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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KikoBlueEyes, post: 1412754, member: 8363&quot;]I am tempering my excitement about this Wen Hua Shun Pewter and Ceramic Tea Set, because so much of Chinese work is reproduced.&nbsp; In my research I found a number of sites that date these sets at late 19th to early 20th century.&nbsp; They appear to come in black like my pieces or red.&nbsp; The bottoms have either Chinese characters and Shanghai China or an address at 190 North Gate, Weihaiwei City, which existed from 1898 until 1930.&nbsp; The designs include dragons and other symbols.&nbsp; Most describe the metal as pewter and some claim the clay is Yixing.&nbsp; Here is the set closest to mine and the link&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/11512190_390-chinese-wen-hua-shun-ceramic-and-pewter-tea-set" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/11512190_390-chinese-wen-hua-shun-ceramic-and-pewter-tea-set" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/11512190_390-chinese-wen-hua-shun-ceramic-and-pewter-tea-set</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think - Authentic or not?</p><p><img src="https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1018/29688/11512190_1_x.jpg?auto=webp&amp;format=pjpg&amp;version=1335839582" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]222985[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222986[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222987[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222988[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222989[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222991[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222992[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222993[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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