Lotus Flower Milk Cauldron yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94906The exact term "" is not a widely standardized catalogue name in the published literature, so its precise historical lineage is somewhat ambiguous. Literally it combines "lotus" () with "" a compound suggesting a ding like vessel with rounded, nipple or lobedforms applied to a teapot (). Given that, the safest reading is a teapot that marries lotus decoration with a body shaped like a small ding or a lobed () vessel. Historically, Chinese teapot