheading.
Striking red camellias historically symbolized a noble death among Japanese warriors and samurai, but over time they also came to represent love. A white camellia means waiting, while the yellow camellia conveys longing.
Dimensions: w12.5cm x d12.5cm x h7.5cm
Camellia flowers are a common winter motif in Japan, though their blooming season can be more than half the year.
Camellias are so popular in the tearoom because this species of plant gives us all our tea. Matcha is created from grinding the leaves of camellia sinensis , but other varieties of teas are made by processing the same leaves in various ways.
In the language of flowers camellias symbolise different things depending on their colour. Because the flowers drop all at once, rather than shedding their petals one by one, they were often shunned by the warrior class who disliked the allusion to beheading.
Striking red camellias historically symbolized a noble death among Japanese warriors and samurai, but over time they also came to represent love. A white camellia means waiting, while the yellow camellia conveys longing.
Dimensions: w12.5cm x d12.5cm x h7.5cm