Colorado
Teapot
1983 (made)
1983 (made)
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The pot is composed of elements arranged along a sloping axis indicated at the upper end by the white cylindrical spout, and at the lower end by a broader cylinder terminating in a blue square which rests on the table surface and prevents the pot from rolling
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Colorado (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware |
| Brief description | Earthenware teapot designed by Marco Zanini, made by Ceramiche Flavia 1983 Italy |
| Physical description | The pot is composed of elements arranged along a sloping axis indicated at the upper end by the white cylindrical spout, and at the lower end by a broader cylinder terminating in a blue square which rests on the table surface and prevents the pot from rolling |
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| Gallery label | '5. Teapot: 'Colorado'
1983
This teapot is composed of simple geometric shapes of a kind which suggest, through association, industrial production. They are not, however, standard forms in the tableware ceramics industry. The way in which they are combined turns the teapot into a novelty piece suggesting an aeroplane.
Italy
Designed by Marco Zanini (1954-)
Made by Ceramiche Flavia, Montelupo Fiorentino for Memphis, Milan
Earthenware
Museum no. C.207-1985' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.207 to A-1985 |
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| Record created | October 19, 1998 |
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