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[Mark-S]

That does indeed make no sense. Those items were for the Japanese market, I doubt you could buy them in China. How much does he want for it? Not worth more than a couple of 100$ in my opinion...

Yeah, I mean it could be from the early 20th century, but it's unlikely that he bought this in 1900/1 in China. Without a proof this is just too risky for me. I guess he wants at least $500, but I don't know. I would be willing to spend maybe $100 to $150 for it.

[Bok]

Yeah, I mean it could be from the early 20th century, but it's unlikely that he bought this in 1900/1 in China. Without a proof this is just too risky for me. I guess he wants at least $500, but I don't know. I would be willing to spend maybe $100 to $150 for it.

That would definitely be too low, 300-ish is probably a fair price.

[Mark-S]

If it's a replica it's worth nothing. And I don't have enough experience to assess this. The seller has another pot for sale (allegedly his great grandfather bought it together with the other pot). It looks similar to mine on the photo (not identical). I don't know if my pot is a replica or not, but if these pots weren't sold in China back then his story is definitely untrue... Do you know if this is an export pot?

[Bok]

If it's a replica it's worth nothing. And I don't have enough experience to assess this. The seller has another pot for sale (allegedly his great grandfather bought it together with the other pot). It looks similar to mine on the photo (not identical). I don't know if my pot is a replica or not, but if these pots weren't sold in China back then his story is definitely untrue... Do you know if this is an export pot?

Those pots should have been available in China. Looks like low quality though, sloppy execution and these pots are prime candidate for being fake...

[Bok]

Also don’t forget it might not be him lying on purpose, information tends to get distorted over generations...

[Mark-S]

@Bok

Okay, thanks for your help. I still don't know if I'll buy this pot. It's very risky. If I buy it I'll let you know and post some photos of it.

[Mark-S]

Not my favorite design but the calligraphy is interesting. Must have been very time-consuming to make a pot like this. I read somewhere that these are poems. What type of tea could be suitable?

[TeaTotaling]

Not my favorite design but the calligraphy is interesting. Must have been very time-consuming to make a pot like this. I read somewhere that these are poems. What type of tea could be suitable?

Depending on wall thickness, Shou or Liu Bao work well with taller profile pots. I have been brewing Shou in my taller Monk’s Hat Duanni variation with great success!

[Mark-S]

@TeaTotaling

Thanks, I'll try that. Would be great if this pot is from F1, but I haven't seen this shape on Facebook yet. Still searching however...

[TeaTotaling]

TeaTotaling

Thanks, I'll try that. Would be great if this pot is from F1, but I haven't seen this shape on Facebook yet. Still searching however...

You got it, no problem!

That would be a nice find! Did you purchase it yet?

Don't lose hope on the search, stay in hot pursuit!

[Mark-S]

@TeaTotaling

Yeah, I already purchased it. It's damaged a little bit, but F1 duanni is very hard to find. I mean if you can spend $500 or something like that on a F1 pot it's not that hard but for little money it is.

[DailyTX]

Not my favorite design but the calligraphy is interesting. Must have been very time-consuming to make a pot like this. I read somewhere that these are poems. What type of tea could be suitable?

@Mark-S
Your pot has 2 different methods of carving. The lid seems to be carved by machine. The body looks like hand carved. Time consuming factor, it would depend on quality of calligraphy. The photo lead me to believe it’s carved prior to firing. If you have time, take a closer photo of the calligraphy.

[Mark-S]

@DailyTX

I'll do that as soon as it arrives. It will take at least two weeks though.

[TeaTotaling]

TeaTotaling

Yeah, I already purchased it. It's damaged a little bit, but F1 duanni is very hard to find. I mean if you can spend $500 or something like that on a F1 pot it's not that hard but for little money it is.

I hear ya! On the flip-side, foregoing several smaller purchases could add up to one awesome F1 purchase!

[Mark-S]

I hear ya! On the flip-side, foregoing several smaller purchases could add up to one awesome F1 purchase!

That's true but a really awesome F1 pot would cost like... $2000 or something like that. For this money, I could also buy many good F1 pots. I pay an average of $50 for a pot so that would be 40 pots. Not that I would buy/keep that many. I think I'll keep about 10 to 15 F1 pots in the end. My goal is to get a good selection of different sizes / clays preferably from the 70's to 80's. I have not damaged a pot yet, but I already bumped some of them. Luckily, they are pretty sturdy, but I could not forgive myself for damaging a $2000 pot.