Yes, that's clarifying! I find that grey area of what's meant to deceive and what's meant to emulate a little confusing sometimes. This one certainly wasn't priced as a early 80s Factory 1, no claims were made, and I thought the clay looked decent. Thanks!steanze wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2017 4:45 pmI see! That's because they did not have the original seals at hand, and they thought that a sufficient number of people would not notice the difference. Terminology can be a bit subjective, I'd call this an intentional replica, it's trying to be passed for an F1 pot, but it's made of actual Yixing clay. It should make good tea.
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There are a number of pots on Dr. Lu's FB page that have similar Zhong characters that he has confirmed as being green label F1. I think they're 6/4 stamps though.
Similar is not the sameChadrinkincat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:07 pmThere are a number of pots on Dr. Lu's FB page that have similar Zhong characters that he has confirmed as being green label F1. I think they're 6/4 stamps though.
the problem is not the two bars at the stem of the Zhong character 
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I can't be certain the proportions are exactly the same on ones I've seen listed but the shape has been same. The other version has a straight corner box on top rather than rounded like this one. Both of these styles were on pots listed as being authentic.steanze wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 2:52 pmSimilar is not the sameChadrinkincat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:07 pmThere are a number of pots on Dr. Lu's FB page that have similar Zhong characters that he has confirmed as being green label F1. I think they're 6/4 stamps though.
BTW Im not questioning your opinion of this pot being fake. You clearly know a lot more than I do. I'm just curious what it is about zhong character that's wrong?
In my view, the square of the Zhong character is too tall.Chadrinkincat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 5:13 pmI can't be certain the proportions are exactly the same on ones I've seen listed but the shape has been same. The other version has a straight corner box on top rather than rounded like this one. Both of these styles were on pots listed as being authentic.
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Cool thanks.steanze wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:13 pmIn my view, the square of the Zhong character is too tall.Chadrinkincat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 5:13 pmI can't be certain the proportions are exactly the same on ones I've seen listed but the shape has been same. The other version has a straight corner box on top rather than rounded like this one. Both of these styles were on pots listed as being authentic.
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