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Yixing inventory #15: Gongju

Posted on November 2, 2016 by MarshalNFebruary 18, 2021
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Yes, this is the third so far I’ve posted with the same wooden chop “gongju”. After you see enough of these you start to get a sense of the different makers’ styles. Gongju wooden stamped ones like these tend to … Continue reading →

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Yixing inventory #14: wabi sabi

Posted on October 29, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 17, 2017
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At what point does an item get past the level of wabi sabi and into the territory of just really badly made/damaged? You decide. 115ml. … Continue reading →

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Yixing inventory #13: Wu Desheng

Posted on October 2, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 17, 2017
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This pot’s clay is weirdly spotted. Mark is Wu Desheng zhi, with Wu Desheng being an outfit during the Republican period that made pots. 165ml. … Continue reading →

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Yixing inventory #12: Zini water dropper

Posted on September 20, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 17, 2017
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Not all yixing pots were used for tea brewing, or at least that’s the way it seems sometimes. In things like senchado sometimes they were used for water cooling/pouring rather than tea making. It’s not always clear to me why one … Continue reading →

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Yixing inventory #11: “hen” mark

Posted on September 10, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 17, 2017
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This kind of pot some call “starry sky” with the little yellow dots of sand. The mark under the lid is “hen” which literally means “mark” but sort of like a mark left by a knife. 75ml. … Continue reading →

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Yixing Inventory #10: No mark shuiping

Posted on September 8, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 17, 2017
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This is one of those pots with no marks. I like these a lot. 95ml. … Continue reading →

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Yixing inventory #9: Yigong

Posted on September 1, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 17, 2017
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The writing on the bottom of this pot is Yigong, another name that is commonly seen for this sort of pot. Notice little details like how the inner surface of the handle is flat – this makes holding the pot … Continue reading →

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Yixing inventory #8: Tiehuaxuan Jiangji

Posted on August 25, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 17, 2017
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This pot is one of the ones I use most heavily. I got this for a song because its handle was glued back on, but the gluing job was obviously very well done and there’s been no problem. The lion … Continue reading →

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Yixing inventory #7: Gongju

Posted on August 23, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 28, 2017
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Yes, another one. These seals are pretty common although they come in different shapes and sizes. 150ml.   … Continue reading →

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Yixing inventory #6: Gongju

Posted on August 16, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 28, 2017
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The “gongju” mark is another one of these generic marks that supposedly mean something at some point, but is used so often it’s meaningless. The earliest ones are supposed to be made for imperial purposes starting in the Ming or … Continue reading →

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