Display case for Yixing?

May 15, 2008 Last reply: 18 years ago 10 Replies

OK, so I was going to build a nice custom wall-mounted display case but time restraints and life has made that an impossibility right now. I went to a local dealer in the mall who sells rosewood and Asian wares but the product he had was way overpriced and way below any sort of quality standards. I just want something nice with a glass front to enclose it, about 8" deep, and traditional looking. Round or rectangular is fine, I can make either work.



Does anyone here know of or have any ideas or solutions they have found for displaying their Yixing? Even if anyone has a web link or two or know of anyplace I can import something from. My web searches keep coming up short.



Thanks!



- Dominic


Dominic,

This is what you're looking for:

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And there are more photos here:

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Some are pre-made, but it's better to get your handy-dandy builder guy to make a custom-made and original kind.

But if you want something right away, why not go to Home Depot, buy a couple of shelf brackets, and the pine board for the shelf, and put it up right away. You will then have a solid shelf hanging on the wall; and you could display all the pots you want.

Hey Thanks, they are what I'm looking for stylistically but I was hoping for a glass front to keep dust off of them. Unfortunately my "handy-dandy builder guy" is myself and my limited skillset :) I did manage a cool set of these Hungarian bookshelves:

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If worse comes to worse I'll find a decent curio cabinet, I just really wanted it hanging on the wall and to be a striking piece in the kitchen. It's hard to believe that they are impossible to buy anywhere online, it is a niche to be filled I guess.

- Dominic

Maybe an Amish or Mennonite furniture maker in Ohio or Pennsylvania can hand-make a cabinet to your design? They have a reputation for good work using solid wood.

You want a striking piece, eh? Now you're talking. How about one of these:

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Striking, but pricey. No affiliation with this store - other than the Canada connection. Never ordered or bought from them either. I just recieve their monthly email newsletter - I must have signed up sometime ago. That's how I know them.

Dominic, this might be what you're looking for, although they don't have a glass front:

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the prices are listed here:

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Jo

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Dominic-- I have this to display some of my tea vessels. I like it.

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Grasshopper

these:

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Wow! Those are very nice, even minus the glass. Actually those are well within my price range. If nothing else it has given me new ideas for designing my own. Thanks a ton, I knew folks here would have found some cool stuff I've never seen. I really enjoy design so that site has just given me a whole morning of fun.

- Dominic

Hey, thanks all! I figured there was some cool stuff lurking around the net that have evaded my searches. That crown curio is a very nice, inexpensive option. Thanks again for helping out, now I'm excited again to get this done sooner than later.

- Dominic

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