Appearing to view fine pottery (7)

I believe the answer is:

seeming

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'appearing' is the definition.
('seem' can be a synonym of 'appear')

'view fine pottery' is the wordplay.
'view' becomes 'see' (synonyms).
'fine pottery' becomes 'ming' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'see'+'ming'='SEEMING'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for seeming that I've seen before include "Ostensible" , "Specious" , "Appearing as such, but not necessarily so" , "Apparent" , "so-called" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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