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Thanks for the heads up.
I was afraid of that.
Dang noobs

I need to resize and try to send from home computer today.

I found a matching teapot to my new vintage one. It's Zhuni fryorm the late 20th century...

Here is my modest collection. The little one is a Zhuni.
A correction on the vintage one. I believe it's Zhisha?

The modern Zhuni up close. Cute lil guy!!

Lastly, the bottom on the vintage Zisha.
Can anyone help with translation?
No markings on the lid.
Thanks All,
Lisa

LEOSCAT wrote:Lastly, the bottom on the vintage Zisha.
Can anyone help with translation?
No markings on the lid.
Thanks All,
Lisa

looks like 崔盘珍制..first time seeing that name

Peace.

LEOSCAT wrote:The modern Zhuni up close. Cute lil guy!!

That is a cutie! I love the bird motif. What size is the pot?

Thanks,
150cc, still need to season it and take it for a run.

LEOSCAT wrote:I found a matching teapot to my new vintage one. It's Zhuni fryorm the late 20th century...

Came across this video of your teapot.

http://www.mashpedia.com/videoplayer.php?q=tnqqFgihNEU

A Shui Ping pot done in 1979. This is a rare flat base SP pot. Dug it out from the store and use it everyday for brewing sheng Puer for 2 weeks and the patina developed very fast.

Teaism wrote:A Shui Ping pot done in 1979. This is a rare flat base SP pot. Dug it out from the store and use it everyday for brewing sheng Puer for 2 weeks and the patina developed very fast.

This look so good, very good looking clay there. It must brew delicious tea. So envious!

Thank you wert. Cheers!

Nice one!

Teaism wrote:A Shui Ping pot done in 1979.

What type of clay, please?

Cheers!

Many would agree that this is Ching Shui Ni clay. Pot size about 120ml

For Zisha, actually there is no absolute but a probably range of type of clays. Those absolute fancy clay names are to lure collectors. The same clay have different appearance under different firing temperatures. Unless those clay are carefully separated when they are mined from Huang Loong Shan according to the strata then it would be more accurate. In reality when mining everything are dug out and mixed and cart to the factory to make teapots. Maybe clay like Shi Huang Ni which is embedded in the gap of boulders would be purer but they still appear different under various firing temperature. Of course there are connossiers and masters of Zisha who are expert in producing purer types but realistically it is still a smaller range.

So, I would say the clay it is authentic zisha from 1979, pot produced in Yixing in Ching Shui Ni clay.

It is really a big complicated world of Zhisha out there.
Cheers!