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Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:08 am

@Teachronicles yes, that is a lucky coincidence! Otherwise I think it would be difficult for a Westerner to commission anything in Yixing without good connections.

I like how this shuiping is so much more elegant than most from 80s-now, which are usually not very nice in their proportions and details.
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This got me inspired to take out my own modern (2000s) Zhuni pot. Very pure clay and exquisitely crafted. Naturally, it makes good tea no matter what the tea is. The perfect all-round pot and it’s cute in its tiny-ness! The same shape in large would not look as nice in my opinion.
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Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:18 am

Bok wrote:
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Teachronicles yes, that is a lucky coincidence! Otherwise I think it would be difficult for a Westerner to commission anything in Yixing without good connections.

I like how this shuiping is so much more elegant than most from 80s-now, which are usually not very nice in their proportions and details.
Yes it was evidently made in the baotai style, extremely thin, and to mirror the proportions of qing pots. It bears more resemblance to 60s shuipings imo than 70s.
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Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:00 pm

Hi All,

I saw many of these tea caddies floating around on ebay range from 10s to 100s USD, so I pulled one to see if it would help with wet storage Pu erh. Anyone know if those tea caddies are from 90s, 2000s, or current? I have only seen the Duan ni color yet the one I pulled may not be Duan ni or good Duan ni due to lack of diverse minerals in the clay. Here are a few photos
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Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:55 pm

DailyTX wrote:
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Hi All,

I saw many of these tea caddies floating around on ebay range from 10s to 100s USD, so I pulled one to see if it would help with wet storage Pu erh. Anyone know if those tea caddies are from 90s, 2000s, or current? I have only seen the Duan ni color yet the one I pulled may not be Duan ni or good Duan ni due to lack of diverse minerals in the clay. Here are a few photos
Modern, from low quality mystery clay. I think these used to be sold at Pearl river mart.
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Chadrinkincat wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:55 pm
DailyTX wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:00 pm
Hi All,

I saw many of these tea caddies floating around on ebay range from 10s to 100s USD, so I pulled one to see if it would help with wet storage Pu erh. Anyone know if those tea caddies are from 90s, 2000s, or current? I have only seen the Duan ni color yet the one I pulled may not be Duan ni or good Duan ni due to lack of diverse minerals in the clay. Here are a few photos
Modern, from low quality mystery clay. I think these used to be sold at Pearl river mart.
@Chadrinkincat
Thank for the info. I assume it should be safe to just store tea? so far, no unusual smell :)
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Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:54 am

@DailyTX
Should be fine for storage.
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Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:06 am

I'd appreciate help identifying this. My friend asked for help identifying it, but all I can say is that it's hong ni and I like the aesthetics.
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Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:14 am

All I can add with certainty is that it could be anything in age from 90s-onwards to present-day made. Looks decent enough to make tea.

You can also look through the old Yixing catalogues, maybe you can spot it:
https://www.teartchat.com/%E7%B4%AB%E7% ... %E4%B8%80/
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Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:37 pm

Bok wrote:
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All I can add with certainty is that it could be anything in age from 90s-onwards to present-day made. Looks decent enough to make tea.

You can also look through the old Yixing catalogues, maybe you can spot it:
https://www.teartchat.com/%E7%B4%AB%E7% ... %E4%B8%80/
Great link to the catalogues, thanks. So comprehensive. I didn't spot it in the catalog after a quick scan.
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Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:41 pm

@Stephen you’re welcome!

Then it’s either non-factory or modern day made.

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There is another possibility, it could be a Xiaomingjia(little famous), means made by a better potter with often better clay. I. That case you’d need to track down the seal and name and look if the artisan is on the official XMJ list. That is what I did with a pot once and had that luck.

Would be earliest 90s then.
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Fri Aug 30, 2019 8:23 pm

Two new Yixing pots for us to employ at our stand at tea festivals where we always brew gong fu style. The one on the left is Fanggu style and on the right, Gaopan. Next stop is the Northwest Tea Festival in Seattle on September 28 & 29. Be sure to stop by if you are in the Seattle area, Thank you Patrick from @mudandleaves for your help in selecting these.
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Fri Aug 30, 2019 10:24 pm

@Stephen

This pot reminds me of mid 2000’s pot that Jing tea shop sold awhile back.

F1 or XMJ seems unlikely.
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@Chadrinkincat

thanks for your input!
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Tillerman wrote:
Fri Aug 30, 2019 8:23 pm
Two new Yixing pots for us to employ at our stand at tea festivals where we always brew gong fu style. The one on the left is Fanggu style and on the right, Gaopan. Next stop is the Northwest Tea Festival in Seattle on September 28 & 29. Be sure to stop by if you are in the Seattle area, Thank you Patrick from mudandleaves for your help in selecting these.
Nice form on those teapots @Tillerman. The one on the right is so elegant. I commend you for always having a fleet of teaware paired with each oolong you serve at tea festivals. I think most visitors in the USA will see for the first time these kind of teapots being used.
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