May 18th, '09, 19:46
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by Herb_Master » May 18th, '09, 19:46
yee wrote:What makes yo buying such things? You can always buy from Cheng or from Nada.
you obviously don't know the joys of picking up cheap items at flea markets!
they may or may not turn out to be bargains, they may or may not turn out to be good buys, but that is often not the point.
If you had 100 teapots you would not be able to use them all regularly so if you like collecting, it is nice to pick things up here, there and everywhere as well as procuring some really good ones from sources such as the ones you quoted.!
It is all part of the fun!
May 18th, '09, 21:57
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by Tead Off » May 18th, '09, 21:57
kyleshen wrote:This is a good sample of shoe-shined teapot. Better not use it for your health.
The pot is not shoe shined. It's been boiled for hours and hand cleaned by myself. is it a great pot? No. Is it serviceable, yes. Do I really like it? No. Did I learn something that will help me in my next purchase? Yes.
In the same deal, I also picked up a copy of the Gu Jing Zhou pot that chrl42 uses for his avatar. I am not unhappy and have some very good pots that I use. One can learn in many ways.
May 19th, '09, 23:58
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by gingkoseto » May 19th, '09, 23:58
Herb_Master wrote:
they may or may not turn out to be bargains, they may or may not turn out to be good buys, but that is often not the point.
That's very true! Sometimes I goof, and sometimes I have better luck. The fun of shopping is priceless
I bought a shoe paste pot based on seemingly ok pictures, but also bought cheap pots that turned out so much better than pictures. Like this one, I guess it's from someone's attic and was not needed by the previous owner anyway. I like it very much and use it often. So not only it was a bargain, I also almost feel I rescued it from eternal darkness of the basement.
By sitting in peace and doing nothing,
You make your one day worth two days.
May 20th, '09, 10:30
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by TIM » May 20th, '09, 10:30
Tead Off wrote:kyleshen wrote:This is a good sample of shoe-shined teapot. Better not use it for your health.
The pot is not shoe shined. It's been boiled for hours and hand cleaned by myself.
I have to agreed with Kyle on the dark spots, specially the bottom of the pot. If the seal pics was a after cleaning shot, then I highly recommend not to use it. Boiling and rubbing will not clean shoe-shine/paint. The other option is to bake it 500 degree in an oven for hrs.
May 20th, '09, 11:28
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by Tead Off » May 20th, '09, 11:28
Do I hear an offer for $25?!
I appreciate the concern regarding shoe polish. Photos can be misleading and I can be wrong, too. The interior exhibits none of the staining that shows on the exterior. It does brew a decent pot of tea but I hardly use the pot as I have much better equipment that I use daily. In fact, the aesthetics of the pot turn me off more than anything. I was probably bored when I bought it, but, the other pot I got with it, is one of the cutest little things I've ever seen. It's the same as chrl42's avatar. I'm not selling that one for $25.
May 20th, '09, 11:31
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by hooksie » May 20th, '09, 11:31
Power wash the thing.
We were fated to pretend.
May 20th, '09, 12:32
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by Herb_Master » May 20th, '09, 12:32
Tead Off wrote:Do I hear an offer for $25?!
Why bother?
chrl42 wrote:It's a copy of Gu JingZhou's Yun Jian Ru Yi Hu, one of the hardest pattern ever to make
Although some shoe polish pots are passed off as usable many of them are intended purely for display. The shoe polish is intended to give it an aged / antique look! Apparently many chinese like to display copies of famous old pots, whilst continuing to consume their tea from something functional but far less aesthetic.
Display it near your tea shrine or one of your tea drinking corners and drift into imagining that you are in Gu JingZhou's company or time period whilst drinking tea brewed in something made more recently.
Best wishes from Cheshire
May 20th, '09, 20:14
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by Tead Off » May 20th, '09, 20:14
hooksie wrote:Power wash the thing.
Maybe I'll bring it to the next riot here in Bangkok and let the water canons try their best on it.
May 20th, '09, 20:18
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by Tead Off » May 20th, '09, 20:18
Herb_Master wrote:Tead Off wrote:Do I hear an offer for $25?!
Why bother?
chrl42 wrote:It's a copy of Gu JingZhou's Yun Jian Ru Yi Hu, one of the hardest pattern ever to make
Although some shoe polish pots are passed off as usable many of them are intended purely for display. The shoe polish is intended to give it an aged / antique look! Apparently many chinese like to display copies of famous old pots, whilst continuing to consume their tea from something functional but far less aesthetic.
Display it near your tea shrine or one of your tea drinking corners and drift into imagining that you are in Gu JingZhou's company or time period whilst drinking tea brewed in something made more recently.
The Gu Jing Zhou pot is immaculate. Never used. Not in the same category as the stained pot.
I use relatively few pots and don't consider myself a collector at all.
