The Yixing effect
Subtitle: echoes of the Chinese scholar
By: Marvin Sweet ; [chapter 3 by William R. Sargent].
Contributors: Sargent, William R. 1945-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Foreign Languages Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Beijing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9787119042770
Subjects: Sweet, Marvin -- Art collections.; Yixing ware.; Ceramic teapots -- China -- Yixing Shi.; Ceramic teapots -- United States.
Description: Shows how the Yixing teapot has captured the imagination of contemporary artists and why it has become a compelling source of inspiration. Gives a brief history of Yixing ware, addressing the collaboration between the Yixing potters and Chinese scholars.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-199).
Table of contents: title: The scholars' path; title: Foundations of nature art; title: Studies and the real world; title: Scholars collect; title: Developing the art of tea; title: A place to live; title: On to Yixing; title: A collection of Yixing ware; title: Yixing ware and its influence on early Early European ceramics / William R. Sargent; title: The first importation of Yixing to Europe; title: The Dutch replications; title: Early English replications; title: German replications; title: Wedgwood's replications; title: Yixing ware from shipwrecks; title: Contemporary inspirations; title: Contemporary American interpretations.