Both inside outside painted teapots

Yet there was another type of teapots which were painted on the inside and outside with red zisha. These were again the products of the period from 1970s to early 1980s. The teapots were made from purplish clay (zisha). Again due to the relatively high cost of the red clay, these teapots were coated with a layer fine red zisha. This time, both the inside and outside were coated with the red clay.

These teapots again become collectors' items as they remind people of that era in Yixing where such products were made. They were of course good in workmanship and quality.

In late 80s, the 1st factory stopped producing these teapots and they ceased to appear in the market. One reason was that the factory was able to find a cheap way to process the red clay. Hence there was no need to coat the purple-clay pot with red clay, either on the outside or on both sides of the teapots.

The whole teapot was coated with red clay