Small eggplant yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94897I cant find a widely documented teapot form exactly named "" (literally small eggplantsegment teapot), so the identification is somewhat ambiguous. Based on the Chinese name, however, it likely refers to a small teapot whose profile or surface is modeled after an eggplant or an eggplants segmented shapea common practice in Chinese ceramics and especially in Yixing (zisha) teapots, where forms are often drawn from plants, fruits, or everyday objects.