Malian Furniture

Italian terracotta planter. Vintage acanthus leaf rectangular cachepot planter with great patina and scale. Italy, 1940’s. $950 Dimensions: 14.75"...

Early carved wood antelope mask, with many horns, applied glass mirrors, cowries and seeds. Old native repair to one horn. It is in good condition wear and erosion from tradition...

Elegant white and blue vessel made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico. The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques. One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather. All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting. Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...

O/3225 - Antique Italian terracotta amphora with two handles from the Lombard city of Vigevano. Rare to find. The diameter is 40 cm. (in.21), but with handles iscm. 45. It's decorat...

A beautiful stone disk, hand-carved in Indonesia. Mounted on a black metal stand. Cream-colored stone, polished to resemble marble and shaped into a disk. 7 inches diameter, 2.75 inches deep (stand base), 10 inches total height (mounted). Other stone disks from VW HOME...

This remarkable floor vase was purchase I made in Scottsdale Arizona the early 90s. It’s is from my personal collection. It has been enjoyed immensely and still a favorite just not f...

This thick-bellied terracotta vase from Italy is a beautiful model after the example of Mediterranean vases from the 17th C. This item comes from th...

A delightful grouping of natural sea stone specimens of flint and chalk from the shores of Denmark. Each stone is unique with the result of years of ero...

A set of three antique stoneware gin bottles from Germany. Each one has the impressed name of the maker. Gracefully shaped, with small thumb handles, these ...

Two Neolithic basalt celts mounted on black steel bases. In archaeology, a celt is a long, thin, prehistoric, stone or bronze tool used as an adze, hoe, h...

Pair of water buffalo horn ritual spoons from Timor Island, Indonesia, (circa 1950s). The horns of large creatures were often used to carve intricate spoons which were most likely...

A beautiful, gorgeously formed, striking work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/ artist Kazuko Matthews. The large green glazed vase/ sculptural vessel with applied features is signed on the base by Matthews. Mathews previously studied with famed ceramists couple Otto and Vivia Heino at Chouinard and also with Raku master potter Paul Soldner at Scripps College...