The bronze cast teapot in the form of mythical beast Tianji, two legs supporting globular body, wings curled on the sides, mythical beast shaped handle arched over flat double cover with beast knob, beak opens to reveal water spout.|||Height: 13 in (33.0 cm) Length: 17 in (43.2 cm) Width: 8 1/2 in (21.6 cm)|銅天雞壺|銅天雞壺，天雞翹首直立，振翅欲飛，長尾內卷挺立，古樸盎然，栩栩如生。天雞壺作為崇古情懷之具體念想，才為皇家貴族以及文人士大夫所推崇，而製作流行開來。天雞是瑞獸，天雞負尊或天雞負瓶的圖案為進寶意，同時，天雞作為吉祥物，其作用之一就是避邪，它同時也是英雄勇武的象徵。傳說天雞為神雞，居於東南桃都山，又傳居東海岱輿山扶桑樹上，率天下之雞報曉。