flat jade yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94823The exact form called "" is not widely documented under that specific name, so the following is a careful, general interpretation based on the Chinese characters: (flattened), (jade), (teapot). The name suggests a lowprofile, flattened bodied teapot whose aesthetic evokes the smoothness or color of jade. Many classic Chinese teapot forms evolved within the Yixing (Zisha) and broader literati pottery traditions from the late Ming and Qing periods