Dezhong yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94805The exact term "" (literally DeZhong teapot or virtue benevolence bell teapot) is not widely documented as a single canonical form in surviving catalogues, so its precise historical provenance is ambiguous. That said, the name suggests a belllike silhouette and fits into a long Chinese tradition of naming teapot shapes after familiar objects. Historically, teapots with descriptive names became especially prominent from the late Ming into the Qing