My Phoenix dragon pot that sits as an art piece, and a newer styled pot. The more expensive it is the more impractical it is to make tea. Simple is better. The hierarchy is tea, water, steeping time/technique, pot, heat retention, shape, clay.
Nice pots won't have the best clay, but better design. Old pots have better clay but more likely thicker walled, leaks, cracks, and a slow pour.
Expensive museum pots are more about the artist displaying his or her sculpture, painting, pot design, firing, and uniqueness. It ends up as functional piece of art.
The pots on the internet are generally slip cast, or marked up double the cost. They are all real pots and made or some type of clay. The newer clays are more consistent in texture, firing, color, and expansion that's why they are used.
The best place is to get good quality pots are from someone on the forum, or go to the country, know someone, or the artist. [IMG]
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