1, alone look gullible. The bullish market in recent years because of ancient pots, many Yixing teapots commercial greed, get some of Yixing art and engineering, dealing with the new look gotta ancient pot pot Meiliang Yang, the face of these [fake ancient pot], only the background from the characteristics of shape, habits and so dated, carefully identified, if the light from the exterior, 100% will be cheated.
2, the works of different ages have different characteristics
Yixing teapot from the grassroots of the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty Ching Tak started, it lasted 400 years, there have been many before and after the famous potter. Meanwhile, with the evolution of the times, each time the characteristics of their works by each of the times.
For example, only heavy-duty system Ming potter, texture, works almost as plain no color. Therefore, if expensive, with color (color added expensive, allegedly began in the times of Emperor Yongzheng), can certainly not Ming old pot. Second, CHEN Mingyuan started the [inside lid seal] of the ground, so, if it is true the seal within the lid of ancient pots, guaranteed CHEN Mingyuan (Ming and Qing) after work.
Another example is the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Jian famous first metal (tin) package maker, and a spout with a jade production, pot to. Therefore, if the pot body lined with tin or copper, that is that the pot must be Dialoguing future work.
3, according to the number of identification of the water hole. The so-called water hole refers to the jar through a spout in the hole. A water hole a few holes or porous, and also as to determine whether the pot of ancient pot of information.
According to the author knows, the former Republic of China teapot, large or small, the water hole is a single hole (not necessarily in recent years), large, medium-sized pot of tea blocked the outlet to prevent the influence of the water, it is mostly changed to porous.
4, from the expensive, case identification. Another approach is to identify the ancient pot, according to the situation expensive, to determine. Such as the group is well known, the Ming Dynasty purple clay teapots, at most only Hudi inscription, probably expensive, to keep plain nothing. To the late Ming (revelation, Chong hen years) master Chen Qing, began to cursive inscription in the pot body.
Now we can often see the body engraved poetry and the pot . In fact, the body engraved with poetry and literature in the pot is created by Qing Chen Mansheng, future generations continue to use the master to follow.