Heavily Shot At (and Through!) Large Metal Teapot hidden titles game I would guess most likely

I would guess most likely antique

It was purchased from an estate sale that included a wonderful collection of mid-century and contemporary ceramics from Japan

rich patina

They are 6 1/2" long and 1/4" diameter

Really beautiful and really fun

Heavily Shot At (and Through!) Large Metal Teapot hidden titles game I would guess most likelyThis seems to have been my week for finding heavily shot at things, this tea pot the most dramatic of all, and to my eye quite an amazing looking thing. With the bottom shot through as well as most every inch of its sides, surely it was thrown up like a balloon and shot at mid air, rather than just set somewhere as a target. In addition to all that is viscerally satisfying about it as a sculptural object now, it also makes me think a bit of Meret