Very nice! Late 70s in my view. The stains were not as bad as I feared, it came out well!i_viter wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:16 amLet me show my update on the teapot cleaning - it arrived recently and to my release, it appeared not so dirty as I thought.
Seems it was used as a water dropper for calligraphy so minor ink stains were only on the outside, along with mineral scale residues from around the lid opening and on the edge of the spout. The concentrated soda bath and toothbrush scrub worked well, so I got this nice (as I see it) Zini pot clear and ready for developing its puerh patina!
Its 130ml capacity works well for two cups at a brew - for me and a guest.
I love the workmanship quality and suppose it's from the mid-70s - would love to hear your thoughts.
Yixing
Oh, thanks!
Just went across my notes and bookmarks - and yes, thank you for pointing out more corresponding time gap - that thick lid lip and partially worn out 6:4 stamp still didn't match into my original suggestion.
Thank you! It was fun though, I had some calming exercises during the late-night airstrike alert time.
Nice job. It still surprises me sometimes how spanking clean these come out after a bath like that.
I can imagine this being a soothing distraction from the madness around you...
Thank you! Oh yes, this one revealed very nice to touch velvety surface, the other ones Zini/QSN pots I’ve been holding were a bit rougher.
And yeah, simple passionate things such as tea and teaware work as the best distraction and isles of calmness, thanks!
Maybe someone here has an idea on this one... I haven't cleaned it up yet. I have so far just been told it is likely not F1, which I figured - the seal doesn't match the ones I have seen on the F1 versions of these pots I have seen. It is single hole unlike most of the F2 pots I have seen. So I am wondering if maybe it is F2, or maybe from a small workshop from later on? Decent but not perfect workmanship. Brown clay with mica spots inside, not as dark as my 90s black zini though. Anyone any ideas on the era or clay? I am guessing just a generic 'zini' blend.
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Two of my alleged F2 pots have a single-hole filter. Seems like multi-hole or ball filters are more common in the catalogs I've seen too, but I'm pretty sure I've seen multiple single hole examples for F2 (perhaps more so in the earlier pieces) both in catalogs and FB galleries (e.g. one example in this one). So I wouldn't rule F2 out based on filter type.
That said, I have no idea about period or clay, would take a safe guess at 90s and "some kind of zini"
That said, I have no idea about period or clay, would take a safe guess at 90s and "some kind of zini"
cheers! now to clean it up and see how brews. this is the 3rd of 4th F2 pot I have now, if it is one, and each of them have quite different clay. so also would come as no surprise then too if they alternated between multi hole and single hole and other filter types over time. I guess F1 did this too on different shapes. would also be keen to compare this against one of the f1 versions sometime too. I feel like I have seen some people comment how certain eras or blends of F2 clay can be nicer than the late batches of F1. I suppose this is where collecting purely for workmanship vs for results in the cup come in.
Finally, my teapot is clean. I moved cities in-between my last post and now so the pot was not treated for months. When I went back to it, even after all the washing I did before and months of airing out, it still smelled of incense.
So I kinda had to go all in. I filled the pot with isopropyl alcohol and let it sit. I rinsed and repeated once. This got rid of the incense, but was obviously quite fumy still. And to rid the pot of the alcohol I scrubbed with baking soda, bathed in sodium percarbonate and as my last Hail Mary, a scrub with steel wool. After which several hot baths and overnight soakings.
But, it worked! She is rid of her demons. She is finally ready to be a teapot. After (give or take) 100 years she has made her first tea. The pour was so poor I assume that the intern that made this pot was reprimanded harshly and then this pot was left somewhere in storage. And then I guess used as some kind of incense burner holder. Or something.
Also I'm happy to note, that event after all that, it makes good tea! Brings out sweetness that I adore. Anyway, meet my zini Julun Zhu (I asked ZAG about the clay and they said zini)
So I kinda had to go all in. I filled the pot with isopropyl alcohol and let it sit. I rinsed and repeated once. This got rid of the incense, but was obviously quite fumy still. And to rid the pot of the alcohol I scrubbed with baking soda, bathed in sodium percarbonate and as my last Hail Mary, a scrub with steel wool. After which several hot baths and overnight soakings.
But, it worked! She is rid of her demons. She is finally ready to be a teapot. After (give or take) 100 years she has made her first tea. The pour was so poor I assume that the intern that made this pot was reprimanded harshly and then this pot was left somewhere in storage. And then I guess used as some kind of incense burner holder. Or something.
Also I'm happy to note, that event after all that, it makes good tea! Brings out sweetness that I adore. Anyway, meet my zini Julun Zhu (I asked ZAG about the clay and they said zini)
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Great that it can be finally used for tea.