Ceramic Sculptures

Unique decoration from the 1980s. Glazed ceramics handmade in former Czechoslovakia in July 1978. Good vintage condition with slight damage to the glaze on one part (see photo).

Henri Bargas was a French artist, renowned for his Art Deco terracotta sculptures depicting male athletes and other classic masculine figures from the 1930s. Born in France in 1885, he was inspired by the Art Deco movement and sought to create works that embodied the modern elegance of the era. His sculptures encapsulated the powerful physique, strength, and athleticism of the classic male...

Terracotta sculptures, Art Nouveau period, 1900. Terracotta sculpture of a woman's face, Art Nouveau period, 1900, unsigned. H: 59cm, W: 42cm, D: 28cm

Monumental Italian glazed Terracotta zebra figure. Stunning extra large vintage Hollywood Regency well detailed Italian glazed terracotta black and w...

Vase in ceramic, by Ettore Sottsass, 1983. The Euphrates vase, made of ceramic porcelain. This is part of the Rivers series, designed by Sottsass 1981-1988. Stamped underneath....

This series of ceramics are unique work by Norihiko Terayama. This is one of series of practicing relationships with function and decoration. Artis...

Two panel wall sculpture. Hand formed ceramic pieces in unglazed white stoneware with lavender, white, and tan cotton fringe. Hanging wire is included on each panel. Ships with a sma...

Freeform, closed ceramic sculpture made from a blend of high-iron stoneware clays hand-collected by the artist in Minnesota. Its surface is hand-polished with diamond sandpaper to re...

This handcrafted and hand painted parrot was designed by Luise Terletzki Scherf. She was a master of capturing the character of the animals and has created a menagerie of animals for...

Porcelain sculpture inspired by the connection between humans and nature. This male porcelain bust portrays a man in a pensive inner-looking pose. It re...

Impermanenza Black A unique testament to artisanal craftsmanship, this gorgeous sculptural vase is distinguished by an uneven, jagged, and black-colored rim result of the stunning Raku firing technique of Japanese origin. Its bulging ceramic shape...

- 1960s, Czechoslovakia - Design: Jitka Forejtova - Publicated in books a catalogues - Original good condition, signed by maker.

Article: Ceramic pottery vase Origin: Germany Model: ROBOT Designer: Heinz Siery Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany Decade: 1960s Th...

Sculpture 'Borne' by Andrée & Michel Hirlet 2000Material: Glazed stoneware Dimensions: H 66 x 55 x 15 cm Year: 2010 Type: Unique Working outside of any wider artistic community or ...

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2006. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world”. Femininity and sensuality are exalted. Inspired by the body, before and after birth, or simply the sea, the parts of the sculpture conjugate around a mysterious interior cavity, secret and troubling. The interior wall doesn’t correspond to the exterior, and has its own volumes, deformities, and intimacy. The pieces present two kinds of interior: one open, and partially uncovered, the other totally hidden inside. The differences of their respective deformation reinforce the impression of life : the subjective representation of muscles and bones, of bulges pushed by an interior force, like a visceral movement of respiration. The surface of the ceramic is crackled but soft and fine, even reflecting light like the skin. The nuances of color reinforce the expression of sensuality. The alignment of technique and what it causes one to see and feel has rarely been so intimately successful. Wayne Fischer perfected his technique in the 1970s and has remained faithful to it. He adds fibers to porcelain clay that has been chosen for its whiteness to create and accentuate volume around empty space, by assembling slabs or thrown pieces. Then, he makes another piece that takes its place inside; both parts are formed with no hand...

Italian glazed ceramic bust of a Classical Roman by Santa Monica. Italian ceramic bust of a Classical Roman with unusual iridescent glaze, marked Santa M...

Ceramic sculpture depicting on owl created by Franco Bratta in 2006, Albisola. Signed.

Terrific ceramic glazed frog with a Chinoiserie flair. Great proportions with a meaty presence. Wonderful coloring. Signed, Jason.

Porcelain dame is an original decorative object realized in the half of the 20th century. Marked under the base.

Large Vintage Glazed Earthenware Teapot by Peter Shire, 1982. Earthenware and Enameled Metal construction, Hand-Built. Approx: 15 1/2" high x 12" wide x 25" long Peter Shire: ...

Fratelli Brambilla is the manufacture which produced the vase designed by Angelo Mangiarotti in the 1960s. Old sticker of Frattelli Brambilla is there but not holding .The mark is ap...

This Art Deco Sculpture was produced in Italy and more precisely in Milan, by Guido Cacciapuoti in the 1930s.  The base is in ebonized wood and the sculpture, a couple of fishes is in light blue porcelain stoneware. Under the base there is the label 'Made in Italy, G. Cacciapuoti, Ceramics and...

Jean Cocteau ceramic vase - "Les Vestales" from 1958 Edition originale Madeline & Jolly - Signed - and with original certificat Red Terracotta earthenware with yellow / blue / green...

A fantastic 19th century Meissen Porcelain orientalist/Turkish figure of a Malabar Man seated on a rhinoceros. This is a rare and beautiful group made by...

Sculpture Boyington dog all in painted ceramic.

Exquisite glazed ceramic roosterd. Designed and hand painted by Mexican ceramist and artist Noe Suro at his Workshop in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, in the early seventies.

One day in the middle of the 1950s, Lisa modeled a cat with the tail straight up in the air. The cat was made of dark brown stoneware with carved stripes. This modernist figurine was...

Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy. This Rose Bush is handmade in biscuit porcelain with painted copper leaves...

Blue Planet Sphere is a round elliptically shaped sculpture, like a flattened, angle-edged ball. Not exactly shaped like our Blue Planet, it still looks li...

French Art Deco ceramic lion sculpture, 1930's. Black glaze.

Colorful birds on gilt bronze bases. Bellevue Ave Newport estate.

7 Asian Chinese (20th Cent) porcelain figures in blue and white patterns in traditional dress (PRICED EACH).

Mottled deep blue with light and dark areas, this amazing matte glaze surface was the result of a mistake in glaze chemistry and boy am I glad! It reminds me of Yves Klein Blue, a de...

An unusually large Chinese Ming Dynasty glazed pottery architectural model of a shrine or cabinet, Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), circa 16th century, China. The shrine model crafted o...

Pair antique English Staffordshire pottery black and white seated spaniels, circa 1870-1880.

Article: Fat lava art vase Producer: Scheurich, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. It is made of cer...

Small angel with birds in biscuit, end of the 19th century Small biscuit group on a gilded brass base, mark "R". Small angel with birds, late 19th century or early 20th century. Me...

Danish studio ceramicist. Two egg-shaped unique ceramic sculptures. Divided into two parts. Around the 1980s. In excellent condition, the smaller sculpture with minor insignificant c...

Porcelain pheasant sculpture designed by Rudolf Chocholka for Keramos Vienna. This finely crafted figure captures the bird in a dynamic stance with wings slightly raised and beak ope...

Meike Falck Nicolaisen, Large Mid-Century German Owl Sculpture, 1960s, Ceramic, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attributio...

This is an adorable English porcelain small figurine of a Scottish dog. It is hand painted white and highlighted with yellow-brownish spots. Very well mad...

Pair biscuit sculptures of eagles. Work from the second half of the 19th century, bearing the incised mark "Mre. Imple. de Sèvres" (not guaranteed). Important pair of porcelain bisc...

Monumental Pottery Watch Tower in Green Glaze; Han Dynasty (2016 BC -AD 220) Earthenware three-storied pavilion from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Each of the...

Porcelain gold money bank in the shape of a bunny. Measurements: 7” H x 6” W x 8” L.  

Striking Mid Century tiger sculpture or figure crafted in terracotta, hand decorated and glazed.

This lovely little guy is a puffer fish designed by Luise Terletzki Scherf. She was a master in capturing the character of animals and showing them in a humorous manner. Colorfully h...

c.1950s Black glazed ceramic Heights 11 - 28 cm

Experimenting with new forms with red earth from Ibiza Earthenware, resins, assemblages, shapes and colours. For some time, I had the desire to work with clay, and living in Ibiza d...

Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg. Stoneware figure from "All the world's children." Height 11 cm. In perfect condition. Marked.

In 1921 Guido Bitossi founded the "Maioliche artistiche Guido Bitossi" factory, proposing a type of production linked to the tradition and classical styles of the past, combined with...

Goldscheider terracotta "" Marked, Austria, circa 1898.

Hand built Ceramic Sculpture, in Gray/Green Underglaze. The Gray/Green is hard to capture: more dark gray than green, it has the feeling of the color sage green. The piece is a composite of hollow pods, elongated, pointed oval or elliptical shapes. They are individually hand-formed, attached together and fused during the firing. White stoneware clay with gray/green underglazes create a soft, powdery surface that still shows a bit of texture from the clay. It is not glazed. The Composite Series has an earthy presence, inspired by the huge bare boulders of the Anza Borrego...

Incredible collection of pre-columbian clay sculptures / figures / statues / pottery, mounted and framed. The pieces date from the pre-classic (Formative) period of Meso-American cul...

19th century - pair of Bennington Pottery lions holding baskets in their mouths. (Unmarked) in excellent condition.

1932- bizen pottery of a sitting Monkey. Marked at the back. Real name is Mitsuo. Eldest son of Koyama Gengo, pen name is Koyama Isso. Worked for a local brickmaking company but lat...

Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created: The girl in a white dress and with a blue bow in her long hair bends over the wicker doll's pram and places ...

This is such a wonderfully designed pair of Italian ceramic white footed bowls full of realistic fruit that have been finished in a yellow glaze, making a bright and festive pair of centerpieces or decorative accessories. The neutral white and cheery yellow will make any space or dining area more inviting and pleasant. Each piece is about 7 inches high and 7 to 8 inches wide, some of the leaves, which seem to be acting as connecting pieces, have broken edges which I have photographed, they are hard to see and would be easy to color over. Thanks for visiting The Moody Carpenter...

Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy, exclusive to Maison Nurita in Canada. Mazy has been working as a ceramist for nearly 20 years i...

Porcelain statue of Scheherazade the legendary Persian queen and the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights by Volkstedt porcelain in Thuringia...

"In Search of Wisdom" is the name of this Bruny Graves sculpture. It's made of clay with barb wire running through it. It's a Ruku sculpture which means it was fired in the tradition...