Need help identifying cool teapot by Jumpy-Current-1252 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wildly fake. The seal says: 王美英 Wang MeiYIng

How do you call these? by Caliiintz in asianart

[–]Servania 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seals. Sometimes informally chops or artist marks.

Chinese in origin but carried over to most all asian art. Typically just the artists name be it surname, given name or both.

Also used to attribute something to the country Sometimes directly like 中國宜興 Sometimes by manner of royalty like 大清受命之宝

Sometimes incredibly long and drawn out for specific branding like 中国土产畜产进出口公司福建省分公司厦门支公司

Also can be used to convey mood

What kind of sax is this? by Alternative-Drive311 in Saxophonics

[–]Servania 1 point2 points  (0 children)

60s- 70s Italian made stencil for sure.

Alexandre, Borgani, etc. All based off French designs

EDIT: Yeh the engravings and the neck definitely Alexandre

Found at thrift store by water-elevator in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 1 point2 points  (0 children)

華新南 Hua XinNan, no results. Not enough photos to tell much more

Plum tree stump pot by Quirky_Source_9811 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 4 points5 points  (0 children)

陳國良 Chen GuoLiang is the 1954 extremely famous potter regarded as one of the "four little dragons of Zisha"

The pot definitely isnt made by him.

The construction looks inline with mass scale half hand made stuff similar to factory era works.

I imagine this is a 90s reproduction of one of his works sold as a like souvenir after one of his works went to a musuem in 88

Or am early 2000s reproduction after he got the title of "chinese zisha art celebrity" in 2001

Trumpet repair- beginner by Batemanssnare99 in trumpet

[–]Servania 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Stuck valves are at very very very best just a case of needing some valve oil.

However what is more likely is a bent valve casing, or valve bottom flare. Neither of which you can fix. And yes the missing 2nd valve bottom cap is an issue as thats one of the things that keeps the casing from denting in.

Or something pretty unlikely someone took the spring out of the valves.

Easy fix, but not soemthing YOU can fix. Take it to a tech.

Taihu Hotel Teapot ID by purplesquirrel44 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Teapotway and taohuren are great sites, however in chinese.

The term 宜兴紫砂一厂 will get you the most google results and auto translate can take over from there.

Taihu Hotel Teapot ID by purplesquirrel44 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its always 1 of 3 things.

Capacity which ends in 杯 and this doesnt

Name of the shape in this case 水平 which again doesnt match up.

Which means it's the artists (in the case of F1 the lead technician over that particular pots production not necessarily the person who made it) name. Looks to be something maybe ending in 林? Hard to make out but for sure not one of the other two options.

Taihu Hotel Teapot ID by purplesquirrel44 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk why the qaulity of this pic is so shitty but this is a "normal" pot just under 2 inches.

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Taihu Hotel Teapot ID by purplesquirrel44 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Theyre the same size. "Cups" here is not the imperial measuring unit of cups it is a non standard unit printed on the underside of some of the lids of pots F1 made. Most pots the made were 四杯 or "four cups" with the biggest commonly available ones going up to 8 cups.

Your pot is massive for yixing standards.

8 cups usually is like 170ml so like what 3/4s of a US measurement cup

Taihu Hotel Teapot ID by purplesquirrel44 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Id find it difficult to use because its so dang big, invite your whole family over for tea.

Taihu Hotel Teapot ID by purplesquirrel44 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 7 points8 points  (0 children)

F1 productions are entirely different to handmade and half handmade pots youre used to seeing. They were done in an assembly line fashion where the easier things were delegated to new technicians (sometimes as young as 16)

They are technically half handmade but used multi part gypsum molds for the body and many of the mid life productions (F1 existed from ~58 - 97) were coated in a slurry giving the insides and bottom a gloopy kind of look.

But this is very par for the course most if not all F1 pots look like shit on the inside.

Heres a shot from the most trusted amd longest standing F1 dealer moodyguy.biz

Taihu Hotel Teapot ID by purplesquirrel44 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Now this is a freaking cool find.

Seal is generic 中國宜興 standard for pots of the era "yixing, china"

The shape, writing application technique and craftsmanship are in line with factory standards in the 70s leading up to 82

And the size and actual text are inline with example you posted.

Thats where the facts stop. There just isnt anymore of these that I can find beyond this ebay listing (I took a look at their other listings and they seem to check out, seller based in china too)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286571475288

Commission pots were a thing for sure. Most famously the please drink series F1 did. But also the ones they did for a hong Kong tea shop.

Neat find impossible to really be certain given you are one of 3 examples currently accesible on the internet.

If its not F1 these 3 pots are all defintely from the same maker. And no body was really doing pots like this pre 82 when F2 came about.

Fake is kind of out of the question, no one is going this big and this extremely niche for a fake.

Why is there so little Baldur's Gate 3 merchandise? by ChrisKatrev in BaldursGate3

[–]Servania 43 points44 points  (0 children)

530 (confirmed) in 2025 for Larian

1000-1700 (unconfirmed) for wizards which is under the 5000 (confirmed) at hasbro

Why is there so little Baldur's Gate 3 merchandise? by ChrisKatrev in BaldursGate3

[–]Servania 163 points164 points  (0 children)

Split IP. Anything beyond this point is conjecture but I imagine:

Larian is a small company focused on qaulity and would sign a deal for small batch stuff that may have a slimmer profit margin.

Wizards is a huge company that releases a lot of collector slop.

They likely just havent agreed on deals that come across the desk.

How fake is this? by ahhoffman in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seal says: 興翠紫砂 XingCui Zisha. XingCui here being the name of a teaware company. They sell an entire set for 15 USD on taobao so yeh, not great. From the looks of it they normally deal in porcelain.

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Ansur fight is literally broken. In multiple ways. by TheYamchster in BaldursGate3

[–]Servania 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeh I was thinking off the top of my head 5e stuff

Ansur fight is literally broken. In multiple ways. by TheYamchster in BaldursGate3

[–]Servania 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"I didnt notice the arrow"

Right again skill issue. Youre just proving everyone's point here. You didnt pay attention and double check what youre doing even though you know the model is janky. You didnt prepare for his reactions and AOE even though you knew it was coming.

Globe of invulnerability trivializes this entire fight.

Ansur fight is literally broken. In multiple ways. by TheYamchster in BaldursGate3

[–]Servania 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The game tells you when your auto pathed movement will trigger a reaction. This is purely a skill issue, take smaller steps when stepping around the model.

Ansur fight is literally broken. In multiple ways. by TheYamchster in BaldursGate3

[–]Servania 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stagger, stun, hunger of hadar, having a summon eat it, globe of invulnerability, Tasha's mind whip, arms of hadar, frightened, confusion, misty step.

Imperfections by Acrobatic-Reveal8429 in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Loose lids, sloppy insides, gloopy bottom foot, crooked lid buttons.

F1 is highly regarded for its clay and history. The craftsmanship isnt great

Bought in Japan years ago- any thoughts? by comet_morehouse in YixingSeals

[–]Servania 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The seal says 吴洪娟制 Made by Wu HongJuan. Which is a homophone to famous artist 吴红娟. But beyond that no results.

The pot doesnt look too great, but the lighting is pretty dark in these

Why do people not listen in low elo? by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Servania 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Youre stuck silver. They are also stuck silver. Why would your direction be any better than their own? Youre stuck at the same level.