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Material: Ceramic
Expressionist Ceramic Sculpture Based on "The Cat Butler" by Diego Giacometti
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century Expressionist glazed ceramic sculpture based on "The Cat Butler" by Diego Giacometti
By: Diego Giacometti (in the style of)
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Category
Early 20th Century French Expressionist Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"Agony & Ecstasy" - Stoneware Sculpture by Eric Serritella
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Other Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
1920s Glazed Stoneware Pelican Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A striking 1920s glazed stoneware pelican sculpture attributed to Leeds Fireclay Co. (LEFCO). Though unstamped, the stoneware is finished with a mottled grey-brown glaze typical of L...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Lladro Porcelain Figurine Of A Setter Dog
By Lladro
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lladro porcelain figurine of a dog by Fulgencio Garcia. It depicts a hand painted full of details tall Setter standing up with a very expressive gaze. The Lladro hallmark ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
"Totem" sculpture by Jacques Darbaud
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
"Totem" sculpture in ceramic signed by the artist J. Darbaud.
France, 2023
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian natural size Cocker Spaniel in ceramic polychromed circa 1950
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible Italian Ceramic polychromed Cocker Spaniel natural size circa 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Blanc-de Chinese Figure Porcelain of Guanyin, Qing Dinasty
Located in Rome, IT
A Blanc-de Chine Figure of Guanyin Qing Dinasty
seating on a the waves, the arms lifted to the waist, dressed in loose fitting robes opening at the ches...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Porcelain of a Man on a Goat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meissen Porcelain of a merry man on a goat.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Gustav Adolf Bredow for Rosenthal Germany Art Deco 1934 Reclining Nude figurine
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large Rosenthal Germany porcelain c. 1934 reclining Art Deco nude figure by Gustav Adolph Bredow (1875-1950). Marked with green Rosenthal Germany...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Delft Figure of a Seated Dog
Located in New York, NY
Faience, painted blue. With spiny back and seated on a cross-hatched rectangular plinth base.
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Paint
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Sancai Glazed Terra Cotta Camel Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a Bactrian camel, the main form of transport over the Silk Road, with its head tilted back and mouth open to the sky, we...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Sculptural Studio Pottery Terracotta Vase
Located in London, GB
Hand-sculpted flat round vase in red unglazed ceramic is partly decorated with a textured layer to create the most sculptural effect.
Category
1980s European Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture Virginia Head by Vanessa Semaino
Located in Milan, IT
The “Surolù” art works - this is artistic identity chosen by Vanessa Semaino - arise from the artist 's need to represent women’s condition today, particularly in their emotional sta...
Category
2010s Italian Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Gold
A magnificent Rosenthal "King Penguin" signed F. Heidenreich
Located in Berlin, DE
A magnificent Rosenthal "King Penguin" signed F. Heidenreich
Designed by Fritz Heidenreich in 1939, signed, green stamp with the addition "Germany" by the Selb Art Department in 194...
Category
Early 20th Century Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$1,130 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian majolica pottery figure of traditional Pulcinella, hand modelled in clay
Located in Central England, GB
This superb, large, and highly decorative late 19th-century Italian naïve majolica pottery figure is hand modelled in clay, which is painted and glazed in bold colours.
It depicts t...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Vintage original ceramic sculpture Old Man by Bassano, Italy 1974
By Bassano
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage original ceramic sculpture "Old Man is a drunken" by Bassano made in Italy in the 1974.
Bassano ceramics (also known as "Bassano del Grappa") is a traditional Italian craft p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Modern Sculpture Signed by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ulrica Hydman-Vallien can certainly not be accused of being ordinary. Her design has had its own style ever since the beginning of her artistic career. Already when Ulrica was 17 years old she became a student at the College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, and went on to further study in the USA and Mexico. This bold and funny sculpture...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Bactrian Camel Terra Cotta Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a Bactrian camel, the main form of transport over the Silk Road, with its head tilted back and mouth open to the sky, we...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Bing & Grøndahl Porcelain Figurine, Sitting German Shepherd
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Bing & Grøndahl porcelain figurine. Sitting German Shepherd. Model number 2197.
Early 20th century.
Measures: 9.5 x 7 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factory q...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$140 Sale Price
30% Off
Carlo Zauli Italian Artist Abstract Ceramic Sculpture Signed Zauli
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Petite Vintage Hollywood Regency Chinese Elephant Flower Pot Stand
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair of petite mid-20th century glazed ceramic elephant flower pot seats. Handmade of ceramic. Nice addition to your home, patio or garden. Found at an Estate Sale in Nuremberg, Ge...
Category
1960s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Rustic Terracotta Horse Head
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This expressive sculpture captures a horse mid-rear, its head tilted skyward with a sense of tension and energy. The surface is raw and textured, blending rich earthy reds with muted...
Category
Late 20th Century American Rustic Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Clay
21st Century Room Divider / Screen Sculptures by Natasha Dakhli, 2021
Located in London, GB
Ceramic screen/room divider sculptures by Natasha Dakhli, 2021
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Dimensions: H 185 cm x L 140cm
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Modular rotating sculptures made of enamel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Lladro Porcelain Figurine Of A Lhasa Apso Dog
By Lladro
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lladro porcelain figurine of a dog. It depicts a very well done hand painted white and light brown dog. The Lhasa Apso is standing up with a lot of wavy hair and a “I don’t...
Category
20th Century Spanish Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
"Meander" Hand Built Ceramic Organic Form Sculpture
Located in London, GB
This organic ceramic sculpture has been hand made using the ancient technique of coiling with ropes of clay. Without the use of molds or machines this affords the buyer the assuranc...
Category
2010s Scottish Organic Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bas Rilief, 1950 Germano Belletti
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional and exclusive Bas Rilief, 1950 Germano Belletti " Centauri" in Faenza, 1914 works with Pietro Melandri, Riccardo Gatti, Mario Morelli. Apprezzated to Giò Ponti.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Maiolica, Wood
Antique Bristol Delft Manganese Tile Ex Mobbs Collection
By Delft
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A 19th century Bristol Delft manganese 6-inch tile of a goat scene in a modern frame.
This scene is intricately illustrated with stylised details of the goats and surrounding patter...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Wood
Pair of Italian Mid 19th Century Terra Cotta Lions
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational pair of Italian mid 19th century, circa 1850, terra cotta lions. Each lions is raised on a rectangular base. The lions with expressive faces and wonderfully carved mane...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$33,900 / set
Statue Of Inca Woman by Montereau Faïenceries, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Inca (peruvian pre-columbian people of indigenes) in full garb.
A splendorous warrior woman denoting leadership and social standing in their ornamentation and gold details.
An Ori...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
$2,036 Sale Price
30% Off
Marco Celotti Mid Century Modern Sculpture Group
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful group of sculptures by Italian American artist Marco Celotti.
Created circumnineteen 70 this highly animated group of characters can only bring to mind thoughts of storyt...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage White Ceramic Elephant – Sèvres, French 1950
Located in London, GB
This white ceramic elephant, produced by the renowned Sèvres Manufacture in France during the 1950s, is a fine example of mid-20th-century French ceramic design. The piece has a stro...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Mazy Glazed Purple & White Porcelain Pansy Sculpture
By Samuel Mazy
Located in Toronto, ON
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...
Category
2010s French Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Set/12 Ceramic Chess Pieces, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set of 12 Ceramic Chess Pieces, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
A luxurious chess set designed for the mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Goldscheider "The Captured Bird" ceramic statuette by Josef Lorenzl
By Goldsheider
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Goldscheider Ceramic statuette "The Captured Bird" design by Josef Lorenzl (1892-1950) and it was registered as "Model 5230".The woman depicted here is the German dancer Niddy Impeko...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Sculptural Abstract Sphere Studio Art Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modern Sculptural Sphere Abstract Studio Pottery Art
Brown ball object
6.75 h x 6.5 w x 6.25 d
Preowned original vintage condition.
See images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Modernist Sculpture of a female nude done in ceramics, Yugoslavia 1970s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a spectacular Modernist sculpture depicting a female nude. The sculpture is done in ceramics. Artist who did the sculpture used to teach at the Art Acad...
Category
1970s Serbian Modern Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Porcelain Qing Emperor Decorative Figure
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Elevate your collection with this exquisite Chinese porcelain figurine inspired by the illustrious Qing dynasty. Crafted in a stunning wucai style, the figurine depicts a distinguish...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Achromatic Fold in White II, a Parian Porcelain Vessel by Steven Edwards
Located in London, GB
'Achromatic Fold in White II' is a unique sculpture by the British artist Steven Edwards, created from parian porcelain.
Steven Edwards is a ceramic artist whose work investigates the language of making through the materiality and physicality of clay. Fascinated by process-led making, he uses traditional techniques that provoke unanticipated outcomes, using clay as a medium that sustains the narrative of the making process. The resulting forms embody his interaction and manipulation of the clay using bespoke tools to explore the intrinsic properties of the material.
His creative practice starts by purposely placing clay under stress to reveal the natural tension and movement in its surface and form. Throughout the whole making process, he pushes, pulls, compresses and slices the material to provoke a reaction. The final forms are a combination of these making scenarios, translating a theme of duality in their appearance – the contrast of visual distortion and precision, the stillness and movement in form and the surface deception between synthetic and natural.
Whilst challenging and pushing his material to the limits, often using clay bodies in ways they are not designed for, Edwards purposely exploits unexpected outcomes. Creating a sense of unease, during the making his clay cracks and buckles, resulting in permanent scars that illustrate the extremes that have been asked of it. Purely aesthetic, these fissures within the surface are an important counter point to the idealised sugary-hued confectionery layered rings.
Edwards has exhibited his work at premiere contemporary design and craft shows including British Ceramics...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Early 20th Century Painted Porcelain Statuettes, Napoleon III Style.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of early 20th century painted porcelain statuettes, Napoleon III style.
Pair of early 20th century Napoleon III style painted porcelain statuettes.
Male: H: 42cm, D: 13cm
Woma...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Italian Griffon Majolica Terracotta Pedestals on Plinths. Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Griffon Majolica terracotta pedestals with flanking circular floral tops and resting on molded step back plinths. Mid 19th century.
Category
1850s Italian Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$9,600 Sale Price / set
40% Off
A pair of Belle Epoque quil figures attributed to Edme Samson, Pristine.
By Edmé Samson
Located in Buchanan, MI
A pair of Belle Epoque quil figures attributed to Edme Samson, Pristine.
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladro, Tengra and Zaphir, Spain, Four Porcelain Figurines of Children
Located in København, Copenhagen
Lladro, Tengra and Zaphir, Spain. Four porcelain figurines of children, 1980s-1990s.
Largest measures: 21 x 11 cm.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$252 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Brutali Wall Relief Hand Sculpted in Ceramic by Pijman, 19505s, Netherlands
Located in London, GB
Expressive wall relief of abstracted human figures is dynamically sculpted in rough white clay, which shows its texture by the hand markings of the artist almost into a three-dimensi...
Category
1950s Dutch Expressionist Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Meiji-Taisho Period Kutani Porcelain Figurine of a Rabbit, Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Late Meiji - Early Taisho Period Kutani Porcelain Figurine of a Rabbit, Circa 1920
MARKINGS
Signed on the underside.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 6 inches
L...
Category
1920s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century “Dune i” Wall Sculpture by Agnès Debizet, France 2017
Located in London, GB
“Dune I” Wall by Agnès Debizet, 2017
Monumental wall sculpture comprising twenty elements made of stoneware and porcelain slip with dark cracks surface, unique piece signed and da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
European Hand-Painted Porcelain Figure, Queen, Late 19th C
Located in København, Copenhagen
European hand-painted porcelain figure.
Queen with crown, key and scepter. Late 19th century.
Measures: 15 x 7 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$630 Sale Price
30% Off
1940s Art Deco Porcelain Man with Lute, Czechoslovakia
By Rako Ceramic
Located in Praha, CZ
- Porcelain man playing the lute
- By Czechoslovakia factory RAKO,which no exists today(1883-2004)
- Figure is dated around 1930-1940
- Nice mantel pi...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$617 Sale Price
20% Off
Terracotta sculpture, unique piece by Michel Lucotte, France, 1959
Located in Paris, FR
Original terracotta sculpture by Michel Lucotte, signed and dated 1959. Unique piece.
Height: 54 cm (21.6 inches)
Width: 30 cm (11.8 inches)
Depth: 17 cm (6.7 inches)
Biography
Mic...
Category
1950s French Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Terracotta Cat With Glass Eyes, In The Style Of Goldscheider, Circa 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Terracotta Cat With Glass Eyes, In The Style Of Goldscheider, Circa 1900 – Austria"
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A charming and finely crafted Austrian terracotta sculpture of a seated cat, dating to the late...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Other Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Ceremonial Vessel #12, Tripod Vessels Collection, 1994
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Tripod Vessels Collection, Round Series Ceremonial Vessel #12 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sc...
Category
20th Century American Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Paul Duboy, Bisque Statue Young Girl in a Ball Gown
Located in Paris, FR
This porcelain bisque statue depicts a young woman in a ball gown, holding a mask and a fan, in 18th century taste. She is wearing an elegant dress à la ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Minton Tile of Musical Classical Figures by John Moyr Smith
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith.
This 8 inch tile depicts a man in noble dress playing a ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Ceramic Totem Model B by Alessandro Guerriero for Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic sculpture of the Totem collection designed by Alessandro Guerriero and produced by Superego Editions. Prototype.
Biography
In 1976 Alessandro and Adriana Guerriero establish...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Unique UFO Mirror by Ia Kutateladze
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique UFO mirror by Ia Kutateladze
Dimensions: W 33 x H 26 cm
Materials: Clay
UFO 02 is a hand built ceramic mirror. Playful and bold functional decorative object, for various ...
Category
2010s German Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Clay
$475 / item
Coade Stone Style Column Fragment
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A beautifully preserved early 19th century Coade stone style column fragment mounted on a bespoke steel stand. Showcasing superb craftsmanship, this te...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Tall Budding Vessel in Grey, a textured porcelain sculpture by Olivia Walker
Located in London, GB
'Tall Budding Vessel in Grey' is a unique porcelain sculpture by the British artist, Olivia Walker.
Walker works in porcelain to create pieces that explore ideas of growth and decay...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Valérie Courtet, Otter in chamotte and glazed stoneware. Contemporary work
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Valérie Courtet
Otter standing on its hind legs, in chamotte stoneware glazed in sienna and black (see photos), original stamped sculpture.
Contemporary French work.
Dimensions : ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Figures with Doves, Rare Art Deco Sculptures by de Vegh, Gray, Red and Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This beautifully glazed, rare pair of fine ceramic sculptures, depicting highly-stylized male and female figures, each holding doves, was sculpted by Geza de Vegh for the Phoenix pot...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Royal Porcelain or State’s Porcelain Manufactory 'KPM' Cherub’s Sculpture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This rare porcelain group sculpture depicts a pair of winged warriors cherub figurines. They are without their helmet, armor, and swords. One is in a victorious posture and the other...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau Pearl Mermaid Porcelain Plaque by Emile Jacob
By Emile Jacob
Located in Palm Beach, FL
With artful and sensuous handling of material, Emile Jacob demonstrates his life-long love of learning with a technical mastery of porcelain and glazes as well as an awareness of current artistic trends such as Japonisme and l’Art Nouveau. From a bird’s-eye view perspective popularized by Japanese wood block prints circulating in Europe, Jacob immediately confronts the viewer with the sea. The variegated blues and greens take on every murky depth, every iridescence produced on a sun-filled water’s surface; while the suggestion of movement created by undulating patterns of water morphs into sand ridges caused by breaking waves as the viewer nears for a closer examination. The effect is remarkable. Upon closer scrutiny, the abstracted ridges create an affect of being even farther away from the sea, as if high in flight. The same captivating qualities are achieved by the opaque and crystalline glazes to suggest the interior of an oyster’s shell. The ultimate pearl, a female nude, is voluptuously modeled; fusing as one with her seascape, her hair spreads out in wavy tendrils and her graceful, long fingers wrap around the plaque’s edge.
Literature: Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
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