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Youting has other seals as well besides the oval seal. But I agree that your papaya pot is more recent than 1875. Unfortunately, the information you can find online about antique Yixing teapots is often very vague. I've found a collector with many books about antique Yixing teapots. I hope that he ...

As far as I know, 宜興友廷 is the mark of Shao Youting (邵友廷) (https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%82%B5%E5%8F%8B%E5%BB%B7), craftsman of the late Qing dynasty, who was step-father of Cheng Shouzhen. I hope this helps! Thanks :) but my guess is that this is a different potter with the same name as seal. Th...

If you decide to keep it, post a photo when it’s clean ;) I've spend a lot of time searching for similar 🐿️ pots, but haven't found anything close yet. Another collector told me that the carving of the other pot could be the work of a carving master from ROC period (缶石，任淦庭), who lived from 1889 to ...

Mark-S congratulation that you finally found the missing squirrel haha. It's a little hard to believe that the F1 squirrel pot was sold for 1k+ :shock: Now I am curious if my squirrel pot is authentic now :lol: maybe I can trade for a 60s hongni pot one day lol Thanks , haha :D It was in the "Famou...

I like the second pot. The lid with the leaves is nicely crafted - quite often on this style of pot the lid tends to be a complete disaster. These pots are also pretty nice: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1133936657122086/permalink/1138690249980060/ The craftsmanship is a bit better on my pot. At le...

It doesn’t quite look the same… epoxy Kintsugi looks a bit plasticky and fake usually. I’d have a look at examples she did before and see if you like it. Oh, thanks for the warning ;) I have to ask for some examples then, if I choose a Kintsugi repair with two part epoxy. If you cannot see a differ...

Mark-S you’re welcome! I wouldn’t recommend Kintsugi for the insides of a pot. First, you won’t see those parts anyways and secondly it won’t last too long on the inside with frequent and long contact with hot water. There's a part of the leaf missing and this is not just visible on the inside. The...

Mark-S the second one doesn’t look bad at all. Waiting for people like OCTO who know more about this kind of pots :mrgreen: That's good to hear. :) I was also sceptical about the low price, but I was pretty sure that the second pot is genuine. To me this was an indication that the seller does not k...

Mark-S think about it… a wax that holds over a century of use???? That would be quite the worrying wax. Impossible a wax stays longer than one use with hot water, that’s how easy it comes off. The shine could be patina though. Smooth transition inside lid makes me think it’s a fake though. If you t...

Mark-S ornamented pots are not my strength, but it’s still almost impossible to judge a dirty pot. The grit can cover up a lot about the true nature of the pot. What got me concerned is the inside of the lid, even with the dirt. Is the transition of the bottom to sides one smooth round curve or mor...

Could you please tell me your opinion about this pot? It is the first of two new pots I've bought. This is the more problematic one, because I did not find similar antiques online to compare it to. They did not cost $7000 each like some of your pots, but they also did not cost $50... I have 1 week t...

@Teachronicles
The second pot is really nice. and interesting repair on the first one.

Bok Maybe you could answer this, because you are a seller of antique teapots. ;) If I have a very expensive antique teapot and this teapot has a small chip on the lid, can I let somebody fix this or would this lower the price of the item dramatically if I'd sell the teapot in an auction some day? (...

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Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:50 am

A similar big pot was posted on Facebook lately.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1133936 ... 529347265/

Chadrinkincat wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:51 pm

Nice replacement lid. Now you just need to drop this pot on the ground so that you can get a few matching staples.