White glaze tea sets from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). [Photo/people.cn] Chinese tea art was born in the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), matured in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and flourished in the ...

This tenmoku "oil spot" Jian tea bowl set an auction record ... the tea bowl's buyer is said to be a Chinese collector. Another highlight of Christie's Asian Art Week, is Collected in America ...

That's the history recounted by the 32 objects in "Zen, Tea and Chinese Art in Medieval Japan" at the ... developed into a specifically Japanese set of rituals known as “chanoyu” or ...

Where your tea pot and cups sit on a tray can carry hidden meaning, great ceremony or sound an emergency, thanks to centuries-old codes developed by Chinese rebels opposed to the Qing dynasty ...