<img width="640" height="473" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1985-59-1-ab-700x517.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1985-59-1-ab-700x517.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1985-59-1-ab-300x222.jpg 300w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1985-59-1-ab-170x126.jpg 170w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1985-59-1-ab.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="26936" data-permalink="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2017/10/24/not-your-grandmothers-teapot/1985-59-1-ab/" data-orig-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1985-59-1-ab.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,757" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="1985-59-1-a,b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1985-59-1-ab-300x222.jpg" data-large-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1985-59-1-ab-700x517.jpg" />This teapot by the American ceramicist, Richard Notkin, draws its material influence from Chinese Yixing clay teapots. This type of clay is found in China in the city of Yixing in the Jiangsu Province, and is typically a red or brown color. While the clay has been used to create many different wares, the most...
