In early days, teapots came with the green stickers with "Made in China" mark. This practice was essential as world trade rules require all products to have the stickers bearing the country of origin. As a result, teapots with green stickers were really teapots for the export market. Hence, people would want to buy such teapots as they know these teapots were really from the 1970s or even earlier. They were definitely made in the First Yixing Zisha Factory. The first factury in Yixing was considered the best, equivalent to Imperial Kiln of Jingdezheng.
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| Green stickers |
With the founding of 2nd, 3rd and 4th factory in Yixing making zisha ware, the 1st factory began to distinguish their products from others by introducing a new label, the square n round label. This label was registered in 1981. So people can be assured that they are buying the products from the legitimate 1st factory. Since the closure of state owned Yixing factories in the late 1990s, teapots with these labels also become sought after. Hence the price of these pots went up as a result.
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| Square n round label |
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