Yixing

New Yixing Museum now open

2024-12-15T09:58:38+08:00

The ceramic centre Yixing, famous for centuries for its highly-admired teapots, has opened a new ceramics museum on a former state-owned factory. Designed by the Japanese firm of Kengo Kuma and Associates, the new museum has been built in the form of a sleeping dragon. For more information....

New Yixing Museum now open2024-12-15T09:58:38+08:00

In Praise of Teapots

2022-12-17T10:47:01+08:00

SEACS member and collector Tim Clark covers the origin and development of the teapot in China. Once the dedicated function of this pouring vessel was established, the potters of Yixing unleashed their creativity in expressing its myriad forms. This led to a beautiful marriage of form and function which inspired potters in England to make their own impact on this artform.

In Praise of Teapots2022-12-17T10:47:01+08:00
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