Opinions on a Pot

[tst]

Anyone have any input, comments, opinions, etc. on this pot. Is anyone able to translate the chop? Any estimates on value or anything else would be much appreciated as always.

Thanks all.

[MarshalN]

The vendor is probably trying to sell this as a Qing pot. I think it's probably a modern pot pretending to be a Qing one, and 5000 friends has pots with similar looking clay - I know because I've bought one before, some years back. The writing is "Qingsong yunvfeng - Mengcheng". Mengcheng is the (generic) name, and Qingsong yunvfeng basically means "Green Pine (on the) Yunv peak". Yunv peak is one of the hills, basically, in Wuyi mountains.

[chrl42]

The vendor is probably trying to sell this as a Qing pot. I think it's probably a modern pot pretending to be a Qing one, and 5000 friends has pots with similar looking clay - I know because I've bought one before, some years back. The writing is "Qingsong yunvfeng - Mengcheng". Mengcheng is the (generic) name, and Qingsong yunvfeng basically means "Green Pine (on the) Yunv peak". Yunv peak is one of the hills, basically, in Wuyi mountains.

Some peeps in Beijing sell them as 8~90's Zhuni (from Taiwan), but those pots are made in this decade and is high-fired Hongni

[MarshalN]

Yeah, this is not zhuni at all, although I'm sure there will be those who will tell you they are.

[SilentChaos]

Hmmm...this looks very similar to my Meng Cheng pot, but the outside is much more red-ish and brighter.

[tst]

Thanks for the help folks.

It is only advertised as yixing, no specifics on the clay. It is a smaller pot, listed as being only 2 1/8" in height, and the price is $100.

Thanks again.