Tea bowl and saucer with lotus decoration 5th–6th century China This elegant set may represent one of the first examples anywhere in the world of a cup and saucer used for drinking tea. It is decorated with carefully carved lotus leaves. Originally symbolic of love in early folk songs, lotuses are associated with purity in Buddhist Tea bowl and saucer with lotus decoration. China. 5th–6th century. Stoneware with carved decoration under celadon glaze. Liang (502–557) or Chen (557–589) dynasty. Ceramics

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