Ray Bub - Fired Clay Art


Catalog #: 30
Photo by Jon Barber

South American Jaguars Upright Ring Teapot

13" tall x 12" wide x 4" deep

This is the very first upright ring teapot I made in the summer of 1995. The idea came out more or less fully realized in relation to my original concept of adding a handle, lid, and spout to the ring vase. I was already making casually-modeled animal figures attached to the lids and hidden inside closed-form “surprise boxes,” and I had recently read a National Geographic article about endangered South American jaguars. I sculpted a mother jaguar for inside the ring, and perched a baby jaguar figure cleaning its fur with its tongue like a domestic house cat on the lid. I glazed the teapot with our bronze green matt glaze to suggest the jaguar’s green jungle environment. I was very encouraged by the artistic presence of this teapot, although I had no idea where this idea would lead me.


This teapot is for sale.
Price: $1400

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