Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Parallelogram teapot, 1984
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Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 15, 2026$2,816 ≈ £2,101 ≈ €2,469Sign up free to see price
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Scorpion teapot
Peter Shire (American, b. 1947) · 1984
$3,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,761≈ €3,249
Hammer $3,000 · with buyer’s premium $3,750
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “glazed stoneware”
- Category
- Ceramics & studio pottery
- Dimensions
- 10¼ h x 16½ w x 10¼ d in (26 x 42 x 26 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Art + Design (auctions/2021/10/art-design)
- Date
- October 6, 2021
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 197
- Estimate
- $1,000 – — (≈ £736) (≈ €866)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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