Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Teapot

USA, 1974
<p>The body of this teapot is one quarter of a sphere. Four small black line drawn, white ,wide shouldered teapots are on the exterior. Each has a black zig zag band at the shoulder, a black knob on the lid and grey steam coming from the spout. The background is light blue with small dark blue dots nearly covering it. The handle comes from the flat side on the left. It is a cylinder that is bent downward. The surface is bright yellow; there are various sized black circles surrounded by a larger blue circle. A smaller cylinder is attached at the top of the handle where it attaches to the pot This cylinder is bright red with one white stripe running the length of it. The lip surrounding an opening is black. The spout is attached to the rounded side of the pot. It consists of four attached cylinders <span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">that gradually get narrower. The is first yellow with a small blue and black circle and half a larger blue and black circle. It is the<span> shortest.</span> There is larger red piece with four white lines. The next and largest cylinder is also yellow with part of four blue and black circles. The last and smallest cylinder is also red with two white stripes. It is bent downward and ends very sharply.</span></p><p>This view shows the rounded side of the pot with five full drawn white teapots with a black ziz zag at the shoulder, a black knob on the lid and grey steam coming out of the spout. The light blue background is covered with small dark blue dots. The four section spout points to the viewer, its black glazed lip and interior is seen.</p>
Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection
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Materials: N/A
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
V'Lou Olivera
Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection

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