Yixing

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A big lion-ball pot. Handformed. Maybe 50s?

[Bok]

Size of pot: 180ml
- Clay type: some kind of hongni/zhuni
- Walls: Thin
- Pour speed: fast if not clogged, single hole
- What year/decade the pot was made: my folks got it in HK in the 90s, supposedly made for Taiwan market
- What type of tea you make with it? Sheng puer
- The effect on tea: typical zhuni pot characteristics, and because it's flat/big mouth, does not retain that much heat. Good for sheng puer.

Another interesting pot! I’d be interested to see how the lid inside looks, if you have any pictures?

Your folks don’t happen to practice “vibro” gongfu brewing? I mean this: https://teaism99.com/2015/10/25/vibro/

[teamakers.art]

Hi sifus, got these from dad, would anyone know where i can find info on them? much appreciated. Many thanks.

[teamakers.art]

Am not sure ...

[orange]

Another interesting pot! I’d be interested to see how the lid inside looks, if you have any pictures?

Your folks don’t happen to practice “vibro” gongfu brewing? I mean this: https://teaism99.com/2015/10/25/vibro/

Hi, thanks for the nice comments. Picture of lid added. When we use smallish teapots, we are paying homage to Chaozhou style tea. But the real small zhuni teapots are usually for Dancong or some heavily-roasted oolong. For sheng puer we need room for the leaves to expand. And no, we don't do that "vibro?" for puer.

[amytheorangutan]

Hello All,

This is the 3rd pot I got from my uncle. I’m also not sure if this is actually yixing or some other type of pot. I also have difficulty reading the seal on the bottom of the pot.

[Bok]

Hello All,

This is the 3rd pot I got from my uncle. I’m also not sure if this is actually yixing or some other type of pot. I also have difficulty reading the seal on the bottom of the pot.

Seal is the typical six char chop of the 60s but it’s not right on this pot, so it’s likely a later one, 90s onwards.

[amytheorangutan]

@Bok Thank you so much once again! Really appreciate it!

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I have now joined the very big pot club with this big zini. 70s-80s period? I knew it was large but it is even bigger than I expected. The usable volume is more in the 4-500ml range though it can go to more like 600. Probably will get used at half volume for lazy tea or slow cooking dark teas.

[DailyTX]

I have now joined the very big pot club with this big zini. 70s-80s period? I knew it was large but it is even bigger than I expected. The usable volume is more in the 4-500ml range though it can go to more like 600. Probably will get used at half volume for lazy tea or slow cooking dark teas.

Nice papaya! I thought those pots were close to 800-1000 ml, maybe there are different sizes. Another idea is aged white. I have a giant duanni persimmon about 1000 ml for aged white during large gatherings.

[OCTO]

I have now joined the very big pot club with this big zini. 70s-80s period? I knew it was large but it is even bigger than I expected. The usable volume is more in the 4-500ml range though it can go to more like 600. Probably will get used at half volume for lazy tea or slow cooking dark teas.

Lovely papaya!!.... Keep those biggies coming!!.. hahahaha.... Go Team BIG!!

[OCTO]

Nice papaya! I thought those pots were close to 800-1000 ml, maybe there are different sizes. Another idea is aged white. I have a giant duanni persimmon about 1000 ml for aged white during large gatherings.

Also good for some of those Quirky Blends by OCTO... hahahaha.....

[klepto]

Picked up an interesting Zhuni pot, not 100% sure of its age.
Do you think its from the 80s, 90s or totally modern?
I'd be great if I knew what it says at the bottom
It has a bit of lid play and looks handmade from the tool marks inside.
The mica dots look a bit different from the modern zhuni pots I own.

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[steanze]

Picked up an interesting Zhuni pot, not 100% sure of its age.
Do you think its from the 80s, 90s or totally modern?
I'd be great if I knew what it says at the bottom
It has a bit of lid play and looks handmade from the tool marks inside.
The mica dots look a bit different from the modern zhuni pots I own.

In my view this is a modern zhuni teapot (post 2000s). The bottom is a poem about the moon, but I can't make out all the characters...

[teamakers.art]

Wanted to caution anyone interested in Yixing and their identification: there is a quite popular, but ultimately pretty misleading FB group called Yixing Teapots & Chinese Porcelain Marks. I keep being stupefied by how little the moderators do seem to know. It is really hair-raising sometimes... identification of age purely by looking at a seal chops??? Lots of happy people now there thinking they own antiques or pieces made by master craftsmen. It is shocking.

I tried to make some comments, but obviously they get aggressive immediately when someone is voicing doubts. Advice to anyone: watch as entertainment, otherwise stay away (which I should probably as it raises my anger levels at the ignorance displayed ). Taking what is said there as knowledge only dumbs you down.

Saw this group a few weeks ago and joined it.... i was thinking wow free fast seal reading... was really tempted to post a few.