I'm particularly new to the world of vintage yixing teapots, and I have some questions. There seems to be some disdain towards the F1 pots that were made during the white label period. Why is this? Is all 90s F1 pots seen as bad, or is it just red clay that seem to be mixed with other stuff?
Also, what are some tips you can give to people getting into F1 teapots? Besides Emmetts, EOT, and eBay, where do you like to buy your F1 pots?
Thank you.
Re: Are all 90s F1 teapots bad?
F1 started to massively use additives in all their clays from the 90s onwards until the end of the factory and the initial independent studio period, probably until the 2000s.alejandro2high wrote: I'm particularly new to the world of vintage yixing teapots, and I have some questions. There seems to be some disdain towards the F1 pots that were made during the white label period. Why is this? Is all 90s F1 pots seen as bad, or is it just red clay that seem to be mixed with other stuff?
Also, what are some tips you can give to people getting into F1 teapots? Besides Emmetts, EOT, and eBay, where do you like to buy your F1 pots?
Thank you.
There is a guy from Taiwan who has used non intrusive methods to confirm and proof that.
Apart from the above I’d check the swap section
Re: Are all 90s F1 teapots bad?
Actually it's pots after 1980, not only the 90s.
Zini has manganese oxide and Barium carbonate added to it,
while hongni has barium carbonate and iron oxide added to it.
It's not necessarily that bad, but it renders F1 and other pots from the 1980s onwards, not much different, better than modern pots of today in regards to clay quality.
Zini has manganese oxide and Barium carbonate added to it,
while hongni has barium carbonate and iron oxide added to it.
It's not necessarily that bad, but it renders F1 and other pots from the 1980s onwards, not much different, better than modern pots of today in regards to clay quality.