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...

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

Pair of Japanese porcelain scroll weights (fuchin), extremely intricately gilded and hand painted on a beautiful square-shaped body in "chibu" technique in dark blue on the top and a...

Pair of Japanese porcelain scroll weights (fuchin), extremely intricately gilded and hand painted on a beautiful square-shaped body in "chibu" technique in dark blue. First developed in the early years of the 19th century, the “chibu” technique tasks the artist with painstakingly creating patterns with minute raised pigmented drops of equal size placed at precise intervals to generate a highly textured and mesmerizing field of raised dots that are most frequently done in a bluish-green hue as in the piece, but also in white and gold. This pair is from the Kutani region of Japan and each piece bears the mark of Kutani on the reverse side. Traditional Japanese rooms are often decorated with scrolls. A “fuchin” or scroll weight is a pair of tasseled weights made of porcelain or stone that is hung on the scroll's bottom end roller to straighten the scroll and steady it in the breeze. Fuchin also accentuates the beauty of the scroll. Fuchins are used as curtain tie-backs and look stunning hanging on the knobs, keys and locks of armoires and cabinets...

Pair of Japanese porcelain scroll weights (fuchin), intricately hand painted on a beautiful egg-shaped body in green, purple and yellow, from the five d...

Blue and white Qing dynasty style Chinese covered vases painted in deep cobalt blue with a design of Tibetan flowers.