Ceramics: Art and Perception

Nature in the Teapot

s Yixing is the cradle of red clay ceramics in China, the Yixing red clay teapot is well known. The art of making ceramics with red clay developed during the Song dynasty, flourished through the tea ceremony during the Ming dynasty, and reached maturation in the Qing dynasty. For thousands of years, red clay art drew its essence from painting and calligraphy, Confucianism and Buddhism, as well as

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