Milk Cauldron yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94898The exact meaning of the term is somewhat ambiguous; taken literally it combines (ru, nipple or small rounded boss), (ding, the ancient bronze tripod cauldron) and (hu, teapot), suggesting a teapot model inspired by a ding with small nodular or nipple like details. Because this name is not a single universally standardized museum label, specific historical attributions vary. Broadly, teapots that echo the ding form belong to a long Chinese tradition