North American Ceramics

Place of Origin: North American

Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment

Located in Chicago, IL

This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a bust or full effigy figurine crafted in 400 A.D. Mesoamerica. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically in Teotihuacan, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings. Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment

$480

19th Century Sponge Ware Slop Bucket with Original Wire Handle

Located in Los Angeles, CA

19Th century sponge ware slop bucket with original wire handle in good condition with minor chips.

Category

19th Century Country Antique North American Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Sponge Ware Slop Bucket with Original Wire Handle

$760 Sale Price

20% Off

Sponge Ware Mixing or Fruit Bowl

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This monumental 19th century sponge ware bowl is in pristine condition and it measures 13.5" across. Perfect fruit bowl for a large table.

Category

19th Century Country Antique North American Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Sponge Ware Mixing or Fruit Bowl

$1,036 Sale Price

20% Off

Pair of Large 19th Century Spongeware Pottery Serving Bowls

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Two different size 19th century spongeware pottery serving or mixing bowls. Both bowls are fluted shape and in mint condition. The smaller of the two is 4" high x 10" wide. The large...

Category

Mid-19th Century Country Antique North American Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Pair of Large 19th Century Spongeware Pottery Serving Bowls

$1,516 Sale Price / set

20% Off

19th Century Spongeware Soup Bowl and Cup and Saucer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

19th century large spongeware soup bowl and cup and saucer from a private Pennsylvania Collection. The soup bowl is 10" and the c & s is 4 1/2 "wide x 3 1/2" high. Sold as 3pcs set. ...

Category

Late 19th Century Country Antique North American Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Spongeware Soup Bowl and Cup and Saucer

$1,196 Sale Price / set

20% Off

Mosaic Art "Winter Sun" Signed by Joyce Dittermore

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Mosaic Wall artwork Sculpture Inlaid of colorful squniteuare rocks, colors like blue, gradients of pinks and purples, and blues. There is a sun figure in the middle of the frame with a sad face...

Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Mosaic Art "Winter Sun" Signed by Joyce Dittermore

$2,200

Authentic Talavera Decorative Vase Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Blue White

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Colonial North American Ceramics

Materials

Clay, Ceramic, Majolica

Authentic Talavera Decorative Vase Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Blue White

$500

Modernist Studio Ceramic Tile Art by Irina Lorin

By Gills Lorin

Located in Buffalo, NY

Framed mid-20th century Irina Lorin Signed ceramic art tile of figure, consisting of three framed tiles, mid-20th century. 3 tiles measuring 8" x 11" retai...

Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Grasscloth, Wood

Modernist Studio Ceramic Tile Art by Irina Lorin

$1,280

Mexican Handmade Ceramic Skull Sculpture Collection Made in Limited Editions

By Omar Hernández

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

"As a Mexican and Oaxacan, but more as Omar, I see death as something present. It´s something that is a part of life and when you think about death, you begin to value a lot of things. Death is important to me because it’s a constant threat. If you think about dying now, you would probably do things that in another moment you would say, “I’ll do it later.” I see death as an opportunity to live a better life...a continuation of something," says Mexican ceramist Omar Hernández. Omar Hernandez is a Mexican ceramist born and raised in Oaxaca, Mexico. As a child, growing up in a family of potters he didn't have much interest in making pottery, but in his early 20's he realized he could do other things with clay that weren't necessarily utilitarian pieces. It was then that Omar started his skull...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern North American Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Mexican Handmade Ceramic Skull Sculpture Collection Made in Limited Editions

$4,800 Sale Price / set

12% Off

Noir Nobilis Spina Garland

By George Lamiè

Located in Atlanta, GA

Inspired by the ceremonial neckwear of the Ndebele tribe of Southern Africa, this one-of-a-kind garland is a bold exploration of form and contrast. Hand-cut and high-fired in small b...

Category

2010s Tribal North American Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Noir Nobilis Spina Garland

$700

Black Clay Six-Eyed Minotaur Vessel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Vintage Black Clay Minotaur Vessel. Mexico, circa 1980. Hand-built, wood-fired and signed.

Category

1980s Art Deco Vintage North American Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Black Clay Six-Eyed Minotaur Vessel

$1,380

Tall Mid-Century Octagonal Geometric Ceramic Vase in Blue and Brown, Signed

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

Glazed in an ombre blue, cream, and brown, this tall geometric vase will bring a touch of mid-century to any space. The piece is octagonal and decorated with applied geometric circle...

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Paint

Tall Mid-Century Octagonal Geometric Ceramic Vase in Blue and Brown, Signed

$262 Sale Price

25% Off

Mata Ortiz Effigy Pot by Nicolas Quezada, 1988

By Nicolas Quezada

Located in Los Angeles, CA

White slip black geometric effigy pot Nicolas Quezada, Master Potter (1948 - 2011) 1988 Hand coiled low fired clay Pueblo Quezada, Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, M...

Category

Late 20th Century Other North American Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Mata Ortiz Effigy Pot by Nicolas Quezada, 1988

$2,200

Talavera Jar Decorative Vase Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Black White Modern

By Cesar

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

Elegant black and white jar made with the authentic Talavera technique. Master artisan, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico while cre...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Colonial North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Majolica

Talavera Jar Decorative Vase Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Black White Modern

$1,500

Mexican Day of the Dead Ceramic Skull Hand-made Folk Art Sculpture, Edition 1/30

By Omar Hernández

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

You can almost smell the spicy aroma of the chilies in this skull. Mexican artist, Omar Hernández creates a vivid representation of the ingredient that ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Mexican Day of the Dead Ceramic Skull Hand-made Folk Art Sculpture, Edition 1/30

$1,400 Sale Price

36% Off

Mexican Colorful Folk Art Ceramic Vase Tecuanes Dance Vessel

By Los Castillo

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

Beautiful Mexican ceramic vase made with cooked clay and decorated with acrylic paint. The vessel represents the traditional dance for the good...

Category

2010s Folk Art North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic, Clay

Mexican Colorful Folk Art Ceramic Vase Tecuanes Dance Vessel

$5,000

Vintage Miniature Mata Ortiz Tadpole Fetish Pot by Cesar Dominguez, 1989

By Cesar Dominguez

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Vintage Mata Ortiz Tadpole Fetish Pot Cesar Dominguez (b. 1961 - ) 1989 Hand-Coiled low fire clay Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico This miniature Tadpole Fetish Pot is a rare and very early example (1989) from this first generation Mata Ortiz acknowledged Master Potter, Cesar Dominguez, who began his work in 1984. His pottery is widely collected and his repertoire is huge, from differently colored colored intricately decorated stone -polished ollas to plates, to bowls, to marbleized pottery...

Category

Late 20th Century Other North American Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Vintage Miniature Mata Ortiz Tadpole Fetish Pot by Cesar Dominguez, 1989

$145

Studio Ceramic Ribbed Goblet Vase

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A tall, stoneware ribbed cylindrical vase with imperfect forest green glaze on the body's ribbed portion. This would easily fit in sitting empty on a shelf as a decorative object, or...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Studio Ceramic Ribbed Goblet Vase

$350

Mexican Burnished Clay Chicken Kitchen Hen Egg Basket Decoration Hen Brown

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

This Mexican ceramic hen is an egg basket/container, perfect to keep eggs fresh -- a utilitarian kitchen piece by artist Manuel Reyes. Made with clay from Oaxaca and Zacatecas, painted with oxides from the region. Done with the hand-modeled technique and cooked in traditional wood-fired oven. Reyes has been constantly innovating with his hen collection, making this one of his most iconic works. Ceramic artist, sculptor and painter, Manuel Reyes (Mexico City, 1972) atended the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Xochimilco, México. He was later mentored by Royer Von Guten, Joy Laville...

Category

2010s Folk Art North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Mexican Burnished Clay Chicken Kitchen Hen Egg Basket Decoration Hen Brown

$520 Sale Price

20% Off

Vintage Postmodern Signed Glazed Ceramic Hand Painted Plate

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Fantastic vintage Postmodern charger. Brilliant hand painted glazed ceramic with an impressive size. Signed on the back. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Vintage Postmodern Signed Glazed Ceramic Hand Painted Plate

$895

Wayne Bates Postmodern Decorative Ceramic Charger

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The practice of sgraffito is on full display on this plate made by ceramic artist Wayne L Bates. After spending decades teaching at various arts institut...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Wayne Bates Postmodern Decorative Ceramic Charger

$550

Mexican Vessel Rustic Natural Clay Folk Art Handmade Ceramic Terracotta Oaxaca

By Silvia Martínez Díaz

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

Silvia creates her own representation of the Mixe Blouse, very traditional garment of the Mixe Region, in Mexico. In the heart of the Sierra Norte Mountains in the state of Oaxac...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Rustic North American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Mexican Vessel Rustic Natural Clay Folk Art Handmade Ceramic Terracotta Oaxaca

$550

Mexican Ceramic Skull Sculpture Handcrafted Folk Art, Edition 1/30

By Omar Hernández

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

Imagine a drink only drunk in weddings between royalty, accompanying the dead in their transit to the underworld, and celebrating military victories or successful commercial expediti...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern North American Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Mexican Ceramic Skull Sculpture Handcrafted Folk Art, Edition 1/30

$2,190

Simpatico Tower I

By Trish DeMasi

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Simpatico Tower I, 2022 Glazed stoneware Measures: 93 x 25 x 25 in.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary North American Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Simpatico Tower I

$45,500

A Giant Wedding Cake Has Us Looking at Portuguese Tiles in a New Light

At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.