Teapot
1985 (made)
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This teapot, with its unusual but functional shape is demonstrative of Mark Pharis' desire to explore the boundaries between the practical and the aesthetic. The teapot, as an object type, has been a particular source of inspiration to many contemporary potters keen to explore a familiar form that has great social and cultural resonance.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with buff grainy clay |
| Brief description | Teapot, stoneware with buff grainy clay, by Mark Pharis, United States, 1985 |
| Physical description | Teapot, soft-slab built, salt-glazed stoneware, the exterior with white slip and the interior with a liquid glaze |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'PHARIS 85' (Impressed to side) |
| Credit line | Given by G.L.Bryan via British American Art Association |
| Summary | This teapot, with its unusual but functional shape is demonstrative of Mark Pharis' desire to explore the boundaries between the practical and the aesthetic. The teapot, as an object type, has been a particular source of inspiration to many contemporary potters keen to explore a familiar form that has great social and cultural resonance. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.49&A-1986 |
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| Record created | April 24, 2008 |
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