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Show off your Patina!

by trent » Apr 10th, '09, 21:57

We already have "Show off your Hagi" and "Show off your Teaware" threads, so I thought I'd add this into the mix.

This thread is devoted to teaware that "gets better with age" yixing, celadon, or whatever else you can think of. Feel free to show off the progression of your patina.

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by trent » Apr 10th, '09, 22:22

To start it off...

ru kiln celadon: used for about a month
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80's tea tray, taken out of storage recently, used for the first time today.
It looks lifeless and dull now, but I have a teapot made from (literally) this same clay, and its becoming shiny w/ reddish stains.
50's yixing: I bought it with a patina, then cleaned it. The patina rapidly returned
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80's "zhuni" (I think): there's a nice patina on the underside of the spout.
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by shogun89 » Apr 11th, '09, 00:02

Some beautiful stuff there Trent. And nice thread, I will try to upload some stuff soon.

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by iannon » Apr 13th, '09, 00:29

my favorite Mug. used for mostly japanese and chinese greens.


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2 hagi tea cups only a week old..ive been using one..


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