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Nice old pot
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Nice old pot
Came across this pot listed for sale at Christie's next week... anyone else want to share the cost?
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Re: Nice old pot
Nah,
Already got one. My cascade Pyracantha is in it.
Thanks anyway Matt
Already got one. My cascade Pyracantha is in it.
Thanks anyway Matt
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Re: Nice old pot
Hi Mat,
If I share the cost with you who is going to have it to plant a bonsai in??????
If I share the cost with you who is going to have it to plant a bonsai in??????
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Re: Nice old pot
Ash, a pair would be great, does the patina match, you know they are very good at faking it?
Bebbas, Lets see it
Ray, you can have the honour of putting one of your trees in it & I will take care of them
Cuwire
Bebbas, Lets see it
Ray, you can have the honour of putting one of your trees in it & I will take care of them
Cuwire
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Re: Nice old pot
Sounds like a Monty Python SkitBebbas wrote:Nah,
Already got one.
Hi matt nice find, I am actually surprised it only 60K!
Ken
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Re: Nice old pot
You & me both Ken, It has to be the oldest pot I have ever seen & the only one with a metal rim! Whoever buys it is getting a bargain...kcpoole wrote:Sounds like a Monty Python SkitBebbas wrote:Nah,
Already got one.
Hi matt nice find, I am actually surprised it only 60K!
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Re: Nice old pot
The glaze quality on these early Chinese pots is deep and rich and exceptional - photos don't show it. If you get the chance, NSW Art Gallery has a collection of 13th-14th century celadons that are just amazing. Modern potters can't really copy them - it seems that the old kilns were very inefficient, it took a week (not 8 or 10 hours) to reach temperature, and they had to hold it as high as they could go for a day or so just to get the glazes to melt at all. It wasn't glass chemicals melting into liquid, but slowly sagging mush that created these colours - you can see the sag at the bottom of the $60,000 pot. Wonderful stuff, but only for royalty then, and the astonishingly rich now.
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