Rare Set of Handmade Ceramic Cups with Brown Spirals

Vintage set of 3 colorful hand painted ceramic vases with simple yet beautiful floral decorations. These items exude a form of quaint, naive beauty. One item has hairline cracks and ...

Made of earthenware, this set of tiles (5) depicts a beautiful but mysterious winged creature. Chimera, like and placed on a pedestal, this creature sh...

A gaper is a stone or wooden figurehead, often depicting a Moor, Muslim, or North African. The figurehead first appeared in the late 16th century as a hangout sign used outside the storefronts of drug stores in the Netherlands. The meaning of gaper is the same in English; the figurehead is always displayed with an open mouth, sometimes with a pill resting on his tongue. The gaper's gaping tongue could represent the intake of medicine and grimace represents the bitter taste of the medicine. The gaper takes on various appearances that are symbolic of the origin for the pharmacist...

Beautiful eye-catching handmarked (see bottom) plate depicting various organic forms, shapes and colors on a black background. An outstanding vintage item.

This piece of a pottery vessel, embellished with high relief figures, was made by women of the ethnic group of the Bariba (or Baatonu) in the northern provinces of Benin. The Bariba potters passed their trade from mother to daughter. They didn’t make their vessels on a pottery wheel...

This fine, round, dark grey vessel depicts a complete figure which is rare. It was made by the Mangbetu People. The Mangbetu ethnic group lives deep in the...

A wonderfully crafted, beautifully designed set of ceramic goblets/ cups by pottery/ ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Otto Heino. Th...

An exquisitely formed and deeply blue glazed set of six ceramic sake/ liqueur cups by renowned American West Coast Californian master ceramist Harrison McIntosh who was famed for his Mid-Century Modern designed ceramics. Mcintosh's works have been exhibited in such acclaimed venues as the Smithsonian in the United States the Louvre in France. Over his more than 60-year career, McIntosh had some 43 solo exhibitions from Los Angeles, New York, Belgium, Cannes, France to Japan. His work can be found in numerous collections and museums throughout the world including: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France The National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California The Huntington Library, San Marino, California American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona Belgian...

A wonderful and extremely rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore S...

A wonderful and extremely rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore S...

A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...

A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...