yixing factories, history? info?

[yalokinh]

So I've seen a lot of pots made from yixing factories. does anyone have any information on the history of there factories? like yixing factory 1, 5 etc.. sources I've found are pretty vague or have just one sliver of information.
Thanks

[tingjunkie]

+1. I'm interested too!

[futurebird]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yixing_Teapot_Factory_No.1

I've started this wikipedia article (I'm an avid editor) to pool whatever info I can find in one place. If there is no good resource let's make one!

I hope anyone here with knowledge on the subject will add what they know and fix any errors.

So, far I only have THREE sources.

(this reminds me I should to an article on tree-stump teapots...)

[futurebird]

Could someone add a photo of one of the factory 1 shui ping pots? I know you have them!

Or anything factory related would help really. This articles needs pictures.

[bagua7]

Here:

http://www.360doc.com/content/11/0818/1 ... 1722.shtml

http://itools.com/tool/google-translate ... translator

http://tinyurl.com/cprb3yw (go to right hand side and click on any of the teapot types links and the new page will give you a link to Yixing history)

http://tinyurl.com/cdmjhsw




You won't find this info in English, unfortunately.

Pics. Here:

http://www.yixingteapotsale.com/titlepotname.htm

For example Zhou Rong Jin is a current craftsman from Factory 1. You can see some of his work in that link.

G'luck!

[yalokinh]

Bette start learning Chinese hahaha

[futurebird]

Thanks, this is helpful, even with the badness of google translate I've been able to confirm some dates, and even discover a source in German, which I'm able to make better sense of!

[futurebird]

bagua7, do you know anything about owners of those pics? the wikipedia only uses images with permission-- that's why I was hoping some of other folks here could send me a photo of their own pots.

I can't just take images without asking. I've found a lot of pictures that I would like to use, but people don't always respond when I email them for permission to use their images.

[bagua7]

Chinese source. Try contacting the owner and explain that is for Wikipedia and it will be beneficial for everyone including his business.