bagua7 wrote:xiaobai wrote:Yes, Taiwan may be a Yixing paradise. But with my poor knowledge, it is hard to tell apart the F1s from the 80s/90s/00s private order/fakes.
You'd need a good guide like
chrl42 or
kyarazen.
Not that the Taiwanese would rip you off, but Yixing is a very touchy and difficult subject, and also the Taiwanese market might be flooded with fakes from the mainland, so who knows.
Thank you for the advice!
Anyway, I would welcome whatever help people on TC can offer.
As a matter of fact, as far as I can tell, not all fakes come from the mainland. For instance, if you were presented with this one:
http://www.pcstore.com.tw/ataabu/M06693105.htm
Would you be able to tell (as it is claimed by the vendor) that it was
actually made in Taiwan by the hands-throwing method?
It is a complicated world... The only thing that I would like to make sure is that whatever pots I have, I and my family can easily and safely brew tea in them. And that is something that I am still not 100% sure with Yixing, unless you are lucky enough to own a Qing or CR pot of good craftsmanship. But then, who would dare to use such an expensive item on a daily basis?