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Beatrice Wood Signed Early Large Mid-Century Modern Low Bowl Plate Charger 1940s
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
An exceptionally rare and fine early piece by famed American ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring a dynamic and unique design. The colors illuminate like stained glass under the glaze wh...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Moroccan Moorish Middle Eastern Large Inlaid Wood Micro Mosaic Jewelry Box
Located in Studio City, CA
Stunning mosaic design, this intricate wood box is made from multiple micro pieces of wood with some possible bone inlays. Gorgeous craftsmanship. A true work of art.
Would be a g...
Category
20th Century Moorish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rustic Large Natural Organic Wood Carved Serving Bowl Pointed Handles, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful large Folk Art carved bowl with beautiful natural wood grain and glowing colorful patina acquired with age. This piece has a very organic, Wabi-Sabi feel to it. The point...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Korean Joseon Dynasty Glazed Pottery Ceramic Hakame Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897) Korean pottery bowl with a beautiful muted glaze, color, and nicely aged patina.
As this is not our area of expertise, we are listing it si...
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese or Japanese Celadon Large Heavy Yellow Glazed Footed Bowl, Qing Dynasty
Located in Studio City, CA
A rather spectacular piece in person with a wonderful glaze and color. Wonderfully designed with a good feel and heft to it.
We believe this is from the Qing Dynasty but are simpl...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Beatrice Wood Signed Pink Lava Glaze Midcentury California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice Wood signed bowl featuring a unique pink lava glaze and piercing blue crackle glass in the cente...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Lucie Rie Signed Stamped Yellow Speckle Glazed British Pottery Bowl, circa 1950s
By Lucie Rie
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous earth-toned, yellow, green, brown speckle glazed ceramic footed bowl by famed Austrian-born British potter Lucie Rie.
The bowl is signed with Lucie Rie's impressed seal on the base.
A rare and unique work. Simply a must for any collector of Rie's work or a beautiful stand-alone piece sure to light up any setting.
Dame Lucie Rie...
Category
Vintage 1950s English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Large Heavy South India Indian Carved Hardwood Elephants with Bone Inlay
Located in Studio City, CA
Intricately crafted by a master carver. Heavy and ornate. These two would liven any setting. Quite unique and eye-catching.
Dimension: 12" high, 14" wide, 7" deep.
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
Carved Wood
Gilt Seated Temple Shrine Thai Siam Asian Serene Lotus Pod Buddha
Located in Studio City, CA
A finely carved and detailed seated wood temple shrine Buddha. Likely Northern Thai or lower Burmese.
This particular Buddha has a wonder...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Lacquer, Wood, Giltwood
Mid Century Modern Signed Large Heavy Stoneware California Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and quite engaging large , heavy, substantial Mid-Century Modern stoneware vase reminiscent of works by West Coast California potters/artists Otto and Vivika H...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Heather Jansch Signed British United Kingdom Sculptor Abstract Wood Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and engaging organic natural elements sculpture by renowned UK/United Kingdom artist Heather Jansch (1948-2021). Jansch was widely recognized in the British artworld for...
Category
Vintage 1980s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Driftwood
Charder Art Deco Signed Colorful Etched Large Tall Glass Vase
By Charder
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and decorated Charder vase with multi-layered glass and acid-etched detail. Signed "Charder" on body. Will be a gorgeous addition to any setting.
Dimension...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Asian Khmer Cambodia Stoned Carved Head Bust of Male Buddhist Buddha Shiva Deity
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully sand stone-carved Asian deity figure / sculpture likely from Cambodia. The detailed head is likely that of the divinity deity Shiva, sometimes referred to as the smiling God-King. The features are clearly reminiscent of the carvings found at both Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom...
Category
Antique 19th Century Cambodian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Sandstone
Warren MacKenzie Signed Studio Pottery Ceramic Tenmoku Glazed Footed Bowl
By Warren MacKenzie
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous work by 20th century master American and renowned Minnesota studio potter/artist Warren MacKenzie.
The three-footed tenmoku glazed bowl is signed/ stamped along the foot rim by MacKenzie and features a unique decorative pattern. The dark, rich glaze radiates in the light.
This work would a great addition to any Warren Mackenzie or modern pottery/ ceramic collection or eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
A student of both famed ceramic artists Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, Mackenzie is credited with bringing the functional Japanese Mingei tradition and craft to the United States and spreading it through his own art and teaching mentorship during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.
Along with being named a Regent’s Professor, and a fellow of the International Academy of Ceramics, the highly decorated and awarded MacKenzie was the first to receive the Minnesota Governor’s Award in Crafts in 1986. He later received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Crafts Council in 1997 and a year later he was honored with the Gold Medal from the American Crafts Council.
His work can be found in numerous collections and museums including:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
The National Folk Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England
Contemporary American Crafts...
Category
20th Century American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
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
Vintage 1920s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Ogata Kenzan Signed Japanese Asian Edo Period Pottery Tea Bowl Chawan
Located in Studio City, CA
A spectacularly designed and beautifully made Chawan tea bowl dating back to the Edo period. This work is attributed to Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) who is wi...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Lisa Larson Signed Mid-Century Gustavsberg Large Lion Swedish Pottery Sculpture
By Gustavsberg
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed, beautifully made Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian lion sculpture/figurine by Swedish master potter/ceramicist Lisa Larson (1931-2024) for Gustavsberg, Sweden (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Raul Coronel Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Ceramic Bowl
By Raul Coronel
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made and colored heavy bowl by Mexican born ceramic master Raul Coronel who played an important role in the American (he became a naturalized citizen) / California design movement of the 1950s-1970s alongside Peter Voulkos, Beatrice Wood, Gertrud
Otto Natzler, Otto
Vivika Heino, to name but a few.
This bowl features a deep oceanic green crackle glass...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Kichizaemon Raku Seinyu XIII "13th" Signed Antique Japanese Raku Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully glazed, impeccably made Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master potter the 13th Kichizaemon Raku, Seinyu (1887-1944) who was the eldest son of Konyu - the 12th Kichizaemon of the Raku family line of potters - known as the most noted and celebrated tradition of pottery within the world of Japanese tea. Kichizaemon Raku was the 13th master to carry on the family's esteemed name and tradition. The bowl features shifting textures and deep, rich colours which radiate in the light.
The term "Raku" was derived from the site where clay was dug in Kyoto in the late 16th century. The Kanji character for Raku translates to "enjoyment" or "fun/delightful" For 15 generations it has been the title and seal used by a lineage of potters whose work formed the central tradition in Japan. This lineage believes that 'Raku' refers to the potters who use the technique, not the technique itself. In the 16th century, the first of these potters, Chojiro is said to have come under the patronage of the Japanese tea master, Sen-No-Rikyu. According to legend, in 1598 a few years after Chojiro's death, ruler, Hideyoshi Toyotomi bestowed upon his adopted son, Jokei, a golden seal with the written symbol "Raku." Both the name and the ceramic style have been passed down through the family to the present ever since. The name and the style of ware have become influential in both Japanese culture and literature. Raku ware marked an important point in the historical development of Japanese ceramics, as it was the first ware to use a seal mark and the first to focus on close collaboration between potter and patron. Other famous Japanese clay artists...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Beatrice Wood Signed Volcanic Ash Blue Iridescent Luster Studio Pottery Bowl
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice wood signed bowl featuring her highly coveted deep ash blue iridescent lustre/luster glaze. In certain light, the glaze radiates as a purple hue in some areas. The glaze runs down the sides and gathers in areas underneath.
This piece comes with an interesting history/ provenance. This piece came from Beatrice's personal collection. She was using it as a coin and key holder in her Ojai house which accounts for the cracks in the glaze. It was gifted to Maria Anderson who assisted Beatrice around her home. We considered having the work restored but because of its history feel that it offers more value to the next owner as shown. This was apparently the condition it was given in as Wood was famous for noting about her work that objects that are not quite perfect are simply that...perfect because of their imperfections. A very Wabi-Sabi view. Flawed Beauty.
We love the piece and the history.
Signed with her customary "Beato" on the underside.
Would be an amazing addition to any collection of her work or a fabulous, eye-catching Stand-alone piece in any setting, Mid-Century Modern or otherwise.
Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Bronze Sculpture of Head Bust of Japanese Woman in the Style of Isamu Noguchi
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, well-crafted work reminiscent of Isamu Noguchi's early work in bronze.
Heavy and solid on a beautiful rosewood base.
Apparently unsigned. From a collection of Japanese antiques and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Large Rare Art Deco Bronze Egyptian Cat Goddess Bastet Sculpture Statue, c.1930
Located in Studio City, CA
A stunning, quite large French Art Deco bronze Egyptian cat representing Bastet the Egyptian goddess of the home, domesticity, women's secrets, fertility, childbirth, and cats (She i...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Damian Manuhwa Signed African Zimbabwean Shona Abstract Figure Stone Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully executed and designed Shona stone sculpture by renowned African/ Zimbabwean sculptor/artist Damian Manuhwa (1952-2008) who lived and worked in Zimbabwe.
T...
Category
20th Century Zimbabwean Folk Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Dora De Larios Signed Mexican American California Studio Pottery Sculpture
By Dora De Larios
Located in Studio City, CA
A fabulous, rare, and unique large horse and rider sculpture/ candelabra by famed Mexican American California studio art potter Dora De Larios. It was recently brought to our attention by a collector of her work that this piece was featured in a presentation at the Scripps Fine Arts Foundation and it was made in 1959. It is one of her earlier works. Quite rare and special in this respect.
De Larios was born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents. She grew up in the artistic Silver Lake district near downtown Los Angeles amongst Mexican and Nisei Japanese immigrants. As a result, De Larios was heavily influenced by ancient American...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Glen Lukens Signed Midcentury Blue with Gold Crackle Glazed Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare and likely early work featuring a blue or green with gold flecks crackle glaze by influential Mid-Century Modern ceramist Glen Lukens whose work has become very collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
The work is signed by Lukens on the underside.
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Russell Russ Graff Signed Hawaiian Artist Inlaid Carved Wood Bird Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful. Whimsical piece by Hawain artist Russ Graff.
Made from Hawaiian exotic and Kauai inlaid woods and a tree of natural driftwood.
Signed an...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
William Wyman Signed Massachusetts Midcentury Herring Run Studio Pottery Bowl
By William Wyman
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by East Coast/ Massachusetts master potter William Wymann. This piece features a fantastic texture and rich, sumptuous, deep ocean-like blue crackle glaze that chang...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Hawaiian Artist Hand Carved Turned Wood Vessel Garniture Sculpture Vase Chalice
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and unusually shaped wood-turned vessel / sculpture / chalice. Very well crafted.
Noted: "Norfolk Pine. Carved in Hawaii" by the artist on the base.
From a collection of...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Pine
Doug Ayers Signed California Artist Organic Natural Wood Turned Weed Vase Vessel
By Doug Ayers
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautifully made and sculpted wood-turned weed vase by famed American (Mendocino, CA) artist/ sculptor Doug Ayers. The natural. organic wood grain is quite spectacular in this...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Vases
Materials
Wood
Japanese Signed Wabi-Sabi Pottery Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl Style of Bernard Leach
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous tenmoku drip glazed Japanese Chawan tea bowl that features a mix of shifting colors, glazes and textures. The piece radiates in the light and is very reminiscent of work ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Chinese Hand Painted Marble Water Basin Bowl, 18th-19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully colored, handsomely made, rather unique piece. Solid and hefty. A hand painted Chinese family water bowl or basin. The painted scene faded from years of water use.
From a collection of Chinese artifacts...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Decorative Bowls
Materials
Marble
Makuzu Kozan II Signed and Stamped Japanese Ceramic Flower Pottery Bowl Pot Vase
By Makuzu Kozan II
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful handmade handled bowl by well-known Japanese ceramic artist Makuzu Kozan II, son of Makuzu Kozan who was appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household...
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Paul Soldner Large Mid-Century Pottery Raku Slab Charger Wall Relief Sculpture
By Paul Soldner
Located in Studio City, CA
An amazing and unique piece by renowned American pottery and ceramic master Paul Soldner who in the 1950s was Peter Voulkos' first student and who later became famed for developing the technique now known as "American Raku...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Laura Andreson
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed bowl by renowned American California master potter Laura Andreson. An uncommon form for Andreson with a high gloss glaze featuring a dark ocean deep blue / aqua color with delicate splashes of greens. Gorgeous in its Mid-Century Modern design.
Signed on the base by Andreson (and stamped).
A special and scarce work. Would be a great addition to any midcentury ceramics/ pottery collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone accent work in about any setting. This piece has a fantastic feel and heft to it.
Andreson, who studied under Glen Lukens, founded and headed the ceramics department at UCLA from 1933 to 1970. Her work can be found in many collections and museums worldwide including:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Walker Art Center
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Her exhibitions include:
1937 Rene Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, New York
1938 First California Ceramic Exhibition, San Diego, California
1940 Honolulu Academy of Art
1947 Eleventh National Ceramics Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1970 Fredric Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
1970 Laguna Beach Art Gallery
1971 Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1971 Hoover Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
1971 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California
1971 Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California
1972 Ceramics West, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Ogden Art Center, Ogden, Utah
1972 Bower Museum, Santa Ana, California
1973 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
1973 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1973 California Crafts VIII, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
1974 California Ceramics...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Asian Antique Rattan and Bamboo Tiered Qing Wedding Basket, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, large, hand-woven rattan and bamboo Chinese three-tiered handled wedding basket.
From a Los Angeles Asian/Chinese art and artifacts collection.
We are listing it as ea...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Baskets
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Lacquer
Robert Maxwell Earthgender Signed Large Mid-Century California Pottery Vase
By Robert Maxwell
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully crafted, wonderfully designed, large Mid-century Modern California Studio pottery vase by famed California ceramic artist Robert Maxwell featuring a radiant pale grayis...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Ceramic Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous Japanese studio pottery chawan tea bowl that features a wonderful reddish-orange glaze with various shifts in colour and texture.
This particular piece encompasses the...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Rustic Large Folk Art Handled Natural Organic Wood Carved Bowl, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful bowl with beautiful natural wood grain and glowing colorful patina acquired with age. This piece has a very organic, wabi-sabi feel to it.
From a collection of older w...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Otto Natzler Signed Volcanic Glaze California Studio Pottery Oval Vessel Vase
By Otto Natzler
Located in Studio City, CA
Sublime in its simplicity, oval form, and design. Pale color with distinctive volcanic crater glaze. This is a truly amazing piece. Will give aesthetic pleasure for years to come.
...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire Exp Signed Hand Painted Modern Large Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from 2001 and is dated and signed with Shire's customary "EXP" (Echo Park Pottery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Voulkos Signed Early Mid-Century Modern Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl, 1950s
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic rare early footed stoneware Japanese style California studio pottery Chawan tea bowl (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek-American potter/artist Peter Voulkos featuring ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Peter Voulkos Signed Early Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, 1950s
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early stoneware California studio pottery vase (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek-American potter/artist Peter Voulkos featuring a ribbed design and dark, luminous glaze...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Rude Osolnik Signed Mid-Century Modern Locust Wood Turned Vessel Bud Weed Vase
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully executed, handmade, wood-turned weed vase by master woodturner Rude Osolnik who is widely regarded, along with Bob Stocksdale, as one of the finest woodturners in American woodturning history. In 1992, he was presented by then-Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, with the Milner Award, the Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement.
The vase is made from locust wood, quite rare for Osolnik, features highlighted striped areas of dark and light. It is signed "Osolnik Originals...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Ancient Sueki Sue Ware Wabi-Sabi Pottery Vase Vessel Urn
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and handcrafted piece of ancient Japanese Sueki Sue ware pottery dating back to the 500-600s (6th-7th century). Sueki/ Sue pottery was a ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Chinese Laughing Polychrome Hand Painted Sitting Temple Shrine Buddha
Located in Studio City, CA
A fun piece. Nicely hand painted and detailed. Made of light metal of some sort.
Was acquired from a collection of Chinese and South-East Asian artifacts...
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Kaneshige Toyo National Treasure Signed Japanese Bizen Pottery Sake Bottle Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, perfectly shaped and balanced antique Bizen ware shibui sake bottle (tokkuri) vase by renowned Japanese master potter/artist Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967) featuring a unique natural, wonderfully textured organic forming ash glaze. Kaneshige is universally considered to be the founder of modern Bizen pottery.
In 1956, Kaneshige was certified as a Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Heritage) for his work in Bizen Ware pottery/ceramics. Bizen Ware is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from the Bizen province, presently a part of the Okayama prefecture. It is considered one of the Six Ancient Japanese Kilns (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Shigaraki ware, Tamba ware, and Tokoname ware).
The piece is signed/ sealed on the base with one of Kaneshige's traditional incised marks.
A rather striking and engaging work. One of the best Kaneshige works we have come across. Scarce and hard to find in such an excellent condition. Would be a fantastic addition to any Japanese/Asian pottery or Bizen Ware collection or eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
Kaneshige's work can be found in numerous prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
Honolulu Art Museum, HI
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Japan
Indiana Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Ceramic Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A stunning Japanese stoneware studio pottery chawan tea bowl that features a beautiful, heavy and sumptuously multi-glaze with wonderful shifts in color and texture. This bowl is wit...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Otto and Vivika Heino Signed Midcentury Large California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, exquisitely handmade bowl by pottery or ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Otto Heino. The two were best known for their inspired designs and distinctive glazes. This relatively hefty bowl is signed on the underside and is in excellent vintage condition with no discernible flaws. Really quite riveting and sure to Stand out in any collection or setting.
Dimensions: 5.5" high, 8.5" diameter.
They are winners of the following awards:
Gold Medal from the sixth Biennale internationale de céramique d'art, in Vallauris, France. (1978)
Silver medal from the International Ceramics Exhibitions in Ostend, Belgium (1959)
Their work can be found in the following museums and collections:
American Craft Museum, New York City, NY
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York
County Art Museum and Craft Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Hartford Jewish Community Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
Mingei Museum, San Diego
Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Picasso Museum in Vallauris, France
St. Paul Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
Ventura County...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Stoneware Pottery Rabbit Bunny Animal Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite heavy and solid, large hand-crafted stoneware rabbit sculpture done in a modern abstract, almost brutalist or Japanese Mingei Folk Art style.
The work is appar...
Category
20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Mid-Century Modern Scandanavian Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a classic shape with a rich glaze that radiates and changes co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Antique Pair Buddhist Monju Fugen Bosatsu Nyorai Temple Shrine Buddhas
Located in Studio City, CA
Truly stunning pair of hand-carved wood Japanese buddha statues / sculptures that sit serenely atop their lotus petal thrones. The intricately c...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
Bob Stocksdale Signed Mid-Century Modern Turned Exotic Wood Bowl Platter Plate
By Bob Stocksdale
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely crafted, rich wood plate by American master Woodturner Bob Stocksdale.
Signed and marked ("Jenisero from Guatemala") by the artist on the verso. The piece radiates i...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Aldo Londi Bitossi Mid-Century Modern Signed Oxblood Glazed Italian Pottery Bowl
By Aldo Londi
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, quite substantial and heavy, Italian pottery bowl featuring a sumptuous oxblood lava glaze that absolutely radiates in the light. We believe this work is likely an Aldo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Rude Osolnik Signed Mid-Century Modern Spalted Wood Turned Vessel Bud Weed Vase
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully executed, handmade, wood-turned weed vase by master woodturner Rude Osolnik who is widely regarded, along with Bob Stocksdale, as one of the finest woodturners in American woodturning history. In 1992, he was presented by then-Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, with the Milner Award, the Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement.
The vase is made from spalted wood (hard to make out the exact wood on the base) and features highlighted wood grain and shades of dark and light areas. It is signed "Osolnik Originals" and "Spalted ...." by the Osolnik on the base.
A gorgeous and engaging gem of a piece that clearly makes an impact. Would be a great addition to any Midcentury Modern or wood-turned collection or make for an eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting, midcentury or otherwise.
Osolnik's work can be found in such permanent collections as:
The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Atlanta's High Museum
The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
The Yale Museum
The Speed Museum
The Kentucky History Museum
The Mayo Clinic...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Wood
Large Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Bottle Vase in the Style of Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, richly multi-glazed and textured, heavy Mid-Century Modern large stoneware bottle vase. Expertly crafted. The piece is very reminiscent of some of Peter Voulkos' early hand-painted works with traditional shaped vessels, though we believe it was made by a different artist.
From a Los Angeles estate that featured many well know Mid-Century and California artists' pottery pieces, artworks, and furniture.
Marked "BOT 2" on the underside.
Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century pottery/ceramics collection...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Laura Andreson
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed bowl by renowned American California master potter Laura Andreson. This bowl features a deep, mesmerizing, rich purple/blue glaze. Gorgeo...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Otto
Gertrud Natzler Green Brown Glazed Mid-Century Large Footed Bowl Vase
By Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed pottery masters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. This large, round-shaped footed bowl was hand thrown and formed by Gertrud and glazed by Otto in shades of green and brown with light blue highlights on both the inside and outside. The bowl is clearly a statement piece.
This piece is sure to give aesthetic pleasure for years to come and would be an amazing addition to any Natzler or modern ceramic collection...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Korean Buncheong Joseon Dynasty Glazed Pottery Ceramic Calligraphy Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully glazed and colored, hand-decorated Korean Buncheong vase. Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). Very nice patina.
We are listing it as 19th cent...
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Arne Bang Signed Monumental Midcentury Danish Scandinavian Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Arne Bang
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and rare large work by Danish designer Arne Bang. Truly special.
Beautifully glazed and signed with artist mark and number on the base.
Would be a great addition to...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Midcentury Scandanavian Minature Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed miniature vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a Classic shape with tiny spines and a rich glaze th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
