Calligraphy Qin Quan yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94891The exact term "" is not a widely documented standard teapot form, so its precise historical provenance is ambiguous. Literally it reads as a "calligraphy () Qinquan () teapot ()," suggesting a pot inspired by the shape or motif of ancient Qindynasty weights or balances () and finished with calligraphic decoration. Safe historical context: many Chinese teapot forms developed within the Yixing () zisha tradition from the Ming and Qing periods onward.