Round Yixing, oppinions?

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Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:41 am

Another one from the in-laws:

A heavily used pot, with a nice shiny patina. Thin walled and well done, but I am not quite sure what it is? Brews well, so in the worst case it is some generic clay that does not impart any flavour on the tea. Inside tool marks inside look a bit odd to me...

Thanks to the tea-cloud in advance for any input!
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Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:43 am

Nice xishi! Such a short, tiny spout. Cute!
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Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:07 am

Looks like some modern hongni :)
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Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:26 pm

Cute, how does that little spout pour?
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Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:41 pm

Needs a good bath ;)
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Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:39 am

Victoria wrote:
Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:26 pm
Cute, how does that little spout pour?
Pours a wonderful clean arc of water, no dribbling or anything.

Thanks for all the other feedback as well!
I am using it in a infrequently visited location, not to have to carry stuff around, for that it is perfect with its neutral properties.
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Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:58 am

Bok wrote:
Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:39 am
Victoria wrote:
Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:26 pm
Cute, how does that little spout pour?
Pours a wonderful clean arc of water, no dribbling or anything.

Thanks for all the other feedback as well!
I am using it in a infrequently visited location, not to have to carry stuff around, for that it is perfect with its neutral properties.
Cool, the inside of spout must be tooled to create a good arc. I have a porcelain pot with a spout like that, it drips straight down :D
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Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:59 pm

Nice pot. Is that an engraving on the bottom of the interior?
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oolongfan wrote:
Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:59 pm
Nice pot. Is that an engraving on the bottom of the interior?
Thanks! It is a seal chop.
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Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:42 pm

Cool...have never seen one of those before in my short tea journey.

You have really nice in-laws ;)
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oolongfan wrote:
Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:42 pm
Cool...have never seen one of those before in my short tea journey.

You have really nice in-laws ;)
That is just the start of it, have not even begun to inventorise the Zini-clay ones...
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Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:34 pm

I hope you share a few photos when you get around to those Zini pots ;)
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Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:27 pm

I've only seen such short spouts on xishi when they are Taiwanese made. If I had to guess, I'd say it's Taiwanese red clay.
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Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:24 am

tingjunkie wrote:
Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:27 pm
I've only seen such short spouts on xishi when they are Taiwanese made. If I had to guess, I'd say it's Taiwanese red clay.
I had the exact same thought when I saw this. The pour from these can be grand, by the way.
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