THE SPLENDOUR OF YIXING POTTERY. The Tenth Anniversary.

Hong Kong: Jin Fung International Co., Ltd., 1990.

Hardcover. Very good plus. Item #55620

Thick. quarto. 11.5 x 8.5" 389pp. Exhibition catalogue. A survey and illustrated biographical list of contemporary artist potters, and their remarkable teapots. Text in Chinese and English. Beautifully illustrated from color photographs of the pottery. Illustrated laminated boards have a light scuff and a bump to spine corner.

"Unlike other crafts, Yixing ware bears the names of its makers. In Yixing, many people know how to make teapots — farmers and their entire families make teapots in winter, although their work cannot be compared to those of the artist potters." christies.

Price: $150.00