Overview

• Maria Zakharova led a press tour on September 22 at the Museum of the East in Moscow, showing part of her family’s Yixing clay teapots.
• The exhibition, titled “Magic of Purple Clay: Yixing Zisha Ceramics,” is scheduled for October 25 to November 9 and will feature about 60 items from the family collection.
• Pieces on view include diverse forms and motifs such as plum blossom branches, lotus, loquat, water chestnut shapes, palmate lemon, mandarin ducks, and the longevity deity Shouxin.
• Zakharova described the display as a personal story, recounting her grandmother’s favorite teapot and a posthumous crumbling spout that she called a mysterious farewell.
• RIA Novosti highlighted Yixing clay’s strength and heat and aroma retention, and reported the event aligns with the Russia–China years of culture.