Ancient treasures from 'The Way of Tea’

Precious crockery – a range of unearthed teapots and other teaware in the Ren Fu Collection in Melaka. Photo: Ren Fu Collection

If there is a place famous around the world for its clay, it is Yixing

The city, located in the Yangtze River Delta near Lake Tai in the Jiangsu province, is known as the “Pottery capital of China”. It is undoubtedly the source of the most coveted Chinese teapots.