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Shi Dabin

early 17th century · Stoneware (Yixing ware) · Asian Art

The invention of the teapot is often credited to potters working in the Yixing district of Jiangsu Province sometime in the sixteenth century. It is thought that these potters adapted the shape of a wine ewer to meet the needs of tea aficionados who had begun using steeped leaves rather than powdered tea.

Artist

Shi Dabin

Date

early 17th century

Medium

Stoneware (Yixing ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Ann Eden Woodward Foundation Gift, 1982