God of Wealth Offering Spring yixing clay woodfired teapot # 95613"Caishen Gongchun Hu" combines an auspicious subject (Caishen, the traditional Chinese God of Wealth) with the classic Gongchun teapot form. The Gongchun () model is a well known Yixing teapot type with roots in the historic tradition of Jiangsu's Zisha (purple clay) ware; its exact originator is not certain, but examples and variants have been produced and refined since the Ming and Qing periods. Over centuries the shape became prized for its balance