OK... a promised,,,, here are the teapots I have brough back from Yixing.  All are handmade, have "pedigree", and are not "low end".
(Three posts coming... two images per post)
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    Re: Just returned from Yixing..... new teapots
Third one.........
Overall.... I'm quite lucky to have these great pieces.
best,
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						Overall.... I'm quite lucky to have these great pieces.
best,
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Wow, lucky indeed. Wonderful!! I hope you enjoy them for years to come.
			
									
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+ the boxes for them are special also--  very nice indeed
			
									
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Beauties!  I don't have a good sense of their scale...how big are they?
			
									
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As George Takei would say, Ooooh my... 
 
Very nice, John!
			
									
						Very nice, John!
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				Re: Just returned from Yixing..... new teapots
I love the first one. It's a great example of that style and the clay looks very high quality. It would be at home on a tea table 300 years ago! The second is very simple and elegant and I think the thirds is a good example of what the artists are doing today with multiple colors-- so much harder than it looks to do well. 
I really long to hold them.
			
									
						I really long to hold them.
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Good stuff! I hope you enjoy your new "family" members in those memorable tea brewing sessions.
			
									
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the lid on #1 is amazing and number two just looks....so right
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						thanks for sharing
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Serious stuff here... thanks for posting, they look great!
			
									
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Yeah they are really good pieces, all.steanze wrote:Serious stuff here... thanks for posting, they look great!
best,
............john