MULAN OBJECTS · 木蘭器
Objects are the silent language
of the tea table
器物是茶席上 沉默的語言
There are not many MULAN OBJECTS. Each one grows from a true gesture of the tea table — the lift, the pour, the serve, the inhale, the close. This page begins with two: a pair of cups, and a gaiwan.
Signature Pair · 余滿對杯
The larger cup holds the smaller;
the smaller remains whole
A pair of cups — one unfolding, one restrained; one holding space, one holding full. Yu is the room you leave; Man is the heart you pour in — Yu-Man is the name of this pair, and the measure two people keep with each other.
The larger cup gathers the smaller steadily into its embrace. To hold is to love; and the small cup, standing at the center of the large, remains entirely itself — loved, and never losing itself.
For every kind of "two": lovers, father and daughter, mentor and apprentice, old friends. High-white porcelain fired at 1300°C — it endures heat and cold, and understands warmth.
Snow Gaiwan · 如雪蓋碗
Thin enough that one clear chime
is a moment of clarity
An ordinary gaiwan weighs about 150 grams; the Snow Gaiwan, from 56 grams. High-white porcelain, thin-walled, its curve refined by hand — the excess taken away a little at a time. Thinness is not fragility: it returns measure to the hand, and weight to the tea.
The instant lid meets bowl, there is a clean, crystalline sound — like a chime stone, like snow settling on the eaves. Pour, cover, open again; every sound sets your rhythm right, adding a few more moments of clarity to the day.
The Pair Language · 余 與 滿
One Yu, one Man
Every name at MULAN OBJECTS rests within the measure of these two words.
The restrained one. It leaves space for the tea, and space for the hand.
SHOP ↗
The unfolding one. It holds the tea, and holds the whole afternoon.
SHOP ↗The world of MULAN OBJECTS continues in the shop
