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Contemporary + Modern: Art & Design

Fri, Feb 24, 2023 01:00AM EST
Lot 55

KEN FERGUSON (Attr.) Raku Pot with Cover

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$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$5,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
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$100,000 $10,000
Kenneth Ferguson (Attributed)
(Missouri, 1928-2004)
Covered Pot
Raku fired stoneware
17 1/2" x 5 1/2"

A squat wheel-thrown pot with cover, with white crackle glazes with mottled brown speckling near the rim. Not signed.

Provenance: From the estate of Wilbur Niewald, the noted artist and longtime colleague and friend of Ferguson.

Condition

Fair condition, noting a crack that runs around the interior ridge of the lid, some glaze pops, and a U-shaped firing hairline along one side of the body.