The encyclopedias also note that in the 17th century, when China tea was sold into Europe, an Yixing red stoneware teapot was sent in each chest. These pots were soon imitated in Germany, England and Holland.
百科全書中也指出：十七世紀中國茶葉賣到歐洲時，每箱茶葉附贈宜興紅土壺一隻，於是德英荷皆有仿製品出現。