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Yangxian mingtao lu 陽羨名陶錄 is a book on the pottery industry of Yixing 宜興, Jiangsu, written during the high Qing period 清 (1644-1911) by Wu Jian 吳騫 (1786).
The book has a length of 2 or 3 juan (depending on the edition) and explains the history of the local pottery industry, raw materials (ch. Xuancai 選材), production skills and techniques (Benyi 本藝), and leading producers (Jiasu 家溯). The chapter Congtan 叢談 assembles interesting additional information obtained from local producers. The last chapter, Wenhan 文翰, presents quotations from prose and poetic sources on the brownish teapots (zisha hu 紫砂壺) from the region.
The text can be seen as a supplement of Zhou Gaoqi's 周高起 (1596–1645) Yangxian minghu xi 陽羨名壺系. It is found in the series Baijinglou congshu 拜經樓叢書, Yuyuan congshu 榆園叢書, Meishu congshu 美術叢書 and Zhaodai congshu 昭代叢書.