Betta, I can understand your concern and your pursuit of an answer to the question of the crack on your pot. You've covered all the factual concerns but the subjective one. Is the crack acceptable to you? If you had your choice between cracked and uncracked, which would you pick? After all, you bought it, and, it is your right to get something without any visible cracks in it if that is what you want. Most pots that I see are not cracked in any visible way. But, if you are happy with the pot, then that's the end of it.
BTW, a hairline in jade is considered a flaw and priced accordingly.
Tead Off, thank you for your input. This time I acquire a pot for keeping it long time. That will be my last pot unless I manage to sell my othersTead Off wrote:Betta, I can understand your concern and your pursuit of an answer to the question of the crack on your pot. You've covered all the factual concerns but the subjective one. Is the crack acceptable to you? If you had your choice between cracked and uncracked, which would you pick? After all, you bought it, and, it is your right to get something without any visible cracks in it if that is what you want. Most pots that I see are not cracked in any visible way. But, if you are happy with the pot, then that's the end of it.
BTW, a hairline in jade is considered a flaw and priced accordingly.
. Due to this reason, my main concern is whether the hairline grows over time. I must admit that I'm happy and satisfied after knowing it. The search for perfection is endless. Even the world's most expensive and priceless jadeite cabbage buried together with Empress Dowager Cixi has many hairlines.
So I say to myself: why should I be bothered as long as it occurs naturally and won't get worse? Or why should I be bothered by a very fine scratch at the handle of a kettle?
I really consider the pot to be very good in terms of clay quality, functional, price and craftmanship for a new pot otherwise I won't say so.
Now I just need to wait for teacups as the replacement to the broken one.
to me it sounds like everyone has a different definition of what lends character to a piece and what makes it unworthy of possession.
as in people pottery that is hand made from scratch ...... no molds or precut pieces....has in it each and every one a flaw. no one can produce an exact copy due to the individual flaw or flaws. with people something that changes daily as the weather can affect the mood of anyone out there. ...... i.e. the wind we get here sometimes drives me nuts @ 70+ mph.... in pots the weather can do the same. if the clay is set out to dry one day the weather makes its impression just as a good rain might change a texture in clay.
the biggie is that it is all linked to the potter too. the mood of the potter can change as the weather does and sometimes as often.
so you see the little left hand twink in the spout could have been the wind blowing and as it was fired in that state of change it is a record of that and many other things. and it could also be that a careless person bumped it during a visit to the pottery. which also can be a record of that visit.
to have a perfect piece of pottery is to poses something without a story. and to not be able to tell the story of a useful pot is a tea sin. for a potter to take the time to produce a pot as close to perfection as possible he would be better off just saying he/she made a perfect pot and will not make another.
everyone sees this different and some believe that pots have a life that they live and record this life upon their very own body's. so i guess the pot is a record of its beginning to its end. i guess you see the correlation in people too as some ware their scars proudly as a tribute to having lived were the perfect pot sits on the shelf never to be used in fear of being scared.
do you really want to sell such a fine pot?????????
as in people pottery that is hand made from scratch ...... no molds or precut pieces....has in it each and every one a flaw. no one can produce an exact copy due to the individual flaw or flaws. with people something that changes daily as the weather can affect the mood of anyone out there. ...... i.e. the wind we get here sometimes drives me nuts @ 70+ mph.... in pots the weather can do the same. if the clay is set out to dry one day the weather makes its impression just as a good rain might change a texture in clay.
the biggie is that it is all linked to the potter too. the mood of the potter can change as the weather does and sometimes as often.
so you see the little left hand twink in the spout could have been the wind blowing and as it was fired in that state of change it is a record of that and many other things. and it could also be that a careless person bumped it during a visit to the pottery. which also can be a record of that visit.
to have a perfect piece of pottery is to poses something without a story. and to not be able to tell the story of a useful pot is a tea sin. for a potter to take the time to produce a pot as close to perfection as possible he would be better off just saying he/she made a perfect pot and will not make another.
everyone sees this different and some believe that pots have a life that they live and record this life upon their very own body's. so i guess the pot is a record of its beginning to its end. i guess you see the correlation in people too as some ware their scars proudly as a tribute to having lived were the perfect pot sits on the shelf never to be used in fear of being scared.
do you really want to sell such a fine pot?????????
Why are you selling it? It looks nice and special! It really seems to be nice for lefthanded peopleyangshuoren wrote:anyone want to buy my new lefthanded shuiping teapot for $40 plus shipping?
you can paypal me !
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But im telling you you, with this kind of spout you can keep it forever and show to people as something unique. I still recomend you to use it as an everyday pot, you see: if you dont like it now you wont be affraid to break it so you'll feel free when using it. Ill try ti explain it using an example: i had a gaiwan which i i never liked so i always used it and now it is my favorite gaiwan(even it has a crack on it already 
). The same story with a new pot: i took a year to chose and buy a new teapot, i really did a research and everything, but now i feel that my pot looks so nice ang gorgeous that im really affraid to use it often so om looking forward to buy cheaper pot which i can use everyday... I hope you understand me. Thanks mornemir for your kind advise, i really appreciate it. I'm sure everyone has their own style on choosing their own teapot. I have several teapots, from cheap to expensive but all of them in very good shapeWhy are you selling it? It looks nice and special! It really seems to be nice for lefthanded people