Help with Antique Store Yixing

[FiveStar]

Hello Tea Chatters!

Found this pot in an antique store today. It looks handmade, with lots of tool marks on the inside. Lid fit wasn't great, which made me think it might be old and legit. Never seen a 3-hole strainer before either. Any info you can provide would help! It was priced at $95 usd. If it's actually old and worth the price I would pick it up. Not totally my style, but it could grow on me. The Photobucket/teachat interface is not working for me, so here's a link to pics.

Thanks!

Landis

http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/wetba ... e%20Yixing

[Bok]

Normally the old pots have only single holes, multi-hole is a later invention. Three holes seems like a not so good design, the proportion of opening to spout exit should be at 1.3 - 1, otherwise the waterflow becomes to slow.

Those tree/bamboo pots are pretty common, rarely old, vintage at most. They often look old from heavy use or dust collecting in a shelf

[Tead Off]

Normally the old pots have only single holes, multi-hole is a later invention.

For the record, there are many examples of late Qing/ROC pots with multi-holes. It is not a later invention, but the single hole seems to have been more popular on smaller teapots. Even factory 1 made multi-holed pots.

[Bok]

Normally the old pots have only single holes, multi-hole is a later invention.

For the record, there are many examples of late Qing/ROC pots with multi-holes. It is not a later invention, but the single hole seems to have been more popular on smaller teapots. Even factory 1 made multi-holed pots.

I stand corrected! Thanks

[William]

In my opinion 20/30 years old, not more .. and honestly speaking, it's quite ugly.

[FiveStar]

In my opinion 20/30 years old, not more .. and honestly speaking, it's quite ugly.

I appreciate your candor! I thought it was pretty ugly as well. Being a total novice who only owns modern pots, I didn't want to be walking away from a national treasure or something.

[steanze]

In my opinion 20/30 years old, not more .. and honestly speaking, it's quite ugly.

+1 I'd say 20 or less

[jayinhk]

Agree with Steanze, looks recent. I'm basing that off the stamps

[William]

In my opinion 20/30 years old, not more .. and honestly speaking, it's quite ugly.

I appreciate your candor! I thought it was pretty ugly as well. Being a total novice who only owns modern pots, I didn't want to be walking away from a national treasure or something.

Thanks to this forum, you saved 95 USD ..

[stevorama]

Thanks to this forum, you saved 95 USD ..

Wouldn't a 20-30 year old pot in good condition normally sell for a similar price? Of course there are variables such as workmanship, material, aesthetics, popularity, etc.

[FiveStar]

Thanks for all the info and opinions. I appreciate it! Lid fit and aesthetics alone were enough to scare me away. It's always interesting to here what you guys know about these pots.

[William]

Thanks to this forum, you saved 95 USD ..

Wouldn't a 20-30 year old pot in good condition normally sell for a similar price? Of course there are variables such as workmanship, material, aesthetics, popularity, etc.

If made of good natural clay, with at least acceptable craftsmanship .. but this isn't the case.

[steanze]

Thanks to this forum, you saved 95 USD ..

Wouldn't a 20-30 year old pot in good condition normally sell for a similar price? Of course there are variables such as workmanship, material, aesthetics, popularity, etc.

If made of good natural clay, with at least acceptable craftsmanship .. but this isn't the case.

+1 I'd pass on this one, does not seem very good...

[stevorama]

If made of good natural clay, with at least acceptable craftsmanship .. but this isn't the case.

+1 I'd pass on this one, does not seem very good...

Gotcha. I understand.