"Crateri", wheeled ceramic vase, reflex and matte purple, Gatti 1928 Faenza

Vaso centrotavola molto elegante in ceramica, foggiato al tornio. Smaltato e ingobbiato. Intervento a riflessi metallici in terza cottura. I Crateri compongono la collezione di cer...

Ciotola centrotavola molto elegante e leggera in ceramica, ha una forma con bocca aperta interno a riflesso esterno colore rosa opaco. I Crateri compongono la collezione di ceramic...

Ciotola centrotavola molto elegante e leggera in ceramica, ha una forma con bocca aperta interno a riflesso esterno colore indigo opaco. I Crateri compongono la collezione di ceram...

Vaso centrotavola molto elegante in ceramica, foggiato al tornio. Smaltato e ingobbiato. Intervento a riflessi metallici e nero in terza cottura. I Crateri compongono la collezione...

Ciotola centrotavola molto elegante e leggera in ceramica, ha una forma con bocca aperta interno a riflesso esterno colore nero opaco. I Crateri compongono la collezione di ceramic...

Ciotola centrotavola molto elegante e leggera in ceramica, ha una forma con bocca aperta interno a riflesso esterno colore rosa opaco. I Crateri compongono la collezione di ceramic...

Beautiful set of Faenza ceramics from the 1950s. They represent a subject as original as interesting: cactus plants placed inside a ceramic vase! These small masterpieces are the wor...

Italian Riccardo Gatti faenza "Antelope” sculpture Animalier glazed “lustre” ceramic Signed under the base 1950s.  Every item of our Gallery, upon reques...

Purple and white plaque with figures in a landscape. Utrecht, circa 1760. Mark: Le J Lozenge-shaped purple and white plaque with a conversing couple in a landscape. In the foreground a man and a women with a bare bosom sit on a river bank, behind them stands a tree leaning to the left. A church tower and some houses are depicted on the other bank and a boat sails on the water. The molded and raised rim is painted with a continuous branch of leaves, the back is glazed white. The woman with bare bosom shows that a pastoral scene is depicted. The man and woman are possibly shepherds, although their characteristic staff and sheep are lacking. Pastoral literature enjoyed considerable popularity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and themes from it were frequently used for paintings, drawings and prints. The painter must have taken such a print as a model. The Le J signature is probably of the tile painter and has not yet been identified. Besides the mass production of tiles, the tile factories in Utrecht in the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth centuries also manufactured other items on a small scale such as plaques, tobacco boxes, tea-stoves and shoes. Plaques form the largest part of this incidental production, and can clearly be distinguished stylistically and technically from Delft examples. Stylistically they are related more to tiles from Utrecht. The layered structure of the foreground with rocks and low shrubbery is derived from tiles with landscape, shepherd and biblical decors. The same also applies to the (leaning) tree, a typical Utrecht feature. The spiral cloud motifs are painted on Utrecht tiles as well. There are also important differences in production techniques. Delft plaques...

Blue and white chinoiserie bottle vase. Delft, circa 1685. The Metal Pot pottery. Mark: LC and 4, period of Lambertus Cleffius (1679-1691) The bottle vase has an octagonal body with a flaring neck, standing on a waisted foot. The chinoiserie decoration is executed with purple outlining. A smoking incense burner stands...

Pair of blue and white plates with flower vases. Delft, dated 1760. Mark: LV . A pair of blue and white plates with a wide flange, pai...

Purple and yellow chinoiserie wine jug. Delft, circa 1680 The ovoid wine jug stands on a low spreading foot, has a conical neck with spout and a pewter mount and cover. The ear-shaped handle has a rat tail finish. The jug is painted in purple and yellow with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with three Chinese figures. A band with scroll ornaments is applied to the shoulder just below the neck, the neck itself is decorated with two types of stylized leaves. Another band with block ornaments is painted above the foot. The handle is decorated with stripes, dots and scroll ornaments. Dimensions: height 22 cm / 8.66 in. Multi-coloured chinoiserie landscapes on Delftware were only made for a short period of time, roughly between about 1680 and 1690. Most of the decors have been applied on dishes, lobed dishes, butter pots...