The use of basic principles of elaborate and curious design is essential for effective Yixing tea ware. My hope is…
In searching for artistic models, the majority of American ceramists explore the vast heritage of art with the understanding that…
Among the consequences of the information age is the abundance of resources available to all, making our time one of…
By William R. Sargent Decorative arts from China, present in households in Europe and in America since the early seventeenth…
My introduction to Yixing ware came in 1981 during my time in graduate school. On a visit to Rochester, new…
Located on Great Lake (Taihu), across from Suzhou and within the “Golden Triangle,” is Yixing. When many of the most…
Finding the proper place to live and raise a family had become an obsession for many scholars. There was a…
The earliest evidence of tea drinkers, around 59 BC, was found among people of the Western Han dynasty. They boiled…
Chinese scholars needed scholars# treasures to improve their social status. More importantly, they collected to facilitate progress in their work…
The Chinese scholar enjoyed interpreting texts – The texts that mattered most were the Confucian classics. Arising out of a…