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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 152889, member: 106"]I first thought that too, evely ... especially since the first two I came across online when trying to ID it were called water droppers ... then I noticed that they were only about 3½" tall - when mine is double that size. Several hours later, I came across this blurb from the Shaanxi History Museum that only calls theirs, which is about the same size as mine, a "pot" </p><p><a href="http://e.sxhm.com/en_product_content.asp?id=54" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://e.sxhm.com/en_product_content.asp?id=54" rel="nofollow">http://e.sxhm.com/en_product_content.asp?id=54</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and this upcoming auction that refers to a similar (but no doubt older) one as a tea pot</p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/45789057_chinese-yaozhou-yao-celadon-porcelain-teapot-with-caved" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/45789057_chinese-yaozhou-yao-celadon-porcelain-teapot-with-caved" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/45789057_chinese-yaozhou-yao-celadon-porcelain-teapot-with-caved</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Really? I don't know for sure what it is or how old ... the glaze is super shiny and is full of teeny tiny bubbles which makes me think that it's some nicely made museum gift shop souvenir.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 152889, member: 106"]I first thought that too, evely ... especially since the first two I came across online when trying to ID it were called water droppers ... then I noticed that they were only about 3½" tall - when mine is double that size. Several hours later, I came across this blurb from the Shaanxi History Museum that only calls theirs, which is about the same size as mine, a "pot" [URL]http://e.sxhm.com/en_product_content.asp?id=54[/URL] and this upcoming auction that refers to a similar (but no doubt older) one as a tea pot [URL]https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/45789057_chinese-yaozhou-yao-celadon-porcelain-teapot-with-caved[/URL] Really? I don't know for sure what it is or how old ... the glaze is super shiny and is full of teeny tiny bubbles which makes me think that it's some nicely made museum gift shop souvenir.[/QUOTE]
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