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Tall Multi-Slashed Form No 120, white ceramic vase by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Tall Multi-Slashed Form No 120, white ceramic vase by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Tall Multi-Slashed Form No 120, white ceramic vase by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

have become like a mantra for me, one in which the revolving motion of the wheel head, the clay moving

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware

Tall Crumpled Form No 113, black ceramic sculpture by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Tall Crumpled Form No 113, black ceramic sculpture by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Tall Crumpled Form No 113, black ceramic sculpture by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

have become like a mantra for me, one in which the revolving motion of the wheel head, the clay moving

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware

Antique Italian Oil Painting Peasant Woman Portrait 19th C. Signed Genre Art
Antique Italian Oil Painting Peasant Woman Portrait 19th C. Signed Genre Art

Antique Italian Oil Painting Peasant Woman Portrait 19th C. Signed Genre Art

Located in Palm Coast, FL

steps while balancing a clay vessel upon her head. Executed in the romantic European manner of the late

Category

19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Russidda Multicolor Ceramic Figurative Vase
Russidda Multicolor Ceramic Figurative Vase

Russidda Multicolor Ceramic Figurative Vase

$600 / item

H 12.6 in W 9.06 in D 9.06 in

Russidda Multicolor Ceramic Figurative Vase

By Patrizia Italiano

Located in Milan, IT

She is Russidda, the seller of tomatoes, lives in the countryside with her Bertu. Head in white

Category

2010s Italian Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Hundida - Ceramic
Hundida - Ceramic

Rafaela de AscanioHundida - Ceramic, 2020

$4,729

H 20.87 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in

Hundida - Ceramic

By Rafaela de Ascanio

Located in London, GB

form a ceramic sculpture. As the clay rose, her head began to collapse onto her neck, her face became

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Mexican Street Scene – Ranchero, Cavalier, and Poblana Women, c.1845
Mexican Street Scene – Ranchero, Cavalier, and Poblana Women, c.1845

Mexican Street Scene – Ranchero, Cavalier, and Poblana Women, c.1845

Located in Langweer, NL

woman carries a clay vessel on her head, while her child, wearing bright yellow shorts, gazes toward the

Category

Antique 1840s French Prints

Materials

Paper

Gold Crumpled Form No 91, creased bronzed vase by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Gold Crumpled Form No 91, creased bronzed vase by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Gold Crumpled Form No 91, creased bronzed vase by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from the bottom mass as possible

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Tall White Dehydrated Form No 69, creased vase by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Tall White Dehydrated Form No 69, creased vase by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Tall White Dehydrated Form No 69, creased vase by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

all thrown on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from the bottom mass

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Gold Dehydrated Form No 150, bronze creased ceramic vessel by Nicholas Arroyave
Gold Dehydrated Form No 150, bronze creased ceramic vessel by Nicholas Arroyave

Gold Dehydrated Form No 150, bronze creased ceramic vessel by Nicholas Arroyave

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

all thrown on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from the bottom mass

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Tall Black Dehydrated Form No 63, vessel by Artist Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Tall Black Dehydrated Form No 63, vessel by Artist Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Tall Black Dehydrated Form No 63, vessel by Artist Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

all thrown on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from the bottom mass

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Letting Go No 141, a sculptural vase with text by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Letting Go No 141, a sculptural vase with text by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Letting Go No 141, a sculptural vase with text by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

have become like a mantra for me, one in which the revolving motion of the wheel head, the clay moving

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Undulating Form in Speckled Glaze No 145 by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Undulating Form in Speckled Glaze No 145 by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Undulating Form in Speckled Glaze No 145 by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

creations are all thrown on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from the

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Centerpieces

Materials

Ceramic

Gold Wave Form No 133, a spiral formed vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Gold Wave Form No 133, a spiral formed vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Gold Wave Form No 133, a spiral formed vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from the bottom mass as possible

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Oval Form with Green & Black Speckled Glaze No 98 by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Oval Form with Green & Black Speckled Glaze No 98 by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Oval Form with Green & Black Speckled Glaze No 98 by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

-Portela's creations are all thrown on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Oval Form in Galactic Blue No 88, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Oval Form in Galactic Blue No 88, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Oval Form in Galactic Blue No 88, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

creations are all thrown on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from the

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Tall Black Crumpled Form No 94, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Tall Black Crumpled Form No 94, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Tall Black Crumpled Form No 94, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

creations are all thrown on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from the

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Gold Crumpled Form No 87, abstract creased sculpture Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Gold Crumpled Form No 87, abstract creased sculpture Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Gold Crumpled Form No 87, abstract creased sculpture Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Located in London, GB

on the wheel using his own unique technique. Pulling up as much clay from the bottom mass as possible

Category

2010s Spanish Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Cowboys on Horseback, Rodeo

Cowboys on Horseback, Rodeo

By Denes de Holesch

Located in Surfside, FL

produced a clay sculpture head of Egon Petri, one of a number of clay sculptures that he produced. He also

Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Western Scene (Cowboy on Horseback)
Western Scene (Cowboy on Horseback)

Western Scene (Cowboy on Horseback)

By Denes de Holesch

Located in Surfside, FL

head of Egon Petri, one of a number of clay sculptures that he produced. He also produced a number of

Category

20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid-20th Century Torino Ceramic Sculpture 'Portatrice Africana' by C.I.A. Manna
Mid-20th Century Torino Ceramic Sculpture 'Portatrice Africana' by C.I.A. Manna

Mid-20th Century Torino Ceramic Sculpture 'Portatrice Africana' by C.I.A. Manna

By C.I.A. Manna

Located in North Miami, FL

depicts a semi-nude african woman carrying a large clay vessel atop her head. Her torso is bare apart from

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Cscape #53
Cscape #53

Bob ClyattCscape #53, 2017

Price Upon Request

H 27 in W 21 in D 3 in

Cscape #53

Located in Rye, NY

longstanding practice of figures and heads sculpted in clay. I was seeking some of the spontaneity and

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Cscape #52
Cscape #52

Bob ClyattCscape #52, 2017

Price Upon Request

H 27 in W 21 in D 3 in

Cscape #52

Located in Rye, NY

longstanding practice of figures and heads sculpted in clay. I was seeking some of the spontaneity and

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

"Song of Solomon", Mid Century Painting in Blue and Gold by Lenson
"Song of Solomon", Mid Century Painting in Blue and Gold by Lenson

"Song of Solomon", Mid Century Painting in Blue and Gold by Lenson

$7,600Sale Price|20% Off

H 43 in W 31.5 in D 2.5 in

"Song of Solomon", Mid Century Painting in Blue and Gold by Lenson

By Michael Lenson

Located in Philadelphia, PA

. Here she is shown with a clay pot on her head, enrobed in shades of blue, with a goat gazing at her

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura 'circa 1960s'
Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura 'circa 1960s'

Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura 'circa 1960s'

$493Sale Price|40% Off

H 3.35 in Dm 2.56 in

Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura 'circa 1960s'

By Madoura

Located in London, GB

clay (a faun’s head and two bulls) which he left to dry and bake. According to Georges Ramié, when he

Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura, circa 1960s
Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura, circa 1960s

Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura, circa 1960s

$534Sale Price|40% Off

H 3.75 in Dm 2.96 in

Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura, circa 1960s

By Madoura

Located in London, GB

clay (a faun’s head and two bulls) which he left to dry and bake. According to Georges Ramié, when he

Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Concrete Ear 2

Concrete Ear 2

By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick

Located in Hudson, NY

& Selesnick's work—imaginative costumes, stage sets, carved clay bat heads and figures, as well as drawings.

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Floating Factory

Floating Factory

By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick

Located in Hudson, NY

& Selesnick's work—imaginative costumes, stage sets, carved clay bat heads and figures, as well as drawings.

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Airmaker

Airmaker

By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick

Located in Hudson, NY

—imaginative costumes, stage sets, carved clay bat heads and figures, as well as drawings.

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Tower
The Tower

The Tower

By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick

Located in Hudson, NY

-made elements in Kahn & Selesnick's work—imaginative costumes, stage sets, carved clay bat heads and

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal clay head for your home. Frequently made of ceramic, clay and wood, every clay head was constructed with great care. There are 44 variations of the antique or vintage clay head you’re looking for, while we also have 4 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect clay head — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A clay head made by Modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. Antiques Fuori le Mura, Edith Varian Cockcroft and Silvia Martínez Díaz each produced at least one beautiful clay head that is worth considering.

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A clay head can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,650, while the lowest priced sells for $165 and the highest can go for as much as $124,000.