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Mafaldine
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:16 am

Ah sorry, the first 3 images didn't upload properly. I actually pm Dr. Lu with images of the pot, and he ID'd it as late 50s from when F1 just started up based on the lid inscription.
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:24 am

@Mafaldine nice! Congratulations! You can consider yourself lucky with such a nice family teapot :)

Often these “my uncle bought this xyz years ago” storied turn out to be off a couple of years.

Still, give it a deep, deep clean! Have a look at the Reset and clean Yixing topic here on the forum. Items this old and unused can amass all sorts of unpleasant things...
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:27 am

And treasure it! This kind of pots are worth quite something! Not to speak of the excellent early Hongni clay!
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:40 am

That's a really nice shuiping. How big is it, 100-150 ml? If so, it's pretty much my dream pot in terms of size and clay. Don't forget to thank your grandma :)

(... and if you do decide to reset it, please share the after-pictures here)
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:42 am

It's about 75 mL, so perfect for yancha and other roasty oolong. Will do re: cleaning and updates!
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:22 am

@Mafaldine That's really awesome! Quite a little treasure. :D

PS. Just in case: Be careful to preheat it before each use to avoid thermal shock.
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:25 am

Mafaldine wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:16 am
Ah sorry, the first 3 images didn't upload properly. I actually pm Dr. Lu with images of the pot, and he ID'd it as late 50s from when F1 just started up based on the lid inscription.
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Beautiful! Yes, late 50s-early 60s nan meng chen. This pot is quite valuable, take good care of it :) these are quite rare.
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:54 am

Mafaldine wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:42 am
It's about 75 mL, so perfect for yancha and other roasty oolong. Will do re: cleaning and updates!
Very nice pot!

Personally I wouldn’t use a pot like this since it’s a rare $$$$ pot + family heirloom. At the very least I’d reserve it for special occasion yancha ($3+/g) only.
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:15 am

It would be a waste not to use it! After all a teapot unused is just a piece of useless clay! :)

They’re not that fragile... hearsay has it they can even take boiling water ;)

Connecting with your elders via the same object, nothing wrong with that.
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:43 pm

All cleaned up!
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:51 pm

Bok wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:27 am
Not to speak of the excellent early Hongni clay!
I did not think Hongni clay could be so brown. Can you tell us a bit more?
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:13 pm

The secret is terrible lighting! It's more red in reality haha
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:41 pm

faj wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:51 pm
Bok wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:27 am
Not to speak of the excellent early Hongni clay!
I did not think Hongni clay could be so brown. Can you tell us a bit more?
Haha indeed the light can play tricks - but real, pure Hongni is a lot less red than the name and modern Hongni suggests... 60s and earlier Hongni is indeed more of a brownish red-orange.

Next to pure Zhuni(which is more orange and intense) or a Neiwailinjiang, it looks almost dirty and dull.

Don’t be fooled by many modern nuclear red Hongni :)
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Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:38 pm

Pure HongNi looks caremel in colour under warm lighting.

Cheers!
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Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:03 am

MCO day #40.... dark and cloudy day, blackie came out to play... hahahahaha.....

Cheers!!
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