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Hi, some older article was written about ordering vintage teapots from
eaby from this store http://stores.ebay.com/5000friend So I ordered two teapots - the seller was fine, the shipment was pretty expensive, but I got the pots in about 4 days (and they were shipped from china). Also I changed my mind and asked to exchange one pot for another with the same price before they were shipped, and it was done without any problems. http://cgi.ebay.com/5000friend-New-Y...QQcmdZViewItem This was a new pot. The quality is ok, slightly above average, but it is the cheapest pot with price 15 USD (or 9,90 in auction). It came with certificate and in a gift box. I do not use it, beacuse it will be a gift for a friend. http://cgi.ebay.com/5000friend-Attra...QQcmdZViewItem This is a second pot, it should be made in Qing dynasty (before 1911). It FEELS right. After careful examination, I found some marks that say, that this pot can be real - as it is said on Hou De Fine Asian Art shop (http://www.houdeasianart.com) the pot have some marks of hand-made pots, especially the hand made joint line http://www.houdeasianart.com/images/HandlineZhuNi.jpg (this picture is not of my pot) and the lid have also handworking joint line like this one http://www.houdeasianart.com/images/lidhandline.jpg The pot was pretty dirty, and since I decided to use it for pu-erh, I cleaned. Photos of cleaning (before and after) you can find here http://fotky.azet.sk/jsAlbum.phtml?i...5&al=21216 30 - since I wanted to drink from a pot I decided not to use any chemicals, only hot water, toothbrush and baking soda was used in cleaning process. The pot is single-hole, has beatufil sound, the lid fits well. |
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Excellent, thank you for posting. I've been considering buying
something from this vendor myself. SURELY those pots can't be Qing Dynasty, though, no matter how pleasant they are? ![]() Toodlepip, Hobbes |
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HobbesOxon napísal(a):
> Excellent, thank you for posting. I've been considering buying > something from this vendor myself. SURELY those pots can't be Qing > Dynasty, though, no matter how pleasant they are? ![]() Since I really liked the ones I got, I also ordered one more expensive (200 USD), I will receive it in about ten days. I will let you know about this one, too. And certainly the old one CAN be old. It feels and smells old. As I wrote, it has a certain signs of a hand-made pot. |
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Superb, I look forward to hearing your experiences with the next pot!
How did you clean the ones in the photos? It looks like a good job. Regarding the vintage, I'm more wondering just based on the price alone. No matter how sexy that pot is, how likely is it that you're holding a piece of Chinese Qing history for the low price of $50? Maybe I'm too skeptical, but, given the rarity of even early-PRC pottery courtesy of decades of revolution (inter- and intra-national), the prospect of a Qing piece going for $50 suuuurely has to be too good to be true. ![]() Of course, if I'm wrong, then this is the deal of the month - and I'd be happy to be wrong. ![]() Toodlepip, Hobbes |
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![]() > Regarding the vintage, I'm more wondering just based on the price > alone. No matter how sexy that pot is, how likely is it that you're > holding a piece of Chinese Qing history for the low price of $50? > Maybe I'm too skeptical, but, given the rarity of even early-PRC > pottery courtesy of decades of revolution (inter- and intra-national), > the prospect of a Qing piece going for $50 suuuurely has to be too good > to be true. ![]() Actually, I believe, that it maybe can be true. I live in Slovakia (it explains my english grammar :-) - and a short history. Slovakia lies in the center of Europe. After World War Two it was attached to the communist empire of Russia (or Soviet Union, as it was called), and so right until 1989 I live in socialism. Then, after 1989 there was a Velvet revolution, the communism was overthrown and the people established democracy. Why do I write this ? Because by my opinion, the same process I lived in goes in china right now. The are big changes there, much more possibilities and people try to live a modern lifeform. They throw away anything old and live by western lifestyle. The same process went here, after 1989 you could buy things people had at home at awesome prices (I bought for example a latin book from year 1774 - Theologia Moralis, first print for USD 15). So if there is a chance to buy a good priced vintage teapot, it is probably now. On the other hand - if it is a fake, it is still a great fake, much much better than the "original yixings" I can buy here, so it is worth the money... |
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:37:00 -0500, Balt > wrote:
> HobbesOxon napísal(a): >> Excellent, thank you for posting. I've been considering buying >> something from this vendor myself. SURELY those pots can't be Qing >> Dynasty, though, no matter how pleasant they are? ![]() > > Since I really liked the ones I got, I also ordered one more expensive > (200 USD), I will receive it in about ten days. Wonderful. Thanks for the site. and the brief note > I will let you know > about this one, too. > > And certainly the old one CAN be old. It feels and smells old. As I > wrote, it has a certain signs of a hand-made pot. > |
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