Identification help (who made this Yixing?)

[styr0x]

Hi y'all, this is my first post here! So, I recently got into tea properly after purchasing some fancy organic delicious Gyokuro, and thus wanted to find some teaware to properly brew it in.

Being the poor bastard I am,
I went to a local second hand shop and found this presumably Chinese clay tea pot (someone had written Beijing 1996 on the back of it with a permanent marker), and after some extensive googling I came to the conclusion that it might be Yixing, I'm not however 100% sure, it didn't produce a nice even film of water when pouring water over it, but I also read that it doesn't have to if it's from the 90's because of some differentiating treatment in the production process.

However, google translate hasn't done much to help me in translating the markings and inscriptions on the pot, so I thought I'd post pictures of it here in case some friendly soul would like to help me find out just who made it and if it perhaps even holds any value?

Now, without further ado:

[steanze]

Welcome to the forum!!

It's a modern pot, and not really valuable... Exciting as pots are, my advice is that you'll be better off brewing with a porcelain gaiwan (80-100ml is a convenient size) until you find a pot of good quality The good news is that with a gaiwan you can brew almost any tea almost as well as with a pot. Focus on brewing skills before focusing on brewing vessel: a good choice of leaf/water ratio and good timing can get you a long way.

To find a pot worth using, you'll need to spend some time studying what good quality clay looks like, and you'll probably need to spend at least in the ballpark of $100.

[jayinhk]

I have a pot with the same markings, but it is a taller lobed pot (and green). One of the worst pots I own for making tea with, but it sure is pretty! YMMV. I'd still try it to see if it gives you good results.