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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 ...
Redware teapot, Delft, c. 1680, red stoneware imitating Chinese Yixing ware. Redware as a single word is a term for at least two types of pottery of the last few centuries, in Europe and North America. Red ware as two words is a term used for pottery, mostly by archaeologists, found in a very wide range of places. However, these distinct usages ...
Richard T. Notkin was born on October 1948, in Chicago, Illinois. [1] He earned a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute in 1970, [1] studying under Ken Ferguson.In 1973, he received his MFA from the University of California, Davis, [1] where he studied under Robert Arneson.
On Yixing Teapots [a] (Chinese: 陽羨 茗壺 系; pinyin: Yángxiàn Mínghú Xì; Wade–Giles: Yang 2-hsien 4 Ming 2-hu 2 Hsi 4; with Yangxian being a Qin Dynasty name for Yixing [2]) is a treatise on Yixing clay teapots [2] written by Ming Dynasty author Zhou Gaoqi [2] (Chou Kao-chi; 周高起; d. 1644–45 [2]) in the Chongzhen era [2] ca ...
They are usually made of purple clay or zisha, a type of prized clay from the region near Yixing in Jiangsu province, China. Similar to Yixing teapots made from the same clay, tea pets are unglazed, and are mostly monochromatic with a rough surface. [2] A tea pet is typically placed on a tea tray and has tea poured over it during tea time. Due ...
Glazed earthenware vase, Rookwood Pottery, ca. 1900. American art pottery (sometimes capitalized) refers to aesthetically distinctive hand-made ceramics in earthenware and stoneware from the period 1870-1950s. Ranging from tall vases to tiles, the work features original designs, simplified shapes, and experimental glazes and painting techniques.
American Stoneware is a type of stoneware pottery popular in 19th century North America. The predominant houseware of the era, [ citation needed ] it was usually covered in a salt glaze and often decorated using cobalt oxide to produce bright blue decoration.