The lid of the pot takes the shape of the nose of an ox. The pot is cylindrical in shape. It is interesting to note that the lid is rather flat with two oblong openings that resemble the two nostrils of the ox. I have no idea as to who created this teapot design. There have been many of such pots made by famous potters, past and present.
This particular ox-nose pot was made from red zisha. The potter is a person by the surname of Ma. The pot is relatively easy to handle as one can grip the lid easily through the large openings of the nostrils.
Yixing teapots can take so many different designs, shapes and sizes due to the creativity of the potters. Anything is possible in the design of pots for tea drinking. However, it is important that the teapot design has to take functionality as a top priority. No one would a teapot that has problem in dispensing tea during tea drinking.
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