Europe - Ceramics

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world”. Femininity and sensuality are exalted. Inspired by the body, before and after birth, or simply the sea, the parts of the sculpture conjugate around a mysterious interior cavity, secret and troubling. The interior wall doesn’t correspond to the exterior, and has its own volumes, deformities, and intimacy. The pieces present two kinds of interior: one open, and partially uncovered, the other totally hidden inside. The differences of their respective deformation reinforce the impression of life : the subjective representation of muscles and bones, of bulges pushed by an interior force, like a visceral movement of respiration. The surface of the ceramic is crackled but soft and fine, even reflecting light like the skin. The nuances of color reinforce the expression of sensuality. The alignment of technique and what it causes one to see and feel has rarely been so intimately successful. Wayne Fischer perfected his technique in the 1970s and has remained faithful to it. He adds fibers to porcelain clay that has been chosen for its whiteness to create and accentuate volume around empty space, by assembling slabs or thrown pieces. Then, he makes another piece that takes its place inside; both parts are formed with no hand...

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...

A ceramic vase by Alexandre Foucher to La Borne. Perfect original conditions. Signed under conditions. Circa 1970-1980.

A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. Artist monogram under the base. 2020. Unique piece.

A ceramic vase by Robert Heraud. Wood firing. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base. Circa 1980. Unique piece.

Glazed ceramic H26 x D13 cm

Contemporary Tamagroute Earth Candlestick - Morocco. Tamegroute is a small Moroccan village simply known for it's rich traditional ceramics. The clay is cut by hand from the banks of...

A ceramic pitcher with glaze decoration by Accolay. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, Circa 1960-1970.

Hand built crank clay with oxide H34 x D31 cm

A big ceramic vase to La Borne. Perfect original conditions. circa 1970. Signed at the base.

A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. Artist monogram under the base. 2020. Unique piece.

Stoneware H46 x W21 x D21 cm

Ceramic H12 x D15 cm

Glazed ceramic

Stoneware sculptural bottle with glaze H17 x D8 cm

These handmade decorative accessories combine the traditional Portuguese ceramic and glazing techniques in a modern approach of shapes and color, as they bring such brightness and jo...

Ceramic H58 x D12 cm

An unique and extraordinary ceramic sink by Michelle Hartmann (Born in 1936) "Michell" . "Les 2 Potiers". Perfect original conditions, circa 1970-...

Green and white glaze H48 x W24 cm With maker’s mark

"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture" Material: ceramics Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD) Dimensions: 11 x 10 cm diamet...

Eighteenth century Tin-glazed ceramic d34 cm

Blue glazed ceramic dove, 1970s beautiful blue glazed ceramic dove. Measures length 32, width 13, h19 cm

A beautiful figurative relief work, Modernist, Rustic-Modern, stylized representation of a woman wearing a stylized Breton headdress with large flowers, created in relief on a thick ...

1950's New Old Stock French Byrrh Ashtrays - Small Batch Available. Byrrh was founded in the late 19th Century, producing a classic French aperitif. New old stock white opaline press...

Wabi-Sabi Antique Mediterranean Terracotta Jug – 19th Century Rustic Folk Pottery A soulful wabi-sabi piece of hand-crafted Mediterranean terracotta pottery, dating to the 19th cent...

Beautiful vertically painted majolica plaque, attributable to the famous Castelli factory, located in Abruzzo (Central Italy), dating back to the first half of the 18th century. The ...

Vide-poche by Roger Capron, black ceramic, signed

A stylish studio pottery porcelain miniature teapot with Islamic influence design in rich gilding on a green coloured ground by renowned potter Mary Rich (b.1940) and dating from the 20th Century. The small barrel...

These handmade decorative accessories combine the traditional Portuguese ceramic and glazing techniques in a modern approach of shapes and color, as they bring such brightness and jo...

This beautiful ceramic object is emblematic of the work of Mithé Espelt, a French artist who embellishes the everyday with her refined, luminous objects. Crackled gilding is one of t...

1979 Ceramic H30 x D18 cm

Stoneware studio pottery bowl in a blue and white glaze with a maker's signature on the bottom H6 x W21cm

Gabriele Pütz vintage abstract realism ceramic artwork made in Germany, 1982. This work is made of a round clay tower / pillar with pillow edge details. On the body of the tower is w...

Decorated earthenware H16 x W10 x D22 cm

Green ceramic vide de poche by Chambost

Hand painted ceramic

We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind, fully signed, original circa 1930 Roger Guerin ceramic pots of large proportions with Deer decoration and handles I have three posts for sale, one has a stitched detailing, another, fleur de lis and lastly one with handles and Deers, this sale is for the pot pictured alone. Roger Guèrin (1896-1954) was one of the leading Belgian ceramists in Bouffioulx near Charleroi. Typical was his use of flowing glazes in his decorations. He was true to the history of this region, often working on a type of hard ceramic (fired to over 1250 degrees Celsius) which was made there since the late Middle Ages. He exhibited at the Paris expos...

Glazed ceramic

Decorated earthenware with stand H22 x W11 x D7.5 cm

Hand-built crank clay with oxide H32 x D30 cm

Glazed stoneware H19.5 x D14 cm

Stoneware H20 x W14 x D14 cm

These handmade decorative accessories combine the traditional Portuguese ceramic and glazing techniques in a modern approach of shapes and color, as they bring such brightness and jo...

Unique ceramic dish by Jeppe Hagedorn-Olsen (1929–2011), who was a renowned Danish ceramist and painter, educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and the ceram...

Glazed black pottery jug with blue interior glazing. Circa 1950 H 29cm x W 20cm x D 16cm

Ceramic H27 x W24 x D18 cm

Stoneware H38 x W17 x D17 cm

Cast porcelain H23 x D8 cm

Ceramic bowl, model 20.717, with oxblood colored glaze, designed by Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. The bowl is a classic example of Salto's experimental approach to ceramics, where...

Hand-painted ceramic H24 x D23 cm

Heavy glazed stoneware H19 x W15cm

Hand-painted ceramic H15 x W23 cm

"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture" Material: Ceramic Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD) Dimensions: 12 x 09 cm in dia...

Tenmoku glazed stoneware with makers mark H22 cm

Decorated appliqué earthenware H9 x W10 x D9 cm

Beautiful blue ceramic jug in national folk ornaments in white color. Handmade in Czechoslovakia in 1950s. The jug shows off a typical folk pattern and colors. Original condition. Th...

Wood fired with lug handles and applied fossil details. Incised 'Nic Collins'. H34 x D30 cm

Wood fired Stoneware H18 x D12 cm

Glass H27 x D15 cm