A tea ceremony practitioner who is obsessed with metaphor said so.

When I walk around the European antique market, I always end up looking for things that can be used as tea utensils...

I've recently been obsessed with metaphors for tea utensils, even though I make tea at the table with a tea bowl I painted myself, and I'm slowly becoming obsessed with metaphors for utensils.

I have a disease where I see things the same way no matter what I look at.

I've also had experience with painting white porcelain,

but now, unless it's something extremely rare,

I've narrowed down what I want.

I've been telling my familiar antique shop,

to contact me if they find anything good,

but I don't want anything other than Limoges's top out-of-print manufacturer, Nymphenburg, Furstenberg, KPM, or Meissen.

The rest are patterned, Vienna kiln, and Sevres fakes, as long as there's something affordable (they're not usually around lol).

Right now I'm looking at silverware.

Then there's crystal.

I've been looking for old Baccarat and Lalique pieces for a long time,

and that trend may come again.

In Japan,

lacquerware and maki-e.

If I go a little further,

I'm sure I'll find something fabric-related...

A shikaku...

I'd love to find some good Rococo fabrics here.

Some people use them for aesthetic purposes! Things like:

Hirajawan

Takahai

Natsume

It's a mystery that can be seen lol