Lotus yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94840The exact form name "" (literally "Clear Pure Lotus Teapot") is not a widely standardized historical typology, so it may be a modern or workshop name referring to a teapot decorated or shaped with lotus imagery. In general, Chinese teapots bearing floral names draw on long traditions: from the rise of small, utilitarian teapots in the Ming dynasty to the highly refined Yixing and kilned porcelain teapots of the Qing period, artisans and connoisseurs