The Stonewares of Yixing

The Stonewares of Yixing
Author: Kuei-hsiang Lo
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1986-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9789622091122

Despite its beauty, individuality and variety of design, the red or brown unglazed stoneware produced at Yixing in Jiangsu Province has received less attention than other branches of Chinese ceramic art. The Yixing potters have always specialized in the making of teapots, whose use became widespread during the Ming period as a result of the innovation of making tea from rolled leaves, rather than using it in the fine-ground, powdered from in which it had previously been supplied.