Kiln-transformed horizontal yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94789an evocative name combining two ideas: (yobin), the kilntransmutation or flamb effect in glazes, and (shupng h), literally a horizontal teapot. The precise, historically codified form called is not widely standardized in the surviving literature, so the following is a grounded, general description based on the name. Brief history: Kilntransmutation glazes have been prized in Chinese ceramics for centuries. From Song and Yuan dynasty experimentation