Short-mouth kiln-transformed Xishi yixing clay woodfired teapot # 95619This piece reads as a Xishi ()style teapot in the Yixing tradition, described here as a shortmouth kilnvariation Xishi (). Xishi is one of the classic Yixing teapot shapesnamed after a famous historical beautyand has been part of the Jiangsu Yixing repertoire for centuries. Yixing (zisha ) teapots became widely established from the late Ming onward, valued for their clays heat properties, simple forms and close fit of lid and body. (kilnvariation)