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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1969104, member: 2844"]Really nice teapot, Trantor. It is Chinese Yixing or Zisha pottery.</p><p>Here is a page with Yixing marks:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://gotheborg.com/marks/yixing.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gotheborg.com/marks/yixing.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://gotheborg.com/marks/yixing.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>How small is it? Very small pots were used to brew strong tea, to which hot water was added before drinking.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Yixing afficionados one of the marks of a good Yixing teapot is that the top of the spout, opening in the pot, and the top of the handle line up. So you should be able to put a ruler over the top, touching spout, pot and handle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1969104, member: 2844"]Really nice teapot, Trantor. It is Chinese Yixing or Zisha pottery. Here is a page with Yixing marks: [URL]http://gotheborg.com/marks/yixing.shtml[/URL] How small is it? Very small pots were used to brew strong tea, to which hot water was added before drinking. For Yixing afficionados one of the marks of a good Yixing teapot is that the top of the spout, opening in the pot, and the top of the handle line up. So you should be able to put a ruler over the top, touching spout, pot and handle.[/QUOTE]
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