Hand Built Ceramic Planter or Vase

Pair of mid 20th century Chinese cloisonné over ceramic vases. This fun and whimsical pair depicts carp fish in a water scene with possible lotus leaf or lily pad and other water cre...

Two modern Neolithic style Chinese ceramic pots. Sold separately. Large pot has a small hairline crack on the bottom that has been repaired. please...

19th century Guatemalan "Floreros" with applied floral motives, originally used to store water. Pie crust edging. In very good condition considering their age, with age appropriate w...

Antique terracotta insensario, incense burner, with three legs. Older repair, stunning patina.

Very Tall, Sculptural Hand Built White Vase. This series of vases was made as an investigation into functional sculpture, not just as ordinary vases but true statement pieces. Echoing the flow of air or the sound of music, these elongated vessels...

This beautiful hand painted ceramic Moroccan round vase or urn Features wonderfully intricate and imaginatively sequenced hand painted designs. This colorful, round, orb-like ceramic...

A fine Belgian large figurative swan planter or vase featuring an elegantly modeled swan in white with hand painted accents.

Born in Melrose, Ohio in 1922, Clyde Burt would go on to become a major voice in American studio ceramics. He studied at Fort Wayne Art School and later at the Cape Cod School of Art before landing at the Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel to Cranbrook, Burt made it central to his practice and his thrown works express the same endless curiosity as his teacher. Upon returning to Ohio, Burt built a home studio on his family’s farmland near the Little Auglaize River and harvested rich clay from the surrounding area. He started every day at 5:30 in the morning and would work until he knew he “had enough”. Constantly experimenting with glazes, colors and surface decoration, Burt painstakingly recorded his successes and failures in a small notebook...