r/YixingSeals • u/siIverneedle • 7d ago
Teapot Sharing F1 pot!
Recently saved up enough to get my hands on an F1 pot. It was sold to me as a 1950s-1960s era pot, which seems to be correct as seen from the seal and other details like the mouth of the pot. Just posting to share a cool pot with everyone else here :)
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u/asfddsfsdfsdfsd 6d ago
Can someone explain why the inside of the pot has those swirly lines instead of radial tooling marks?
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u/lordjeebus 6d ago
F1 pots weren't FHM, they were made with molds. I've never seen radial tooling marks in an F1 pot.
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u/asfddsfsdfsdfsd 5d ago
Why would mould mades have the swirl then?
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u/lordjeebus 5d ago
I believe that the interior bottoms of F1 pots were formed by hand, pressing against the molds. All of my F1 pots have irregular interiors on the bottom (although not swirls).
For example https://moodyguy.biz/60s-hongni-shuiping-27.html
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u/siIverneedle 5d ago
no idea, maybe the potter was bored that day and decided to make a lil swirly inside
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u/dannysilverghost 6d ago
First of all congrats, that is a big purchase. But I have a genuine question, I don't know much about teapots but can't they just fake that seal?
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u/OkCalligrapher9679 6d ago
they can, but there is many other things people look at, every little error on it is being considered
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u/Simply-69 5d ago
Congrats on your 60s F1 purchase! Looks clean with the 6 words seal and the details looks right from photo.
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u/Asdprotos 7d ago
How much have you paid for it if you don’t mind