5 Types of Yixing Teapots

Yixing purple clay teapots can be classified into five types according to their shapes

1. Round teapot :

The characteristic is that the body of the pot can be seen as a round shape from an angle

2. Square teapot:

Including square pots, hexagonal pots, octagonal pots, etc.

3. Jin Wen (筋纹) teapot:

da hong pao yixing teapot

The teapot is shaped using regularly arranged lines, and the inspiration comes from flowers in nature.

4. Flower teapot(花壶):

Flower pots refer to teapots with intricate patterns, most of which have sculptures. The themes include flowers, fruits, animals, etc.

5.Lifting teapot(提梁壶):

 This type of teapot is characterized by a tall carrying handle