Classic shapes of Yixing teapots

[tealeaves]

Greetings!

Just as I've stated in the topic name: what are the classic shapes of Yixing teapots? It would be great to have the names of those in hanzi too, since it'll be easier to find more info.

Thanks in advance.

[bagua7]

Here.

[tealeaves]

Thanks. It would be great to have those shapes in hanzi though, since it is hard for me to translate the pinyin names without accents. Could somebody help?

[wyardley]

Simplified characters in parens where needed. Let me know if there are any wrong tones, translations that should be improved, wrong characters, etc. I'll try to add some more shapes later when I get a chance.

水平 shuǐ píng (water level)
德鐘 (德钟) dé zhōng
掇球 duō qiú (ball-drop)
仿古 fǎng gǔ (pseudo-classical; ancient-style)
君德 jūn dé (first name of Zhang Junde [per gingko's comment])
六方 liù fāng (hexagonal)
梨形 lí xíng （pear-shaped)
思亭 (sī tíng) (specific style of pear-shaped pot, name comes from its inscription '思亭')
肉扁 ròu bǐan
石瓢 shì piáo (stone dipper)
太監 (太监) tài jiān (court eunuch)
文旦 wén dàn (pomelo)
芭樂 (芭乐) bā lè (guava)
線瓢 (线瓢) xiàn piáo (similar shape to above)
西施 xī shī (breast-shaped pot named after a famous beauty)
You can also try searching at http://babelcarp.org for some of these, and take a look at this post about the 'wuxing' shapes
http://houdeblog.com/oldblog/index.php? ... 221-151835

[tealeaves]

Thank you very much. Great work!

[Poohblah]

I would like to add one to the list:

西施 - xī shī, named for a beautiful Chinese woman, kind of a Helen of Troy to the Chinese [wiki]

Also, 君德 jūn dé translates to "gentlemanly virtue".

[wyardley]

西施 - xī shī, named for a beautiful Chinese woman, kind of a Helen of Troy to the Chinese [wiki]

Also, 君德 jūn dé translates to "gentlemanly virtue".

Not sure how I missed xishi - thought it was on the original list. Also updated the translation for jun de - wasn't really sure how to render that. Updated both above.

Would be great to put this in table form, sorted by types of shape, and with illustrations. I'll see if I can scan some drawings of shapes from one of my teapot books.

[gingkoseto]

tai jian is not a classic name, but rather an informal, half-jokingly name (and you could tell from the translation)
If you see such a style from somebody, it's a good idea not to call it by this name, just to be conservative
The name is from a teapot from a tai jian's tomb, but then has been used for some other different styles too, informally.

jun de is the first name of Zhang Junde, the inventor of the style. As reflected by the translation, it's a good name

[tealeaves]

Would be great to put this in table form, sorted by types of shape, and with illustrations. I'll see if I can scan some drawings of shapes from one of my teapot books.

Great idea. Just go on with the info and drawings, and I will do the organisation part.

[oogamooga]

Would be great to put this in table form, sorted by types of shape, and with illustrations. I'll see if I can scan some drawings of shapes from one of my teapot books.

Great idea. Just go on with the info and drawings, and I will do the organisation part.

Resuscitating an old post. Did anything ever come of this? I've been working my way backwards through the archives and don't think I ran across anything.