Chinese teapot and 6 cups. Newish - but can anyone read the marks?

I found this today for a whopping $5. It had to be worth more than that, but whodunnit is a good question. The mark on the cups is different from what's on the bottom of the pot, and the lid has two smaller marks. The handle has another one. That indicated it might be something good even if it's not old. Who'd mark cheap junk in four places? I couldn't get a good shot of the smallest mark, but this ought to be enough to start with.

 

These are blurrier.

 

No expert here but look around at "yixing" ware. Also, did you look for your marks at gotheborg.com? I think it would be Chinese.

Good luck!

Juli

 

Chinese for sure. I don't see the mark but it's definitely Yixing style.

 

I don't know how much yours is worth, but yes, even the cheap ones are marked in two or three places. I've bought several with three marks on them (handle, lid, base) that I could only get $7 for.

 

Oh well. I paid $5 for the whole set including six cups.

 

The mark in the square does say zhongguo yixing (China Yixing). But there is so much new Yixing ware, I don't think that it being Yixing is any guarantee it's worth more than a nice teapot with cups. I'm sorry I can't help with the other marks in archaic script.

 

Thanks. That's more than I can read. I can manage things marked with the Latin alphabet, and some things even in Hebrew or Cyrillic. Chinese not so much.