Excellent, thank you so very much.

Sasha.


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> Billy Mood is a good start:
>
> http://www.terebess.hu/english/yixing1a.html
>
> Look for "The Seal Chops of Zisha Teapots".
>
> In particular note this bit:
>
> "During the Cultural Revolution period from 1966 to 1976, potters were
> not allowed to imprint their personal seals on teapots. To resolve the
> problem of identifying the works after firing in cases of breakage or
> deformity, numbers were used to identify each potter."'
>
> Please share any other information that you come across in your search.
>
> Patrick
>