Topic: Yixing clay original ores and its fired disks

These pictures are roaming around frequently on Chinese internet, but not sure around here..

http://117.photo.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2007/9/17/20/11/115adb1e09f.jpg
Hei Xin Tu 黑心土 (never seen it before)

http://119.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2007/9/17/20/18/115adfa608c.jpg
Zhu Ni 朱泥

http://117.photo.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2007/9/17/20/16/115adb5b81b.jpg
Hong Pi Long 红皮龙

http://120.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2007/9/17/20/22/115adfa1822.jpg
Zi Ma (sesame) Duan (Ni) 芝麻段   

http://118.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2007/9/17/20/17/115adc7cb10.jpg
Zi Ni 紫泥

http://119.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2007/9/17/20/25/115ae00e341.jpg
Di Cao Qing 底槽青 (white dots are called 'Ji Yan')

http://119.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2007/9/17/20/27/115ae02ee75.jpg
Yu Se (jade color) Zhu Ni 玉色朱泥 (first time seeing it)

http://118.img.pp.sohu.com/images/blog/2007/9/17/20/26/115add05dbd.jpg
Qing Hui Duan Ni 青灰段泥

Last edited by chrl42 (2009-08-08 03:48:11)

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Re: Yixing clay original ores and its fired disks

More! MORE! Please......

Re: Yixing clay original ores and its fired disks

Here's a follow-up

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3421/3855722297_86921ed381.jpg
#4 mine Di Cao Qing

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/3855722389_bf0e3828ce.jpg
Ben Shan Lu ni

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3537/3855722787_e55eba64bd.jpg
Hei Xing Tu

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/3855722587_496887a88c.jpg
Hei Pin Zi (ni) and Hong Pin Zi (ni)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2567/3855722869_3a98a031c4.jpg
Pin Zini

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Re: Yixing clay original ores and its fired disks

In case anyone hasn't seen it, some pics of burnished vs. unburnished zhuni and hongni (on the same sort of firing-test disks).
http://houdeblog.com/?p=130

[with some discussion from Charlie and others below]

How hard are those to get your hands on, anyway?

Re: Yixing clay original ores and its fired disks

Do you think the zhuni disk look a bit too red and modern? Just a thought....

Re: Yixing clay original ores and its fired disks

toki wrote:

Do you think the zhuni disk look a bit too red and modern? Just a thought....

I wondered about that too, but I don't have an answer. Might be partly related to the lighting / photography, though.

Re: Yixing clay original ores and its fired disks

william wrote:

How hard are those to get your hands on, anyway?

Must be not too hard...

Some shops own these disks as a sampler though the ores are sold online sometimes..

I might look for it to get my hands on sometime


toki wrote:

Do you think the zhuni disk look a bit too red and modern? Just a thought....

Certainly, the first pics do seem modern clays while the second pics are what Factory-1 cared often..

:)

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Re: Yixing clay original ores and its fired disks

Interestingly, the "zhuni" above and guang's "zhuni" actually seem quite close in color, especially if you factor in differences in lighting.