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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
The Silver Crane Company English Ceramic Parker Pen Pottery Desk Tidy
Located in Linkebeek, BE
The Silver Crane Company English Ceramic Parker Pen Pottery Desk Tidy
Wear consistent with age and use
Collector - Advertising pencil case - desk
A scarce novelty ceramic lidded desk tidy modeled as a Parker fountain pen...
Category
1980s English Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Thermometer
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
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...
Category
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
$1,202
Antique Dutch Art Deco Bookends by Godefridus Boonenkamp 1931 Ceramic Pottery
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous Dutch ceramic pottery Art Deco bookends. Designed by Godefridus Boonenkamp in 1931.
Very nice, large bookends, made of white baked earthenware ...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Excepcional Unique Table Lamp Porcelain Interior Light Museum-quality
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Museum-quality
A unique and very special piece purchased in Spain, but it could have come from somewhere else, as it bears no resemblance to the lamps produced in that area, neither in design nor workmanship. It's a higher-quality piece than average. I've never seen one of such quality. In terms of design, texture, and color, this lamp is superior to those made in Spain, specifically in Manises. However, it could have been made elsewhere in Spain, as many porcelain factories still existed in the early 20th century, especially in northern Spain, but they didn't make lamps. I've been looking for a similar one for many years and have only seen one. I've seen a similar design by a German artist, but I can't identify it. It's in excellent condition, like new. It's likely a designer piece, but I couldn't say who made it.
It's an exceptional piece; the pictures don't do it justice.
It's large, much larger than average. When illuminated internally and allowing light to escape through the round holes in the design, it creates an exceptional image and atmosphere. It is undoubtedly a signature piece or a piece of art, surely designed by an artist who worked in the Manises workshops or in any Spanish workshop, or someone bought it and brought it here.
Interior lighting, and the lower part of the lamp. The uz comes out through the holes and it is spectacul
Buy in Manises Valencia Spain, place of production of ceramics and porcelain throughout the centuries
This lamp is a masterpiece, with a higher quality than any typical peanut lamp...
Category
1940s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Scandinavian ceramics from the 1960s by the Bangholm workshop in Denmark
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
Stoneware dish glazed by the Bangholm workshop in the 1960s. One side is glazed, the other is left unglazed, with beautiful material effects. Note a very small chip, see detail photo...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Sandstone
Ming Dunasty - Four Procedural Figures
Located in Porto, PT
These remarkable Chinese sculptures, dating from the Ming dynasty, are crafted in glazed terracotta and showcase the exquisite artistry and ceremonial elegance of the period. Each fi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$3,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Gabriele Puetz Pillow Pillar
Nichts
Vintage German Art Pottery Sculpture # 5/7
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
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...
Category
1980s German Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Ceramic girl with squirrel Ronzan style - Lenci - Essevi
By Sandro Vacchetti, Ugo Zaccagnini, Lenci
Located in Lugo, IT
Ceramic girl with squirrel.
Left hand fingers not perfect.
Good condition.
Thanks
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Ceramic Vases by Guido Andlovitz for S.C.I. Levano
By Guido Andlovitz
Located in Roma, RM
Originally designed by architect, designer and artistic director Guido Andlovitz in 1936 for Società Ceramica Italiana Laveno, this pair of vases are indeed the rarest of finds. The vases were manufactured in 1942, as attested to by the marking "N - 42" on the base of each vase. The gold rims and aquatic scenes that surround each vase, are unique to each piece and were painted by hand in 1943. They are both signed by the artist "Miruccia". One of the vases has the words “Anni di Guerra” (Year of War) written on the base in reference to the Second World War .
Founded in Laveno in 1856 by Severino Revelli and some former employees of the "Richard" manufacturer in Milan. The "SCI" (Italian Ceramic Society) began its activity as a manufacturer of wall tiles and fine tableware. In 1883 it became a limited company and obtained its first successes at numerous national exhibitions. In 1895, Cavalier Luciano Scotti took over the company and, thanks to his intuition and his entrepreneurial skills, the factory grew substantially in a few years. In those years, some Liberty-style pieces designed by Giorgio Spertini, the author of noteworthy elegant "whiplash" creations, were created in the Laveno factory. In 1906 "SCI" presented numerous works at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Milan. Other collaborators from the beginning of the century were Silvio and Piero De Ambrosis, Felice Palucco, Giancarlo Jacopini and the brothers Marco and Luigi Raggiori. However, it was in 1923 that, under the direction of Guido Andlovitz, the company reached the peak of its fame and in 1925 was a resounding success at the 2nd Monza Biennale. Andlovitz, who collaborated with the manufacturer for almost forty years, applied to the production process the principle of seriality, a concept also put into effect by Giò Ponti at "Richard-Ginori", adopting various types of decoration which, although moulded and decal stamped, still retained an undeniable elegance. In 1924 the "Società Ceramica Revelli" became a consortium with the "SCI", the partnership would continue until 1932 and saw Franco Revelli's company marketing pottery and table porcelain on behalf of "SCI". From 1925 porcelain and crockery began to appear in the factory's catalogs. In 1927 the company was present at the 3rd Biennial of Decorative Arts in Monza. Between the end of the 1920's and the beginning of the 1930's, the decorators Giuseppe Bellorini and Daniela Ferretto began to collaborate with the "SCI". As of 1932 the company managed two factories: that of Laveno, which, with over 1300 employees, produced strong pottery, tableware and artistic ceramics and the smaller factory of Verbano, which employed about 400 people and produced, in addition to ceramics for the electrotechnical industry, excellent table porcelain. The products were marketed in the company owned stores in Rome, Genoa and Naples. This was an initiative realised by Andlovitz himself. In the mid-thirties, the decorators Ada Corsi and Ida Fonini among others, collaborated with the "SCI". From 1936 to 1940 the artistic direction of the company was entrusted to the sculptor and modeler Angelo Biancini. In 1939 about 1300 people worked in the Laveno plant and in 1951 about 2300. In the years between the two wars among the collaborators of the factory were Sirio Tofanari...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic owl vide-poche by Accolay, France, 1960
s
By Olivier Pettit
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic owl vide-poche by Accolay
perfect condition
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Bowl Model 20.717 Made In Oxblood Colored Glaze By Axel Salto
By Axel Salto, Royal Copenhagen
Located in Lejre, DK
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...
Category
19th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Théodore Deck, Ceramic Vase, Signed, circa 1870
By Theodore Deck
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Théodore Deck (1823-1891), ceramic vase, signed, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Goat Ceramic by Dominique Pouchain
By Dominique Pouchain
Located in bruxelles, BE
Ceramics in the shape of a goat stamped Dominique Pouchain.
FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST PRICE
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Antique Chinese Ceramic Bowls, 20th Century, Asian Art
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of antique Chinese ceramic bowls. 20th century. Asian art.
Decorative and richly painted ceramic bowls.
Category
20th Century Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$1,924 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Masque en céramique des poteries d
Accolay, France, années 1960
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Meyrin, Switzerland
Masque en céramique des poteries d'Accolay, France, années 1960. Masque signé au verso. Bon état. Dimensions : hauteur 27 cm, largeur 18 cm, profondeur 9 cm.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Sheep Moneybox Pop Art, Set of 3 Pieces, Made in Italy, 2022, New Collection
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
These splendid ceramic creations are born from the artistic laboratory of Mosche Bianche.
The piggy bank, a means that has always been used to remind us of the importance of savi...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$634 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Sheep Moneybox Pop Art, Lilac, Made in Italy, 2022, New Collection
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
These splendid ceramic creations are born from the artistic laboratory of Mosche Bianche.
The piggy bank, a means that has always been used to remind us of the importance of savi...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$287 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Sheep Moneybox Pop Art, Pastel Blue, Made in Italy, 2022, New Collection
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
These splendid ceramic creations are born from the artistic laboratory of Mosche Bianche.
The piggy bank, a means that has always been used to remind us of the importance of savi...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$287 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Decorative Vintage Plate, by Molaroni Pesaro, 20th Century
By Molaroni Pesaro
Located in Roma, IT
This vintage plate is an original decorative ceramic object realized in Italy during the 20th century by Molaroni Pesaro manufacture, Italy.
This very rare and colored ceramic pla...
Category
20th Century Italian Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Mask, Accolay, France, 1960s
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic Mask, Accolay, France, 1960s
Accolay was a pottery center in France, north of Burgundy, founded amongst others, by 4 students of Alexandre Kostanda. Active between 1945 and ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Ceramic Birds with Beautiful Glaze Signed KW 9723
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Very tasty duo of mid-century modern birds in a stylized shape and wonderful glaze pattern.
The downward looking animal has a cheerful flower pattern on both wings. The upward looki...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Square stoneware pot with abstract decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Square stoneware pot with abstract decoration by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram under the base. Circa 1970-1980.
H : 10.4’ x 10.4’ x 8.7’ inches.
Category
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Ceramic Dish With motif Of Boats Under Moonlit Sky By Jeppe H. Olsen
By Jeppe Hagedorn-Olsen
Located in Lejre, DK
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
By George Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980.
H : 7.9 x 7.9 inches (ceramic only).
Sold with a European electrical system.
Category
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
By George Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980.
H : 14.6 x 7.5 inches (ceramic only).
Sold with a European electrical system.
Category
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
By George Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980.
H : 5.9 x 10.2 inches (ceramic only).
Sold with a European electrical system.
Category
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
By George Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980.
H : 6.7 x 11 inches (ceramic only).
Sold with a European electrical system.
Category
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
By George Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980.
H : 11.8 x 9 inches (ceramic only).
Sold with a European electrical system.
Category
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
By George Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980.
H : 10.6 x 12.9 inches (ceramic only).
Sold with a European electrical system.
Category
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
By George Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980.
H : 12.9 x 7.5 inches (ceramic only).
Sold with a European electrical system.
Category
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
By George Martin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin.
Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980.
H : 9.05 x 7.7 inches (ceramic only).
Sold with a European electrical system.
Category
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large floor vase in black glazed ceramic by Patrick Crulis, 2024
By Patrick Crulis
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large floor vase in black glazed ceramic by Patrick Crulis.
2024. Unique piece.
H : 28.3 x 15.7 x 15.7 inches.
Approximate sizes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Sculpture "Solctice", by Mart Schrijvers, 2024
By Mart Schrijvers
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engobed stoneware sculpture « Solstice » by Mart Schrijvers.
Artist signature under the base. 2024.
H : 7.9 x 11.8 x 9.1 inches.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Handmade Ceramic Accessories Scorpion Green
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
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...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Brass
$1,058 / set
Handmade Ceramic Accessories Scorpion Sand
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
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...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Brass
$1,058 / set
Ceramic vide-poche by Roger Capron, France, 1970
s
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Vide-poche by Roger Capron, black ceramic, signed
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Handmade Ceramic Accessories Ladybug Yellow
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
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...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Brass
$1,058 / set
Accolay Vase, circa 1960
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Accolay vase, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$1,659
"Roger Capron" Tile Set, Fresco., Vallauris, circa 1960
By Roger Capron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Roger Capron" tile set, Vallauris. Measures: 30x60 fresco. 8 Tiles of 15x15cm. In a perfect state. Beautiful thickness almost 1 cm.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Sculpture in Black Glazed Stoneware, Jean-Pierre Bonardot, circa 1990-2000
By Jean-Pierre Bonardot
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in black glazed stoneware by Jean-Pierre Bonardot.
Artist signature under the base « JP Bonnardot ». Unique piece. Circa 1990-2000.
H : 13.8’ x 18.5’ x 10.6’ inches.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Tubular Vase in Black Glazed Stoneware, Jean-Pierre Bonardot, circa 1990
By Jean-Pierre Bonardot
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large tubular vase « Bambou » in black glazed stoneware by Jean-Pierre Bonardot.
Artist monogram under the base. Unique piece. Circa 1990.
H : 30.3’ X 6.3’ X 5.1’ inches.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2006
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
2006.
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
2022.
How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2015
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
2015.
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
By Wayne Fischer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Small ceramic vase by Ruelland, France, 1960
s
By Jacques and Dani Ruelland
Located in Paris, FR
small ceramic round vase by Ruelland, signed
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Sculptural Wall Plaque by F. Sanchez for Peregnem
By Perignem
Located in Voorburg, NL
Unique 1950s sculptural Perignem ceramic wall plaque made by F. Sanchez (signed). This beauty comes in charcoal black with sophisticated red and green colors. Signed on the backside ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
By Maarten Stuer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
By Maarten Stuer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
By Maarten Stuer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Small ceramic vase by Ruelland, France, 1960
s
By Jacques and Dani Ruelland
Located in Paris, FR
Small ceramic vase by Ruelland, signed
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Danish ceramics from the 1950s by the Royal Copenhagen workshop in Denmark
By Royal Copenhagen, Marianne Johnson
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
Small ceramic dish by Marianne Johnson for Royal Copenhagen in the 1950s, from the ‘Tenera’ series.
17x17cm H:3,5cm
Royal Copenhagen is one of Europe's oldest porcelain manufacturer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Ceramic Mask, Accolay, France, 1960s
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic mask, Accolay, France, 1960s.
Accolay was a pottery center in France, north of Burgundy, founded amongst others, by 4 students of Alexandre Kostanda. Active between 1945 and...
Category
1960s French Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic vide-poche by Roger Capron, France, 1970
s
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Vide-poche by Roger Capron, black ceramic, signed
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Unicorn by Dominique Pouchain
By Dominique Pouchain
Located in bruxelles, BE
Ceramic in the shape of a unicorn by Dominique Pouchain.
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mask by Accolay pottery, France, between 1947 and 1983
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Paris, FR
Mask by Accolay pottery, active between 1947 and 1983, signed
Category
20th Century French Modern Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Glass Bell with Ceramic Birds
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful German ceramic birds set up under an antique glass dome.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$500 Sale Price
41% Off
Panel with 7 tiles and lights in San Polo Ceramics, Italy, 1950s
By Otello Rosa, San Polo
Located in Vicenza, VI
Ceramic panel with 7 tiles including: 4 characters with Venetian mask and musical instruments and 3 with light points. The composition is hand-painted with pure gold trim, made by Ot...
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$3,367 Sale Price
20% Off
Wisques Abbey, 2 Enamelled Stoneware Lamps circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wisques Abbey, 2 enamelled stoneware lamps circa 1960
Measure: 35x22 cm
20 x 13 cm.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Francoise Deyrieux Ceramic Dish
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Francoise Deyrieux
Ceramic dish
Hand painted
One of a kind
Circa 2018
27 x 27 cms
290 euros.
Category
2010s Continental Europe - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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