Ceramic Natural Specimens

A Whale is a large, unique semi-porcelain textured, natural-toned and stone-like ceramic sculpture by the Japanese artist Chisato Yasui. Monumental ...

Florence, late 19th century Break repaired with old restoration (see photos) Dimensions: cm H 30 x L 33 x P 26.

Unusual sculpture or vases in the manner of coral reef, very humorous for a sea house. Suitable for bases of lamps also. O/ 6060.

Artisan crafted porcelain "Grapes on a Leaf". Each aspect of this creation is done slowly by hand and then hand painted. Each coloration requires a separate firing. Each creation is unique and one of a kind. Signed and dated Myong Jung...

Alan Wallwork (1931-): Organic landscape sculptural vessel, 1960-1965 Exhibiting the articulated, inventive, organic qualities & tactility of Wallwork’s early oeuvre for which he is best known - This sculptural landscape vessel has been handmade by coiling, slabbing and shaping the clay. The totemic form and pitted and pierced surfaces draw on the abstract landscape and tactility of elements in nature. matte glazes and oxides have been skillfully used to enhance the rich textures of the surfaces and the organic aesthetic. - Wallwork is one of the great individualists in British pottery, developing an archetypal language that echoed some of the wider artistic obsessions of that period, what the art critic Herbert Read called the “postwar ferment” of sculptural activity. - This piece was made during 1960-1965, the time that Wallwork was sharing a studio in Greenwich with Bernard Rooke and comes from a private collection along with a waterscape vase by Rooke and a bottle by Robert Fournier...

Antique Majolica sculpture.

1920, Italian glazed terracotta baby leopard figure.

In the 1920s Gio Ponti, who defined 20th century Italian design, was the art director of Richard-Ginori, a venerable porcelain company established in the 18th century. When Ponti moved on in 1930, his protégé Giovanni Gariboldi, who also designed furniture and interiors, filled the vacated position. It would seem that Gariboldi found his model for these shell-shaped dishes in nature, but this is not the case. Rather, he channeled the essence of “shellness," and endowed his design with the faux verisimilitude of delicate ribbing along the scalloped edge. Yet he had them glazed in improbable candy-like pastel colors of pink, yellow, and blue. Originally used principally as ashtrays, no doubt, they could also be put to use as serving dishes for nuts and candies, or as decorative tabletop objects...

A model of a crouching kitten by Meissen, German, Modeled by Otto Jarl, 1903. The kitten is shown to have pinkish eyes with a pinkish nose and a blue bow. Th...

A Magnificent and large pair of antique meissen porcelain figures of colorful parrots, each standing on a tree branch with cherries and beautiful foliage after a model by J. J. Kandl...

Shell sculpture, porcelain figure and gilt bronze base, 20th century. h: 32.5cm, w: 18cm, d: 17cm

Ceramic statue in the shape of a bull. Stamped Dominique Pouchain.