Where did the Teapots Originate?
If one is to go by the accounts of Chou Kao-ch’I, who authored the Yang Hsien ming hu hsi, an account dealing with Ishing teapots, then it was these teapots which were the creations of potters at Ishing that were later made famous to Europeans and were known to them by the Portuguese term, bocarro, which means large mouth. These were teapots that were of small size and came to Europe along with tea to become the models after which the European teapots were first fashioned. However, this view has since been disputed and teapots in Europe may have been attributed to either the Islamic coffee pots or to the Chinese wine vessels that were being imported as curiosity items. In any case, there is no denying the fact that tea was originally Chinese, even though teapots as we know them today are basically entirely European. To begin with, European teapots were heavy cast having short, straight and replaceable spouts that were different to the Chinese teapots. This was followed by large scale i
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