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Mark-S wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:06 pm

I'm not sure why there are some many marked lines in the pot, anyone to comment please.

I'd have thought a gaiwan would not really help in that case. Yixing helps restraining the astringency a bit, while keeping some pleasant or less pleasant aromas.

Am curious Olivier- what drives you to acquire more of these pots? Not sure it is of any interest for you, but primarily the curiosity. I can brew my teas in gaiwans and leave it here quite easily. I have a couple of really average ones that could have done the job too, but when I held my first Whi...

I don't mean the technique is unique, although if you add all the techniques and repertoire a potter uses nowadays, then it well probably is. Nowadays the skills required to make the more complex yixing shapes went beyond what is usually considered slab building in other places. Although its still ...

Thanks Youzi , appreciated. There are a lot of articles and videos presenting the transformation of yixing ore into usable clay, it's quite fascinating. Slab building is not only limited to yixing, this is a common pottery technics as far as I know. So while it is the traditional yixing technics it ...

I prefer the most common denominator in this case: Yixing is any pottery ware made from clay of the rough vicinity of Yixing by whatever method the potter or company sees fit. One might add: typically slab built and unglazed. Seems to me that the vast majority of consumers basically adheres to some...

Bok wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:36 am

olivierd wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:29 am

don't you see your pots are full of emptiness ?

Only when not in use.

The river always flows, yet the waters are never the same...
Very much like yixing discussions as I see it !

There is and there are. It is just not something mainstream Japanese tea makers and consumers look out for. If you browse the forum you'll find some testimonials. A few exceptions exist, but in the context of the discussion it's quite neglectible. Huuuum, I'm seeing you have not yet reached the fin...

I did not mean to imply that your approach is antiquated, it just seemed like a good opportunity to have a chat about why these questions are hard. We can discuss what makes a teapot good, or in what ways we appreciate teapots, or what properties are specific to Yixing teapots vs what properties ar...

We can also name Kojheiji Miura, Mineo Okabe, etc... My point is only to compare neighbouring markets where in Japan you have a very organized market with official galleries, brick and mortar specialised shops, registered businesses, and most online is stemming from these. If any suspicion is linked...

You are making a big statement Bok by assuming a racist connotation. The market fact is simply that quite often Yixing pots are sold for what they are not. As a buyer you take that risk, but it's very uncomfortable. For some reason, 70s pots seems to be prone to that gambling more than earlier ones....

That one is very similar to oolong and white tea in my opinion. A great pu for someone who doesn't like pu (like me) hahaha I love that one :lol: , can’t stop laughing ! Nothing wrong about not liking pu or green or red. I hate red till now, it might change but often you’re told « you must like it ...

That’s the issue of yixing market : high price, and debatable origin. No surprise westerners are not really into it seriously. Japanese ceramic is all over Europe, specifically France, while yixing is virtually unexisting.
I hope the moody guy didn’t pay too much for that one...

I have been looking for the early copies of the serie from 1 to 10.
There are quite a few people for North America here, so If anyone has them and wish to sell...
Thanks.

Bok wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:19 am

Haha for French market it will be more

A gaiwan is $30... worldwide