Please help identify teapot (sparkling bits inside teapot)

[manyfridays]

Any information about this teapot is appreciated. Thanks.

- Identity
- What kind of clay is it? YiXing?
- What type of tea can I brew with it?
- Most importantly, there are tiny sparkling bits inside the pot. What is it?

http://i.imgur.com/WVA4Z.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eqAP2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/l8Y1g.jpg

[debunix]

That's a neat looking pot. I am not expert enough to speak to the first couple of questions, but I do have one possible answer to the sparkling question: grains of sand mixed in with the clay can sparkle.

[TokyoB]

That is a ChaoZhou pot which has been thrown on a wheel. (See the circular lines inside.) It is not an Yixing pot. These pots are usually used for DanCong tea although others like them for various other teas too. In fact some older gentlemen in Taiwan told me they like to use Chaozhou pots for puerh which surprised me.

Info on ChaoZhou pots:
http://tea-obsession.blogspot.com/2009/ ... t-how.html

[Abracadaver!]

It might be a Taiwanese pot, instead. Most Chou Zhou pots I've seen were made from a red clay.

[TokyoB]

It might be a Taiwanese pot, instead. Most Chou Zhou pots I've seen were made from a red clay.

Most ChaoZhou pots are indeed red although I have a very dark brown one I bought in Hong Kong. The Taiwanese pots I've seen have all been red/brown but no reason they can't be other colors as well.

In this thread wyardley mentions black chao zhou pots:

http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=10386

Waiting for the teapot experts to chime in....

[gingkoseto]

This guy is probably one of those yixing-based craftsmen who make wheel-thrown teapots, since some other teapots of his have "yixing" seal at the bottom. The other teapot you posted is probably the same type as it's also wheel-thrown but is labeled as yixing.

Theoretically clay used for typical yixing can't be wheel-thrown. But in recent years some people use modified yixing clay to make it. Probably some expert can give more explanation about the artistic value of yixing wheel-thrown teapots. I guess an important economic value is, it can be made faster than traditional yixing teapots.

[TIM]

How much?

[TokyoB]

Actually I just took a look at my pot again and it is about the same color. I originally thought my pot was black but it is a very dark brown.

[Tead Off]

This guy is probably one of those yixing-based craftsmen who make wheel-thrown teapots, since some other teapots of his have "yixing" seal at the bottom. The other teapot you posted is probably the same type as it's also wheel-thrown but is labeled as yixing.

Theoretically clay used for typical yixing can't be wheel-thrown. But in recent years some people use modified yixing clay to make it. Probably some expert can give more explanation about the artistic value of yixing wheel-thrown teapots. I guess an important economic value is, it can be made faster than traditional yixing teapots.

Interesting info. I was wondering when they would start making teapots on a wheel.

[TIM]

If its round 100 US. I'm thinking Taiwanese Thrown pot:
http://tinyurl.com/63e6r6j

[manyfridays]

If its round 100 US. I'm thinking Taiwanese Thrown pot:
http://tinyurl.com/63e6r6j

Mine was bought in China for about $40.

[chrl42]

gotta be careful tho..

because many wheel-thrown pots are fired at low temperature, as you can see,

the clay seems to contain unknown chemical oxide powders.

[gingkoseto]

Mine was bought in China for about $40.

Online from abroad or in person in China?

[manyfridays]

Mine was bought in China for about $40.

Online from abroad or in person in China?

In person. My cousin got it for me.