Yixing Steam Pot? Please translate?

[Brockodile]

Hello, I have had this for quite some time and stored my dry oolong tea in it. I was wondering if anyone knew the artist name or what the calligraphy says. Thankyou ^__^

[kyarazen]

nice!

the seal name : 吴坤大, factory 1 old generation worker. so it can give you a hint on the age of this item

[Brockodile]

Wow cool! Thank you very much for your quick response. Any idea of value? I am downsizing some of my stuff so I can buy more I have seen some for several hundred and some for a few thousand USD...?

[kyarazen]

Wow cool! Thank you very much for your quick response. Any idea of value? I am downsizing some of my stuff so I can buy more I have seen some for several hundred and some for a few thousand USD...?

hmm.. usually such items is between willing buyers and willing sellers. I have seen astronomical prices in this region, but I had also gotten a few pieces at a very reasonable price from taiwan/chinese markets.

if your lion heads at both sides are nice and pretty, well defined lions, that could also allow you to ask for a bit more money on it. lots of the later ones are quite badly smudged, making the lions look like ugly knobs

[Brockodile]

The lions are very nice. I do already have an offer of $600 but I have also seen Yixing stuff go for $10,000....?? The lions are very nice, here are a few pictures. I don't want to sell myself short, is $600 good?

[kyarazen]

The lions are very nice. I do already have an offer of $600 but I have also seen Yixing stuff go for $10,000....?? The lions are very nice, here are a few pictures. I don't want to sell myself short, is $600 good?

nice item. but for sure this is not $10,000 unless the buyer is strangely willing.

the price that you had mentioned, i do see it from time to time. you have a fine specimen, strong hints of it being 60-70s item.

[Brockodile]

Thank you so much for your knowledge

I can't believe I had a factory 1 all this time and didn't even know... >_<

[Brockodile]

Kyarazen, I am wondering why you translated that to Yixing Factor No 1? I have been told elsewhere that it is the seal of the artist named Wu Kunda. A famous contemporary Yixing master born in 1944.

I could only find one vase he did which shows the same skill in the bird artistry, as everything is in Chinese and I am having a hard time finding information. I have found some of his teapots going for many thousands of dollars though?

What are your thoughts?

edit: sorry, I realize now you were saying that 吴坤大 IS a worker from Factory No 1. lol. It is hard to find anything from him on English websites though....very difficult.

[kyarazen]

hmm... yeah 吴坤大 = wu kun da. he didnt carve the vessel, he was just involved with the manufacture of it, which is why his seal goes onto it. this object is moulded and mass produced, and not a hand crafted vessel. material is probably qingshui-clay, the outside is coated with fine red clay, the inside is a rougher uncoated clay.

the carving is by someone else that goes on the 艺名 of Shi Xi - 石溪

the real 石溪 = 任淦庭, died 1969. But there seemed to be other artistes signing off as 石溪 into the 70s and later. better for experts to advice you further on appraisal and other aspects relating to this, as this is beyond me

Kyarazen, I am wondering why you translated that to Yixing Factor No 1? I have been told elsewhere that it is the seal of the artist named Wu Kunda. A famous contemporary Yixing master born in 1944.

I could only find one vase he did which shows the same skill in the bird artistry, as everything is in Chinese and I am having a hard time finding information. I have found some of his teapots going for many thousands of dollars though?

What are your thoughts?

edit: sorry, I realize now you were saying that 吴坤大 IS a worker from Factory No 1. lol. It is hard to find anything from him on English websites though....very difficult.