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The city of Yixing has a pottery-making history of more than 2,400 years, with the Yixing purple clay teapot being the most famous one. Just like that you'd like to pick out sever ...
Antiques Roadshow Appraisal: Chinese Yixing Clay Teapot, ca. 1840 Clip: Season 22 Episode 10 | 1m 15s | My List Aired: 04/02/18 Rating: TV-G Buy Now: iTunes Amazon ...
Description Small tea-pot of yellow-gray unglazed Yixing clay. Inscription of fifteen characters; one seal. Marks One seal Inscriptions Inscription of fifteen characters Provenance By at least ...
Hu Xuan is a native of Yixing, a city in east China's Jiangsu Province. Yixing is well-known for its exquisite purple clay teapots. Out of her love for Chinese culture, and the culture of Yixing ...
A Master of Pottery Art When people talk about Yixing county in the city of Wuxi, probably the first thing that pops into their minds are the exquisite, purplish-brown pottery teapots. Enjoying a ...
China Yixing purple clay pot maker Li Ming (son of Chinese art and craft master Li Changhong) said: “The dragon and phoenix on this royal enamel teapot are very lifelike.
But the purple clay reserves have been nearly depleted by the teapot making. Therefore, the Yixing government prohibited further clay quarrying in 2005.
Based on previous auctions of rare Yixing teapots, including one made by Chen Ming Yuan, a master craftsman of the Qing dynasty which was sold in 2010 for RMB32.2mi (RM20.4mil), the value of Ren ...
Description Teapot with cover. Body: dark chocolate brown clay, fired hard. Glaze: none. Decoration: vertical fluting of the body; cover and foot. Inscription of seven characters incised on base.