Yeah... that's the problem.
So when there's a name on the handle the pot was made after 1976?
I would think(don't know ) probably a bit later than that, takes time for people to change behaviour and be confident that they won't get into trouble for that.
No. There is no definitive documented data that suggest that a name on the handle denotes it's made after 1976. The workmanship and clay points towards 1990s. I won't call it a fake or a replica... but rather a vintage remake done in the 1990s. In the world of Yixing... words like fake and replica is very often misinterpreted.
I think you misunderstood me, or would it be possible to find a F1 teapot... let's say from 1970 with the artists name on the handle? Assuming that the potter did not have suicidal tendencies when he/she made the pot.
Looks like an interesting discussion on stamps/chops. I was looking at F1 stamps a month or two ago, and I found some Chinese articles saying names of artist were used as stamps/chops to replace zhongguo yixing and mengchen started after mid 1980s due to influence by import regulations in Taiwan. I wonder if anyone owns a green label F1 pot, plain or decorative with artist name as stamps/chops?OCTO wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:50 pmNo. There is no definitive documented data that suggest that a name on the handle denotes it's made after 1976. The workmanship and clay points towards 1990s. I won't call it a fake or a replica... but rather a vintage remake done in the 1990s. In the world of Yixing... words like fake and replica is very often misinterpreted.
Therefore, I'll call it a remake... hahahaha..... welcome to the confusing world of Yixing!!
Cheers!!
@Mark-S
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DailyTX wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:19 am
Looks like an interesting discussion on stamps/chops. I was looking at F1 stamps a month or two ago, and I found some Chinese articles saying names of artist were used as stamps/chops to replace zhongguo yixing and mengchen started after mid 1980s due to influence by import regulations in Taiwan. I wonder if anyone owns a green label F1 pot, plain or decorative with artist name as stamps/chops?
@Mark-S