Yixing ware teapots, also known as Zisha teapots, have a rich history that dates back centuries. These teapots are named after Yixing, a city located in Jiangsu province, China. Yixing has been renowned for its clay and pottery production since the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Here is a brief history of Yixing ware teapots:

The origins of Yixing ware teapots can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). During this time, Yixing clay, also known as Zisha clay, was discovered in the region. The clay is found near the banks of Lake Tai and is known for its unique properties, including its ability to retain heat and enhance the flavor of tea.

Yixing ware teapots gained popularity during the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The teapots were favored by scholars, artists, and literati for their elegant and simple designs, as well as their more...

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Chinese Yixing type miniature teapot character mark to base,…

Chinese Yixing Miniature Teapot with Character Mark

Chinese Yixing type miniature teapot character mark to base, height 8.5 cm

Chinese Yixing ceramic teapot embossed decoration, character…

Embossed Yixing Ceramic Teapot with Character Mark

Chinese Yixing ceramic teapot embossed decoration, character mark to base, height 8 cm.

Chinese YiXing teapot 14 cm high

14cm YiXing Teapot from China

Chinese YiXing teapot 14 cm high

Chinese Yixing teapot with dragon decoration

Dragon Yixing Teapot

Chinese Yixing teapot with dragon decoration

Chinese Yixing ceramic teapot pumpkin shape, with decorated lid,…

Yixing Pumpkin Teapot with Decorated Lid

Chinese Yixing ceramic teapot pumpkin shape, with decorated lid, character marks to base. (Height 7 cm

Two Chinese Yixing pottery teapots and covers, both with marks.…

Pair of Yixing Teapots with Marks

Two Chinese Yixing pottery teapots and covers, both with marks. Width 16.5 cm max.

Two Chinese Yixing pottery teapots and covers, both with marks.…

Pair of Yixing Teapots with Marks

Two Chinese Yixing pottery teapots and covers, both with marks. Width 19 cm max.

Chinese Yixing teapot and cover, with seal marks to base and…

Yixing Teapot with Seal Marks

Chinese Yixing teapot and cover, with seal marks to base and cover. Width 16 cm

Chinese Yixing ceramic decorative teapot traditional Chinese…

Yixing Ceramic House Teapot

Chinese Yixing ceramic decorative teapot traditional Chinese house form, marked to base, height 12 cm.

Chinese Yixing teapot with Chinese script decoration, height 14…

Chinese Script Yixing Teapot - 14cm Height

Chinese Yixing teapot with Chinese script decoration, height 14 cm approx

Large Chinese Yixing teapot, 17 cm tall

17cm Yixing Teapot from China

Large Chinese Yixing teapot, 17 cm tall

Chinese decorated Yixing teapot embossed dragon decoration,…

Embossed Dragon Yixing Teapot - 11 cm Height

Chinese decorated Yixing teapot embossed dragon decoration, height 11 cm.

Boxed Chinese Yixing teaset comprising 2 teapots, and 12…

Chinese Yixing Teaset with 14 Pieces - Unused in Box

Boxed Chinese Yixing teaset comprising 2 teapots, and 12 various tea bowls, and tea container, in unused condition, in original packaging.

Chinese Yixing teapot 10 cm high.

Yixing Teapot: A Chinese Treasure of Elegance

Chinese Yixing teapot 10 cm high.

Chinese Yixing teapot embossed decoration to lid and sides,…

Embossed Yixing Teapot with Character Marks

Chinese Yixing teapot embossed decoration to lid and sides, character marks to base, height 10 cm approx.

Two Chinese Yixing ceramic teapots one with character marks to…

Pair of Yixing Ceramic Teapots with Character Marks

Two Chinese Yixing ceramic teapots one with character marks to base, height 11 cm, each.

Two Chinese Yixing ceramic teapots each of blue/grey Yixing…

Pair of Yixing Ceramic Teapots with Script Decoration

Two Chinese Yixing ceramic teapots each of blue/grey Yixing ceramic, with script decoration, character marks to base, each with a craved wood stand, height 7 cm, & 8 cm, teapots only.

A Chinese Yixing teapot of ovoid form with a bamboo style…

Yixing Teapot with Plum Blossom and Bamboo Decoration

A Chinese Yixing teapot of ovoid form with a bamboo style handle and twig spout and applied plum blossom and bamboo to the body, the lid with a small furry creature finial; pressed seal mark underside and to lid. Height 12.5 cm

A Chinese Yixing teapot. People's Republic of China era, later…

Yixing Teapot with Peach and Twig Design

A Chinese Yixing teapot. People's Republic of China era, later 20th century, in red brown tones and of compressed ovoid form with a twig handle issuing peach leaves and small fruits, the low domed lid with a peach and twig finial; impressed seal mark…

A Yixing teapot with dragon spout decoration, stamped made in…

Dragon Spout Yixing Teapot from China

A Yixing teapot with dragon spout decoration, stamped made in China inner lid L16 cm. Height 8 cm

A Yixing teapot, with floral decoration, marks to base. Height…

Floral Yixing Teapot with Markings

A Yixing teapot, with floral decoration, marks to base. Height 10 cm. Length 17 cm

Chinese Yixing teapot and stand miniature Yixing teapot, marked…

Miniature Yixing Teapot with Carved Wood Stand

Chinese Yixing teapot and stand miniature Yixing teapot, marked to base, on carved wood stand, height 17 cm total including stand

Chinese Yixing teapot and cover, with seal marks to base and…

Yixing Teapot with Seal Marks

Chinese Yixing teapot and cover, with seal marks to base and cover. Width 17 cm

Zun Gui Ming pin Yixing teapot. Height 8.5 cm

Zun Gui Ming Yixing Teapot - 8.5 cm Height

Zun Gui Ming pin Yixing teapot. Height 8.5 cm

Chinese Yixing teapot with embossed decoration and character…

Embossed Yixing Teapot with Character Marks

Chinese Yixing teapot with embossed decoration and character marks to base

Small Chinese brown YiXing teapot with prunus decoration.…

Brown YiXing Teapot with Prunus Decoration

Small Chinese brown YiXing teapot with prunus decoration. Impressed mark to lid. 13.5 cm handle to spout.

Two Chinese Yixing teapots, 10 cm high (tallest) approx.

Pair of Yixing Teapots, 10 cm Height

Two Chinese Yixing teapots, 10 cm high (tallest) approx.

Two Chinese yixing teapots

Yixing Teapots: A Chinese Treasure

Two Chinese yixing teapots

Chinese decorated Yixing teapot, decorated in script to bowl,…

Chinese decorated Yixing teapot, decorated in script to bowl, character marks to base, height 8 cm

A Chinese Yixing teapot, with blue and white enamel decoration…

Blue and White Yixing Teapot with Enamel Decoration

A Chinese Yixing teapot, with blue and white enamel decoration and metal handle, inscribed signature underneath the cover and to the interior centre of the teapot, impressed mark underneath the back handle support and to the base, width 17.5 cm

Two Chinese Yixing Teapots, made from the purple clay, one in…

Yixing Teapots: Peach & Reticulated Shapes, Impressed Marks

Two Chinese Yixing Teapots, made from the purple clay, one in the shape of a peach the other reticulated each with perfectly fitting lids, and impressed marks to base.

Two Chinese Yixing Teapots, one of squat form with straight…

Pair of Yixing Teapots with Grape and Squirrel Design

Two Chinese Yixing Teapots, one of squat form with straight sides, the other of round peach shape with the grape and squirrel design, each with perfectly fitting lids, and impressed marks to base. [2]

Three Chinese Yixing teapots 19 cm wide (largest)

Three Yixing Teapots - 19cm Wide

Three Chinese Yixing teapots 19 cm wide (largest)

A group of three Chinese teapots, a pot and a dish, in the…

Chinese Yixing Teapot Set with Lotus Bud and Turtle Dish

A group of three Chinese teapots, a pot and a dish, in the Yixing manner, including a square form pot with applied bamboo sprigs, an ovoid pot, a lotus bud pot with a small frog finial, a footed and shaped hexagonal pot and a small dish in the form of a…

A green pottery Yixing type teapot, of squat form with a low…

Green Yixing Pottery Teapot with Bamboo Handle and Sprigs

A green pottery Yixing type teapot, of squat form with a low domed lid, a bamboo finial, handle and spout, and foliage sprigs, impressed mark underside, height 8 cm, width 17 cm, diameter 11.5 cm

Chinese Yixing tea pot, decorated with two dragons disputing a…

Dragon Yixing Teapot with Tree Branch Handle

Chinese Yixing tea pot, decorated with two dragons disputing a flaming pearl, finial, spout and handle in the form of a tree branch, in tones of brown and orange, height 10 cm

A Yixing tea pot with glaze, handle and spout, two Studio mark,…

Yixing Glazed Tea Pot with Studio Mark and Chip

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A Chinese 'Friends of Winter' Yixing teapot. Fashioned as a cut…

Bamboo Blossom Yixing Teapot

A Chinese 'Friends of Winter' Yixing teapot. Fashioned as a cut section of log with a twig form handle and a bamboo spout, bark like texture to one side and sprigs of bamboo and blossom to the other, a gnarled pine branch finial to the flat fitted lid in…

A Yixing teapot, with serpent motif. Height 11 cm

Serpent Yixing Teapot (11 cm)

A Yixing teapot, with serpent motif. Height 11 cm

Chinese Yixing teapot with applied dragon design in silver,…

Silver Dragon Yixing Teapot with Reign Mark

Chinese Yixing teapot with applied dragon design in silver, impressed reign mark to base, 14.5 cm spout to handle,

Chinese Yixing tea set, comprising teapot, 6 cups, jug & tray

Yixing Tea Set with Teapot, Cups, Jug, and Tray

Chinese Yixing tea set, comprising teapot, 6 cups, jug & tray

Vintage Chinese Yixing teapot in form of gourd with animal to…

Gourd-shaped Yixing Teapot with Animal Lid Mark

Vintage Chinese Yixing teapot in form of gourd with animal to lid mark to base 10 cm long

Two Chinese Yixing teapots, including a simple unadorned ovoid…

Pair of Yixing Teapots: Buff & Turquoise

Two Chinese Yixing teapots, including a simple unadorned ovoid pot in a buff tone with a low domed lid and knop finial, the other in turquoise and shaped in part as a vegetable with a buff coloured toad finial, and having an articulated rattle motif to…

A Chinese Yixing teapot, modelled as a tree branch with the…

Yixing Teapot with Peach Tree Motif

A Chinese Yixing teapot, modelled as a tree branch with the handle and spout emulating peach tree branches, the fitted flat lid having a peach and twig finial; with impressed seal mark underside. Height 13 cm. Width 22 cm

Chinese Yixing teapot, of baluster form, with loop handle and…

Yixing Teapot with Loop Handle and Marked Base

Chinese Yixing teapot, of baluster form, with loop handle and short spout, with circular ring to finial, mark to base, height 7.5 cm

A Yixing type teapot, of simple compressed globular shape,…

Yixing Teapot with Hui Mengchen Seal

A Yixing type teapot, of simple compressed globular shape, domed lid and a side spout, bearing, apocryphal seal of Hui Mengchen underside, boxed, height 7.5 cm

A Chinese Yixing style teapot with enamel decoration, 20th…

Enamel Decorated Yixing Teapot

A Chinese Yixing style teapot with enamel decoration, 20th century, the compressed pumpkin shaped pot decorated with light and dark blue enamel flowers and butterflies on an unglazed terracotta ground, impressed marks underside. Height 10.5 cm. Width 18.5…

A Chinese Yixing teapot, 20th century, the red clay teapot in…

Yixing Teapot with Monkey Finial and Leafy Design

A Chinese Yixing teapot, 20th century, the red clay teapot in the form of a rough cast pod entwined with leaves, tendrils and seed heads, the handle in the form of a twisted branch, the lid conforming and with a monkey finial; incised signature underside.…

Small Chinese Yixing lidded teapot, decorated with the ?Three…

Yixing Teapot with Three Friends of Winter Decoration

Small Chinese Yixing lidded teapot, decorated with the ?Three Friends of Winter?, seal marks. Width 11 cm

Small Chinese Yixing lidded teapot, carved with Buddhist lions,…

Yixing Teapot with Buddhist Lion Carvings

Small Chinese Yixing lidded teapot, carved with Buddhist lions, seal mark. Width 13.5 cm

A Chinese Yixing teapot within teapot, matt black body, the…

Yixing Teapot with Inner Teapot and Repaired Lid

A Chinese Yixing teapot within teapot, matt black body, the inner teapot with repaired lid. Character marks to reverse panel. Height 15.5 cm.

A Chinese Yixing teapot, with money toad form lid.

Yixing Teapot with Money Toad Lid

A Chinese Yixing teapot, with money toad form lid.

A Chinese Yixing circular teapot, relief dragon decoration to…

Dragon Relief Yixing Teapot with Moveable Head

A Chinese Yixing circular teapot, relief dragon decoration to the body, the lid with double scrolling cloud form finial and moveable dragon's head, some minor fritting. Diameter 12.5 cm.

Yixing teapot, citron form in light brown clay (lid A/F)

Light Brown Citron Yixing Teapot (Lid A/F)

Yixing teapot, citron form in light brown clay (lid A/F)

Four various Chinese Yixing ceramic teapots, 1 with applied…

Four Yixing Ceramic Teapots with Chinese Decorations

Four various Chinese Yixing ceramic teapots, 1 with applied acorn decoration, 1 with embossed Chinese characters decoration, plus 2 others. Each with impressed character marks to base. Height 11 cm (tallest)

Boxed collection miniature Yixing teapots (8)

Yixing Teapot Collection - Boxed Miniatures (8)

Boxed collection miniature Yixing teapots (8)

Yixing ware highly Levigated terracotta late 20th century…

Yixing Terracotta Teapot - Late 20th Century Chinese Ware

Yixing ware highly Levigated terracotta late 20th century Chinese teapot

A Chinese Yixing teapot of an unusual rounded and cutaway form…

Yixing Teapot with Bug Lid and Incised Script

A Chinese Yixing teapot of an unusual rounded and cutaway form with a 'C' handle and a lid apparently in the form of a bug; having incised and stained script to the side of the pot; pressed mark underside. Height 8.5 cm

A Chinese Yixing Zisha Bell-Form teapot, late 20th century, the…

Yixing Zisha Bell-Form Teapot, Late 20th Century

A Chinese Yixing Zisha Bell-Form teapot, late 20th century, the teapot of archaic bell form in purplish-brown clay with plain body, stamped to the base and under lid. Height 12 cm, width 19 cm

Two Chinese Yixing teapots one in lotus shape with purchse…

Pair of Chinese Yixing Teapots with Lotus Shape & Markings

Two Chinese Yixing teapots one in lotus shape with purchse receipt both with marks to base largest measures 14.5 cm wide, (2)

Chinese carved stone teapot & cups on tray, two Yixing petite…

Carved Stone Teapot Set with Yixing Petite Tea Pots

Chinese carved stone teapot & cups on tray, two Yixing petite tea pots with impressed marker's marks, gourd form tea pot on a matching rectangular tray with six cups, [10], length 30 cm

A Chinese Yixing tea pot with fine bamboo decoration the knop,…

Bamboo Yixing Tea Pot with Impressed Mark

A Chinese Yixing tea pot with fine bamboo decoration the knop, handle and spout in the form of bamboo fronds, applied bamboo leaves on the lid and body. Very fine fitting lid with impressed makers mark to base, height 9.5 cm

A small Yixing redware teapot, melon shape, impressed seal…

Yixing Melon Teapot with Impressed Seal

A small Yixing redware teapot, melon shape, impressed seal under the base.

Chinese Yixing teapot. Bun form lidded pot with applied spout…

Yixing Teapot with Loop Handle and Applied Spout

Chinese Yixing teapot. Bun form lidded pot with applied spout and loop handle. Height 8.5 cm

Three Chinese Yixing Teapots, a rectangular pot with a bamboo…

Set of Three Yixing Teapots with Impressed Marks

Three Chinese Yixing Teapots, a rectangular pot with a bamboo spout, two of rounded form, each with perfectly fitting lids, and impressed marks to base. [3]

A very large Yixing tea pot, an impressed mark on the body,…

Large 19th Century Yixing Tea Pot with Impressed Mark

A very large Yixing tea pot, an impressed mark on the body, base & inside the lid, 19th century, height 20 cm, diameter 18 cm

A Chinese Yang Yunxia Yixing Zisha teapot, baluster form with…

Enamel Bird Yixing Zisha Teapot

A Chinese Yang Yunxia Yixing Zisha teapot, baluster form with enamel birds signed 8 cm diameter, 6 cm

A Chinese Jiang Rong Yixing teapot decorated with Vines and…

Jiang Rong Yixing Teapot with Vines and Berries

A Chinese Jiang Rong Yixing teapot decorated with Vines and berries signed 14 cm diameter, 4 cm

A Chinese Yixing melon form teapot, relief melon decoration,…

Yixing Melon Teapot with Vine Handles

A Chinese Yixing melon form teapot, relief melon decoration, vine form handles. Height 12.5 cm.

A Chinese Yixing teapot, modelled in the form of a lotus flower…

Yixing Lotus Teapot with Frog Finial

A Chinese Yixing teapot, modelled in the form of a lotus flower with frog finial. Impressed mark on base. Length 14 cm

Three Chinese Yixing Teapots, one of squat form with tall…

Chinese Yixing Teapots with Impressed Marks

Three Chinese Yixing Teapots, one of squat form with tall straight sides sitting on five half coin feet, one of rounded form with raised bamboo fronds, each with perfectly fitting lids, and impressed marks to base

Three Chinese Yixing teapots, 15.5 cm wide (largest)

Three Yixing Teapots: Chinese Craftsmanship at Its Finest

Three Chinese Yixing teapots, 15.5 cm wide (largest)

Large Chinese Yixing tea pot with single character mark to base,…

Chinese Yixing Tea Pot with Single Character Mark

Large Chinese Yixing tea pot with single character mark to base, 15 cm high approx.

Chinese Yixing teapot, with buffalo form finial to lid, 16 cm…

Buffalo Yixing Teapot - 16cm

Chinese Yixing teapot, with buffalo form finial to lid, 16 cm wide approx

Three various Chinese souvenir pieces including cased set…

Chinese Souvenir Trio: Tapers, Teapot, and Ginger Pot

Three various Chinese souvenir pieces including cased set Fortune Telling tapers, a Chinese Yixing teapot, and a green ceramic ginger pot.

Large Chinese Yixing teapot with frog & crab decoration, 37 cm…

Chinese Yixing Teapot with Frog & Crab Decoration

Large Chinese Yixing teapot with frog & crab decoration, 37 cm handle to spout approx., some damage to crabs

Chinese Yixing teapot, 12 cm wide approx

Yixing Teapot - 12 cm Wide

Chinese Yixing teapot, 12 cm wide approx

Two Chinese Yixing teapots with bamboo decoration, impressed…

Bamboo Yixing Teapots with Reign Mark, 11cm High

Two Chinese Yixing teapots with bamboo decoration, impressed reign mark to base, 11 cm high approx (tallest)

Two Chinese Yixing Teapots, one of squat round form with a…

Pair of Yixing Teapots with Landscape and Plum Blossom Motifs

Two Chinese Yixing Teapots, one of squat round form with a bamboo style handle, spout and finial, having an incised landscape scene to one face and script to the other, the other of compressed tapering form, having a small spout and simple rounded handle,…

A Chinese Yixing stoneware tea pot, of tall slightly-lobed form,…

Yixing Stoneware Tea Pot with Floral Decoration

A Chinese Yixing stoneware tea pot, of tall slightly-lobed form, the handles and spout modelled as knotty branches, the body and cover with raised slip decoration of flowering branches, an impressed seal mark underside. Height 14 cm

A signed Yixing 'Frog and Lotus' teapot and cover, the Lianzi…

Yixing 'Frog and Lotus' Teapot with Movable Seeds

A signed Yixing 'Frog and Lotus' teapot and cover, the Lianzi Quingwa Yixing teapot in even green tone and of compressed globular form, with a body of overlapping lotus leaves, a round handle, and leafy spout, the circular cover in the form of a lotus pod…

A Yixing style teapot on stand, the red brown teapot of…

Yixing Teapot on Wire Stand with Peach Lid Decoration

A Yixing style teapot on stand, the red brown teapot of compressed ovoid form with a low domed cover and set within a wire work cage with a pair of carry handles, decorated to the body with script and having applied peach decorations to the lid; with…

A Chinese miniature Yixing teapot with interesting male and…

Yixing Teapot with Figural and Floral Decoration

A Chinese miniature Yixing teapot with interesting male and female figural and floral decoration, marks to base. Height 7 cm. Length 11 cm

A ChineseShi Dabing Yixing Zisha teapot decorated with dragons…

Dragon-decorated Yixing Zisha teapot with signature

A ChineseShi Dabing Yixing Zisha teapot decorated with dragons signed 9.5 cm diameter, 8 cm

A Chinese blue and white teapot, Kangxi 1662-1722, and a Yixing…

Chinese Blue & White and Yixing Teapot Pair

A Chinese blue and white teapot, Kangxi 1662-1722, and a Yixing teapot, impressed mark, 12 cm and 6.5 cm high

A Yixing teapot, a delightful red brown ovoid pot decorated in…

Enamelled Yixing Teapot with Lotus and Frog Decoration

A Yixing teapot, a delightful red brown ovoid pot decorated in pink and green enamels with a lotus stem handle, lotus spout and with a frog finial to the lid, raised upon three goldfish feet; impressed mark underside. Height 9.5 cm. Width 15.5 cm.…

Good Chinese Yixing decorated teapot, with cat decoration…

Good Chinese Yixing decorated teapot, with cat decoration finial to lid, applied bird decoration, character mark and dragon figure to base, height 10 cm; on a carved wood base.

A Chinese Yixing tea pot with mark, height 7.5 cm

Chinese Yixing Tea Pot with Mark - 7.5 cm Height

A Chinese Yixing tea pot with mark, height 7.5 cm

Yixing teapot, stamp to base, length 17 cm

Yixing Teapot with Stamp, 17 cm Length

Yixing teapot, stamp to base, length 17 cm

Chinese Yixing pottery kettle shape large teapot with cast…

Yixing Pottery Teapot with Brass Handle

Chinese Yixing pottery kettle shape large teapot with cast brass bail handle

Unusual Chinese Yixing teapot, the body and the spout moulded…

Bamboo and Gourd Yixing Teapot

Unusual Chinese Yixing teapot, the body and the spout moulded as bamboo, a gourd applied to the lid, seal mark to base and lid. Height 13 cm

Chinese Yixing petit teapot, of baluster form, decorated with…

Yixing Lotus Teapot, 8cm

Chinese Yixing petit teapot, of baluster form, decorated with lotus flowers, in tones of yellow, green and pink, seal mark to base, height 8 cm

A Chinese Yixing teapot with impressed mark to base & makers…

Chinese Yixing Teapot with Prunus Branch Knop & Spout

A Chinese Yixing teapot with impressed mark to base & makers mark to lid, prunus branch in relief as knop and spout. Length 19 cm

Two Chinese Yixing Teapots, both with bamboo knops and bamboo…

Chinese Yixing Teapots with Bamboo Handles and Knops

Two Chinese Yixing Teapots, both with bamboo knops and bamboo form handles, each with impressed marks to base, height 14 cm

A Yixing teapot, with cloud decoration and cicada to handle,…

Cloud and Cicada Yixing Teapot

A Yixing teapot, with cloud decoration and cicada to handle, artist chops to inner lid and marks to base. Height 9 cm, Length 18 cm