Hi everybody,

Certainly one of you has the answer. Recently there were threads about
Yixing pots and that made me remember of the cousin pot of my little Yixing
(they are both "peach" pots in dark clay). I see it everyday on my shelf,
but had forgotten its existence. The stamp is broken, that could be written
"yixing", it makes a metallic ring, well that's not the question, it can
give a hint. I looked for such a pot when I was traveling in China a few
years ago because I had seen plain overpriced ones with the same system in
Japanese department stores and was curious. I've eventually found one I
liked in the bazar in Xian, in an "antique shop". I've got it for a song and
it's surprising I could take it back home in one piece.

I still don't know how it is supposed to be used. As written in the title,
there is no lid, the top is not opened by any hole, the spout is normal. The
pot is twice as high and as large as a gong fu pot, thicker walls, so the
inside seem to have the same volume. The hole to pour the water is under the
pot, so you turn it to fill it, then you turn it back and the water stays
inside. To empty it, you pour by the spout but half of the water stays
inside. Then what's the trick ?
Has it a name ? Is it a teapot ?Where/how do you put/take away the tea ?
What sort ?

In Japan, I see some once in a blue moon and always ask information, they
never know anything about it, they say it's for decoration, most shopkeepers
had not even seen there was a hole under. In China, in every shop that had
some,they said it was an old model ("antiques" are always presented as at
least 400 year old) and everybody has forgotten how to use it.
The seller told me : "It probably works without tea". That'd certainly save
me from ruin. For the Chinese people that saw it, I'm a fool to buy such a
strange thing.
I don't mind if I can't use it, but at least, I'd like to know what it is.

Kuri

do you have a picture of the teapot? My shop sell Yixing teapots, both old
and new ones. Thanks.

Isabel

"cc" > wrote in message
...
> Hi everybody,
>
> Certainly one of you has the answer. Recently there were threads about
> Yixing pots and that made me remember of the cousin pot of my little
Yixing
> (they are both "peach" pots in dark clay). I see it everyday on my shelf,
> but had forgotten its existence. The stamp is broken, that could be
written
> "yixing", it makes a metallic ring, well that's not the question, it can
> give a hint. I looked for such a pot when I was traveling in China a few
> years ago because I had seen plain overpriced ones with the same system in
> Japanese department stores and was curious. I've eventually found one I
> liked in the bazar in Xian, in an "antique shop". I've got it for a song
and
> it's surprising I could take it back home in one piece.
>
> I still don't know how it is supposed to be used. As written in the title,
> there is no lid, the top is not opened by any hole, the spout is normal.
The
> pot is twice as high and as large as a gong fu pot, thicker walls, so the
> inside seem to have the same volume. The hole to pour the water is under
the
> pot, so you turn it to fill it, then you turn it back and the water stays
> inside. To empty it, you pour by the spout but half of the water stays
> inside. Then what's the trick ?
> Has it a name ? Is it a teapot ?Where/how do you put/take away the tea ?
> What sort ?
>
> In Japan, I see some once in a blue moon and always ask information, they
> never know anything about it, they say it's for decoration, most
shopkeepers
> had not even seen there was a hole under. In China, in every shop that had
> some,they said it was an old model ("antiques" are always presented as at
> least 400 year old) and everybody has forgotten how to use it.
> The seller told me : "It probably works without tea". That'd certainly
save
> me from ruin. For the Chinese people that saw it, I'm a fool to buy such a
> strange thing.
> I don't mind if I can't use it, but at least, I'd like to know what it
is.
>
> Kuri
>

Tea /12/04


> do you have a picture of the teapot? My shop sells Yixing teapots, both old
> and new ones. Thanks.
>
> Isabel

Isabel,

I personally request that you post your web URL here so that those of us
interested may look at it. (I suspect however that you have none; otherwise,
you would have posted it, no?)

Michael

snip snip snip

Hi Isabel,

> do you have a picture of the teapot? My shop sell Yixing teapots, both
old
> and new ones. Thanks.

Yes, I'm going to uplooad photos, that was my intention yesterday...well,
that can take a while as I have to remember how to do that.

Kuri

Michael Plant > wrote in message >...
> Tea /12/04
>
>
> > do you have a picture of the teapot? My shop sells Yixing teapots, both old
> > and new ones. Thanks.
> >
> > Isabel
>
> Isabel,
>
> I personally request that you post your web URL here so that those of us
> interested may look at it. (I suspect however that you have none; otherwise,
> you would have posted it, no?)
>
> Michael
>
> snip snip snip

heh. tea chapter
http://www.tea-chapter.com.sg/

quite a nice-looking shop over here in sg, at neil road. went past a
couple of times.