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Ken Ferguson
Teapot1983

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Ceramic teapot-form vessel with a dramatic arching handle, bell-shaped body, and heavily textured volcanic glaze shifting from blue-black to salmon-pink and ash gray

Ken Ferguson, Teapot, 1983, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ken Ferguson
Title
Teapot
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1983
Medium
Stoneware, glaze
Dimensions
23 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (58.4 x 34.9 x 26.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.43a-b
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Drexler Lynn, Martha. Clay Today: Contemporary Ceramists and their Work: a catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990.
Copyright
© Ken Ferguson

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