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Cool and thank you.

It is atleast alittle older then suggested, it was brought to Europe from an antiques dealer in Bandung Indonesia around 1980-81, the lady I got it from was not sure precisely when, but no later then 81

Can you tell me how you see it is a chaochou?

Cool with some info. The craftsman ship is nothing special, handle and sprout is not aligned, the ball on the lid is also offcenter

Thanks, do you know when and where these imitations are from?

Hello from Denmark, I am fairly new to tea drinking, as it never really caught my attention before raw puerh. Now I have been drinking a large selection of raw and ripe puerhs, from Puerh.sk and Yunnan sourcing. I brew gong fu style in a high iron shibo, made from a clay worker living in Belgium. I ...

Hello all,

I have been gifted a pear shaped teapot, which I believe is some kind of yixing.

The lady that gave it to me,got it from a family member that deals in antiques.

Can anyone tell me something about it, what does the stamps/maker marks say?

Looking forward solving the mystery