Pots inspired to the aesthetics of antiques can be sold legitimately. It is sufficient to put a modern stamp of the author on the base. Things are different when sellers try to pass the modern pots as antiques. The big problem with replicas that are not clearly marked as such, in addition to the scam, is that they might create confusion about the history. They make it more difficult to study and understand how different styles and techniques evolved over time.carogust wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 2:31 amI am not a yixing market expert, but it's a shame that new teapots imitating old antiques cannot be sold legitimately. I really, really like how antique pots look. Just something about them that is missing from modern pots. I've seen a few "fanggu" style pots, if not mistaken that means old styled but they can still be a far cry from what I've seen of the antiques.
I'd be totally happy buying an antique replicate as long as its sold as one, and not being used to scam someone else.
edit: I do also understand why yixing collectors would prefer that no antique replicas were made at all. It is kind of a dilemma.
Even the very first yixing teapots were inspired by the past - some of Shi Dabin's designs come from archaic bronzes. Inspiration from the past is not a problem, but replicas that don't have clear identifying signs and that are sold as originals run the risk of "rewriting history".