Yixing Series: Cube Skull Teapot (Variation 6B), (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes

Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County, 1990.

Summary

Teapot in shape of a square skull resting on four die. The handle and spout of the pot are shaped like lightning, and the lid of the vessel is in the shape of a mushroom cloud.

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Date

1986

Control number

IAS 38140207

sculptor

Notkin, Richard 1948-

Type

Sculptures-Decorative arts

Sculptures

Medium

Glazed stoneware

Owner/Location

Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County 401 Harrison Street Syracuse New York 13202 Accession Number: 87.37.7

Title

Cube Skull Teapot (Variation 6B), (sculpture)

Topic

Figure--Fragment--Skull

Recreation--Sport & Play--Dice

Allegory--Death

Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Technology

Record ID

siris_ari_292790

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