Two-Sized Handled Ceramic Vase by Sean Gerstley

"Playa Zoni," a monumental sculptural four-handled vase by Sean Gerstley. The work is from a new series of vessels with exaggerated features and patchwork glazes, representing a departure from his ceramic tile furniture...

"Travel Lucky," a botanical form ceramic vase with drippy patchwork glazes dotted with gold luster by Sean Gerstley. The work is from a new series of vessels with exaggerated features and patchwork glazes, representing a departure from his ceramic tile furniture...

"Bronco," a large ceramic vase in metallic glazes by Sean Gerstley. The work is from a new series of vessels with exaggerated features and patchwork glazes, representing a departure ...

"The Lights of St. Thomas," a monumental sculptural two-handled vase by Sean Gerstley. The work is from a new series of vessels with exaggerated features and patchwork glazes, representing a departure from his ceramic tile furniture...

"Still in Love," a largesculptural ceramic vase with relief and pierced heart shapes by Sean Gerstley. The turquoise color comes from the traditional copper glaze. The work is from a new series of vessels with exaggerated features and patchwork glazes, representing a departure from his ceramic tile...

"Conceived on the Delaware River," a sculptural floor lamp by Sean Gerstley. Created from what the artist describes as "tile blocks"; high-relief tiles with...

This larger-than-life figural sculpture is functional ceramic serving-ware. Standing nearly 6' feet tall, with hand-sculpted vegetal, delicate leaf-like petals and pinched palm-like trunk, it is topped by a splendiferous fruit crown reminiscent of a pineapple or bunch of bananas. This friendly, human-scale piece offers to serve up three gilded platters of fine cheese, charcuterie, fresh fruit, canapés, or crudités, in a most charming and hospitable fashion. Additional Information: Commissioned for an installation at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood entitled 'Hall of Mirrors,' the work is a response to a prompt to materialize the overt display of social media. This piece was created along with two other fruit bowls, each unique. This is the last available fruit bowl of the original trio. Artist Information: Sean Gerstley (b. 1989) is a Philadelphia-based ceramicist. Working primarily with clay, Gerstley creates both sculptural and functional objects, pinching the surfaces of his coil-built forms finished off with colorful glazes. Expanding the role of ceramics from dinnerware or vessel to larger scale objects such as tables or floor lamps, Gerstley imagines interiors made entirely of his chosen medium. After graduating from the ceramics program at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012, Gerstley showed work made in collaboration with Katie Stout at Salon 94 in New York and Nina Johnson...

A glazed stoneware free form vase by American Ceramist Robert Chapman Turner (1913 - 2005) titled "Oshogbo Form III" circa 1970s. The piece was purchased in 1981 and held in the same collection since. The vessel is one of the classic forms with variations in Turner's repertoire since 1970s when he started to make non-functional abstract sculptural pieces. The vessel features an irregular hand-built form with surface markings and overall red glaze, inspired by his trips to Africa. Incised signature "Turner" on the base. "In 1971–72, drawn by the power of African sculpture, and wishing to imbue his work with a greater sense of universality, Robert Turner traveled to Nigeria and Ghana. The trip proved transformational. In West Africa he was deeply moved by the way in which art was ingrained in daily experience, and by the beauty of traditional forms of architecture, pottery, ceremonial objects, and decoration. After his return, Turner began to produce series of distinctive vessel types named after African kingdoms and peoples—Ashanti, Ife, Oshogbo, Akan. The first is a squat, lidded pot; the others are cone and cylinder shapes." Smithsonian American Art Museum Robert Turner's work is in numerous museum collections including the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. For another example of the form similar to this piece, see page 40 in "Robert Turner Shaping Silence A Life in Clay" by Marsha Miro and Tony Hepburn.

Tall Amphora shaped Pulegoso twin-handled vase Murano Italy 1937 Seguso Vetri d’Arte Provenance: private collection of Archimede Seguso.

Two-handled Pulegoso vase by Archimede Seguso Murano Italy 1937 Seguso Vetri d’Arte Provenance: private collection of Archimede Seguso.

5270 William Moorcroft Two Handled Bowl decorated to the interior and exterior with the Pomegranate design on an Ochre Ground Circa 1910 17cm high...

This ceramic vase features elephant heads for handles and a beautiful green glaze body. A lovely design that can stand alone as a decorative piece or hold something such as flowers.