Lion-shaped flat jade yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94821The exact form denoted by the compound name "" is not widely documented under a single, established category, so this description reads the components literally: a flattened ("") teapot or ewer styled as a "jade" pot ("") and decorated or shaped with a lion ("") motif. Brief history: flattened bodied teapots and low profile ewers have long been part of Chinese ceramic and Yixing teapot traditions, with variations produced from late Ming through Qing