Appearing to view fine pottery (7)
I believe the answer is:
seeming
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seeming that I've seen before include "Ostensible" , "Specious" , "Appearing as such, but not necessarily so" , "Apparent" , "so-called" .)