About THOMAS K. LIBBY
Since 1996 Thomas K. Libby has been a trusted source for outstanding antique and vintage ceramics and lamps by dealers, designers, and collectors alike. Thomas K. Libby learned the art of ceramics restoration as a teenager under the tutelage of his godfather, the scion of an Armenian family of craftsmen who built a reputation restoring mosaics and murals in Eastern Europe. Entrusted with the most delicate treasures of some of the best collections in the country, Mr. Libby developed an appreciation born of intimate observation and handling of these rarefied objects. Th...Read More
1stDibs seller since 2008
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The Art and Antique Dealers League of America
Antiques Associations Members
Featured Pieces
Pair Antique Awaji Pottery Arts & Crafts Yellow Buttress Architectural Vases
By Awaji Pottery
Located in Wilton, CT
Pair antique Awaji pottery vases in buttress handled architectural form with yellow monochrome glaze. 12" high. Cracks, chips, stains, as shown.
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Art Deco Vases
Materials
Pottery
Echizen Ware Edo Period Jar Tsubo Vase Pottery Japanese Wabi Sabi Ash Glaze
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Edo period Echizen kilns tsubo jar, circa 17th/18th century. Coil built with reddish iron oxide clay and buff colored ash glaze. Large Echizen jars were famous in their time ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Urns
Materials
Stoneware
Matched Pair Chinese Porcelain Jingdezhen Zhi Mark Famille Rose Export Vases
Located in Wilton, CT
Matched pair Chinese export porcelain famille rose vases, circa late 20th century. Hand turned with nice quality painting. Decorated with birds amongst blossoms on front, poems on re...
Category
Vintage 1980s Chinese Qing Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Hampshire Pottery Matt Green Sweet Arts & Crafts Cattail Vase
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Arts & Crafts Hampshire pottery matt green cattail vase, circa 1910. Measures: 4" high, 6 1/2" diameter. Excellent condition, some light mark...
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Vases
Materials
Pottery
Large Bitossi Pottery Italian Square Slab Turquoise Blue Londi Vintage Vase
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Large vintage Bitossi turquoise blue slab vase with cutout roundels on two sides, circa 1960s. Unusual and dramatic. 17 1/2" high, 7" square. Small chip to inner rim, several nibbles...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Awaji Pottery Art Deco Japanese Vintage Vase Blue Flambe Glaze
By Awaji Pottery
Located in Wilton, CT
Awaji Pottery vase in Art Deco form with three handles curling down from the neck to join the shoulder, and striking blue flambe glaze, circa 1930. Impressed marks. 7 1/4" high, 7" d...
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Art Deco Vases
Materials
Pottery
Large Antique Awaji Pottery Hu Form Taotie Mask Handle Green Vase
By Awaji Pottery
Located in Wilton, CT
Large Awaji Hu form vase in deep green glaze, circa 1910. Inspired by an ancient Chinese bronze form with fantastic taotie mask handles. Measures: 13 1/2" ...
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Arts and Crafts Vases
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Korean Porcelain Moon Jar Crackle Glaze Vase Ikebana Zen Large
Located in Wilton, CT
Large vintage Korean porcelain vase with off white crackle monochrome glaze. Signed on base. 17 1/2" high, 9" diameter. Firing flaw at footrim, a...
Category
Early 2000s Korean Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Awaji Pottery Beehive Form Water Coupe Pot
By Minpei Kilns
Located in Wilton, CT
Japanese Awaji pottery brush washer. Circa 1880's. Minpei kiln. Impressed plover mark. 3 1/2" high, 5" diameter. Small gilt lacquer repair at mouthrim.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Huge Antique Mason's English Ironstone Imari Japan Ewer Pitcher Urn Early
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Wilton, CT
Monumental Antique English Mason's Ironstone ewer in Japan imari pattern, Circa 1820's. Unmarked. Bolted to a solid 2" thick ironstone plinth. 27" high, 18" across, 13" deep. 45 poun...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Urns
Materials
Ironstone
Karl Reidel Bronze Figure Sculpture German Mid-Century Signed, circa 1959
Located in Wilton, CT
Karl Reidel (German 1927-2006) bronze sculpture of a man sitting at a table with a cat. Signed "Reidel." This was acquired with a similar Reidel sculpture dated 1959. Measures 10 3/4...
Category
Vintage 1950s German Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ettore Sottsass Vase Mediterraneo Green Gilt Waves Lavori in Corso Signed Dated
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Wilton, CT
Ettore Sottsass Mediterreneo large vase or urn with gilt waves on a green glazed ground. From an edition of 15, dated 2000. Original Lavori in Corso label. Measures: 9" high, 9 3/4"...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
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