Cylindrical Yixing Teapots August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets The cylinder vessels appeared in the traditional ceramics was early, but it was unfrequent. The cylinder shape in round shape of purple clay teapots became fashion in the mid-Qing Dynasty....
Semisphere Yixing Teapots August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets It had appeared in the Neolithic Age, most were pottery alms bowls with convergent mouth, semisphere belly and round bottom. The Hongzhou kilns in Northern Dynasty appeared the green glaze...
The Shape of Zisha Teapots August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets The shape of Zisha teapot can be divided into sphere, square, natural, rib pattern, new shape wares. The round also can be divided into sphere, hemisphere, cylindrical, sphere variation, etc....
Encyclopedias of Purple clay collection August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets Preface History is a mirror. So-called "mirror" means the historian want to know about the "active action", it is also means what we had been doing in the past, just...
The differences between the purple clay unearyhed ware and purple pottery August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets In the south of China in Late-Ming Dynasty, the agriculture, handicraft industry were flourishing day by day. The developments of productive forces formed an active commodity circulation so that the...
Learning Pottery In Yixing, China July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Terese Tse Bartholomew PRIOR TO THE MING DYNASTY (1368-1644), Chinese most often drank tea that was whisked in powdered form (ground from tea cakes) into hot water contained in bowls....
Thunder - Tempest In A Cup July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Author/paintings: Wu De (Aaron Fisher) Have a cup Two young monks were on a pilgrimage, as their ilk was wont lo do when in youth they still believed in smirching...
Appreciating Cast Iron Tea Kettles - Description And Appearance July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Author;Photos: Zong Yue Introduction The Nambu cast iron kettle was allegedly invented in 1772 by the Japanese artisan Nizaemon Koizumi, a descendant of the family's third generation. He made a...
Lava Pit July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Article/Photos: Lo Senhao Winter paces around slowly, reluctant to leave the cold forest. Agitated spring breezes soften its micro-crystalline - enriched air and give an additional fragrance, while Camellias come...
Gatha Ceramics, Turning At The Bamboo Fence July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Article: Wang Haoyi Photos: Chen Mingcong Going to visit Huang Yiwen in his Shanhua studio, he had said that after passing the railway line, upon seeing a bamboo fence, make...
Profound Restraint, Pearl Patina: Zhang Guiweis Golden Red Oil Spot Tianmu July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Articles Su Yingchun Photos; Chen Mingcong In recent years, Tianmu ceramics have grown in popularity. Ceramists all over have been experimenting and developing suitable clay bodies and glaze formulas for...
Appreciating The Four Major Zisha Teapot Forms July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Author/photo Lin YiJun To derive true pleasure from collection and appreciation of art, it is not enough to simply subjectively like something or see only its utility or price, For...