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Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:41 am
by Bok
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!
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:46 am
by Bok
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Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:43 am
by tealifehk
Nice xishi! Such a short, tiny spout. Cute!
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:07 am
by steanze
Looks like some modern hongni
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:26 pm
by Victoria
Cute, how does that little spout pour?
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:41 pm
by .m.
Needs a good bath
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:39 am
by Bok
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.
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:58 am
by Victoria
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
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:59 pm
by oolongfan
Nice pot. Is that an engraving on the bottom of the interior?
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:06 pm
by Bok
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.
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:42 pm
by oolongfan
Cool...have never seen one of those before in my short tea journey.
You have really nice in-laws
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:59 pm
by Bok
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...
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:34 pm
by oolongfan
I hope you share a few photos when you get around to those Zini pots
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:27 pm
by tingjunkie
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.
Re: Round Yixing, oppinions?
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:24 am
by Baisao
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.