Butterfly Han Tile yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94833The precise teapot form called "" is not a standard, widely documented category in the literature I have access to, so the name appears to combine two motifs (butterfly) and (Han [dynasty] roof tile) rather than refer to a single canonical historical model. Briefly: many Chinese teapots and vessels take their names from animals, architectural elements, or everyday objects, and potters have long combined decorative motifs in imaginative, regionally