Cube Skull Teapot, Variation #15

Artist Richard T. Notkin (American, born 1948)

Date1990

MediumStoneware (Yixing ware)

DimensionsOverall: 5 × 5 3/4 × 3 inches (12.7 × 14.61 × 7.62 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Lennie and Jerry Berkowitz Collection in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Object number2019.21.16.1,2

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Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

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DescriptionA square skull-form made of matte brown stoneware, unglazed. A handle on the left side is made of dice and spout on the right side mimicks a lightning bolt. The face of a skull with a full set of teeth somewhat flattened and extended around the sides. The lid is topped with an atomic bomb mushroom cloud.

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