![A PUMPKIN-SHAPED PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT.: Pumpkin-Shaped Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010825_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
Clay Serveware
![A PUMPKIN-SHAPED PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT.: Pumpkin-Shaped Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010825_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, LOTUS-ROOT-SHAPED SPOUT.: Purple Clay Teapot, with Lotus-Root-Shaped Spout.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010809_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS DESIGN.: Purple Clay Teapot with Handle, Carved Plum Blossoms Design.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010795_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, CARVED BAMBOO DESIGN.: Purple Clay Teapot with Handle, Carved Bamboo Design.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010778_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH HANDLE.: Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010758_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH BAGUA DESIGN.: Purple Clay Teapot, with Bagua Design, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010682_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH HANDLE.: Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010652_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A TRIPOD-SHAPED PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT.: Tripod-Shaped Purple Clay Teapot.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010636_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![AN AUSPICIOUS BEAST-KNOB PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT.: Auspicious Beast-Knob Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010616_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH HANDLE.: Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010518_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH BAMBOO-SHAPED SPOUT.: Purple Clay Teapot, with Bamboo-Joint-Shaped Handle and Spout.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010496_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A BAMBOO-ROOT-SHAPED PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT.: Bamboo-Root-Shaped Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010471_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A HEXAGONAL PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH HANDLE.: Hexagonal Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010324_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS DESIGN.: Purple Clay Teapot with Handle, Carved Plum Blossoms Design.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010294_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH HANDLE.: Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010290_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A CATTLE-KNOB PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH HANDLE.: Cattle-Knob Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010224_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, LETTERING "RONGHUAFUGUI".: Purple Clay Teapot, Lettering "Ronghuafugui", with Handle, Symbolize Glory and Wealth.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010199_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH FISH-DRAGON DESIGN.: Purple Clay Teapot, with Handle, with Fish-Dragon Design.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010194_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, WITH BAMBOO-SHAPED SPOUT.: Purple Clay Teapot, with Bamboo-Joint-Shaped Handle and Spout.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010139_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT, CARVED DRAGON DESIGN.: Purple Clay Teapot, Carved Dragon Design, with Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010040_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![A PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT WITH LIFTING HANDLE.: Purple Clay Teapot with Lifting Handle.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7936/333374/180010035_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718336259)
![YIXING ZISHA TEAPOT: 紫砂茶壺 The Yixing Zisha teapot is of globular form, with large C shaped handle, thick spout, and bead finial, the clay is of dark brown color tone, bottom bears four characte](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2801/333199/179877133_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718307742)
![YIXING ZISHA TEA JAR WITH LID AND STAND: 紫砂茶葉罐 The Yixing Zisha tea jar is of hexagonal form with slightly tapering body, depicts SHOU character on top of key-fret patterns on each side, the clay is of ligh](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2801/333199/179877018_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718307742)
![YIXING ZISHA TEA JAR WITH COVER: 紫砂蓋罐 The Yixing Zisha tea jar is of straight octagonal form, exterior carved with bamboo grove, the clay is of brown color tone. Yixing Zisha tea jar with cover Height: 8 i](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2801/333199/179876967_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718307742)
News about Clay Serveware
![Toshiko Takaezu turned clay into poetry](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Purple-Moon.jpg)
Toshiko Takaezu turned clay into poetry
NEW YORK – A handful of artists have taken the material of clay to new heights. One of the most celebrated is Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011), whose ceramics are prized for their artistic skill and complex execution as well as their poetic surfaces. Born in Hawaii, she worked in several mediums during her five-decade career, from […]
![Israeli scientists brew beer in clay vessels with revived ancient yeasts](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/featured-1-5.jpg)
Israeli scientists brew beer in clay vessels with revived ancient yeasts
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli researchers raised a glass Wednesday to celebrate a long-brewing project of making beer and mead using yeasts extracted from ancient clay vessels — some over 5,000 years old.
![Mark Catesby’s Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving leads our five auction highlights](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Trillium-Antique-Prints-and-Rare-Books-April-6-Mark-Catesby.jpeg)
Mark Catesby’s Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving leads our five auction highlights
Mark Catesby, Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving, $5,555 FRANKLIN, TN – Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was born in England, but after traveling to South Carolina, he became America’s first naturalist and illustrator. A century before Audubon, he published the seminal Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of […]
![Gio Ponti Triennale Armchairs lead our five auction highlights](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wright-March-28-Gio-Ponti-chairs.jpg)
Gio Ponti Triennale Armchairs lead our five auction highlights
Gio Ponti Triennale Armchairs, $117,900 CHICAGO – Among the starring lots at the Wright Design sale on March 28 was this pair of Gio Ponti lacquered wood, upholstery, and brass Triennale armchairs dating to 1951. The design is one produced for ISA (Industria Salotti e Arredamenti), the luxury furniture firm. To achieve the effect of […]