Yingge, a small town a 30-minute train ride southwest of Taipei City, is know as the pottery center of Taiwan. One landmark concerning Taiwanese ceramics is the Yingge Ceramics Museum, which not only exhibits historical tea pots but at the time of our visit also displayed the “4th Taiwan Golden Tea Pot Prize” with a big variety of handcrafted tea pots.
Tags
handcraft, contemporary, equipment, tea pot, exhibition, competition
Info
- Item author
- anne.schirner
- Photo taken on
- 30 Jul 2012 10:45 pm
- 30 Jul 2012 10:39 pm
- 29 May 2012 1:40 am
- Photo author
- astrid.möller
- Philipp Moeller
- anne.schirner
Context of the observation
Location
239, Taiwan, New Taipei City, Yingge District
1 Interpretation
The diversity of handcrafted tea pots featured in the permanent exhibition as well as in the “4th Taiwan Golden Tea Pot Prize”-exhibtion indicates a great interest in this product. There seems to be a huge handcraft scene.However, it was noticeable that the focus is put on the tea pots only: A limited number of pots came with matching tea cups, hardly any tea pitcher or smell cups were exhibited.