Plum Blossom Antique yixing clay woodfired teapot # 94782The name "" literally reads as plumblossom archaistic teapot. While there is no single, standardized canonical model called exactly that, the label typically refers to a teapot that combines a plumblossom (meihua) motif with an archaistic or antiquestyle (fanggu) silhouette. Brief history: Archaistic teapots became popular as part of literati and connoisseur taste from the late Ming into the Qing dynasty, when makers often drew on ancient bronze and