Teapot with unusual design

This teapot design is for export to the Japanese market. Don't know why the Japanese prefer to hold the teapot in this fashion.

This teapot could possibly be made in the 70s as the inscription on the side reads Long Live Chairman Mao.

Another inscription at the base of the teapot reads Wish Chairman Mao in Good Health. Usually one wish others during their birthdays with such greetings.