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In 1918, the Jiangsu Provincial Ceramics Factory was established for the production of pottery using Yixing clay. By 1932, more than 600 craftspeople worked in Yixing. During the Japanese invasion, the artists scattered and many subsequently died. Under the People's Republic of China government, industry began to revive. [1]
The first Yixing clay teapots were made in the 16th century by monks from the Jinsha Temple. Their use was popularized by Kung Ch'un, who became a servant in the house of Yixing tea master Wu Lun (1440-1522). [2] The new teapots soon became popular with the scholarly class, and the fame of Yixing teapots began to spread.
Five Yixing clay teapots showing a variety of styles from formal to whimsical. Yixing clay (simplified Chinese: 宜兴泥; traditional Chinese: 宜興泥; pinyin: Yíxīng ní; Wade–Giles: I-Hsing ni) is a type of clay from the region near the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province, China, used in Chinese pottery since the Song dynasty (960–1279) when Yixing clay was first mined around China's ...
Yixing (simplified Chinese: 宜兴; traditional Chinese: 宜興; pinyin: Yíxīng) is a county-level city administered under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-exclave with Changzhou.
This teapot made of red Yixing clay was created for the National Craftspeople Conference, and combines several traditional features of Yixing clay teapots. Yun Jian Ru Yi Hu The Cloud collar-Ruyi teapot got its name from the traditional patterns of the "cloud collar" and the Ruyi scepter, symbols of good luck. The design of the pot is simple ...
Yixing teapots, called Zi Sha Hu in China and Purple Sand teapots in the U.S., are perhaps the most famous teapots. They are named for a tiny city located in Jiangsu Province, where a specific compound of iron ore results in the unique coloration of these teapots. They were fired without a glaze and were used to steep specific types of oolong teas.
Xinjian, Jiangsu; Y. Yangxian, Jiangsu; Yixing clay teapot; Yixing Open; Z. Zhoutie This page was last edited on 4 August 2023, at 23:09 (UTC). Text is available ...
The museum specialises in the collection, study and display of teaware, including many samples of the Yixing teapot, from Jiangsu Province, China, as well as the world's oldest known extant teapot. A new wing, the K.S. Lo Gallery, was built and opened in 1995. [5]