Chinese Art An Yixing beige teapot and coverChina, 20th century . . Cm 16,00 x 10,50 x 8,50. Beige terracotta teapot (duan ni), with a rounded quadrangular body and decorated with an inscription with calligraphic characters. The famous Yixing teapots count an infinite and kaleidoscopic variety of models, using the prestigious clay extracted in the homonymous city, along the shores of Lake Tai. Yixing clay, renowned since ancient times, for its fineness and variety of color, is eligible to be left unglazed, in order to reveal the intrinsic beauty of the material used.