African Redware Gooseneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Covered in a beautifully worn red clay slip, this hand-formed African vessel has a dramatic silhouette of a squat, ovoid body and a long, narrow neck. Subtly etched crosshatch patter...
Ceramic
Large Prehistoric Mogollon Corrugated Redware Olla Vase, Vessel, Pot
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Native American, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Southeast Arizona, and Northern Chihuahua region of Mexico, Mogollon culture, ca. 1050 to 1250 CE. A sizable example of a coi...
Pottery
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H 8.88 in Dm 9.5 in
Large Colima Redware Pottery Jar, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE–300 CE
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Large Colima Redware Pottery Jar, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE–300 CE This elegant ancient vessel is a classic example of Colima redware, crafted in West Mexico between 300 BCE a...
Pottery, Clay
Japanese Redware Pottery Vases
Located in Downingtown, PA
The bottle-form redware vases are decorated with a moulded design of a three-clawed scaled dragon, its tail and body entwining the vase against a pricked raised ground.
Pottery
Pre-Columbian Colima Redware Janiform Vessel
Located in Astoria, NY
Ancient pre-Columbian, Colima, Mexican, circa 100 BCE to 250 CE, ceramic pottery redware vase, the base in the form of two heads, with pierced eyes and ears and wearing headdresses, ...
Ceramic, Pottery
Aesthetic Movement Watcombe Vase Chris, Dresser, circa 1880
By Watcombe, Christopher Dresser
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
This elegantly shaped redware vase stands on a pedestal foot with rounded baluster shaped body and tall slender neck applied with a ring and shaped top.
Pottery
Round African Redware Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Covered in a beautifully worn red clay slip, this hand-formed ceramic pot is an excavated redware vessel from West Africa. Horizontal bands of colored slip partition the vessel's rou...
Ceramic
Vintage Redware Stoneware Vessel
Located in Duxbury, MA
Vintage redware stoneware vessel from 19th century.
Porcelain
Pre-Columbian Colima Redware Figural Vessel
Located in Astoria, NY
Ancient pre-Columbian, Colima, Mexican, circa 100 BCE to 250 CE, ceramic pottery redware vessel in the form of a hunchbacked infant figure holding a cup and a rattle. 11.25" H x 10" ...
Ceramic, Pottery
Pre-Columbian Colima Redware Figural Vessel
Located in Astoria, NY
Ancient pre-Columbian, Colima, Mexican, circa 100 BCE to 250 CE, ceramic pottery redware vessel in the form of a seated figure holding a cup to his mouth and wearing large earplugs a...
Ceramic, Pottery
Pre-Columbian Incised Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
Exhibiting a rich patina, this petite redware vessel shows many telltale signs of Pre-Columbian pottery. Speckled with imperfections, the vessel's warm red-orange coloration was achi...
Ceramic
Petite Pre-Columbian Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
This little jar is a beautiful example of Mesoamerican pottery, decorated with red and white slip clay in the style of Chupícuaro ware. The olla vessel has a globular body with a rou...
Ceramic
Petite Pre-Columbian Chupícuaro Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
This little jar is a beautiful example of Mesoamerican pottery, decorated with red and white slip clay in the style of Chupícuaro ware. The olla vessel has a wide, globular body with...
Ceramic
Set of Five Petite African Redware Vessels
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these petite hand-formed vessels bears a richly textured surface of worn red clay slip. Likely intended for everyday use, the simple bottle-form vessels with rounded lip refl...
Clay
Native American Pottery Sherds & Vessels, 28
Located in Astoria, NY
Collection of Native American Pottery Sherds and Vessels, 20th Century and earlier, comprising: a blackware jar (with chip to rim), a carved San Juan Pueblo redware wedding vase (pri...
Pottery
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H 10.25 in W 4.75 in D 4.75 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Embossed Paneled Grape & Leaf Redware Pottery Vase c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Arts & Crafts Embossed Paneled Grape & Leaf Redware Pottery Vase c1920. 10 1/4" x 4 3/4" x 4 3/4".
Pottery
Credited Giustiniani Large Redware Neoclassical Terracotta Vase, 1840
By Giustiniani Family 1
Located in Roma, IT
Neoclassical redware terracotta vase attributed to Giustiniani production from Naples 19th century.
Terracotta
Early 19th-Early 20th Century Hand-Painted Mexican Redware Pottery Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful hand-painted clay Mexican vase or jar. Great for flowers or as an accent piece on a shelf. Arrange with multiples clay vases or jars for a dramatic effect.
Clay
Ancient Roman Encrusted Redware Amphora
Located in Soquel, CA
Encrusted Redware Amphora, Roman era 300 BC - AD 300, an ancient example of the storage and trade and ceramic vessels that occasionally fell to the base of the Mediterranean floor. T...
Clay
Petite Pre-Columbian Chupícuaro Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
This small olla jar is a beautiful example of Mesoamerican pottery, decorated with red, white, and orange slip in the style of Chupícuaro ware. The wide, globular body of the vessel ...
Ceramic
Margaret Tafoya Santa Clara Redware Pot, Water Serpent Design
By Margaret Tafoya
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Margaret Tafoya (1904-2001) Santa Clara Pueblo ceramic pot Incised and polished redware. Measures: 5 ½” H x 9" W Decorated with Avanyu the Water Serpent. Signed “Margaret” In exce...
Ceramic
Pair Italian Ceramic Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Redware vase-form lamp bases in a harlequin design of crackled teal green glossy glaze alternating with squares of coarsely grooved reserves in a soft matte black.
Large Italian Pottery Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Large redware cylindrical vase with green and blue drip glazing on a bleached wood base.
Wood
Korean antique pottery vase / Goryeo dynasty / 13th to 14th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
There is a long crack that has been repaired. Detailed images 14th and 15th. There is no water leakage, but please refrain from leaving water in it for more than two days. Also, be s...
Pottery
$419Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 15.7 in W 9.8 in D 14.2 in
Traditional terracotta Jar Made of Clay Handcrafted by the Moroccan Potter Aïcha
Located in Marseille, FR
- Handbuilt freckles terracotta jar - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Aïcha. Approximate measurements: ...
Clay, Earthenware
$1,100
H 10.75 in W 7.75 in D 7.75 in
African Vessel, Hand Built Ceramic, Well Patinaed, on a Display Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant African ceramic vessel exemplifies the beauty of restraint and form in traditional pottery. Its graceful silhouette—defined by a rounded body, narrow neck, and subtly fl...
Ceramic
Dogon Terra Cotta Vase
Located in Montreal, QC
Dogon terra cotta vase decorated in relief with Lizards and human face with nice patina.
Terracotta
Azwan North African/Moroccan Vessel by Artist G. Lamiè
By George Lamiè
Located in Atlanta, GA
Inspired by the earthen architecture, desert landscapes, and centuries-old craft traditions of Morocco, this sculptural vessel carries the quiet presence of an artifact shaped by tim...
Clay, Plaster
A Small 19Th C. Terracotta Vessel From Calanda, Spain
Located in London, GB
A Small 19th C. Terracotta vessel from Calanda, Spain. A traditional present given to a bride on her wedding day.
Terracotta
$600Sale Price|20% Off
H 13.5 in Dm 8 in
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Terracotta Bottle, Djenne Area, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-Early 20th century tribal terracotta bottle, Djenne Area, Mali A handsome terracotta bottle from the Djenne area of Mali with incised geometric patterns on the globular ...
Terracotta
Chinese red glazed porcelain vase, 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
bottle vase
Porcelain
Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
Studio-pottery vase with great patterns. Made in the 1970s. Signed.
Clay
Large Marajoara Style Terracotta Vessel, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Striking large terracotta vessel inspired by the ceramic traditions of the Marajoara culture, originating from the Island of Marajó, Brazil. Executed in the 20th century, this sculpt...
Terracotta
African Mangbetu Terracotta Ceremonial Jug
By Mangbetu People
Located in Chicago, IL
The Mangbetu people focused on highly realistic art forms. Two aspects of the tribe's traditional culture can be seen in this handled jug—the allusion to tall coiffured hair, and the...
Terracotta
Hand-Crafted Terracotta Jar, Tribal Style, Java Indonesia, Circa 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A terracotta jar from the island of Java, Indonesia with an elongated spout. Jugs such as these would have been used to store, water, oil and other liquids. The age related markings ...
Terracotta
Vintage Unglazed Tamegrout Earthenware Amphora Vase
Located in Marrakech, MA
A vintage example of unglazed Tamegrout pottery from the Draa Valley. Unlike the region's well-known green glazed ware, this vessel presents the raw earthenware surface, fired in tra...
Ceramic, Terracotta
Mangbetu Terracota Vessel , Early 20th Century
Located in CA, CA
Mangbetu rare terracotta vessel. It was more common for vessels from the Mangbetu to have figurative elements; much more rare for them to be of geometric design. This one has incised...
Terracotta
$1,250
H 13 in W 11 in D 6.75 in
"Ceramic Pot - Mossi, Burkina Fasso (Farmer's Water Jug), " created in Africa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This ceramic pot was made by an unknown Mossi artist in Burkina Fasso. It was used as a farmer's water jug. The Mossi are a people in central Burkina Faso, living mostly in the villa...
Ceramic
$2,098
H 10.24 in Dm 8.27 in
Vintage Tribal Bakongo Terracotta Vessel with Ethnic Depictions Congo 1950s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Very beautiful and well-preserved vintage terracotta vessel with removable lid from the Congo region, Bakongo ethnic group. The fine decoration is partly engraved, but also modeled ...
Terracotta
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