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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quirkygirl, post: 152476, member: 106&quot;]That&#039;s a good question and I was wondering about it myself (whether it was made to be used)&nbsp; But, the original in the museum was from the Song Dynasty (960 - 1127) ... and I don&#039;t think they would make a non-functional teapot back then - but what do I know?</p><p><br /></p><p>No stopper - the flower-shaped hole is the lower end of a ceramic tube that rises up nearly to the top of the pot ... I think you hold it upside-down to fill it and when set upright, the water is trapped inside.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t tried it out ... I have visions of scalding my hand with boiling water!&nbsp; (needless to say, if and when I do try it out, the trial runs will be with room temperature water)&nbsp; I can&#039;t even imagine how they would get tea leaves in (or out of) it!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not finding a lot of info about it online, unfortunately.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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