Horizontal kettle yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94790The name (shupng h, literally horizontal pot) suggests a teapot whose primary visual axis runs parallel to the table a low, elongated or squat vessel that reads more horizontal than tall. The exact term is not widely attested in standard historic form lists, so the precise canonical design can be ambiguous; it is best understood as a descriptive name rather than a single fixed archetype. General historical context: small, specialized teapots became