Pumpkin yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94845"" literally means "pumpkin teapot." The exact designation can be ambiguous in English: some makers and collectors distinguish from related gourd shaped types (), while others use the terms interchangeably. Rather than a single factory style, it is a descriptive form found especially within the Yixing (zisha) teapot tradition. Historically, lobed and fruit inspired teapot shapes became popular as Chinese tea culture and studio pottery developed in the