Christian Dior Silver Plate Carafe Stopper Natural Pyrite Specimen Decoration

Italian cream pale solid marble cone with flat top. No chips or restorations. 3.75" diamenter at top

Italian cream pale marble obelisk composed of pieces of marble laminated together to compose the obelisk. Hollow on the interior and felted bottom. Part of three architectural marb...

Ceramic sculpture by Carlo Zauli from the series "Sphere" done in the circa 1970s. Stoneware and very abstract. Influences of Lucio Fontana are apparent. Exhibited large scale installations during Milan Design Week 2013. Carlo Zauli is indisputably considered one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century. After having won the main awards in ceramics in the fifties, the early sixties saw him evolve towards a markedly sculptural interpretation of his Craft. In these years he developed his own artistic language, imbued with informal atmospheres intertwined with a harmonious but disruptive "naturalness": these are the years of growing international success. From 1958, the year in which the great high-reliefs were made for the Baghdad palace and the Kuwait State Printing Office, he saw his fame grow continually, up to the end of the seventies and eighties, throughout Europe, Japan , North America, where he realizes exhibitions and placed work permanently. Carlo Zauli was born in 1926 in Faenza, where he died in 2002. Instead of ornate platters and decorative vases, his work seemed to have emerged from the earth itself, with organic curves, jagged edges, cracks and fissures that reflected the artist’s keen connection with nature. It was this passion for the natural world that made his work revered in Japan. Zauli first showed in the Japan as well in 1964 with the International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art that toured several top museums. At the beginning of 1960s, Carlo Zauli enters an artistic period in which he could be defined 'a sculptor of vases.' He subjects his vases to a progressive process of geometrical synthesis that, combined with a sort of abnormal growth, turns them into true sculptures. His studio receives frequent visits from Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro, Giuseppe Spagnulo...

Travertine obelisk of Travertino di Rapolino designed by Fratelli Mannelli Excellent condition with no chips.

A cast bronze bird sculpture by Philippe Jean, French artist, designer and sculptor. Mounted on a black wood cube base. Signed and numbered. PhJean 8...

Lorenzo Burchiellaro cast and etched aluminum square sculpture. Patinaed black and natural etched aluminum composes this open cube with a dish depressed center for either holding va...

Dramatic and substantial Pyrite specimen with brilliance and impressive architecture. Commonly known as Fool’s Gold, named for it’s striking resemblance to gold itself. Pyrite is s...

A Naturalia mineral specimen. A fluorite crystals and cubic pyrite cristals mounted over a guild-plated and lacquered wooden base with leaves decorati...

A natural Lapis lazuli specimen of a plate-like form. Also known as lazurite, this raw mineral originates from Afghanistan. It is quite eye-catching as it showcases a bright vivid bl...

A large natural Chalcedony plate specimen originating from Madagascar. Chalcedony, from the Latin Chalcedonian, is a compact variety of microcrystalline...

A large scale natural amethyst specimen originating from Brazil. Crystals from Brazil are most often found as radiating masses, with individual crystals appearing as pyramids. This e...

286.37 Gram Glamorous Pyrite Specimen From Pakistan Weight: 286.37 Gram Dimension: 6.5 x 11 x 6.8 Cm Origin: Pakistan Pyrite is found in a wide variety of geological settings, fr...