AT333 wrote:
WOW! What an entry level
. I am not sure but I can guess that many Teamaster don't even have 10% of your entry level pots. Truly impressed with your collection Sir! Congratulations!
i aspire to be a "non-master" in tea, incense nor anything else though.
to tea masters, pots are just tools.. it is different as compared to some obsessive compulsive collector with teaware acquisition disorder (for the past few months)
i had been "fooling around" for a very long time in terms of collecting, yet voraciously learning and studying for the recent year or so, and only seriously collecting in the past few months.
a couple of taiwanese collectors kinda guided me a little with the following tips.. reposting it here if anyone would think it to be thought worthy
1) it is not how long you had been collecting that matters, it is what you decide to collect.
2) the collection must speak for itself, not the collector speaking for the pots. the louder the collector, the louder the "alarm bells" that something isnt right.
3) if in doubt, try to resell something, does it appreciate or depreciate, or was it as easy to sell at the same price as you had gotten it?
4) if one is unable to appreciate the aesthetics of the collected item, and cannot see beyond its price, then it is purely an attempt at "investment", not the true spirit of collection.
5) it is not necessary to use a pot that is meant for collection.
i'm personally aiming to peak out at "non-excavated" pots, which has a much lower ceiling
on the global and historical level, the serious collectors are in the ming, qing regions, particularly seeking out premium or imperial wares and ceramics. most of these are "excavated", to which i'm less keen. not a fan of drinking out of something that had been interacting with the soil or bodies (to which calcium leached out from the bones would happily coat the vessel)
