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I have what I think is a Yixing Tea Set, but on the bottom of the tea pot and tea cups, it is marked with "Made in China" and not with the kinds of chop marks I usually see on other tea pots. However, the calligraphy/artwork on the pot seems authentic. Please take a look at the pictures and let me know what to make of this set.

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Your photos are too small to read anything, but there is no reason to think the writing is not an actual poem.

This is a set for export to the West, for coffee rather than for tea, given the interior enamels, the large pitcher for milk/cream and sugar 'bowl'.

Yixing tea ware is made with no interior glazing so that the tea will soak into the ware. There is a belief that eventually one can brew tea in the pot alone without actually adding tea.

The set is 20th century, probably made rather recently. One cup/saucer may be missing.

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