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Japanese antique Shigaraki ware vase/1400-1573/Wabi-sabi vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is "Shigaraki ware".
Shigaraki ware is a historic kiln located in Shiga Prefecture.
(The Shigaraki ware kiln is circled in red in the image.)
It is said to have originated in the ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Rare 1950s Striped Black/White Double Vase by Marianne Starck, Denmark
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern vase with strong graphic decor from the Tribal / Harlekin series by Marianne Starck (1931-2007). Shiny bone white glaze with hand-carved grap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Japanese Antique Pottery Vase 1900s-1940s / Kasama
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This ceramic vase was made in Kasama, Japan. Kasama is a traditional and famous pottery producing area.
It is very old vase.
It has a very beautiful light blue glaze and has a wond...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Aldo Londi Thai Silk Vase, Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter, Blue, Green, Gold
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid-Century Modern vase was designed by Aldo Londi and produced by Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter. It is decorated with a band of gold flowers on Rimini blue, outlined with sgraffito ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold
Ceramic Art Deco Vase with Swirl Glazes by Herman August Kähler, Denmark, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Glazed footed vase with swirling stripes and red dots by Herman August Kähler. Signed HAK - Denmark to the base. Splendid intact vintage/antique un-restored condition.
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Antique 13th Century Small Pottery Vase / Wabi Sabi Flower Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Since ancient times, people have created necessary tools from familiar materials, passed them on, and nurtured a lifestyle culture in order to survive in the severe struggle against nature.
Over a long period of time, the tools accumulate a certain flavor and reflect the way of life.
The harsher the natural environment and the weaker the human being, the stronger the power of the tool.
In today's world, where cheap and disposable products are encouraged, the act of repeatedly modifying and re-creating the things around us opens up a new world.
With this philosophy in mind, we collect beautiful, powerful, unique, and carefully selected Japanese antiques.
This is a very old ceramic vase...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Ceramic Ikebana Bird Vase by Fujihira Circa 1950
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Circa 1950 Hand Thrown Japanese Ikebana Vase by Fujihira. Fantastic form and good condition with no damage.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Large Thai Ban Chiang Painted Pottery Vessel, Late Period, circa 300 BC
Located in Austin, TX
A massive Ban Chiang culture painted pottery vessel, circa 300 BC, Thailand.
The large storage jar painted with a bold spiral pattern in red ochre on a b...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Large Antique Weller Sicard Irridescent Art Pottery Vase with Stylized Flowers
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vase was made by the renowned Weller Pottery factory of the United States in approximately 1910 in the period Art Nouveau style. The vase is done with a high irridescent cobalt ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Harrison Mcintosh Signed Early Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely designed and gorgeously glazed vase by renowned American West Coast Californian master ceramist/potter Harrison Mcintosh who was famed for his Mid-Century Modern style of ceramics. The colors are amazing with shifting highlights of purples, blues, and greys. This piece radiates in the light.
Mcintosh's works have been exhibited in such acclaimed venues as the Smithsonian in the United States and the Louvre in France. Over his more than 60-year career, Mcintosh had some 43 solo exhibitions from Los Angeles, New York, Belgium, Cannes, France to Japan. His work can be found in numerous collections and museums throughout the world including:
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
The National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
The Huntington Library, San Marino, California
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Signed on the base with his early "McIntosh" signature (circa 1957).
A unique and somewhat rare and hard-to-find budding career vase. Would be an amazing addition to any collectors of McIntosh's or other Mid-century Modern ceramic artists...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Art Deco Pottery Vase Charles Greber, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Art Deco pottery vase signed Charles Greber, circa 1930.
3 fantastic animals as handles.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Pottery Vase
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful white to off-white round Japanese pottery vase, late Modern/Art Deco period, circa early-20th century Japan, 1921-1941. Vase has a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
Sarreguemines Majolica Jardiniere in the Japonisme Style, 1880-1890
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A gorgeous turquoise blue Majolica jardiniere made by the French manufactory Sarreguemines circa 1880-1890. The jardiniere is decorated in the eclectic Japonisme-style with beautifully hand-painted birds among pine branches, faux cloisonne...
Category
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Faience, Majolica, Pottery
1929 Rookwood Art Deco XXIX 2330 Lavender Bud Vase 5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Rookwood bud vase featuring Art Deco styling with three handles, finished in a soft lavender glaze
Dimensions:
3.5" x 3" x 5" (Width x Depth ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Japanese antique pottery, rare Shigaraki ware vase/ Withered grayish white vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Shigaraki ware ceramic piece, crafted in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Shigaraki ware originates from the Shigaraki region and dates back as far as the 8th century. It is one of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Oxblood Vase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pretty Chinese oxblood vase that is probably 19th century but could be very early 20th century. It has a professional repair to one section.
Category
20th Century Chinese Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Small Wabi Sabi Antique Pottery Vase/"Echizen Ware"/Edo/1600s
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Japanese Echizen ware pot.
It is "Echizenware".
Echizen is a historic kiln located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
(The Echizen kiln is marked with a red circle on the ma...
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Carl-Harry Stålhane Rare One-Off Hand Signed Vase for Rörstrand Sweden 1967
Located in Meer, VAN
Carl-Harry Stålhane Unique Hand Signed Vase for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1967.
A rare one-off vase by Carl-Harry Stålhane.
This is a beautiful and colorful hand signed unique studio pott...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
1950s-1960s French Provincial Pottery Jar, Côte d’Azur Artisan Workshop
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1950s-1960s French Provincial Pottery Jar, Côte d’Azur Artisan Workshop
This French pottery jar from the 1950s-1960s, crafted in an artisan workshop on the Côte d'Azur, embodies the...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Pair Antique Staffordshire Pottery Vases Zeus & Hera with Chariots Circa 1880
Located in Katonah, NY
This exquisite pair of antique Staffordshire pottery vases, made in England circa 1880, features mythological scenes of Zeus and Hera riding in their chariots, set against a dramatic...
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Korean Light Celadon Maebyeong Vase, Flying Cranes and Clouds
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage vase features craquelure glaze in light celadon color with motifs of flying cranes and clouds, the "Thousand Cranes" design that common to Korean Goryeo ware. It has the distinct Maebyong shape with small opening, short neck, round shoulder, wide base, and constricted waist.
The vase is signed on the bottom by the artist.
We are offering a larger Maebyeong Vase in deeper shade of celadon in separate listing.
Maebyong is the Korean pronunciation for the Chinese Meiping...
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Celadon, Pottery
Japanese Tall Fine Antique Yellow Dragon Trumpet Vase, 29 Inch
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an exceptionally tall 29" antique monumental monochrome amber yellow crackle glazed dragon vase with a dramatic and impressive "curling dragon" wrapped around its stem.
It was crafted by the master artisans of the Japanese southern Awaji Kiln, from the late Meiji to Taisho period (1910-1920).
The impressive porcelain vase crafted in a tubular modernist form with an original amber yellow glazed finish and with an applied curling dragon sculpture. It is unsigned as many normally were from that period and is in original condition with normal kiln origination surface creation imperfections.
Dimensions: 29 inches tall and 9 inches diameter top and with an 8 inch diameter base
Provenance: private New England collection.
Undoubtedly influenced by the modernist movement and more likely by the visit to the Awaji kilns by the noted English designer Christopher Dresser of Linthorpe Art Pottery...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Antique 1904 XIX Rookwood Arts Nouveau Blue Matte Glaze Bud Vase 6"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1904 Rookwood XIX arts and crafts / art nouveau period bud vase featuring a matte blue glaze with floral / peacock feather design.
Dimensions:
3" x 6.25" (Diameter x Height)
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury German or Scandinavian Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and finely made midcentury art pottery vase probably of German or Scandinavian origin. The vase is very lightly potted with a layered skirt style pattern around the bo...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Art Deco French Iznik Platter Bowl Edmond Lachenal
Located in Austin, TX
Art Deco French Iznik Platter Bowl Edmond Lachenal.
blue tulips and red carnations.
Diameter / 10.5 inches.
H / 2.2 inches.
Edmond Lachenal ( 1855 – 1948) was a French potter. He was...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Pottery
Colorful Abstract Ceramic Pottery Vase by Sawa Franz Schwaderlapp, Germany 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic vase
Producer:
Sawa Ceramic, Germany
Design:
Franz Schwaderlapp
Decade:
1950s
Description:
Original vintage 1950s pott...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Gerd Bogelund for Royal Copenhagen Signed Danish Denmark Art Pottery Leaf Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, wonderfully designed, and glazed Mid-Century Modern Danish/Scandinavian art vase by Gerd Bogelund for Royal Copenhagen featuring leaf decoration and a semi-gloss pale bro...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Giovanni DeSimone Vintage Italian Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage Giovanni DeSimone Italian Cubist Style Pottery Vase, circa 1960s. Bright colorful whimsical vase with a face on one side and a rooster on opposi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Native American Olla Tribe Pottery Vase
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Native American large squat red earthenware pottery vase decorated with flower motif around shoulder of vessel.
Category
19th Century American Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Antique Large Pottery Vase 1860s-1900s / Mashiko
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This large ceramic vase was made in Mashiko, Japan. Mashiko is a traditional and famous region for pottery.
It dates from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It is generally black in co...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Large Austrian Art Nouveau Two-Handled Maroon Ground Pottery Vase, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Decorated with pheasants and peacocks in gilt.
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Large Plastered Pottery Vase 1800s-1860s / Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a very rare large ceramic vase made in Japan, Edo period (1800s-1860s).
I have been buying old tools and antiques in Japan for over 20 years, and this is the first time I hav...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Straw, Plaster
Early 19th century Spanish olive pot
Located in Malton, GB
This is a very nicely size terracotta olive pot from Spain. The simple pattern around the top part of the body and the subtle red colour makes this huge...
Category
19th Century Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Antique Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
Signed Kinkozan 金光山
From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan. The vase is potted in globular form with a tightly pinched neck and rolled top rim beautifully decorated with four highly detailed individual panelled scenes. The first a Geisha baring a gilt basket with her child playing with a fan infant of a gilt fence encompassing blossoming foliage and bamboo plants. The second scene depicts two birds, a Red Headed Japanese Wood Pigeon and a white dove in the foreground with a similar gilt fence with blossoming kiku flowers (chrysanthemums). The third scene is painted as a bustling village community with multiple figures going about their daily jobs, a central Palanquins can be seen with two figures carrying a seating figure. To the background a mountainous river landscape can viewed bordering the top left corner. The final scene appears similar to the opposing one with birds swooping high above a polychrome Japanese...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
West German Midcentury Blue Lava Drip Glaze Vase by Scheurich, circa 1965
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Gorgeous vintage Mid-Century vase by West German Pottery manufacturer Scheurich Keramik (Ceramic), circa 1965. Add a splash of color/colour to your home decor with this beautiful blu...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Clay
Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Art Pottery Vase by Weller Pottery
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique Arts & Crafts art pottery Hudson Perfector vase by Weller Pottery features a pink and white floral design on graduated sea foam green to blue ground, artist and maker signed ...
Category
1910s American Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Stoneware Hand Painted California Quail Tonala Mexico Talavera Vase
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Mexican Stoneware Vase Hand Painted With Quail. No chips, cracks or repairs.
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Mission Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Paint
Della Robbia Pottery Bottle - From the Collection of Ann & Gordon Getty
By Della Robbia Pottery
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
An exquisite Della Robbia glazed pottery bottle, a true marvel for collectors and enthusiasts alike. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this rare find boasts a captivating blend of vibrant hues, with turquoise blues and rich terracotta browns hand-painted in a mesmerizing floral motif. The Della Robbia signature adorning its base bottom not only authenticates its origin but also adds to its allure as a cherished piece of art history
The Della Robbia Pottery Company in England was a renowned ceramics manufacturer that operated during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Established in Birkenhead, England, in 1894 by Harold Rathbone, the company drew inspiration from the famed Italian Della...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Spanish Dark Terracotta Olive Jar / Vessel
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Handmade Unglazed Terracota Olive Jar or Vessel, Spain, 19th century- 1930s
This eye-catching dark terracota jar or urn was designed to contain water and to keep it fresh. I...
Category
19th Century Spanish Country Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Terracotta, Clay, Earthenware, Pottery
Antique Art Nouveau Rookwood 1901 Irene Bishop Oak Leaf Vase Urn 5.5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Rookwood Irene Bishop vase or urn featuring Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts styling with an Autumn Oak leaf motif of browns and orange glaze. Cirac 1901. Shape 40. Signed IB f...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Antique Muromachi Edo Wabi-Sabi Tokoname Art Pottery Jar Tsubo Pot Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning Tokoname ware stoneware vase/jar/vessel - produced sometime during the late Muromachi period (1336-1573 to early Edo Period (1603-1867). Tokoname-yaki ware is ...
Category
16th Century Japanese Edo Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Staffordshire English Pottery Dog Saving Drowning Boy Spill Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual antique English Staffordshire spill vase modeled as a dog saving a drowning boy and dating from the mid 19th century. The spill vase stands on an oval shaped base and portrays a large dog lifting a boy from a river abstractly created with a blue painted rough cast edge. The dog stands raised on a bank painted with floral sprigs and the dog has a black and white painted body with painted features with the spill vase as a tall standing trunk...
Category
1850s English Early Victorian Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
1960s Hand-Painted Aztec Vase
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Hand-Painted Aztec Vase.
Category
1960s Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
French Egyptian Blue Crackle Glaze Decorated Vase by Raoul Lachenal c. 1930s
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is an unusual decorated vase by French ceramist Raoul Lachenal (1885-1956), the son of Edmond Lachenal, who was also a famous potter. The Egyptian blue color and crackle glaze is signature Lachenal. What is not as common is the hand-printed decoration on this example.
The vase is signed Lachenal with the initials ML...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Modernist Studio Art Pottery Blue Vase Vessel signed
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Modernist Studio Art Pottery Blue Vase
Stamped BAR
5 diameter x 5 h
Preowned vintage
Refer to images
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Gustav Spörri for Ziegler Schaffhausen Studio Pottery Vase, 1959
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A striking studio pottery vase by Swiss ceramicist Gustav Spörri for Ziegler Schaffhausen, dated 1959. This hand-thrown ceramic vase features a unique monochrome sgraffito decoration...
Category
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
A Roseville Pottery Florentine Pattern Jardiniere on Pedestal
Located in San Francisco, CA
this Roseville jardiniere on pedestal in the rare Florentine Pattern manufactured from 1923-1926, featuring a bulbous double-handled urn resting o...
Category
1920s North American Arts and Crafts Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury Ceramic Earth Toned Pitcher Vase, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade Danish modern ceramic pitcher vase with organic earth colored running glaze. Dark brown, artichoke, taupe, tan, blue and moss colors in a beautiful mix. Glazed inside and ou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
French Oil Jug
Located in Long Island City, NY
16th Century French oil jug found in a dive port in Nice with prolonged sea water exposure.
Category
16th Century French Art Deco Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Rare 1950s Striped Black/White Double Vase by Marianne Starck, Denmark
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern vase with strong graphic decor from the Tribal / Harlekin series by Marianne Starck (1931-2007). Shiny bone white glaze with hand-carved grap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Early 1900 by Christopher Dresser SCI Laveno Secessionist Ceramic Cachepot Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
Purple ceramic cachepot
Perfect condiction.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Antique Pottery Jar / Tokoname Ware / 1500s/ kiln-transformed vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a very old pot in Japan.
This is a pottery called Tokoname ware.
Tokoname is a kiln in Aichi prefecture, Japan. (The part marked with a red circle on the map is the Tokoname ki...
Category
16th Century Japanese Other Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Desimone Hand Painted Tall Art Pottery Flower Vase Vessel Olive Picking Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Original Italian Giovanni Desimone hand painted tall art pottery flower vase, vessel.
The glazed vase painting depicts a man and a woman in action pic...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Paint
Roseville Art Pottery Blue Vase with Thornapple Pattern Mid 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Roseville Art Pottery Blue Vase with Thornapple Pattern Mid 20thC
Measures- 4"H x 6"W x 6"D
Category
20th Century Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Brother Thomas Bezanson Signed Benedictine Monk Studio Pottery Glazed Art Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully glazed, beautifully crafted, and classically shaped vase/vessel by renowned Canadian master potter Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007).
Brother Thomas studied design at Nova Scotia College in the late 40s and early 50s, It was during this time that he discovered a love for the ceramic art form. In 1959 he became a monk and joined the Weston Priory, Vermont, a community of Benedictine men. Here he continued his art while also pursuing a degree in philosophy. In 1978 he traveled to Japan where he met and worked with five Japanese potters, designated “Living National Treasures” by the Japanese government. These particular artists and the time spent with them deeply influenced his work and his thought. In 1985, he became artist-in-residence at Mount Saint Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania, where worked until his death in 2007. Brother Thomas was universally known and esteemed for his mastery of complex glazes and his adaptation and application of traditional Chinese and Japanese pottery methods and materials.
The vase features a sumptuous green glaze that absolutely radiates in the light.
The work is signed by Brother Thomas with his traditional signature and cipher.
His work can be found in numerous collections and international museums including:
Aidekman Art Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Canada
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Portland Museum of Art Portland, ME
Pucker Gallery...
Category
20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
1896 Rare Antique Rookwood Kataro Shirayamadani Elk Stag Pillow Vase 8"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Rookwood Kataro Shirayamadani mantel / pillow vase featuring a scenic Native American hunt design with moose / elk / stag / deer against a desert landscape. Shape code 707, ...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Desimone Hand Painted Tall Art Pottery Flute Player Flower Vase Vessel Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Original Italian Giovanni Desimone hand painted tall art pottery flower vase, vessel.
The glazed vase painting depicts a man playing the flute.
Marked...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery, Paint
Danish Modern Frank Studio Stoneware Vase, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Midcentury modern ceramic vase handmade by Frank Rasmussen in his studio Frank Keramik Denmark in the 1960s. Blueish gray glaze with golden caramel specks over and around the raised ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Danish Modern Speckled Sand Colored Stoneware Vase, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish organic modern hand-thrown vase with stunning speckled brown and sand colored glaze. Signed under base with original label on lower side.
Beautiful vintage condition.
Denmar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Ancient Greek Perfume Bottle
Located in London, GB
Athenian Black-glaze perfume pot with inscription
Athens, c. 425-400 B.C.
Terracotta
Measures: Height: 9cm; diameter across lip: 7.5cm; width including handle: 9cm
This 5th Cen...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Rookwood Pottery Arts & Crafts Vase with Geometric Diamond Pattern Matte Glaze
Located in Louisville, KY
This beautiful example of an Arts and Crafts era piece showcases Rookwood's extraordinary craftsmanship and creative use of glazes. Made in 1921, it was a production piece, utilizing...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Jos Kalb Grès de La Roche Salt Glazed Large Vase Belgium 1940s
Located in Meer, VAN
Jos Kalb Grès de La Roche Salt Glazed Large Vase Belgium 1940s.
This is a beautiful and large vase by Grès de La Roche by pottery artist Jos Kalb. It was made in his Belgian worksho...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Two Large 19th Century French Terracotta Cruche Bottle Jugs
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pair of large authentic 19th century glazed terracotta pitcher bottle jugs originally used for containing water and olive oil - the smallest one still has the original cork stopper i...
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware, Terracotta
Han Dynasty Glazed Hill Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Han earthenware celedon glazed hill jar
The hill jar represents the five sacred mountains which is the path between the earth and Paradise. The mountains are...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Large 20cm 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...
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Satsuma Japanese Meiji Pair Diamond Shaped Pottery Vases
By Satsuma
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good and unusual pair antique Japanese Satsuma Meiji diamond shaped pottery vases decorated with monk figures with a scrolling dragon dating from the 1...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Antique Persian Qajar Dynasty Bottle Vase, 19th Century
By Iznik Pottery
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large antique middle eastern Persian bottle vase with hand-painted organic decorations depicting people, animals and flowers in bright cobalt blue, whit...
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Mid-19th Century Persian Islamic Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware, Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
Antique 1893 Amelia Sprague Rookwood Gorham Sterling Silver Overlay Vase 12"
Located in Dayton, OH
A rare, very large, and impressive antique Rookwood and Gorham mantel vase by Amelia Sprague. It features Art Nouveau style pinecone / pine tree theme with sterling silver overlaid ...
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1890s American Art Nouveau Antique Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rookwood Art Deco 1930 XXX 6096 Matte Blue Basketweave Handled Vase 6"
Located in Dayton, OH
Art Deco Rookwood bud vase featuring a basketweave style motif with handles. Circa 1930. Shape 6096.
Dimensions:
3.75" x 3.25" x 6" (Width x Depth x Height)
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Large Brutalist Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Fairfield, CA
A large vintage studio pottery vase. Natural colored glazes with a unique stamped design on the surface. Great brutalist design with a unique curved shape. Signed "Donovan" on the ba...
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Mid-20th Century Brutalist Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Rookwood 1949 XLIX 2592 Cattail Flower Brown Glaze Bud Vase 5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century Rookwood circa 1949 bud or flower vase featuring the 2592 Cattail pattern in brown.
Dimensions:
3" x 5" (Diameter x Height)
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Black Pueblo Pottery Vase
Located in Fairfield, CA
A beautiful vintage black pueblo pottery vase. Glossy black glaze with a hand painted matte black design around the sides. Signed on the base.
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
1960s Scandinavian Art Pottery Mustard Vase Rörstrand Sweden
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Art Pottery Mustard Vase Mustard Rörstrand Sweden
attributed Stalhane and Gunnar Nylund
signed Rörstrand L24
8.88 x 5 diameter
Preowned original vintage
...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Pottery Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
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