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Wisdom Arts - Shui Pin

by Herb_Master » May 26th, '09, 14:19

This is the teapot I bought at Wisdom Arts in Kuala Lumpur

Ming told me that as a piece of self indulgence he commissioned a large number of these with his own shop chop on the bottom.

I can't remember whether he had 50 or 100 made, but when I purchased this there were only 6 left, 2 in shop use for the afternoon tea parties, and 4 more of which 1 was reserved. I bought one so there may still be 2 left for sale.

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Holds 160 ml, and pours in 12 seconds.


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Fairly thin walls, it is light and delicate, yet feels sturdy at the same time and feels comfortable to hold.

Now for the Chop

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Can anyone tell me precisely what the chop says!

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Re: Wisdom Arts - Shui Pin

by nonc_ron » May 26th, '09, 18:13

[quote="Herb_Master"]This is the teapot I bought at Wisdom Arts in Kuala Lumpur

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Is that a charcoal stove in the top left corner?
Can we see more of that? :lol:
Thanks in advance.

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Re: Wisdom Arts - Shui Pin

by Herb_Master » May 26th, '09, 18:17

nonc_ron wrote: Is that a charcoal stove in the top left corner?
Can we see more of that? :lol:
Thanks in advance.
Yes it just arrived today, courtesy of Imen at Tea Habitat, I will post details tomorrow if all goes well!
Best wishes from Cheshire

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Re: Wisdom Arts - Shui Pin

by nonc_ron » May 26th, '09, 21:59

Herb_Master wrote:
nonc_ron wrote: Is that a charcoal stove in the top left corner?
Can we see more of that? :lol:
Thanks in advance.
Yes it just arrived today, courtesy of Imen at Tea Habitat, I will post details tomorrow if all goes well!

OK,
I found it at Tea Habitat.

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Dam its hard to get a pic to show up.
I've tried Photobucket and snapfish.
They uploaded fine.
OK Gotit. :wink:
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by chrl42 » May 27th, '09, 00:22

十全号记, I googled it and found it's a name of teashop, for some reason the website isn't showing up.

So I understand it's one of group-order by the shop.

Clay is some sort of Zhuni I suspect..

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by Herb_Master » May 27th, '09, 06:33

chrl42 wrote:十全号记, I googled it and found it's a name of teashop, for some reason the website isn't showing up.

So I understand it's one of group-order by the shop.

Clay is some sort of Zhuni I suspect..
Yes, I described my visits to the shop here
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=9605
it includes a photo of Ming holding a duplicate copy of the pot which he uses with customers.

I was really wondering precisely what the characters say - do they say Wisdom Arts - do they say anything about the maker as well ?

They don't have a website - yet - May has been thinking about it for over year but now is busy with other plans.

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by nonc_ron » May 27th, '09, 11:03

Herb_Master wrote:
Yes, I described my visits to the shop here
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=9605

I was really wondering precisely what the characters say - do they say Wisdom Arts - do they say anything about the maker as well ?
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Very nice pictures, this one has another stove.
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by Herb_Master » May 27th, '09, 12:02

nonc_ron wrote:
Herb_Master wrote:
Yes, I described my visits to the shop here
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=9605

I was really wondering precisely what the characters say - do they say Wisdom Arts - do they say anything about the maker as well ?
.
Very nice pictures, this one has another stove.
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That was in another shop - Evergreen - they had 30 or 40 stoves that work like that one, the nicest ones were $350, some like the one pictured were down about $100 they run off spirit / alcohol.

I declined to buy because:- 1, because they are slow to heat (usually it is best to heat the water in another kettle first and add to this kettle), 2, because cheap spirits in this country are saturated with bright coloured foul smelling additives to make them less appealing to alcoholics!
Best wishes from Cheshire

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by nonc_ron » May 27th, '09, 12:38

Herb_Master wrote:
That was in another shop - Evergreen - they had 30 or 40 stoves that work like that one, the nicest ones were $350, some like the one pictured were down about $100 they run off spirit / alcohol.

I declined to buy because:- 1, because they are slow to heat (usually it is best to heat the water in another kettle first and add to this kettle), 2, because cheap spirits in this country are saturated with bright coloured foul smelling additives to make them less appealing to alcoholics!
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Even the cheapest one is way over my budget. (Way)
I've been thinking about making my own.
Here is a pic. of the Trivet I was going to use for the top grate:
Old Mountain Pre Seasoned 10128 Trivet, 8 Inch Diameter $9.99
As for the "foul smelling additives" Use charcoal.
The black stove reminds me of a 8" Go-cart rim. :D (dam no light bulb smilies)

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Re: Wisdom Arts - Shui Pin

by Zion21 » May 27th, '09, 12:59

Herb_Master wrote:This is the teapot I bought at Wisdom Arts in Kuala Lumpur

Ming told me that as a piece of self indulgence he commissioned a large number of these with his own shop chop on the bottom.

I can't remember whether he had 50 or 100 made, but when I purchased this there were only 6 left, 2 in shop use for the afternoon tea parties, and 4 more of which 1 was reserved. I bought one so there may still be 2 left for sale.

Image

Image


Holds 160 ml, and pours in 12 seconds.


Image


Fairly thin walls, it is light and delicate, yet feels sturdy at the same time and feels comfortable to hold.

Now for the Chop

Image
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Can anyone tell me precisely what the chop says!
That looks wonderful! Enjoy it.

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by sashai » May 29th, '09, 11:43

I'm very limited in translating kanji. Apologies in advance. Likely, the first two characters (read top-to-bottom, right-to-left) in Mandarin Chinese are shi quan. The charactes on the left are hao ji. In Japanese (my only kanji dictionary), it is "ju zen kigo."

It designates ""marked perfect."

Shi quan haoji breaks into:
shi (ju) = the number "10" and also "complete, perfect"

quan (zen) = "complete, whole"

hao+ji (ki+go) = "mark or sign"

It appears comparable to a touchmark indicating "sterling quality" for the kiln's or the craftsman's pots.

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