How to Determine the Authenticity of Yixing Teapots

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How to Determine the
Authenticity of Yixing Teapots
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How do you determine if your Yixing teapot is
authentic?
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Real Zisha clay have various colors. They are
dull and not bright at all. If it is brightly
colored or glaring, it may not be real.
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New Yixing teapots smell like earth or dust and
emits odor like burnt clay.  That is its natural
smell. If it smells like chemicals, it may not be
real.
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An authentic Yixing teapot would give a heavy,
clear sound with grainy friction.
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Its surface is never smooth.  The texture should
be grainy.  If it feels like it was waxed, it is
not made of Zisha clay.
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Pouring very hot water would emit sounds similar
to that of cracking clay.  A real Zisha teapot
enables it to form a water film when you use
water to wash it.
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A non-authentic Yixing teapot will have droplets
of water running down its side when you use water
to wash it out.
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An authentic Yixing teapot would never add color
when you put boiled water in it.
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If you want to get an authentic Yixing teapot,
just remember these guidelines.
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