Assistant-Craftsman yixing teapot - anywhere online?

[tthouse]

Hello all.
I have been through hundreds of posts regarding where to buy yixing teapots. I had the pleasure of receiving a teapot from a tea connoisseur that was from an Assistant-craftsman and was delighted with the quality. My question: Where online can i find a list of yixing teapots with the artists name and ranking? I have searched and searched, and found zisha.com but finding it impossible to communicate with their staff. Any advice? I am looking for a De Zhong, 350 + ml. Any advice?

[wert]

Official Nationally Ranked Yixing Artist Database

There are thousands of artists with that rank though.

[tthouse]

Thanks. Was hoping to find a website to buy a yixing teapot that mentions the rank of the artist. Or, if not, then a site that has some good quality yixing teapots medium range, say 300 USD. I find that is the rant of assistant artist teapots from my exhausting attempts to use google translate on chinese websites.

[steanze]

Not easy. EoT teapots are quite good IMO. On Taobao you might be able to find better deals but you need to be able to distinguish the good pots in a sea of mediocre/bad pots. The price does not help to tell them apart: you can find terrible pots in all price ranges.