teapot help

[bebop318]

I hope this shows up.My first time.Ibought this teapot at a fleamarket in louisiana and I have studied it faithfully,it is not porcelian,it is some kind of clay.I think it is Yixing pottery,Can you help me to find out? It has a deep stamp under the spout.

 

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[jeff of pa]

Yep, Pic worked.

Arn't there ANY words or Letters On the Bottom?

can you try and see what the stamp Says or Looks like ?

 

[vic910]

It looks like stoneware to me. Nice find! Don't know the age or value though.

vicki

 

[bebop318]

It looks like stoneware to me.? Nice find!? Don't know the age or value though.

vicki

No it is not stoneware, it is some kind of clay and very used. It is a chinese teapot

 

[Gypsy Heart]

How big is it and did you find out what the stamps said.
if is small ,perhaps enough for one or two individual servings , the it is a chines teapot.
Yixing teapots were never glaxed on the inside, the clay would be of Zisha , which is actually a purple hazed clay. The pots were left unglaved or uncoated so that with each brewing , the pot would absorb the flavors into the clay, which is why only one type often would be dedicated to each pot.
Each potter for a Yixing pot would stamp it with his one individual mark...A Chop Mark.
You dont say whether your teapot is old ,as yixing pots are still produced today. Even so, what could be had at fleamarket prices are rapidly increasing in value....Now if its old and lets say from the Guang Period,,,you could be looking at 1500.00 or higher in value

 

[bebop318]

The stamp is deep,T with a Lthrough it ill try to email the pic. I have to you maybe you can enlarge it to see it.Please let me hear from you in return Bobette

 

[jeff of pa]

I can't See where the Chop Mark Is?

 

[lonewolfe]

Earthenware? Redwings pottery? Stoneware?

Looks too old for any of those though,

I'm interested in knowing exactly what it is now!

Keep us posted,

hh

lonewolfe

 

[Southcacalaky]

Sorry, no Ideas here, Let us know if you find out, HH Art...

 

[DigEmAll]

This help?

 

[bebop318]

What might it look like if you traced the mark edges only?? Or is it definitely two pressings?? Is it pictured in the correct position as it might have been wanted to be seen in?? Unusual too is that the mark is not on the underside. It also appears to be indented around the "L&T" as well.? I'd take it to an auction house or a friendly museum/university that specializes in Asian Arts/Antiquities.

Cyn

this is the best i can do,I live in small town in louisiana and dont know nothin about a museum.I would love to sell it, if it is worth anything. I was under the influence it was chinese pottery, I know it aint porcilian.It looks like yixing[purple clay] maybe shipwreck All I have is a polaroid camera.Im just a poor little country girl, lol.Will you please help me investigate this.