Auspicious Han Tile yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94907The name can be read as Auspicious (Xiangrui) Han Tile (literally propitious omen Han tile). The exact, historically codified teapot form called this is not widely documented, so the identification is ambiguous. However, the name suggests a teapot inspired by Han dynasty roof or ceramic tiles and decorated with auspicious motifs. In general context: Chinese teapot formsespecially in Yixing zisha and later Jiangsu or Zhejiang waresoften borrow