Clay Figures

Bald and chunky, Esther Shimazu’s quirky clay figures are unabashedly naked and delightfully indulgent.

Bald and chunky, Esther Shimazu’s quirky clay figures are unabashedly naked and delightfully indulgent.

About her exhibition, "The Waiting Room," shown at Valley House Gallery in 2015, Carol Cook states: "Since childhood, I have been making clay figures to express what interested me...

About her exhibition, "The Waiting Room," shown at Valley House Gallery in 2015, Carol Cook states: "Since childhood, I have been making clay figures to express what interested me...

About her exhibition, "The Waiting Room," shown at Valley House Gallery in 2015, Carol Cook states: "Since childhood, I have been making clay figures to express what interested me...

I’ve always liked Mongolian clay figures because they tend to feel very direct.

For her, photography is another studio tool to be used, along with the sets she creates and the models she directs, to render the sensual tones and textures of fabric and food, or to...

Rose painted interior wallpaper, hand-painted clay figures of Christ, Saints and animals with folded up bank notes.

Dressed in a short robe, the figure exhibits a soft smiley facial expression that still remains quite lively. This type of clay figures fired at low temperature without glaze was pop...

"Since childhood, I have been making clay figures to express what interested me. When I make a figure I try to feel what my subjects feel from the inside out.

If the fragment indeed came from Jaina Island, it is most probably the head of a figurine that served as a burial gift. The clay figures, made by the artisans of Jaina, represented a...

She uses hand-built techniques to construct clay figures using colored slips, oxides when firing, then hand sands them and rubs in pigments to create a sense of volume and lifelike c...

She uses hand-built techniques to construct clay figures using colored slips, oxides when firing, then hand sands them and rubs in pigments to create a sense of volume and lifelike c...

Among other objects brought back were furniture, silver, silk embroideries, lacquerware, clay figures, fans and wallpaper. New research has resulted in a detailed study in which wron...

Rare Japanese Complete Figure of an Aristocratic Woman Haniwa, 6th Century AD DIMENSIONS Height: 8.5 inches Width: 6 inches Depth: 4 inches (base) ABOUNT A remarkably well-preserve...

In the last phase of his career, Coper reduced the scale of his work creating small "Cycladic" pots that stood on pedestals or drums, recalling the clay figures of Bronze Age Greece....

Hand-modeled embracing lovers sculpture. The romantic figures were hand-modeled in clay, then cast from plaster to create this finished piece.

“I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be an artist,” he said. “I began sculpting clay figures that I had envisioned while in prison to help me cope with my thoughts.”

This evocative pair of sculptural figures captures the quiet intimacy of repose and reflection. Crafted from textured stoneware the two women are rendered in organic forms that balan...

The present work dates from this same time, and the upright female figure is another of the various clay figures which Smith is known to have created as ‘props’ for use in his painti...

A late 18th century antique Liverpool Delftware tile depicting four classical figures at harvest. This is one of three similar reclaimed 5-inch tiles we are selling detailed with neo...

“I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be an artist,” he said. “I began sculpting clay figures that I had envisioned while in prison to help me cope with my thoughts.”

A large antique ceramic wall plaque depicting European military figures, sourced from an ex British private collection. This unusual ceramic is beautifully hand-decorated displaying...

An antique Minton tile from the series 'Classical Figures with Musical Instruments' designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a woman in noble dress playing a...

This piece was from the period when I created standing figures in clay working from live models. These three women were friends, students at SUNY Purchase, and enjoyed working toget...

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a woman in noble dress playing ...

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a woman in noble dress playing a...

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a man in noble dress playing a h...

Vintage 1950 - 1960 Italian glazed terracotta clay figural animal sculptures Fully handcrafted mid century design Depicting 2 very decorative the sculptures can be placed on the fl...

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a man in noble dress playing a ...

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a man in noble dress playing a ...

Three figures, suggested skillfully through just a few strong lines, stand on a trampoline.

Limited edition of 199 pieces. All Bitossi ceramics are entirely handmade by our artisans at every stage of the production process. Riedizione Archivio Storico The Riedizioni coll...

An antique late 19th century Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a noble woman in roman...

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a woman in noble dress playing a...

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a nobleman in roman style dress ...

Blue studio pottery vase in excellent condition with incised female figures, 1996. Created by Edwin (1910-2008) and Mary (1908-2007) Scheier. Signed and dated inside the foot. Meas...

A large and striking Art Deco vase sculpted by Gaston Goor for the Mougin pottery works in France, this brilliantly-hued piece shows the production of terracotta elements for the fac...

A powerful hand-sculpted clay artwork representing a procession of human figures, each joined in a continuous rhythm of movement and unity.

These finely carved horse head funerary figures feature excellent attention to detail and realistic characteristics, moldeled with an upright mane, the wooden ears missing, likely lo...

He was at first apprenticed to a carpenter, but some of his clay figures, with the making of which he occupied his leisure hours, attracted the notice of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste L...

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.

“In recent ceramic Fire Paintings and Sculptures abstracted figures, made from cut twigs, are impressed into wet clay.