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Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:03 am

Looks like a nice pot, a decent version of a Shuiping for a change! Reminds me stylistically of some ROC types.
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Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:47 pm

Bok wrote:
Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:03 am
Looks like a nice pot, a decent version of a Shuiping for a change! Reminds me stylistically of some ROC types.
The geometry and smaller volume of this pot, paired with curiosity about the clay claims, is what attracted me. In your hand it has an 'inorganic' CAD-design functional sharpness about it, which is not surprising for a modern half-handmade pot.

Happy new year everyone, may 2023 be a good one for you!
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Happy New Year!
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This thread has been a joy whenever I stumbled over it in the past, so today I am joining the forum with this recent modern Shuiping addition - it only had about a week's worth of sheng at this point.
Looks nice! I'd take the clay claims with a grain of salt.
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Happy New Year!

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Great pot! Is it zhuni? LQER? Were this not a yixing thread, i'd probably think from the picture that it was a tokoname, but not sure why.
Happy new year!
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.m. wrote:
Sun Jan 01, 2023 3:54 pm
steanze wrote:
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:48 pm
Happy New Year!

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Great pot! Is it zhuni? LQER? Were this not a yixing thread, i'd probably think from the picture that it was a tokoname, but not sure why.
Happy new year!
late Qing zhuni :)
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Another random chance find.
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Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:11 am

@Andrew S finally managed to lay my hands on a pot similar to yours! Pot envy, case closed.

50ml, Zhuni and a little magnetism as well for good measure.
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Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:22 am

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50ml, Zhuni and a little magnetism as well for good measure.
This is my all time favourite shape, do they still count as shuipings or is there a specific name given the design departures?
I am thinking of taking this as a silhouette to commission a pot :shock:
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This is my all time favourite shape, do they still count as shuipings or is there a specific name given the design departures?
I am thinking of taking this as a silhouette to commission a pot :shock:
Most people in Taiwan would call it a Bianyuan = Flat-Round. I have been interested in this shop as well, it is not the most easy to find and also not the most economical. About finished collecting my other favourite shape the Biandeng, now it is this one's turn hehe,

Not even sure what a Shuiping was called before our times, I doubt the term shuping was used (water-level), as it was stamped into the lids of many, many different shapes. Interesting question as to when this name became associated with that shape...
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Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:44 am

Bok wrote:
Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:11 am
Andrew S finally managed to lay my hands on a pot similar to yours! Pot envy, case closed.

50ml, Zhuni and a little magnetism as well for good measure.
Very nice (and a proud spout on yours, of course). It's always good to see different interpretations of a similar style.

And it looks like you found the cure to pot-envy; more teapots! That's dangerous information...

Here's mine, on a dark and wet day in Sydney (as anyone following the cricket might already know...).

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Bok wrote:
Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:29 am
Baiyun wrote:
Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:22 am
This is my all time favourite shape, do they still count as shuipings or is there a specific name given the design departures?
I am thinking of taking this as a silhouette to commission a pot :shock:
Most people in Taiwan would call it a Bianyuan = Flat-Round. I have been interested in this shop as well, it is not the most easy to find and also not the most economical. About finished collecting my other favourite shape the Biandeng, now it is this one's turn hehe,

Not even sure what a Shuiping was called before our times, I doubt the term shuping was used (water-level), as it was stamped into the lids of many, many different shapes. Interesting question as to when this name became associated with that shape...
Thanks, I call them 'spaceship shuipings', losing the base and lid interface rings and getting all aerodynamic. The proportions on your pot specifically are fantastic, that spout looks like it can pour. I don't have anywhere near the antique pot network you apparently have over there, so I am planning to see who can make me a modern clone of one of these from xiaomeiyao. I have been digging for example pictures for a few days now and you just dropped the aesthetic jackpot, as far as I am concerned! The last people I spoke to seemed hesitant to take on pots that in the 50-100ml volume range, if not for an impressive mark up just for the size requirement. Oh well.

And I wonder if the shuiping 'badge' was meant to designate particularly balanced pots before it stuck with the 'classic' everyone now refers to?
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Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:20 am

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And I wonder if the shuiping 'badge' was meant to designate particularly balanced pots
shuiping is a basic requirement for any pot, if it is not water level the water dribbles out. Basic principle of pot geometry – and not only limited to Chinese ware.
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Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:49 am

Bok wrote:
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Baiyun wrote:
Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:05 am
And I wonder if the shuiping 'badge' was meant to designate particularly balanced pots
shuiping is a basic requirement for any pot, if it is not water level the water dribbles out. Basic principle of pot geometry – and not only limited to Chinese ware.
I always understood the 'water level' to refer to the pot staying relatively level when floating on water because the handle and spout have the same mass, whereas spout or handle heavy designs would tip over.
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Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:06 am

Like this little shuiping boat
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