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Set of Three 1980s Blue Green Ceramic Vases / Candle Sticks
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Set of three handmade Danish ceramic vases / candle sticks with graphic decor using the raw ceramic as part of a straight lined pattern resembling a landscape or a sunset. Same stylized decoration in blues and aqua green on all three vases. A small handmade ridge on the inside of each item makes for perfect placement of tea lights. A 80s ceramic...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Jasba Fat Lava Op Art Vase Earthy Colors Western Germany Ceramic
By Jasba
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Jasba N3221120 vase is a part of N series of objects; this series covers a large segment of Jasba’s production. Items within the series come in a wide variety of forms and decors, a...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Kent Follette Pair of Organic Modern Ceramic Candlesticks, American Art Pottery
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage pair of ceramic candlesticks was made by Kent Follette of Follette Pottery in minimal, organic modern style. The pieces are decorated with abstract flower designs in various...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Boho Figurative Studio Pottery Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unleash a dose of playful charm with this truly unique vintage studio pottery vase. A delightful testament to artisan craftsmanship, this piece takes on an endearing figurative form,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Art Deco Pottery Vase with Ram Heads, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Early 1920s painted pottery vase sculpted with ram heads. Its in the style of Karl Hansen Reistrup and often assumed being made by Michael Andersen and Son. But it was actually made by Knabstrup who were basically neighbors to Kähler in Næstved, Denmark. The ware you see in the photos is actually spots were the shallow paint...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$334 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Hermes Bust in Carved Biscuit French Origin
Located in Buxton, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Sculpture of Hermes. The sculpture is hand carved from Biscuit.
Circa Late 20th and of French Origin
Dimensions - 19 H x 13 x 7 cm
We have...
Category
Late 20th Century French Classical Greek Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$461 Sale Price
51% Off
Nemadji Ceramic Indian Art Pottery Green Brown Vase Moose Lake
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Nemadji Native Indian Art Pottery Ceramic green brown vase
4.13 h x 4.75 diameter
Original vintage, refer to images listed.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Large 1940s Danish Art Nouveau Floor Vase, Knabstrup
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large ceramic floor vase by ceramic artist Harald Folmer Gross (1888-1961) for Knabstrup Ceramics - Gross worked for Knabstrup from 1941 to 1945. Light cream yellow base with hand-pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Mata Ortiz Geometric Blackware Vase by Octavio Andrew
By Mata Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful hand-turned geometric blackware vase by Octavio Andrew, circa 2000s. The exquisite piece made of naturally black clay has a unique geometric design. This vase is in very go...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$420 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Six Dynasties Pottery Model of an Armored Horse, 3rd-4th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
An extremely rare Chinese painted pottery model of an armored horse, Six Dynasties period (220-581 AD), TL tested by Oxford Authentication.
The stocky ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Studio Pottery Ceramic Vase No 10 by Ilse Ludwig-Korbel Germany 1984
Located in Munich, DE
Rare, elegant and highly decorative studio pottery ceramic vase. No 10. Designed and made by famous German studio ceramic artist Ilse Ludwig-Korbel, Tittmoning, Germany, 1980s. Dated...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Vintage Studio Pottery Ceramic Vase No 08 by Ilse Ludwig-Korbel Germany 1980s
Located in Munich, DE
Rare, elegant and highly decorative studio pottery ceramic vase. No 08. Designed and made by famous German studio ceramic artist Ilse Ludwig-Korbel, Tittmoning, Germany, 1980s. Arti...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Alvino Bagni Italian Pottery Imported by Raymor
By Raymor, Alvino Bagni
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Alvino Bagni.
Importer: Raymor.
Period or model: Mid-Century Modern.
Specs: Pottery
Condition:
This Alvino Bagni Italian Pottery canister...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Four Pottery Vice Jars / Drug Canisters Imported by Raymor, Italy, 1950s, Rare
By Raymor
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare set of four "Vice Jars" all signed, Raymor. Opium, Morphine, Cocaine and Marijuana. Rarely seen and virtually never seen in this condition. No chips, cra...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Big Hand-Painted Persian/Egyptian Blue French Pottery Vase Attributed to Longwy
Located in Minneapolis, MN
You'll never find a richer, more gorgeous blue than the glaze on this beautiful vase or jardiniere. From the 1930s, this piece is no doubt French--the real mystery is if it's by Long...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Junghans Large Pink Max Bill Style Midcentury Wall Clock, Germany, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely round mid-century wall clock, crafted by Junghans in Germany during the 1950s. Designed in the characteristic style of the era, it features elegant brass hands, a brass fram...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Purple Ceramic Brutalist Vase Fat Lava Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
ceramic pottery vase.
Origin:
Germany.
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany.
Decade:
1970s.
This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by C...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Spectacular Large Mid-Century Vase In The Style of Antonio Prieto C. 1970's
Located in Bernville, PA
Spectacular Mid-Century vase in the style of Antonio Prieto. Beautiful, soft earthtone colors and great form. Very hard to find size measuring 40 inches high ,29 inches in diameter a...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Art Deco Earthenware or Terracotta Pair - Possible F.A.C.I. Guerrino Rossi
Located in Lugo, IT
Pair of Art Deco earthenware or terracotta.
Possible F.A.C.I. ceramic production. Possible airbrush decoration by the painter Guerrino Rossi.
Good condition.
Thank you
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Chinese or Japanese Celadon Large Heavy Yellow Glazed Footed Bowl, Qing Dynasty
Located in Studio City, CA
A rather spectacular piece in person with a wonderful glaze and color. Wonderfully designed with a good feel and heft to it.
We believe this is from the Qing Dynasty but are simpl...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury Nancy Wickham stoneware vase with Double Helix Sgrafitto Decoration
Located in Southampton, NJ
A late 1940s stoneware vase by Nancy Wickham Boyd featuring a dynamic double helix motif. The sgrafitto design is highlighted with green glazing. Like quite a few well-known NYC pott...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Vintage 1970's Hand Painted Pair Of Folk Art Pottery - Signed by Artist
Located in San Carlos, CA
For Sale: Stunning 1970's Vintage Folk Art Pottery Vases
Add a touch of vintage charm to your home with this gorgeous pair of 1970's folk art pottery vases. Both vases showcase a di...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$112 Sale Price
53% Off
Mid-Century Round Vase Reims Decor by Bodo Mans for Bay Keramik
By Bodo Mans, Bay Keramik
Located in Ferndale, MI
1960s West German Bay Kermik round vase with Reims decor 1010-10 by Bodo Mans.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
21 Piece Collection of German Bauhaus Pottery by KMK / manner of Otto Lindig
By Karlsruhe
Located in Chicago, IL
21 Piece Collection of German Pottery in the manner of Otto Lindig. Produced by KMK (Kunstkeramik Manufaktur Krösselbach)
SIGNED KMK on some of the pieces
Please request additiona...
Category
20th Century German Bauhaus Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Kulmbach Organic Modern Spotted Glaze Ceramic Vase, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stunning bulbous multicolored vase with short, narrow neck. Shiny spotted running glaze in mint, aqua, sand, sepia and cream colors. Slight blue glaze on and inside the neck. Handmad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Mid Century Malcolm Leland Chalice Planter Bisque Finish
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Large unglazed planter designed by Malcolm Leland for the Southern California company Architectural Pottery circa 1950s. The bisque finish was designed to let the water evaporate whe...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Oversized Glazed Ceramic Gurgle Fish Jug Vase Tall Pitcher, France 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oversized Mid-Century Modernist glazed ceramic gurgling fish water jug / pitcher. France, 1950s-1960s
Manufactured by Vallauris Ceramics.
Eye-catching large green Majolica ceramic va...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Art Deco Pottery Vase Charles Greber, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Art Deco pottery vase Charles Greber, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Antique Pottery with Beautiful Ripped in the Edo Period/Tsubo Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old jar baked in Japan.
It seems to be in the Edo period (1700s-1800s).
The unique distorted shape is beautiful.
The color and balance of the gla...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Mexican Tonala Pottery Hand Painted Bird
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery bird Folk Art.
Flora de la Cruz Acapulco Gro Mexico hand painted bird dove ceramic.
Warm earth tone polych...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake searching through mossy tuft, signed Jose Alves Cunha (Caldas da Rainha)...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Rustic Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Rye Pottery Sussex Pig Drinking Vessel, circa 1870
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare and unusual antique miniature Rye pottery figure of a Sussex Pig decorated in mottled brown glazes with a removable head. The pig is in excepti...
Category
1870s British Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$1,697 Sale Price
55% Off
Mid-Century Vintage West German Pottery Amber Vase by Bay Keramik, circa 1970
By Bay Keramik
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Tall, large vintage midcentury vase by West German Pottery producer - 'Bay Keramik' Germany, circa 1970s. The embossed relief pattern on the t...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Rare C19th Pottery Nodding Figure
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A rare C19th English pottery figure of a seated Japanese gentleman in traditional robes, with a nodding head which is lead weighted inside to make his head rock, with a bottle and cu...
Category
1850s English Chinoiserie Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery, Paint
Early Villeroy & Boch Stoneware Inkstand
Located in Forney, TX
An extremely scarce early Villeroy & Boch pottery deskset stand. The pristine German antique, circa 1860, was masterfully handcrafted in Mett...
Category
19th Century German Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Joke Stroes Postmodern Studio Pottery Object for Mobach The Netherlands 1980s
By Mobach
Located in Meer, VAN
Joke Stroes Studio Pottery Object for Mobach, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1980s.
Wonderful post-modern studio pottery object by renowned studio pottery master Joke Stroes for Mobach, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Collection of Royal Haeger "Earth Wrap" Pottery
By Royal Haeger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A collection of 1970's pottery by Royal Haeger from the "Earth Wrap" line. Gold and burnt orange lava glaze on a matte brown ground. Ten pieces available, s...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$1,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Studio Pottery Floor Vase Intense Blue WGP Fat Lava Retro Mid Century Modern
By Silberdistel
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Large intense blue glazed ceramic vase or floor vase or umbrella stand, probably made in Germany by HOY or Silberdistel in the 1950s/60s.
A great decorative piece in very good con...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$617 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Beautiful Antique Pottery/Sue Pottery/Around 9th Century/Excavated Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have an aesthetic sense peculiar to Japanese people.
And we introduce the unique items that only we can do, the route of purchasing in Japan, the experience value so far, and the ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Art Nouveau Deco Weller Pottery Vase with Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Weller Art Deco Pottery Peach Vase
Beautiful hand-painted ceramic vase from the 1930's in peach color with an ivory flower motif. Wonderful ad...
Category
1930s American Art Nouveau Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Bitossi Multi Color Flower Vase for Rosenthal Netter
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Manufacturer: Bitossi
Importer: Rosenthal Netter
Period or model: Mid-Century Modern.
Specs: Pottery
Condition:
This Bitossi multi color flower vase for Rosenthal Netter...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Beautifully Weathered Gouda Plateel Vase or Planter The Netherlands 1930s
Located in Meer, VAN
Beautifully Weathered Gouda Plateel Vase or Planter The Netherlands Early 20th Century
This is a special piece of early 20th century Dutch ‘plateel’ pot...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Persia Crackle Glaze Blue Gray Cylinder Vase, Starck, Andersen, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish midcentury modern ceramic vase by Marianne Starck for Michael Andersen & Son. Blue stylized floral decor around the belly of the grey cylinder shape with persia crackle glaze ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Danish Bowl with Crystalline Glaze by Einar Johansen, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Friberg, Nylund and Stalhane inspired footed ceramic dish with dusty crystalline glazes creating an abstract center motif. Designed by the Danish cerami...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$190 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Plichta Pottery Nekola Pinxt Cat London England
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A wonderful Plichta Pottery Cat "Nekola Pinxt" London England. Excellent condition with no chips or cracks. Fun whimsy glass eyes. Rare and in demand.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
18th Century French Auvergne Walnut Oil Jar – Antique Rustic Collectible
Located in Milano, IT
This rare 18th-century Auvergne French walnut oil jar is a stunning antique with rich historical significance. Handcrafted in the Auvergne region of Fra...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Vintage 1980's Post Modern Abstract Pink Slava Boyan Pottery Vase
Located in San Carlos, CA
🌟 Introducing a Vintage Gem: 1980's Post Modern, Abstract California Pottery Vase! 🌟
Dive into the retro vibes with this stunning 1980's abstract California pottery vase in captiv...
Category
1980s Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$63 Sale Price
20% Off
23” Claude Conover "Okot" Pottery Vassel
Located in Water Mill, NY
Claude Conover 23" Mid-Century Modern large pottery vassel signed and titled "Okot" on base.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Pair of French Aesthetic Movement Enameled Bird Motif Black & Gold Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French Aesthetic movement enameled bird motif black & gold vases, each one with twin applied handles, colorful decoration on both sides, raised on a 4"diameter base
Provenan...
Category
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Ceramic Vase on Sterling Silver Base, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Rimini blu' glazed ceramic vase on sterling silver pedestal. Designed by Aldo Londi for by Bitossi. Italy, 1960s.
This eye-catching vase is made of blue glazed ceramic with engraved patterns surrounding the central part. Its gorgeous shades of blue and the geometric design of the patterns make this vase a highly decorative piece from the Mid-Century Modern period.
Rare find due to the sterling silver base.
Measures: 20,5 cm height x 16 cm diameter // 8,07 in height x 6,29 in diameter
About Bitossi (Manufacturer)
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Roseville Baneda Double Handle Green Vase, 1932 American Art Pottery
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Baneda line vase features twin loop handles, wide band of decor in the upper part of the vase, and beautiful green glaze with dripping blue glaze accents. This is the model 5...
Category
1930s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
1930s Ozark Roadside Tourist Swirl Missionware Pottery Vase Arkansas Missouri
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Ozark Pottery Company vase in blue and light blue swirled glaze. When demand for utilitarian ware waned, many potteries introduced their art line. Artifi...
Category
1930s American American Craftsman Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Pair Set 2 French Confit Pot Yellow Glazed Pottery Provincial Farm Urn
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century pair set 2 French Confit pot yellow glazed pottery provincial.
Direct from France, this is for two antique French confit pots, a...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Large Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Brutalist Vase by Bitossi, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Classic Italian Brutalist design by famed Italian ceramicist Aldo Londi in his signature Sgraffito style.
Can be re-wired as a lamp or stand alone as a striking piece of pottery.
...
Category
1960s Italian Brutalist Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Nancy Wickham Boyd Stoneware Plate with Branch Design
Located in Southampton, NJ
A late 1940s stoneware plate by Nancy Wickham Boyd featuring a dynamic design motif of bare twigs. The curved organic shape of the plate is a nice compliment to the more severe carvi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Pottery, Paint
Colorful Set of Mid Century Pottery Bowls
Located in Tilburg, NL
Mid Century Colorful Set of Pottery Bowls.
At DEZAAK DELUXE we try to find items that are out of the ordinary. With experience over 40 years, we are kn...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Marcello Fantoni Vase
Located in Ferndale, MI
Italian ceramic vase by Marcello Fantoni. Green and mustard glaze on bulbous form.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$1,300 Sale Price
27% Off
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson Canadian Studio Pottery Bowl with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Canadian studio pottery miniature bowl decorated in yellow glazes with an associated pottery stand by Lane Gordon Thorlaksson (Canadian, 1937-2009) dated 1976.
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson was born in 1937 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and moved to Vancouver as a child. In his twenties, he represented Canada in the 1959 Chicago Pan-American Games, running alongside Henry 'Harry' Winston Jerome in both the 100 yard and 220-yard dash. Following this, he attended San Jose University of California and in 1966 received a BFA in Ceramics.
Working with clay was Thorlaksson’s passion. He was fascinated with Asian ceramics, in particular the Song dynasty Chinese pot forms and glazes. In 1985, the Mayor of Vancouver, Mike Harcourt, visited China on a goodwill mission for the twinning of Vancouver with Guangzhou China. As gifts, he took with him several of Thorlaksson’s ceramics and presented them to Cao Yun-ping, Secretary-General of the People's Municipal Government of Guangzhou. The pieces were well received and local Chinese potters were interested to learn about his glazing techniques.
In 1987, Thorlaksson was invited to visit China’s Guangzhou University to exhibit more of his work. He was aided in this exchange by Joanne Mah, the Director of Intercultural Training and Educational Consultants (ITEC), who had worked with the Harcourt exchange. In 1988, she and her husband sponsored a pre-gallery showing of Thorlaksson’s ceramics at the ITEC’s Hong Kong office, prior to an exhibition at Alvin Gallery in Hong Kong. Thorlaksson was celebrated and introduced to academics and the media, including the head of ceramics at the Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts. Local Chinese potters were eager to learn about his firing techniques, which used multiple firings to create special glaze characteristics. They were also intrigued to understand how he designed his own stands as an integrated part of his presentation. Unlike Asian potters who used wooden stands, Thorlaksson produced his stands in clay, matching each stand in aesthetic and tone to its pot. This two-part process elevated his pieces to sculpture. He believed that ceramics should be viewed as fine art and not craft. He was inspired by the female form and was quoted as saying 'Most potters make pots; I make parts of people'.
The bowl is of wide squat rounded form with a fold over rim and is decorated in pale yellow glazes over a brown ground and stands on a narrow round unglazed foot. The design is probably based and inspired by a Chinese brush washer...
Category
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
1950s Michael Andersen Spiral Decor Vide-Poche, Denmark
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hand-thrown Danish midcentury modern stoneware vide-poche bowl. Sandy light gray glaze over spiral relief decor in the center and clear glaze on the sides over the dark brown materia...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Pisgah Forest Oxblood Ombre Vase, North Carolina Art Studio Pottery, 1939
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Beautiful rounded vase is decorated with light to dark oxblood red ombre craquelure glaze; the glaze is in high gloss finish and is smooth to the touch. The inner surfaces are finished with semi-gloss off-white glaze.
The vase is in good vintage condition; it is marked and dated on the bottom.
Inspired by the Arts & Crafts Movement, Walter B. Stephen and his mother began their first pottery, Nonconnah, near Memphis, Tennessee about 1904. Without prior experience, they produced slip-decorated pottery of exceptional merit. Stephen moved to Skyland, North Carolina, in 1913, where he established a second Nonconnah Pottery, the first full-time art pottery in the state. In 1926, Stephen began the operation of his third pottery, Pisgah Forest. Here he explored Oriental glazes and forms, pioneered the first crystalline glazes in the South, and developed his cameo wares which resemble English Wedgewood jasperwares.
Pisgah Forest and Nonconnah pottery have gained national recognition from numerous museums and private collectors. Major exhibitions of Stephen’s work have been held at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, the Asheville Art Museum, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Tennessee, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California, the McKissick Museum in Columbia, SC, North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC, and Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC.
Bibliography: Leftwich, Rodney Henderson. Pisgah Forest and Nonconnah: The Potteries of Walter B. Stephen. Bradenton FL...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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