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Material: Pottery
19th Century Sponge Pitcher with Floral Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century sponge ware pitcher with floral design in good condition.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Art Deco Pottery Vase Charles Greber, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Art Deco pottery vase Charles Greber, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century French Pottery Cider Bottle from Normandy
Located in Austin, TX
French pottery cider bottle from Normandy, end of 19th century.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif
Located in London, GB
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif – 12th–14th Century AD, Peru
An intriguing and rare Chimu stirrup vessel from Pre-Columbian Peru, dating to the 12...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson Canadian Studio Pottery Bowl with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Canadian studio pottery miniature bowl decorated in yellow glazes with an associated pottery stand by Lane Gordon Thorlaksson (Canadian, 1937-2009) dated 1976.
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson was born in 1937 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and moved to Vancouver as a child. In his twenties, he represented Canada in the 1959 Chicago Pan-American Games, running alongside Henry 'Harry' Winston Jerome in both the 100 yard and 220-yard dash. Following this, he attended San Jose University of California and in 1966 received a BFA in Ceramics.
Working with clay was Thorlaksson’s passion. He was fascinated with Asian ceramics, in particular the Song dynasty Chinese pot forms and glazes. In 1985, the Mayor of Vancouver, Mike Harcourt, visited China on a goodwill mission for the twinning of Vancouver with Guangzhou China. As gifts, he took with him several of Thorlaksson’s ceramics and presented them to Cao Yun-ping, Secretary-General of the People's Municipal Government of Guangzhou. The pieces were well received and local Chinese potters were interested to learn about his glazing techniques.
In 1987, Thorlaksson was invited to visit China’s Guangzhou University to exhibit more of his work. He was aided in this exchange by Joanne Mah, the Director of Intercultural Training and Educational Consultants (ITEC), who had worked with the Harcourt exchange. In 1988, she and her husband sponsored a pre-gallery showing of Thorlaksson’s ceramics at the ITEC’s Hong Kong office, prior to an exhibition at Alvin Gallery in Hong Kong. Thorlaksson was celebrated and introduced to academics and the media, including the head of ceramics at the Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts. Local Chinese potters were eager to learn about his firing techniques, which used multiple firings to create special glaze characteristics. They were also intrigued to understand how he designed his own stands as an integrated part of his presentation. Unlike Asian potters who used wooden stands, Thorlaksson produced his stands in clay, matching each stand in aesthetic and tone to its pot. This two-part process elevated his pieces to sculpture. He believed that ceramics should be viewed as fine art and not craft. He was inspired by the female form and was quoted as saying 'Most potters make pots; I make parts of people'.
The bowl is of wide squat rounded form with a fold over rim and is decorated in pale yellow glazes over a brown ground and stands on a narrow round unglazed foot. The design is probably based and inspired by a Chinese brush washer...
Category
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Mexican Tonala Pottery Hand Painted Bird
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery bird Folk Art.
Flora de la Cruz Acapulco Gro Mexico hand painted bird dove ceramic.
Warm earth tone polych...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Large Owl Master Work Charger Eva Fritz-Lindner, 19.25 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
The Artist's Personal and Unique Favorite, 19.25 inches diameter
This is a wonderful handmade, hand-painted and hand glazed charger featuring a magnificent owl in full plume. It was designed and hand painted by the now deceased master artisan Eva Fritz...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$2,240 Sale Price
70% Off
19th C Sponge Ware Giant Mixing Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large banded sponge ware pottery mixing bowl is in a light sky blue sponged pattern. The rim has some minor age chips and a small spider in the inside but not through the bowl. ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Folk Art Sussex Pottery Pig Jug and Cup from the Belle-Vue Pottery, Rye
Located in Downingtown, PA
Best example I've ever had.
Folk Art Sussex pottery pig jug and cup,
from the Belle-Vue Pottery, Rye, UK,
circa 1870.
This Sussex pig from the Bell...
Category
1870s English Folk Art Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Peru Pre Inca 100-700 Ad Moche Pre Columbian Personified Vessel in Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
Rare pre Hispanic Moche culture, pre-Inca earthenware vessel.
A beautiful interesting piece, created in the southern Peru region around the 100-700 AD by the Moche culture. This rare early period...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
$1,762 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century Spongeware Serving Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful 19th century deep blue sponge serving platter in pristine condition. The dark blue is fantastic.
Category
Early 19th Century American Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$675 Sale Price
24% Off
Hand-Painted Plate Terra Cotta Danish Pottery Decorative Dish 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Romanian Ceramika hand-painted terra cotta pottery decorative plate.
European plate highly detailed marbleized pattern in shades of green, rust, yellow, ivory and dark brown.
Vintage Handmade ceramica de Horezu pottery...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century French Pottery Cider Bottle from Normandy
Located in Austin, TX
French pottery cider bottle from Normandy, end of 19th century.
13 bottles available, sold separately.
Different sizes.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19Thc Decorated Stone Ware Crock W/ Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine 19Thc stoneware canister is in fine condition with minor chip on back side rim. There are no cracks in this crock or lid. It was found in ...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Decorated Salt Glaze 3 Gal Crock- Sipe & Sons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine blue decorated hand made pottery crock. It has the original double handles and in fine condition. Minor base chip (tiny). Fantastic glaze surface. This is a large three gallon...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
California Design Stoneware Weed Pot / Vase by Wayne Chapman
By Wayne Chapman
Located in San Diego, CA
An absolutely stunning California design stoneware weed pot / vase by noted San Diego, CA potter Wayne Chapman, circa 1970. The pot is in very good vinta...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Old, Set of 5 Japanese Tea Cups, Signed
Located in Norton, MA
Old - set of 5 Japanese Teacups with hand-painted paintings, signed at the bottoms.
Original box included
In good original new condition and just foun...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
$325 / set
19th Century Spongeware Pottery Lidded Container
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is quite rare a 19th century spongeware pottery lidded container or jar. The shape is most unusual and condition is very good.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Pottery Olla
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Casas Grandes pottery olla. Hand coiled and painted polychrome design. Ex. Barnard. 5" x 5".
Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquime) is a prehi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Native American Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Yellow Ware in Seaweed Pattern Mixing Bowls, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These two yellow ware seaweed pattern mixing bowls are in fine as found condition. There are no chips or cracks and have wonderful blue painted sea...
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Toshiko Takaezu Signed Japanese Shigaraki Ware Pottery Chawan Yunomi Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely beautiful and extremely rare Shigarakai Yaki Ware Chawan tea bowl / Yunomi cup by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The work features a gorgeous dripped glaze over a anagama kiln fired Shigaraki clay body. It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work with a very Wabi-Sabi feel to it.
The piece is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark / monogram.
Shigaraki Ware pottery comes from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The kiln there is one of six ancient kilns in Japan (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Bizen ware, Tamba ware, and Tokoname ware).
In 1993, Toshiko was invited to Japan by Shiro Otani to work with the quartz rich clay and local artists/potters at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park. In 1995 she made the journey there to work in master Japanese ceramicist Shiho Kanzaki's studio in Shigaraki,. We believe this work was likely created at this time. It appears few pieces that she made during this particular visit exists today as we have only seen one other work - another Chawan - that she created during this trip (The works were fired in Kanzaki's anagama kiln in February 1996 and subsequently shipped back to Toshiko in New Jersey).
This particular work also encompasses the Japanese Wabi-Sabi aesthetic - the appreciation of beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete in nature and embraces the principles of asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and the appreciation of both natural objects and the forces of nature upon them.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of Toshiko's work or Japanese/Hawaiian pottery...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Large 19th Century Flo Blue Soup Bowls in Watteau Pattern or Doulton
By Watteau Doulton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of five flo blue soup bowls signed Watteau Doulton and in pristine condition. These English bowls are nice generous sizes.
Category
Mid-19th Century English American Classical Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Mata Ortiz Style Mexican Pottery Set
By Mata Ortiz
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Mata Ortiz style small clay studio pottery set.
Mata Ortiz pottery style with black, red and green geometric designs on red clay.
The set comprise of a covered vess...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Rare Pre-Columbian Moche Portrait Vessel – Musician Latin American Art
Located in London, GB
Rare Pre-Columbian Moche Portrait Vessel – Musician with Panpipes – Peru, 700–900 AD
An exceptional and highly unusual Pre-Columbian Moche greyware portrait vessel, depicting a diminutive rotund personage playing panpipes. This rare sculptural ceramic, dating to the Moche IV period (circa 700–900 AD), features expressive detailing including a crown-style headdress, flowing hair, and an axe carried at the side—suggesting both ceremonial and symbolic importance.
Culture: Moche Civilization, Northern Peru
Period: Moche IV, circa 700–900 AD
Region: Pre-Columbian South America
Material: Greyware ceramic
Subject: Dwarf figure playing panpipes, wearing a headdress and carrying an axe
Condition: Two prongs of the headdress have been professionally restored; part of the panpipes is lost otherwise intact and well preserved
Provenance: From the Romy Rey Collection, UK – acquired before 1960
Additional Detail: Retains an old collection label on the base
Cultural Context:
The Moche culture, predating the Inca Empire, is renowned for its lifelike portrait vessels and ceremonial ceramics. This figure, possibly representing a ritual performer or symbolic character, reflects the Moche’s complex social structure, musical traditions, and representation of marginalized figures with spiritual or narrative roles.
This rare South American artifact is a compelling addition for collectors of Pre-Columbian art, Moche pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Yoly Ledezma Signed Native American Pueblo Mata Ortiz Casas Grandes Pottery Vase
By Mata Ortiz
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful designed, shaped and decorated ceramic vase by Ingenious Southwest Native American potter Yolanda (Yoly/Yolly) Ledezma of Casas Grandes Pottery in Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua,...
Category
20th Century Mexican Native American Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19Thc Decorated Stoneware Jug From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19thc hand crafted decorated stoneware jug is in fine condition and has a floral decoration.This is a real collectors dream.It is a sweet siz...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
20th Century Ransbottom Spongeware Water Cooler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th century Ransbottom spongeware pottery water cooler. Complete with lid and faucet in pristine condition.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,495 / set
19th Century Miniature Sponge Ware Tooth Pick Pick Holder, Rare
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mini 19th century sponge ware toothpick holder with hole on back side for hanging. This is super rare and I've never seen another one like it -ever.
Category
1890s American Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Handcrafted Antique Moroccan Couscous Bowl from Fez, 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
An under-glazed painted pottery bowl with abstract naive design, blue, ochre, brown.
Moroccan antique pottery bowl of deep rounded form with flattened rim rising on a low ring foot, hand-painted on the exterior with black decoration, the interior in polychrome painted, having abstract design in blue and ochre with turquoise accents, crack lure.
Handcrafted antique ceramic dish, Fez, Morocco, Circa 1880, Museum quality piece.
Antique Mokhfia (couscous bowl...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Sponge Ware 19th Century Pottery Harvest Jug
By F.H. Weeks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This super rare 19th century sponge ware pottery jug is signed on base F.H.WEEKS, AKRON, OHIO with some other lettering like pat. Pending. This was used as a canteen with the original metal wire handle. This is called a harvest jug...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Tonto Polychrome Jar
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Tonto polychrome pottery jar. 5 1/2" x 4 1/2". Tonto Polychrome was defined by Gladwin and Gladwin (1930). This type exhibits treatments and styles similar to those noted for Gila Po...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Native American Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$3,000
Hungarian Red Ware Folk Art Rooster - Lidded Jug/Teapot by Imre Szűcs
Located in Morristown, NJ
A Hungarian Folk Art Red Ware Rooster Lidded Jug/Teapot by Imre Szűcs. A black/brown based rooster decorated with white dots and green, yellow and red painted elements. The spout is...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Folk Art Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Published Papagayo Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Papagayo polychrome pottery bowl, Mandador variety. Round bottomed bowl rests on three animal headed rattle legs. Exterior painted wide band with two stylized plumed serpents of jagu...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Richard Lindley Lucite and Acoma Pottery Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pretty special acoma pot with museum type numbers on the base, as seen through the Lucite base. As is typical of lindley lamps they feature a Lucite base a...
Category
20th Century American Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,100 Sale Price
50% Off
Small Hand Painted Mexican Pottery Vase
By Artesania Talaverana
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Style Mini Clay Studio Pottery.
Handcrafted small vase made of clay hand painted in bright colors with farmers scene design.
Beautiful folk...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Folk Art Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th C Decorated Stone Ware Pitcher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine hand made & hand painted pottery pitcher is in fine condition. This is such a rare piece and most unusual.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Rare Early 20th Century Spongeware Sugar Shaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th century spongeware sugar shaker in great condition. The replaced cork is a rubber seal and keeps bugs out.
Category
Early 20th Century American Country Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Juanita Montoya Pena Signed San Ildefonso Pueblo Blackware Pottery Bowl Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and somewhat rare San Ildefonso Pueblo (Santa Fe, New Mexico) blackware (black on black ware) pottery bowl/vase by Juanita Montoya Pena (1900-1987), wife of potter Tony P...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Italian Midcentury Ceramic Pottery Vase, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Italian Midcentury Ceramic Pottery Vase, 1960s
Beautiful and quite rare ceramic - pottery vase designed by Aldo Londi and made by Bitossi, Italy, during the 1...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Art Deco Pottery Vase Charles Greber, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Art Deco pottery vase Charles Greber, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Native American Santa Clara Black ware Pottery Jar Ursulita Naranjo
Located in London, GB
Fine Native American Santa Clara Pottery Jar by Ursulita Naranjo
Black ware of Ovoid form with encircling Evanya design
Period 1950/60s century
Category
20th Century American Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century French Pottery Vase with Grapes
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th century French pottery vase with grapes.
Pottery from North of France Normandy.
Measures: H 8.8” / D 8.4”.
Category
1880s French Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Large Antique English Blue & White Staffordshire or Pearlware Cradle Figurine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare, large English pearlware or Staffordshire pottery cradle.
Decorated with an overall basketweave pattern and blue highlights,
circa 1800.
Measures: Length ca. 5 5/8 in...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Alexander Lauder Sgraffito Art Pottery Handled Bird Vase
By Alexander Lauder Barum
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning three handled art pottery sgraffito pattern vase decorated with two birds perched on oak tree branches by Alexander Lauder, Barnstaple dating from around 1890. This qualit...
Category
Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Studio Pottery Red Lava Glaze Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful jewel of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist/artist Beatrice Wood featuring a rare radiant red lava glaze - one that we have not seen before (It is quite some...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Antique English Staffordshire Pottery Toby Jug with a Tricorn Hat Lid
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Staffordshire pottery Toby jug.
In the form of a seated, smiling man holding a jug.
The man's tricorn hat serves as a lid, and an inte...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Monumental Sponge Ware Pottery Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This huge signed Roseville sponge ware pottery mixing bowl is in pristine condition. These large size bowls are super rare and in fine condition is even be...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel with man figure. Moche Horizon of Peru, Circa 450 - 550 CE. In overall good condition, some chipping around the mouth of the narrow spout, and there’s a small spiderweb push on the back of the jar that appears to have resulted from a probe that penetrated the left side just below the figure (two small holes, one on the front upper left corner of the throne, and the other just around to the side, have been repaired). 6” x 4” x 6”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection.
Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient artifacts. Starting with relics and bottles from ghost towns, he later focused on Anasazi pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Hawaiian Studio Pottery Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging sumptuously glazed Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The fired bowl features a vast array of shifting...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Closed Form With Rattle Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging wonderfully glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color, texture, scale, multiple glazes, and various free-form shapes, including her orb-like moon pots. This high-fired porcelain piece features a vast array of shifting, vibrant, and colorful glazes (with earth tones of greens, burnt yellows, browns, etc... ). The sculpture/vessel radiates in the light. It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work.
The closed-form vessel sculpture is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark/ monogram.
A rare and special piece. Would be a great addition to any collectors of Toshiko's work or other Mid-Century Modern...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
19th Century Sponge Ware Pottery Serving Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century sponge ware pottery bowl. The condition is very good. Great for serving berries or vegetables. Great size!
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Large 19th Century Spongeware Mush Cup and Saucer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These large oversize cup and saucer sets are very hard to find in good condition. There are so few out there that did not get damaged.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Wabi-Sabi Small Vase, Meiji Period, 1750-1850
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an old Japanese pottery.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It was used as a fire extinguishing pot.
This piece has beautiful color and texture.
It is very rare...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Paul Northmore Jackson Abstract Colorful Hand Painted Studio Pottery Mug, 1993
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From an extensive collection of studio pottery we are pleased to offer this fine abstract form studio pottery mug by Cornish based potter Paul Northmore...
Category
1990s English Modern Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Prehistoric South American Moche Red Ware Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Moche Red Ware pottery vessel with copulating motif. Horizon of Peru, Circa 450 - 550 CE. 9” x 5” x 7 ½”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient artifacts. Starting with relics and bottles from ghost towns, he later focused on Anasazi pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson Canadian Studio Pottery Vase with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Canadian studio pottery vase decorated in light blue glazes with an associated pottery stand by Lane Gordon Thorlaksson (Canadian, 1...
Category
1970s Canadian Modern Vintage Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Decorated Stoneware Jug from Keene, New Hampshire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century blue decorated stoneware jug has a interesting design and is signed by the maker J.S.Tamaka.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Pottery Jar
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Casas Grandes pottery jar. In as found unrestored condition. This item is guaranteed to be of the time period and condition as described, has been exported legally and is...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Glen Lukens Signed Early Midcentury Glazed California Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A very rare early work featuring a dark chocolate brown glaze by master Mid-Century Modern ceramist/potter Glen Lukens whose work has become quite collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
The work is signed and dated (1924) by Lukens on the underside (we have only seen one other piece dated this early and that piece is in the Forrest Merrill Collection).
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California (USC) Architectural School’s Ceramics Department where he helped establish and promote clay pottery as a universally acceptable art form. The current popularity of Studio Pottery and ceramics is widely accepted to have started with Lukens who is oft credited with being one of the first artists to raise the stature of Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery within the art world.
Lukens is famed for his experiments with various glazes and glazing techniques. His influence and glazes can be clearly seen in the works of Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Beatrice Wood, James Lovera, etc. He was also known for combining bright, colorful textile glazes (using natural, organic materials and elements he found in the Mojave Desert, Palm Springs, and Death Valley to make what he referred to as "California Colors") with the rough and raw clay surfaces of his often rudimentary forms and vessels.
Lukens currently has an award in his name (Glen Lukens Award) at the University of Southern California's School of fine Arts.
A very rare, unique, and truly special work This piece would be a tremendous stand-out addition to any collectors of Lukens' work or Mid-Century Modern ceramics collection or eye-catching accent piece in about any setting, modern or otherwise. A must-have.
Lukens work can be found in various museum collections including:
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Huntington Library...
Category
1920s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Vintage Midcentury Stoneware Pottery Studio Candleholder
By Otto Heino
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage midcentury stoneware pottery candleholder.
Unique and uncommon Studio Pottery candleholder in the style of Otto Heino.
Circular shaped ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
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Tramp Art, America’s Most Misunderstood Art Form, Is Trending in Interiors
Designers are beginning to see this enigmatic form of folk art in a whole new light.
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