Tea and Immortality Contemporary Chinese Yixing Teapots from the James T Bialac Collection Colorwear These forms proliferated during the

These forms proliferated during the optimism of the late '40s and '50s prosperity

Charles Ferdinand Wimar

Artists and designers responded to the atomic-age anxieties of the postwar period with "vital" forms -- organic imagery and biomorphic shapes based on nature

Twenty-four colors include classic pigments and vivid hues for a wide range of mixing possibilities

Tea and Immortality Contemporary Chinese Yixing Teapots from the James T Bialac Collection Colorwear These forms proliferated during thePublished in conjunction with the exhibition "Tea and Immortality: Contemporary Chinese Yixing Tea wares from The James Bialac Collection." For millennia in China, tea was regarded as food, medicine and drink. History and folklore are replete with mortal and divine figures connected to the discovery and preparation of tea. Over time, its curative powers evolved into teas status as a sacrificial libation bestowed on mortals as a celestial blessing.