Art by Medium: Ceramic

Artist Statement by Rachelle Krieger: These new ceramic sculptural works are a reflection of biodiversity and vitality, capturing natural elements in various stages of life. During ...

Agustin Gainza View of Old Havana, 2023 Ceramic 12 x 23 in

This stunning piece of surrealist art captures the viewer's imagination with intricate forms and earthy tones . It features an interplay of organic shapes, evoking a dreamlike qualit...

Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...

Kitade’s search for the universal common ground in life, even in conflict. ‘Conflict is part of human nature, there is always a Side A and Side B in life and in this show it is the s...

Elizabeth Jordan is an artist working primarily in sculpture and whose work uses multiple materials to produce unique, organic forms. In addition to a solo and group shows at Ivy Bro...

French Faience Tuilerie Normande Mesnil de Bavent Figure of a Lion, 19th Century Ceramic on a rectangular plinth Impressed 'TN Bavent' to underside 8 x 8 x 14 inches Tuilerie Normande Mesnil de Bavent is a French pottery factory. The first pottery factory here was set up in 1842 by industrialist Maurice Comptet. He bought a bit of production organization to an artisanal craft, enabling mass production of tiles, pots and architectural ornaments. The Tuilerie du Mesnil de Bavent (tuilerie means tile) business flourished and his sons inherited. One stayed in Bavent to make pots, the other developed a factory mainly producing pots, in Caen. Bavent pottery...

"Your Rocking Horse Got Loose Again is an original ceramic sculpture by Rachel Warkentin, and measures approximately 10.5"h x 10.5"w x 2"d. It is signed en verso. Rachel Warkentin r...

Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Abstract, Design, Harumi Nakashima, Japanese Japanese artist Harumi Nakashima creates free-form ceramic sculptures that feature organic, yet psyc...

Alice Federico was born in Selma, Alabama in 1945. She received a BA degree in history from Hollins University (1967), an MFA in ceramics from East Carolina University (1977), as wel...

This contemporary sculptural ceramic wall composition is by Paula Murray. Amass is an elegant new series by ceramicist Paula Murray of contemporary wall art that references an ancie...

The portraits, loaded with symbolic imagery, gaze out at the viewer, with a variety of intensities and emotions. This is to say, each woman has a story, which may not be directly evi...

A set of figurative sculptures, ceramic in greens and browns by an unknown Chinese artist. The piece is from the Ming Dynasty and is unsigned.

A handmade olla by master potter Efren Quezada from Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico. This ceramic olla is made with ancient traditions from the village of Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexi...

“Animals carry strong associations that make them ideal in portraying, sometimes humorously, our basic disposition or nature. Some animals have a long cultural history while others d...

Melanie Sherman Pepper Shaker (hand-built and painted) Porcelain, Glaze, Underglaze, Overglaze, Vintage Transfers, 23k German Gold Luster and other metallic Lusters Hand built, hand ...

Artist Statement I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...

My work is concerned with the relationship of humanity and nature. I conceive of an expanded concept of “Nature” as embodying all existence, both the seen and unseen, socio-politica...

Original sculpture vase made of porcelain, gold and Persian lusters by artist Carolyn Barlock.

Contemporary Mixed Media Still Life Sculpture, 13 x 10.5 x 10.25 in, Bergsma Patrick Bergsma (b. 1965) is a Dutch sculptor and ceramicist currently working in Heerhugowaard, Netherl...

Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...

Woman with a mirror by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Terracotta sculpture Signed on the base " A. Carrier " Dated " 1863 " Raised on a its original blackened woodden ba...

This remarkably fluid terracotta bozetto was made in preparation for Pietro Pacilli’s most important public commission, a large-scale marble statue of San Camillo de Lellis for the nave of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Expressively modelled, this terracotta sculpture is a rare and significant work made by a major Roman sculptor at a transformative moment of European sculpture. Pacilli began his working life on the great Baroque decorative projects initiated in the seventeenth century, but he found success as a restorer of ancient sculpture working to finish antiquities for a tourist market, becoming an important figure in the emergence of an archaeologically minded Neoclassicism. Pacilli trained Vincenzo Pacetti and provided important decorative work for the Museo Pio-Clementino, at the same time he is recorded restoring some of the most celebrated antiquities excavated and exported during the period. Pacilli was born into a family of Roman craftsmen, his father Carlo was a wood carver, and Pacilli is recorded working with him on the Corsini Chapel in San Giovanni Laternao as early as 1735. In 1738 his terracotta model of Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife won the first prize in the second class of the sculpture concorso at the Accademia di San Luca, this is particularly notable as Bartolomeo Cavaceppi came third. He worked as a carver and stuccoist completing works for the churches of San Marco and SS. Trinita dei Domeniciani Spagnoli. Pacilli operated as a sculptor and restorer of antiquities from his studio at the top of the Spanish Steps, close to Santa Trinita dei Monti, where he is listed as a potential vendor to the Museo Pio-Clementino in 1770. In 1763 Pacilli completed a silver figure of San Venanzio for the treasury of San Venanzio. He is recorded as Pacetti’s first master and it was evidently through Pacilli that he began to acquire his facility as a restorer of ancient sculpture. Pacilli, at his studio ‘poco prima dell’Arco della Regina alla Trinita dei Monti,’ exercised, what the nineteenth-century scholar, Adolf Michaelis called ‘rejuvenating arts’ on several important pieces of classical sculpture, including in 1760 the group of a Satyr with a Flute for the natural brother of George III, General Wallmoden, Hanovarian minister at Vienna. In 1765, Dallaway and Michaelis record that Pacilli was responsible for the restorations, including the addition of a new head, to the Barberini Venus which he had acquired from Gavin Hamilton. The Venus was then sold to Thomas Jenkins, who in turn passed it on to William Weddell at Newby Hall. In 1767 Pacilli exported a series of ancient busts ‘al naturale’ including portraits of Antinous, Julius Ceaser and Marus Aurelius, also a statue of a Muse and a Venus. As early as 1756 Pacilli seems to have been operating as an antiquarian, helping to disperse the collection of the Villa Borrioni. Pacilli supplied sculpture to notable British collectors, including Charles Townley, who on his first trip to Italy purchased the Palazzo Giustiniani statue of Hecate from Pacilli. Pacilli was involved with the Museo Pio Clementino from its conception, supplying busts of Julius Ceaser and a Roman Woman as well as completing stucco putti surmounting the arms of Pope Bendedict XIV to signal the entrance to the new Museo Critiano. In 1750 Il Diario Ordinario del Chracas announced that Pacilli had begun work on a sculpture of San Camillo de Lellis for St Peter’s. Camillo de Lellis founded his congregation, the Camillians, with their distinctive red felt crosses stitched on black habits in 1591. Having served as a soldier in the Venetian army, Camillo de Lellis became a novitiate of the Capuchin friars, he moved to Rome and established a religious community for the purpose of caring for the sick. In 1586 Pope Sixtus V formerly recognised the Camillians and assigned them to the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Rome. Camillo de Lellis died in 1614 and was entombed at Santa Maria Maddalena, he was canonised by Benedict XIV on June 26, 1746. It was an occasion that prompted the Camillians to make a number of significant artistic commissions, including two canvases by Pierre Subleyras showing episodes from San Camillo’s life which they presented to Benedict XIV. In 1750 Pacilli was commissioned to fill one of the large niches on the north wall of the nave with a sculpture of San Camillo. The present terracotta bozetto presumably had two important functions, to enable Pacilli to work out his ideas for the finished sculpture and at the same time to show his design to the various commissioning bodies. In this case it would have been Cardinal Alessandro Albani and Monsignor Giovan Francesco Olivieri, the ‘economo’ or treasurer of the fabric of St Peter’s. Previously unrecorded, this terracotta relates to a smaller, less finished model which has recently been identified as being Pacilli’s first idea for his statue of San Camillo. Preserved in Palazzo Venezia, in Rome, the terracotta shows San Camillo with his left hand clutching his vestments to his breast; the pose and action more deliberate and contained than the finished sculpture. In producing the present terracotta Pacilli has expanded and energised the figure. San Camillo is shown with his left hand extended, his head turned to the right, apparently in an attempt to look east down the nave of St Peter’s. The model shows Pacilli experimenting with San Camillo’s costume; prominently on his breast is the red cross of his order, whilst a sense of animation is injected into the figure through the billowing cloak which is pulled across the saint’s projecting right leg. The power of the restrained, axial contrapposto of bent right leg and outstretched left arm, is diminished in the final sculpture where a baroque fussiness is introduced to the drapery. What Pacilli’s terracotta demonstrates, is that he conceived the figure of San Camillo very much in line with the immediate tradition of depicting single figures in St Peter’s; the rhetorical gesture of dynamic saint, arm outstretched, book in hand, head pointed upwards was perhaps borrowed from Camillo Rusconi’s 1733 sculpture of St. Ignatius...

'Midnight Flower Moon' 2025 by Contemporary American artist, Sheryl Zacharia. Ceramic, 17 x 21 x 6 in. This sculpture incorporates a rich palette of colors in yellow, red, black, and...

Artist Statement I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...

In her new works, Ruth Vidal explores the material possibilities of ceramics, working with the pieces before firing them using different materials such as rabbit-skin glue, tradition...

“Solis” is a reflection on transformation. From a textured ceramic form, solar-like petals gradually emerge, suggesting that every change carries the possibility of renewal. The scul...

Born in Detroit, Steven Montgomery’s work revels in a history of industry and aging as the artist uses porcelain to produce intricate mechanical forms with the appearance of metal. H...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Frise gravée (Unique) Unique plaster mould. Used in the creation of editioned ceramics at the Madoura studio in Vallauris, plaster moulds like this one we...

A whimsical pair of glazed terracotta sheep with a textured white and black glaze. Both are indistinctly signed and the small appears to be dated. The price listed is for the pair. L...

Ak Jansen was born in Dongen, The Netherlands, in 1988. He studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven focusing on textile design, material culture, and techniques of fabrication. He wor...

Veronica Moar's work is deeply imbued with the processes of porcelain manufacturing and craftsmanship, rendered in a delicate and narratively rich manner. In this piece, we can see n...

Robert Kvenild took his BA from the UC Santa Cruz and went on to SF State University for his MA. His whimsical, colorful ceramic pieces have been in many solo and group shows through...

Artist Commentary: Black stoneware; cone 5/6 oxidation firing; Slips and Oxides "With some individuals you have to get really close before you get to see the heart inside." Keywords: abstract, contemporary, ceramic, expressive Artist Biography: Beverly Morrison...

Efren Quezada Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico Weight: 5 lb, Height: 14 in, Length: 9.5 in Efren Quezada Gray Swirl Vase #2 quantityAdd to cart

Ribbed texture porcelain vessel with fold, green celadon glaze Size: 4.5” H x 3-1/2”x 3” Mary Jaffe creates functional and sculptural ceramics inspired by vast landscapes and the s...

Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way,...

Industrial Ceramic Sculpture with Gold Luster and Oil Paint, 10.5 x 9 x 5.5 in Born in Detroit, Steven Montgomery’s work revels in a history of industry and aging as the artist uses...

This 17.32" x 7.87" x 7.09" figurative sculpture by Armenia-based artist ArmanH was created using materials such as bronze, glass and ceramic. The artist's sculpture was inspired to ...

Contemporary ceramic sculpture duo featuring two playful human–insect hybrid figures conceived as a flexible and collectible sculptural pair. This work presents a duo from the Bicho...

Figurative Painted Ceramic Sculpture, 10 x 11 x 11 inches, Alessandro Gallo “Animals carry strong associations that make them ideal in portraying, sometimes humorously, our basic di...

Griselda Comacho de Silveria "Pot with Red & Black Motif Earthenware 4.5 x 6.5 inches Signed on Bottom

Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way,...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) "Trois sardines" (A.R. 34) stamped, marked and numbered “Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / I 113 / 138/200” (on the reverse) white earthenware ceramic p...

This unique contemporary ceramic vessel is by Bruce Cochrane. The striking clay artwork of this Canadian artist has garnered him international attention including several nomination...

This tall contemporary ceramic vessel is by Bruce Cochrane. The distinctive aesthetic of this Canadian ceramicist has attracted international attention. Bruce Cochrane has been firi...

Colorful Abstract Ceramic Form, Stoneware, Gold Luster, Glaze, Jose Sierra 2023 José Sierra is a self-taught artist and ceramicist, born in Mérida, Venezuela in 1975. His work draws...

Hare is a unique smoke-fired stoneware, resin, plaster and clay sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 84 × 30 × 52 cm (33 × 11.8 × 20.4 in). This scul...

Majorca. Original unique ceramic piece Painter born in the town of Estellencs on the island of Mallorca, since his youth he dedicated himself to drawing and watercolor, later enterin...

This contemporary tall ceramic vessel is handmade. Bill Greaves creates handsome contemporary ceramics inspired by the colours, forms and textures found in nature. The Canadian cera...

Painter and sculpture Artist Natalie Krainin creates artworks using the innovative method of Fabric Texture Art. This technique, which resonates deeply with her professional roots, a...

Mexican, sculpture, contemporary, figurative

Blue Plates are food safe Daphne Sweet is a contemporary artist based in Butte, Montana, whose work intertwines personal narrative, mythology, and the landscapes of the American We...

Blue Plates are food safe Daphne Sweet is a contemporary artist based in Butte, Montana, whose work intertwines personal narrative, mythology, and the landscapes of the American West...

Blue Plate 02 is food safe Daphne Sweet is a contemporary artist based in Butte, Montana, whose work intertwines personal narrative, mythology, and the landscapes of the American W...

A beautifully sculpted terracotta statue depicting Winter. The robed figure is holding a burning cauldron of fire. A laurel crown tops her head. She is standing beside a rock with ca...

Figurative ceramic sculpture with Shino glaze, textured carborundum surface and a porcelain head topped with an amanita-like form. This ceramic sculpture belongs to Óscar Aldonza’s E...

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Rachel Denny's work is an exploration of the seductive beauty of our natural world and the imprint that human intervention has made on its flora and fauna...

Luis Castillo and Marcelo Guzman. Grey/White Ceramic Mask with Wood Base. Cordoba, Argentina. Weight: 16.8 lbs., height: 25 in., length: 17 in. width: 10 in.