Articles of daily use naturally accord with ways of life, and because agriculture requires a large expenditure of group physical labor, this type of teapot has a greater volume than most. Set it beside a dainty little teapot epitomizing affluence and leisure, and what appears are two intrinsically different attitudes toward life.
日用器具當然是跟生活機能相配合的，由於農事是群體消耗大量體力的勞動，這類茶壺的體積也就較一般所見的為大，它比起象徵生活餘裕、休閒的小巧宜興茶壺，呈現的是兩種迥然不同的生活態度。