People visit a collection exhibition of Chinese Yixing ceramics at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 14, 2026. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

People visit a collection exhibition of Chinese Yixing ceramics at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 14, 2026. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

People visit a collection exhibition of Chinese Yixing ceramics at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 14, 2026. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

A Yixing purple clay teapot is displayed during a collection exhibition of Chinese Yixing ceramics at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 14, 2026. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)