Japanese Awaji art pottery "muscle" vase with striking three color glaze: chrome red, mirror black, and khaki. Bold art deco look. Circa 1930. Hand made. 6" high, 7" wide. Excellent condition.
Large and impressive Japanese Awaji pottery studio vase with iris design innovatively carved into a frothy clay ground. Adding to the visual feast are applied leaf handles in deep relief and a double pie crust mouth rim. Hand made. Circa 1930. 13" high. Repairs.
Japanese Awaji Pottery vase with bold art deco/jazz age decor. Hand Thrown. Circa 1930. 6 3/4" high. Impressed export, kiln, and potter's marks. Excellent condition.
Large Japanese Awaji pottery vase with swollen body and large applied handles covered with deep green glaze. Hand thrown. Circa 1920. 14 1/2" high, 13 1/2" wide. Unmarked. Good condition: glaze scuffs, two small chips repaired.
Large Italian pottery vase by the Zaccagnini firm in Florence which has been made into a dramatic lamp. This piece is done in a fantastic interpretation of a
Chinese Ming era vase with terrific monster tongue handles, geometric relief decoration, and vibrant sancai (three color) gloss glaze with "antique" crackle. Flanges on the corners of the vase are fashioned out of wood! The scale is impressive - vase itself measures 23" high, lamp is 43" high. This is early Zaccagnini ...click for details
French modernist art pottery pitcher/jug by renowned Vallauris ceramicist Gilbert Valentin (1928 - 2001). Valentin's studio, Les Archanges, was next door to Madoura, where Picasso worked, and contributed to the renaissance of pottery making in Vallauris during the 1950's and 60's.
This large hand made jug is covered with a brilliant turquoise blue "Egyptian" crackle glaze and decorated with a spray of flowers in vibrant enamels. 15 1/2" high. Incised Valentin, Les Arc ...click for details
Large yellow art pottery vase with rope twist handles by North Carolina potter J B Cole. Bright, variegated yellow glaze over hand thrown red clay. Circa 1930's. 18 1/2" high, 13" across handles. Unmarked. Excellent condition - no damage or repair.
Hand thrown Shearwater art pottery vase from the famous Mississippi maker. Nice, wide form with great blue flambe glaze. Circa 1970's. 4" high, 6 1/2" wide. Impressed "SHEARWATER" in a semi circle. Excellent condition.
Set of three Japanese Awaji pottery vases with pink, blue, and cream flambe. Creative and interesting hand thrown forms. Circa 1930. 4" - 5" high. Impressed export, kiln, and potter's marks. Excellent condition.
Large pair of Awaji pottery ginger jars in hot pink and and blue flambe glaze. These jars give a terrific art moderne/deco twist to the traditional garniture. Hand thrown. Circa 1930. 12" high. Impressed export, kiln, and potter's marks. One with glaze wear.
