Fantoni Vases

Unusual sculpted ceramic pottery vase by noted Italian artist Marcello Fantoni. Polychrome volcanic glaze finish on dimensional vase form body, excellent original condition free of d...

The vintage ceramic jug vase by Marcello Fantoni from the 1960s is an exceptional and artistic piece that exemplifies the mastery of Italian cerami...

Italian artist Marcello Fantoni ceramic vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1970s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a personal friend of Marcel...

Large Vintage Italian Pottery and Leather Vase attributed to Fantoni for Raymor. An attractive tall 16" tapering ovoid pottery form covered i...

Italian mid-century Marcello Fantoni Studio vase. Made and signed with his typical signature "Fantoni". The shape is tall and slender with applied enamel and various geometric shapes...

Marcello Fantoni vase, Stoneware, Abstract, Red, Gold, Gray, Signed. Small scale vase with sloped shoulders, decorated with a drip glaze in red, gray and gold. Signed on the undersid...

Huge Midcentury Drip Glaze Ceramic Urn. Huge white Mid-Century Modern drip glaze ceramic urn, vessel or vase. This large, 27 inch urn is...

This art pottery vase was done by the renowned Marcello Fantoni of Italy in approximately 1960 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The vase is done with a thick dark brown clay w...

A gorgeous Modern drip glazed ceramic art pottery vase In the style of Rookwood Pottery Circa Late 20th Century Glazed ceramic combining gold, green, red and yellow tones. Measu...

Marcello Fantoni (Italy, 1810-1893) Highly textured volcanic glazed monumental vase, made circa 1950s. Unsigned. 15 inches wide by 9 inches deep by 16 inches tall

Tall slender vase by Marcello Fantoni with applied enamel and various geometric shapes and colors, early factory mark, Italy.

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni began studying ceramic art at age 12 at the Art Institute of Florence with ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, artistic director of the famed Cantagalli Factory. He continued years of training in ceramics and the arts, including sculpture with Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti, and figurative art with Gianni Vagnetti, graduating as a maestro of art in 1934. After a stint as art director for a ceramics factory in Perugia, in 1936 he opened the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence. Here he produced ceramic series as well as unique pieces, sculptures and furnishings. In 1937 Fantoni’s pieces were exhibited in the Florence National Arts and Crafts Exhibit where their unique combination of rustic forms decorated with African and marine motifs and painted figures garnered considerable acclaim. By the start of World War II Fantoni’s melding of ancient Italian pottery techniques with decidedly Modernist elements had won him artistic and commercial success both in Italy and abroad. Having participated in the resistance, after the War Fantoni worked for the 500-year old Maiolica factory in Deruta, Umbria, renowned for its signature tin-glazed pottery. In the 1950s he refocused on his Florence studio, dedicating himself to larger sculptural pieces...