I feel bad for offering less than stellar teaware to you, but I got a couple tuition pots that I got all the tuition worth out of and maybe they can do some such service to others trying modern clays.
1. A 90ml modern zhuni lixing. Has small cracks inside on the very bottom, (they look like a thin top layer of clay has not stuck properly and cracked while firing) at least it doesn't leak
. That's a fatal flaw in my opinion, voiding all the claims of the maker's skills, not sure where I've been looking at when I first got it. I brewed some basic yancha, greener shengs and liu an in and it didn't ruing the experience much. Also came in a rather beautiful box, not shown. Source:
https://yannartgallery.com/products/%E6 ... 3%B6-120ml.
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2. A 100ml jiangponi xiao mu tong ni, though I might call him tight nose-swollen ear Pinnochio. It's flaw is only that of association—it's built by the very same person. I aslo made a tiny flee leave a mark on the edge of lid's skirt (visible in the photos). A coarser grain clay that's a mix of some minerals, rings in high pitch. Brews liu bao just fine. Source:
https://yannartgallery.com/products/%E5 ... 8%E6%A1%B6.
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I got them from Yann Zisha Gallery couple years back, they are said to be hand made and look that way to my not overly trained eye, they are far from the elegance, build or clay quality of the pieces one might find in here. Cleaned of dust and tea traces. The tuition fee is equal to shipping costs. The country I'm still in is busy waging war and thus I can't easily ship to some places. (e.g. AU,DK,EE,PL, and SE are out)
