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A find in the basement?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:57 am
by ShuShu
A good friend of mine just found this pot in his grandparents basement or something. Was given to them as a gift about 15y ago....he was concerned about quality and safety and asked me to post...
What do you think?
Looks safe? How is the clay?
To me it looks pretty modern but i don’t really know - would be happy for any input/advice
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Re: A pot from the grandparents basement
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:58 am
by ShuShu
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Re: A pot from the grandparents basement
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 12:28 pm
by ShuShu
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Re: A find in the basement?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:01 am
by Kale
Someone just posted a similar seal on the early teapots FB group...
Re: A find in the basement?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:15 am
by Chadrinkincat
Generally if you have to ask about safety of a yixing than you've already answered the question about quality.
Re: A find in the basement?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:22 am
by ShuShu
Chadrinkincat wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:15 am
Generally if you have to ask about safety of a yixing than you've already answered the question about quality.
I can identify slip casts and very bad fakes, as well as pots that have a potential to be F1/F2 etc. But that is also mostly true about certain shapes. Not about everything.
I think that I can also have a rough idea whether a clay is really bad, but I will have a lot of false positives. This one looks ok to me, but you or someone with a lot of experience might recognize here something that will look suspicious that I will not....
Re: A find in the basement?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:54 am
by Chadrinkincat
ShuShu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:22 am
Chadrinkincat wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:15 am
Generally if you have to ask about safety of a yixing than you've already answered the question about quality.
I can identify slip casts and very bad fakes, as well as pots that have a potential to be F1/F2 etc. But that is also mostly true about certain shapes. Not about everything.
I think that I can also have a rough idea whether a clay is really bad, but I will have a lot of false positives. This one looks ok to me, but you or someone with a lot of experience might recognize here something that will look suspicious that I will not....
Clay looks ok but it's hard to be certain with those pictures. Overall craftsmanship of pot/carving
are mediocre and modern. It's prob safe to use if it doesn't smell weird or make hot water nasty.
Re: A find in the basement?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:10 am
by ShuShu
Thanks!
BTW - IDK if it is true, but I was told more than once to be particularly suspicious of these special shapes (bamboo, plum blossoms, pumpkin etc..)
Re: A find in the basement?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:02 am
by Chadrinkincat
ShuShu wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:10 am
Thanks!
BTW - IDK if it is true, but I was told more than once to be particularly suspicious of these special shapes (bamboo, plum blossoms, pumpkin etc..)
That's probably true. They're the most common pots found in Chinatowns.