Brightly Colored Yixing=Bad Pots?

[hopeofdawn]

A question for the yixing aficionados here--I've been eyeing a few of the chrysanthemum pots offered by one of Teachat's recommended vendors. However, for a couple, listed as duanni, they show up in photos as a very vivid, bright yellow. I've also seen other (rare) yixing pots that are a pretty intense blue ... however, neither seems like a natural clay color to me. Should I assume that any pots with colors like these have had additives--and if so, are most of those additives harmful, either to me or to the performance of the clay (in brewing tasty tea)?

[jayinhk]

A question for the yixing aficionados here--I've been eyeing a few of the chrysanthemum pots offered by one of Teachat's recommended vendors. However, for a couple, listed as duanni, they show up in photos as a very vivid, bright yellow. I've also seen other (rare) yixing pots that are a pretty intense blue ... however, neither seems like a natural clay color to me. Should I assume that any pots with colors like these have had additives--and if so, are most of those additives harmful, either to me or to the performance of the clay (in brewing tasty tea)?

If you mean lukevecent, his camera skills need work. I bought a duanni pot from him and it's been fine. The pot I received was nowhere near as yellow as it looked in the pictures!

[kyarazen]

A question for the yixing aficionados here--I've been eyeing a few of the chrysanthemum pots offered by one of Teachat's recommended vendors. However, for a couple, listed as duanni, they show up in photos as a very vivid, bright yellow. I've also seen other (rare) yixing pots that are a pretty intense blue ... however, neither seems like a natural clay color to me. Should I assume that any pots with colors like these have had additives--and if so, are most of those additives harmful, either to me or to the performance of the clay (in brewing tasty tea)?

it is a subjective matter

the colors of yixing pots have been changing, if you go to a museum, or visit collector friends etc, there are characteristic clay tones and colors from different eras/mines.
in terms of duan ni, the late qing to ROC duan ni is many times underfired, and that gives a "old woody" tone. the ROC to Early 70s duan-ni is a nice pastel yellow, absolutely beautiful when made into flower pots etc. the end 80s to early 90s duanni is no longer pastel, but a dirty khaki-ish yellow. since '82 onwards, additive usage is rampant, and even more so today. if the additives are minerals and metal ions that we need for our health, be it as trace or micro nutrients, it can be ok, i.e. like iron etc. but if the additives are never of use in the human body, like.. silver... then you have to decide for yourself

[hopeofdawn]

A question for the yixing aficionados here--I've been eyeing a few of the chrysanthemum pots offered by one of Teachat's recommended vendors. However, for a couple, listed as duanni, they show up in photos as a very vivid, bright yellow. I've also seen other (rare) yixing pots that are a pretty intense blue ... however, neither seems like a natural clay color to me. Should I assume that any pots with colors like these have had additives--and if so, are most of those additives harmful, either to me or to the performance of the clay (in brewing tasty tea)?

If you mean lukevecent, his camera skills need work. I bought a duanni pot from him and it's been fine. The pot I received was nowhere near as yellow as it looked in the pictures!

Yes, I will confess I was looking at lukevecent's pots. I didn't want to call a dealer out by name and scare people off for no reason. So from the pots you've received from him, should I assume his photos are skewed, color-wise, and/or oversaturated?

[jayinhk]

A question for the yixing aficionados here--I've been eyeing a few of the chrysanthemum pots offered by one of Teachat's recommended vendors. However, for a couple, listed as duanni, they show up in photos as a very vivid, bright yellow. I've also seen other (rare) yixing pots that are a pretty intense blue ... however, neither seems like a natural clay color to me. Should I assume that any pots with colors like these have had additives--and if so, are most of those additives harmful, either to me or to the performance of the clay (in brewing tasty tea)?

If you mean lukevecent, his camera skills need work. I bought a duanni pot from him and it's been fine. The pot I received was nowhere near as yellow as it looked in the pictures!

Yes, I will confess I was looking at lukevecent's pots. I didn't want to call a dealer out by name and scare people off for no reason. So from the pots you've received from him, should I assume his photos are skewed, color-wise, and/or oversaturated?

Yup, the duanni pot I bought from him was a much more normal color than we thought it would be from the pictures. A tiny duanni pot isn't much use, though, as I wanted to use it for green tea. I suppose tiny green tea sessions are possible. Maybe I'll have one right now!