Yixing

[LeoFox]

My dad's old teapot that he hasn't used in over a decade. He cracked the side of the lid at one point and made an attempt to mend it. It was gifted to him in the early 80s.

Seems to be a si fang (四方) or square style shape. This teapot looks very masculine to me with the sharper edges and the lid top that reflects the bottom of the square character (方) and maybe the bottom "strength" radical of the character for male (男). Also, the spout looks like a rooster head.

Clay seems to have a lot of white and black spots. I don't know much more about this pot.

[Bac]

@Bok Thanks.... It seems that you are totally right.... it's limescale, i have grated it with a toothpick and it comes off, color underneath the limescale is same as outside pot.
I feel so stupid......
Any suggestion to clean the remaining limescale?

@.M. Thanks for your response also!

Will build a better hi res gallery of both pots.
In the meantime i will post images of the holes partially cleaned from the limescale.

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On another note, has DCQ ever been used as outer coating?

[pedant]

Any suggestion to clean the remaining limescale?

kind of hard to tell from the pics, but it's probably limescale.

if so, clean with citric acid or acetic acid (distilled white vinegar) solution and rinse it out with plenty of water afterwards.
citric acid is nice because it's odorless, but you probably can't find it in the grocery store like distilled vinegar.
and even though vinegar's smelly, the smell won't linger.

[Bac]

@pedant Thank you very much for the suggestion! By distilled vinegar you mean normal white vinegar? The one readily avaible in the grocery stores?

Here is the link of better pictures of both pots :



Spout and handle of the julunzhu seems somewhat clumsy, with some tool marks as to "round off" the things, age unknown, pretty heavy, dark brown, about 120-150 ml? probably modern?
The other pot seems to be a lian zi shape, but i could be wrong, looks like it has been dragon kiln fired. Capacity similar to the other pot, also pretty heavy, purplish red brown, It has a very tall lid wall, thin handle and seam of clay on the back part of the pot, it has more tie rong than the other pot. Antique or reproduction?
Last picture shows a tiao sha, can jin ya on di cao qing do that? Could it be zini mixed with duanni?
Will make another gallery later, with a shen qinshuini (wich looks very similar to dcq actually) and a black zini sparkled with duanni nearby those pots, to show the differences.

[klepto]

I got the same pot from YZG and have been using it as my only pot during an extended time away from the rest of my teapot collection. Mine holds about 125ml with 14s pour time. Despite the slow pour, gotta say the pot has served me wonderfully. DCQ brews all types of teas very well!

Actually I like the pour because its perfect for someone like me who hasn't perfected pouring from yixing teapots. It doesn't flow out fast which can ruin your table runners
The aging looks nice on it also.

[pedant]

By distilled vinegar you mean normal white vinegar? The one readily avaible in the grocery stores?

yes, and see also: viewtopic.php?f=77&t=612

[Youzi]

My dad's old teapot that he hasn't used in over a decade. He cracked the side of the lid at one point and made an attempt to mend it. It was gifted to him in the early 80s.

Seems to be a si fang (四方) or square style shape. This teapot looks very masculine to me with the sharper edges and the lid top that reflects the bottom of the square character (方) and maybe the bottom "strength" radical of the character for male (男). Also, the spout looks like a rooster head.

Clay seems to have a lot of white and black spots. I don't know much more about this pot.

That looks like a quite nice pot

[LeoFox]

My dad's old teapot that he hasn't used in over a decade. He cracked the side of the lid at one point and made an attempt to mend it. It was gifted to him in the early 80s.

Seems to be a si fang (四方) or square style shape. This teapot looks very masculine to me with the sharper edges and the lid top that reflects the bottom of the square character (方) and maybe the bottom "strength" radical of the character for male (男). Also, the spout looks like a rooster head.

Clay seems to have a lot of white and black spots. I don't know much more about this pot.

That looks like a quite nice pot

Thanks! Here are some more pics. Do you think this is non-slip cast and non-locomotive?

[karma]

By the way, if anyone comes across any apple shape / ping guo pots, I'd appreciate any leads. I'm in love with this shape, looking to collect them.

[OCTO]

By the way, if anyone comes across any apple shape / ping guo pots, I'd appreciate any leads. I'm in love with this shape, looking to collect them.

F1 green label apple shape?

[Youzi]

My dad's old teapot that he hasn't used in over a decade. He cracked the side of the lid at one point and made an attempt to mend it. It was gifted to him in the early 80s.

Seems to be a si fang (四方) or square style shape. This teapot looks very masculine to me with the sharper edges and the lid top that reflects the bottom of the square character (方) and maybe the bottom "strength" radical of the character for male (男). Also, the spout looks like a rooster head.

Clay seems to have a lot of white and black spots. I don't know much more about this pot.

That looks like a quite nice pot

Thanks! Here are some more pics. Do you think this is non-slip cast and non-locomotive?

The inner pictures aren't good enough to make a conclusion, but it's not slipcast. Probably Either half or full hand, but depends on how the inside looks like.

[LeoFox]

That looks like a quite nice pot

Thanks! Here are some more pics. Do you think this is non-slip cast and non-locomotive?

The inner pictures aren't good enough to make a conclusion, but it's not slipcast. Probably Either half or full hand, but depends on how the inside looks like.

Thank you for your help! I am surprised how challenging it is to get pics of the inside without blocking the light. Kudos to everyone here who can do it!

[OCTO]

Thank you for your help! I am surprised how challenging it is to get pics of the inside without blocking the light. Kudos to everyone here who can do it!

All you need is practice...

[Youzi]

Thank you for your help! I am surprised how challenging it is to get pics of the inside without blocking the light. Kudos to everyone here who can do it!

All you need is practice...

And flash or a lamp

[karma]

By the way, if anyone comes across any apple shape / ping guo pots, I'd appreciate any leads. I'm in love with this shape, looking to collect them.

F1 green label apple shape?

yes, I currently have a NWLH one, interested in some other clays.