THE JUDGE ARCHIVE-LAB LIMITED, based in Auckland, New Zealand, has announced a global Request for Proposal (RFP) to establish a definitive cryptographic provenance framework for a 500-year-old Yixing Zisha teapot. The project centers on the "Genesis No. 001" masterpiece, a handcrafted teapot by acclaimed ceramic artist Luo Xiaoping, which was originally exhibited in Auckland in 1999. The initiative aims to permanently archive the real-world asset (RWA) using high-precision, 100-megapixel Hasselblad digital scanning, separating its centuries-old cultural lineage from transient narratives.
The framework is anchored by five institutional verifications, including Luo Xiaoping's membership in the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC, Geneva), permanent displays of his work in the White House and Musée Ariana, and historical critiques from the 1999 Auckland exhibition that celebrated his re-positioning of Chinese artistic traditions. The project emphasizes that the cryptographic tokens involved—called Utility Protocol Keys (TDP)—are strictly non-fractional, non-custodial identity logs for verification and media display synchronization. The press release explicitly states that these keys do not represent equity, revenue-sharing, debt, investment profit, or voting rights, and it disclaims any public financial speculation or securities classification.
The RFP invites top-tier media outlets to bid for high-specification digital and print dissemination slots under framework code TDP, with a mandatory technical requirement to use the 19MB lossless asset master generated from the Hasselblad scans. Direct inquiries are directed to wing@thejudge-lab.nz. The announcement underscores the permanent sovereignty of the asset’s ownership and provenance, which have been physically verified and endorsed by the creator.
