Hexagonal horizontal yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94799Literal translation: "li fng shupng h" a sixsided (hexagonal) shuiping teapot. The exact historical type denoted by this name is not widely standardized in the literature, so the following gives a cautious, general context. Brief history: Polygonal and geometric teapot forms have been made in China for centuries and are especially associated with the Yixing (zisha) tradition from Jiangsu province, which became prominent in the Ming and Qing periods