Mini Xishi yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94910This piece is a "mini Xishi" () a reduced size version of the classical Xishi teapot form associated with Yixing (Zisha) pottery. The Xishi shape is one of the well known traditional teapot silhouettes from the Yixing region of Jiangsu province, a center of Chinese teapot making from the late Ming and through the Qing dynasties, where potters refined a language of compact, elegant forms for brewed tea. The Xishi form is characterized by its