Hello everybody,
I'm new to Yixing teapots. Please help me identify this pot which
I recently got in NYC Chinatown. Thanks
Please help me identify these teapots' clay
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Here another one where I broke a lid
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Feb 6th, '13, 22:01
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Re: Please help me identify these teapots' clay
I don't know if it's the photos or what but it looks like there is some really wierd texturing on the first pot.?
Re: Please help me identify these teapots' clay
Maybe its best not to try to "identify" the clay of every teapot. Its not like some chunky teapots are going to be made of legendary clay anyway. The purple one is made of purple clay, the red one is made of red clay.
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I think what edkrueger meant to say was zi ni and hong ni, and welcome to the forum!
Please help me identify these teapots' clay
A very astute observation, hahaedkrueger wrote:The purple one is made of purple clay, the red one is made of red clay.
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If I used Chinese terms few would have noticed and most would have thought I said something substantive.
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I suspect Ting was reenforcing my point about clay naming.bagua7 wrote:Yes, he is starting to "tickle me a bit." Let's give him some polish, hey?tingjunkie wrote:I think what edkrueger meant to say was zi ni and hong ni
But, yes welcome to the forum. I hope your future yixing hunts are more successful.
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I was actually saying, in my subtle way, be nicer to the new folks. We all started out as Yixing infants at some point.
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Ting, I suspected you meant that too.
I still know very little about yixing clays. I did, however, "identify" the clay: the purple one is made of purple clay (zi ni), the red one is made of red clay (hong ni). I don't think there is much to identify as far as the clay goes.
I still know very little about yixing clays. I did, however, "identify" the clay: the purple one is made of purple clay (zi ni), the red one is made of red clay (hong ni). I don't think there is much to identify as far as the clay goes.
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Thanks everybody for your help.
Since I have paid only $18 for each teapot, I was not sure if they were made from real Yixing clay. And Edkrueger was right, they look like one purple and one red to me but I wanted to find out if there is something more to it
Since I have paid only $18 for each teapot, I was not sure if they were made from real Yixing clay. And Edkrueger was right, they look like one purple and one red to me but I wanted to find out if there is something more to it
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It's the photos. I resized the pictures, that is why first pot looks weird.gasninja wrote:I don't know if it's the photos or what but it looks like there is some really wierd texturing on the first pot.?
Here are two close up shots with flash and without, and one inside shot.
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Feb 8th, '13, 08:20
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Re: Please help me identify these teapots' clay
I guess it was just the picture.gasninja wrote:I don't know if it's the photos or what but it looks like there is some really wierd texturing on the first pot.?