Small (or moderately) sized yixing pots?

[Teaism]

Added a picture of the x bei.

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I was curious in this for a long time and some expert told me that it was because of Chazhou brewing style. I am proficient in this style and understand that a lot of tea is poured or thrown away in the process of pouring out the brew. The idea is to pick the best part of the brew. A smaller number on a bigger pot might indicate the final cup volume after the Chazhou brewing style. It makes sense to me but not sure it is the fact or just an opinion.

[wert]

billy mood.... unfortunately i did not get a chance to meet him before he passed on

He is a Singaporean, I believe?? No idea he had passed on, I visited his website a long time ago, but can't find the link anymore.

I was curious in this for a long time and some expert told me that it was because of Chazhou brewing style. I am proficient in this style and understand that a lot of tea is poured or thrown away in the process of pouring out the brew. The idea is to pick the best part of the brew. A smaller number on a bigger pot might indicate the final cup volume after the Chazhou brewing style. It makes sense to me but not sure it is the fact or just an opinion.

I don't have much insight on this but there are some factual information. Limiting the scope to factory 1 pots, from the early 60s to the early 70s, the pots are marketed and sometimes marked as 15ml per cups, ie liu bei (6 cups) should be around 90ml. But after CR (green mark), the catalogue marketed 80ml as si bei (4 cups), 6 cups refered to those 110-120ml.

My knowledge is very limited so please do correct me if there are any errors or doubts. Hopefully I didn't make too much of a fool of myself in front of long time and master collectors.

p.s: I am also sorry for dragging the thread totally off topic...

[Tead Off]

billy mood.... unfortunately i did not get a chance to meet him before he passed on

He is a Singaporean, I believe?? No idea he had passed on, I visited his website a long time ago, but can't find the link anymore.

Here is the link:http://terebess.hu/english/yixing1.html

[kyarazen]

He is a Singaporean, I believe?? No idea he had passed on, I visited his website a long time ago, but can't find the link anymore.

yes.. singaporean.. some of the 前辈 will know him.. mr lim..

but he revolutionalized and educated the western world on yixing, or rather his distilled and collected knowledge/perspectives on yixing.

[Balthazar]

p.s: I am also sorry for dragging the thread totally off topic...

No problem, at least as far I (OP) am concerned. Learned a lot of useful stuff here, and found the treasury trove of an article written by "Billy Mood".

[the_economist]

He is a Singaporean, I believe?? No idea he had passed on, I visited his website a long time ago, but can't find the link anymore.

yes.. singaporean.. some of the 前辈 will know him.. mr lim..

but he revolutionalized and educated the western world on yixing, or rather his distilled and collected knowledge/perspectives on yixing.

His article was one of the first I read. RIP...wish I had the chance to meet him in person!

[Balthazar]

Update: Ended up buying two pots from Origin Tea

Picture from vendor: http://imageshack.com/a/img819/2774/5ibl.jpg

The first is a Mid 80's Factory 1, Hong Ni Shui Ping [Mei Yun Stamp], the other a Mid 80's Factory 1, Nian Gao Tu Shui Ping [Xing Xian Stamp].120 and 110 ml respectively.

Can't wait to get my hands on them!

[NPE]

Congratulations! I am sure that you will love them.
Just make sure that you are prepared for some serious unwrapping as the teapots will most probably come wrapped in about 5(+) layers of tightly packed bubble-wrap. Tony packs them like they have to be able to survive an argument with the Incredible Hulk
It would be lovely if you could post some actions pics...

[Alex]

Tony packs them like they have to be able to survive an argument with the Incredible Hulk
.

lol

[the_economist]

Good packaging for precious pots! I use a pair of scissors to cut a flap in the bubble wrap and pop out the gem inside

[SilentChaos]

[entropyembrace]

Tony packs them like they have to be able to survive an argument with the Incredible Hulk
.

lol

Probably a good thing, when I bought a tea pot from Taiwan the box it arrived in was crushed. I opened it expecting to see the pot completely broken but it was wrapped in so much bubble wrap that it was 100% intact

so...the post office can be as bad as the Incredible Hulk

[dan88]

Can somebody tell what these symbols represent?

[kyarazen]

Can somebody tell what these symbols represent?

used to be maker's name/initials, now its complicated.

your one says : xiao ma, which is little horse.

the first name that comes to mind is shi xiao ma... famous.. mingjia.. but whether the pot is made by him or not, you will have to get the resident experts to help you.

[chrl42]

Can somebody tell what these symbols represent?

Probably, Shi Xiao-ma's seal (or copy).

Xiao-ma Kuan is among the most seen copies out there, gotta watch out.