1980s Ceramics

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...

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

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: Important Chinese export porcelain from the Mottahedeh collection auction catalog, 1985. First edition soft cover catalog. The catalog conta...

A pair of Chinese export ginger jars with blue and white lids with a stunning glaze.

An elegant Chinese blue and white painted and gilt porcelain lamp with peacock and floral decoration; with gilt-wood base and cap; with flaring neck above a bulbous body adorned over...