#dualpurpose
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Small Enough Not to Need an Excuse
A small Yixing duanni vessel built for one person's desk — to catch tea, or to hold water for grinding ink — sized deliberately so it never has to choose.
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The First Object in a Series About Becoming Light
A small white porcelain vessel, the opening piece in a planned series called "fragrant tea, lighter bones" — built to do two jobs, neither one of them announcing itself.
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A Bowl Small Enough to Read the Lid
A small Jingdezhen gaiwan, no saucer, sized to sit in one hand — with four red characters under the lid that only show themselves once you lift it, and a lid that doubles as a tea measure.