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1 and 2 shouldn't be slept on either. Young artists keeping the craft alive. As far as I know both of them prepare their own clay and fire their own kilns to make these teapots.

Haven't had too much experience with these but given the motifs and how the gold is used I'd agree with Bok and say this isn't Japanese.

Beautiful teapot!

As far as I've seen 朱泥 (shudei) in this context in Japan just means any kind of red tint colored teapot. So it will include any hongni, zhuni etc and even reddish zini.

Time for a new update featuring a lot of price drops. Also decided to post a couple Domoto pieces, would highly recommend. A couple out of Echizen where he takes care of the shaping and wood firing, while she does all the carving and painting. Beautiful celadon pieces in an old Korean style. Picture...

I've found this travel report (together with the next post) also helpful to get a feel for the current state of the Wuyi market. https://www.cultofquality.com/i-barely-wuyi-wu-yi-tea-technique-research-trip-2024/ Unfortunately the excessive demand placed on the area seems to have affected it in mult...

I'm not quite sure about that one, it is what you can see in the pictures. If you'd like different angles/light let me know.

Ito Gafu has recently been taking another step on the clay journey. Several years ago he was known for processing his own red clay through elutriation and making various teapots with that. In the past couple of years he's been mining clays from (nearby) tea fields, processing them and then using tha...

Ah, it seems I forgot to list two items... The kirin/qilin one is a jingdezhen qinghua piece, it's more of a flat bowl than a cup but it is smaller than a regular hira chawan. Could be used as a small matcha bowl, a rather big cup or a teaboat. Price is $60. Then there is an antique celadon plate/te...

It's been a while, some of the items are still around, some new ones have been added as well. I also realized it's possible to ship for significantly cheaper with small packet (~$10), but the packages can only be insured for up to $50. Pictures: https://ibb.co/album/dtZNXV Pots: Murata Yoshiki bizen...

Most of the previous items are gone, decided to list some new ones, including some beautiful Asahiyaki. https://ibb.co/album/ngHBv1 Pots: Murata Yoshiki bizen backhandle pot with wooden box - ~140ml - $190 Unglazed porcelain jingdezhen teapot - ~90ml - $110 Old celadon teapot - ~120ml - $150 (haven'...

Again not a lot of updates, one cup is gone, a new set is added and a lot of price drops. https://ibb.co/album/yfrvrw Pots: Murata Yoshiki bizen backhandle pot with wooden box - ~150ml - $200 Unglazed porcelain jingdezhen teapot - ~90ml - $115 Bowls: Morimoto Yoshinobu antique bizen style bowl with ...

Not a lot of updates in August, just some of the items have been sold. Pictures available below, some prices have been dropped as well. https://ibb.co/album/d0H19F Pots: Murata Yoshiki bizen backhandle pot with wooden box - ~150ml - $230 Unglazed porcelain jingdezhen teapot - ~90ml - $120 Bowls: Mor...

August update, a lot of the cups are gone, couple of new bowls and pots. Pictures available at https://ibb.co/album/cgSNbb The Yohsiki bizen pot is particularly interesting as he's only made few of these over the years. He used to study with a Bizen potter and has been doing collaborations once in a...

July update up now, the new pictures are available here: https://ibb.co/album/V00YkY Pots: 1. Bamboo shaped clay decorated pot - ~150ml (I think, haven't used it, still seems to have kiln dust inside) - $30 2. Sometsuke (blue and white) nabeshimayaki sidehandle teapot - ~150-200ml - $30 3. Kyoyaki e...

Time for a June update, the new pictures are available here: https://ibb.co/album/Q7dVY4 There are a lot of items that are gone and several new items, mostly cups. The first person to make a purchase will receive the capybara as a gift. (Besides some tea samples) Pots: 1. Bamboo shaped clay decorate...