April 23, 2024
Vintage Large Cast Iron Tetsubin Japanese Cooking Pot For Boiling Water Tea Pot
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This is a vintage used cast iron tetsubin, used for boiling water over an open fire in Japan. This one has a beautiful rough beaded like finish. The matching lid has a flower bud like knob. This one has some light rust along the top edge and, ther is some rust inside bottom and the outside bottom. It still looks useful and will of course make an excellent display item. One side of the spout is marked with Kanji characters (which probably identifies the maker). The pot measures 4" tall without handle and 8" with handle! It is approximately 7 & 4/4" inches wide back of pot to tip of spout. This tetsuin weighs almost 6 lbs! A unique piece of Japanese cookware! Sales to the U.S. only.and buy with confidence. Notes: Tetsubin (鉄瓶) are Japanese cast iron pots having pouring spout and handle crossing over the top, used for boiling and pouring hot water for drinking purposes, such as for making tea. Tetsubin are traditionally heated over a charcoal fire. In the Japanese art of chanoyu , the special portable brazier for this is the binkake (瓶掛). (See list of Japanese tea ceremony equipment). Tetsubin are often elaborately decorated with relief designs on the outside. They range widely in size, and many have unusual shapes, making them popular with collectors. A relatively small tetsubin may hold around .5 litres of water; large ones may
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