A pear-shaped pot with overhead handle

The first ever teapot with an overhead handle was reputed to be designed by a poet, Su Tongpo of the Song dynasty. This is the famous Tongpo overhead handle pot. Teapots with over-head handles become a standard design feature. Many different types of such teapots have been made by potters of all ages and fame, some design won prizes and top awards while others fetched millions in auction houses.

 

This is a pear-shaped pot with an overhead handle. There are yellow poker dots on the pot. Although not very convenient to use when putting/taking out tea leaves is concerned, the pot is good to hold when tea is being poured out. The potter is Soonyin, a potter of the 80s.

Another polished teapot with an overhead handle made of silver.