Message #42668

[Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司]

Dear Giovanni,

     What am I, chopped liver?    This is a Jewish humour reference from NYC; it means, "Why didn't you notice I made the same points?".

     Of course this is a different pottery from Yixing.
The reason I suggested 'Japanese' or 'Korean' as a source, is because I used to have a vintage or possibly modern water dropper which had a very similar design and was glazed, too. The way the stem crosses the heavier branch was identical, and it was Japanese most probably, or Korean. About 10 years ago, I gave it as a gift, with almost all my other water droppers / suitekis, to Jeremy L.'s daughter, one of my goddaughters, to start her collecting. I kept back only one, a late Ming/early Qing example in silver (Ted, DCIST, saw it in my 'Treasure Box').
Best,
Joey

   I really don’t understand why I am the only one here supporting this evidence. It seems that nobody here has never handled a Yixing ware? I am inviting again to post here a Yixing example that looks close to this bottle.

Up to now, the best references for this bottle are the Japanese wares shown by YT in his latest post here above. They look to have the same stoneware body and slip type decoration. 

Kind regards
Giovanni