Lotus yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94840

• Height: 8.5 cm
• Weight: 220 g
• Volume: 245 ml

The exact form name "清莲壶" (literally "Clear/Pure Lotus Teapot") is not a widely standardized historical typology, so it may be a modern or workshop name referring to a teapot decorated or shaped with lotus imagery. In general, Chinese teapots bearing floral names draw on long traditions: from the rise of small, utilitarian teapots in the Ming dynasty to the highly refined Yixing and kilned porcelain teapots of the Qing period, artisans and connoisseurs have routinely named models after plants, animals, and poetic images. The lotus motif in particular has deep cultural resonance in China as a symbol of purity and spiritual elevation, and it appears across clay and porcelain ware from the late imperial era to contemporary studio pottery.

Shape note: teapots called "lotus" commonly emphasize natural forms — a rounded or slightly flattened body with petal-moulding or low-relief lotus decoration, a lid that may echo a flower bud as a finial, and a spout or handle shaped to suggest a stem or leaf. Proportions are typically balanced for pouring and hand comfort; surface treatments range from carved or molded detailing to painted or glazed lotus imagery.
Wood-fired handmade Yixing teapot made from Duanni clay sourced from the original Huanglongshan mine. Xu Shun Wei.