Gradient color leveling yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94793The name "" literally reads as "gradientcolor horizontal teapot." The exact term "" is not a single, widely standardized classical form in the way some historic Yixing shapes are, so its precise genealogy is ambiguous; the label most likely describes a teapot whose main axis is lateral or lowprofile, rather than a distinct historic type with a fixed provenance. Broad historical context: Chinese teapot design matured during the Ming and Qing periods,