1980s Ceramics

A massive art pottery Bombay glazed vase, late 20th century. A broad tear-shaped vessel sits upon a metal stand - two separate pieces. Tones of oxblood, aubergine, and flame-blue. Po...

A Japanese Imari-style porcelain centrepiece dish, crafted in the 1980s, embodies the refined artistry and cultural symbolism of Imari ceramics. The central figural scene, meticulo...

Italian modern skyscraper white beige Biscuit ceramic sculpture, 1980s Sculpture with rectangular base in Biscuit ceramic. The sculpture represents a skyscraper, on one side there is...

A concrete horse sculpture from China, produced circa 1980. Standing on three legs on a triangular base, this blue-bodied, polka-dotted face pony is see...

Beautiful Chinese porcelain garden stool of traditional drum shape, stunning colors of Chinese scenery of garden flowers and Chinese motifs all around, and the top. With three intric...

2-312 Lovely heron ceramic platter with earth tone colors. Exquisite motif of embossed heron surrounded by birds in flight.  

"Bill graduated from the University of South Florida in 1973, where he studied graphics and design. Since then, he has won numerous top awards for his design and craftsmanship in raku. ""In my years at USF, I learned how to transform a smooth, flat sheet of paper into a representation of depth and dimension."" ""Over time, a unique and personal style emerged, employing clay to achieve that vision of a 3 dimensional style. The sculpture was born from a quest for surface expression as my compositions of texture and lines led me into a palpable third dimension."" ""Later, color emerged as an important factor with the use of clay colorants mixed with the raku clay body. As science is inseparable from art, I documented each experimental formula until I had achieved a broad spectrum of colors. Using these oxided clays, I have gained control of my medium and can now realize all of the dimensions I visualize."" Bill Herb...

Leave shaped stoneware tray by Swedish artist Paul Hoff. Handmade at Gustavsberg in 1989, signed and numbered 92/ 150.

A striking pair of Vintage Chinese turquoise glazed porcelain foo dogs or guardian lions, circa 1980s. The pair of lions, modeled after t...

Beautiful 20th century French ceramic rooster amphora or Vase from the 1980s. Very original and beautiful ceramic work. Small crack on the rooster crest...

A simple yet elegant work by Japanese master potter Yu Fujiwara who was famed for his Bizen-yaki stoneware pottery made in the Bizen area in the Okayama Pr...

Sotheby's NY: Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from the Collection of Lillian Schloss. First Ed softcover with dust cover. With 43 lots fully illustra...