Strange Cast Iron Teapot

It appears to be an old Japanese? Or Chineese Tea Pot. I can’t find any cast iron teapots in this shape anywhere? It is about 11 ½ inches tall and 7 wide. It Has a picture of a fishing boat and something else on one side. The other side appears to be a volcano with lave flowing? Also something that looks like symbols I can’t read. Lid is bronze. If anyone knows where this came from or its age, it would be a great help.

 

Can you show us the volcano please?

 

There is a link to it, but here it is

 

I wonder if that's Mt Fuji?

 

It has three peaks. So I'd say not.

 

It is a Japanese tetsubin (cast iron kettle). If it has fan shaped cartouches, it is usually Japanese.

The tetsubin and its significance for the Japanese tea ceremony:
https://japanobjects.com/features/tetsubin

Yes, it is.
Those aren't three separate peaks, but a stylisation of the way Mt Fuji looks from the north (if I am correct).

 

They don't look the same to me.

 

They did when the tetsubin was made.
Volcanoes! They never behave.

 

Unless you don't want them to, of course. I swear they're managed by cats.

 

The Sakurajima volcano in Japan on July 24th produced an unusually large volcanic eruption, throwing bombs of lava and boulders of material up to 2500 meters from its active vent. Due to how close this material landed to several large cities, evacuation orders were issued.

Cats were seen fleeing the scene....

 

There's your proof!

 

Proof at least of superior feline intelligence, either brain cells or "intel". Hard to say either way and the cats aren't talking.

 

Any ideas on the age of this???

 

I don't know about the age, but see it has nice patina. Am just commenting in hopes that somebody else will see this as it is bumped to the top.