With text in English and Chinese, this exhibition catalog describes Yixing stoneware, its history, some Yixing collections, and the collecting of such ware in the West. This work looks at tea drinking in China and offers a concise history of Yixing Ware, the collection of Yixing Ware in the Shanghai Museum, as well as Yixing and the West. Complimented by profuse photographic illustrations showing good examples of the pottery. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 250 pages, 317 illustrations (247 in color) and 194 color reference illustrations. index, appendix: Three Techniques of Making Yixing Teapots, dustjacket protected, quarto. Text in English and Chinese. Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1990. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two tears to dust jacket: One at top fold to flap; Two is along the back flap for about a half inch but is actually a perforation. Text in English and Chinese. Previous owner's embossed stamp on front endpaper. ! Uwagi: Oprawa lekko zarysowana i przybrudzona. Brzegi stron lekko zakurzone i przybrudzone.