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Teaism wrote:Well, to answer to your question, those pots used to goes around at US$10 and you sometime get it free when you buy tea. And now, I don't think anyone will let go even it is if a few dozen times that price.

Of course. Yixing teapots, Star Wars toys, and Apple stock. If we only had a time machine... Congrats on the buried treasure! Enjoy.

tingjunkie wrote:

Teaism wrote:Well, to answer to your question, those pots used to goes around at US$10 and you sometime get it free when you buy tea. And now, I don't think anyone will let go even it is if a few dozen times that price.

Of course. Yixing teapots, Star Wars toys, and Apple stock. If we only had a time machine... Congrats on the buried treasure! Enjoy.

Cheers!

mganz42 wrote:Ugh, that always happens to me. I never order pots bigger than 120ml but when I get them they always seem to be over 250!

i seldom buy from overseas! but the ridiculousness of local and regional prices required me to cast my interest towards sourcing from further locations.

in this case the seller gave me the diameter of the body than the diameter from handle to spout included nevertheless i've just received a request from a friend whom's interested in having it if i dont want/like it. guess i'm keeping it and add it to my display shelf

was found in a "junk" box, uncommon/"strange" clay, queer and not so readable seal. since the pot was intact, and should be able to make tea, picked it up for $40

Mo Yuan Zhai Zhi. Late-Qing~the ROC's studio where the destination used to be Japan. I think they replicated the seal since the 90s or so.

About authentication issue...no comment

forged to perfection since the end 80s perhaps. dont think too much on it.

its a $40 piece of junk, not an expensive piece from china or malaysia

chrl42 wrote:Mo Yuan Zhai Zhi. Late-Qing~the ROC's studio where the destination used to be Japan. I think they replicated the seal since the 90s or so.

About authentication issue...no comment

kyarazen wrote:was found in a "junk" box, uncommon/"strange" clay, queer and not so readable seal. since the pot was intact, and should be able to make tea, picked it up for $40

$40, good price, the clay looks very similar to one on sale at hou de :
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... ts_id=1427

kyarazen, can you show us more pictures ?

achyle wrote:

kyarazen wrote:was found in a "junk" box, uncommon/"strange" clay, queer and not so readable seal. since the pot was intact, and should be able to make tea, picked it up for $40



$40, good price, the clay looks very similar to one on sale at hou de :
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... ts_id=1427

kyarazen, can you show us more pictures ?

That's 尚古堂,

no one knows the exact date of Shang Gu Tang. Some says after 90s, some says as late as Daoguang period.

It's not 'recorded' seal or studio like Mo Yuan Zhai...from looking of some Shang Gu Tang pots...it traces quite like Qianlong period fashion..or the imitations of it.

achyle wrote:
$40, good price, the clay looks very similar to one on sale at hou de :
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... ts_id=1427

kyarazen, can you show us more pictures ?

different! will pm you later.

i have a large pot of similar clay to that of the one on houde, a blend of 3 clay types, made in the 90s perhaps.
this small pot's clay and texture is way different

kyarazen wrote:

For comparsion.

wert wrote: For comparsion.

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wah.. you have one too?

this picture looks familiar, saw several similar pieces on dyee before.. some of them get loads of praises, some of them are said by a member or two to be fake.. such an intriguing yixing world

kyarazen wrote:

achyle wrote:
$40, good price, the clay looks very similar to one on sale at hou de :
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... ts_id=1427

kyarazen, can you show us more pictures ?

different! will pm you later.

i have a large pot of similar clay to that of the one on houde, a blend of 3 clay types, made in the 90s perhaps.
this small pot's clay and texture is way different

so many stuff to learn on Yixing clays but I love it

achyle when can we see your current collection? Your pots are always nice

Math wrote:achyle when can we see your current collection? Your pots are always nice

Thanks, but I'm reducing my collection drastically, it's so addictive that I was close to 40 pots and if nothing stops me it would be 100 in 2 years, no way.
I'm so deep into the TAD that I have to really restrain myself and have limits so I said to myself: only zhuni pre 60's, it's so hard to find these days that I think 1 or 2 pots per year is reasonable, unless some members PM me and sell me theirs today

Hi guys!

I'm here for quite a while but just did a lot of reading so far. Since there are a few experts here I'd like to hear their opinion on this pot. It supposed to be a Factory 1 pot from the early 80's. Any thoughts?