Lady Walking Dog – A.Santini

  Art Deco squirrel bookends – Max Le Verrier

Art Deco successfully integrated the multitude of fascinating design innovations of its time. The mobile perspectives of abstract cubism were subtly merged into the designs but with more symmetrical aspects. The visions of futurism and modernism, inspired by the possibilities of the Machine Age were embraced in its design and choice of materials, while the simpler, functional ideals of Constructivism, Die Stijl and the Bauhaus disciplines were introduced. The dynamism and movement of the 20‘s Jazz Age and the Industrial Age were also prominent elements. The Bauhaus belief that mass production could live in harmony with the artistic spirit of individuality fitted nicely with the mass production utilised during the Art Deco era and the streamlined forms adapted well to the production methods.
The shift away from the Gothic, Baroque and Classical idioms, which began with Art Nouveau at the turn of the 19th century, were taken to the next level. The ethereal nympths in lush organic nature landscapes surrounded by bats, butterflies, dragons and other fantasy creatures morphed into modern, elegant, fashionable ladies of affluence, accompanied by all breeds of domesticated animals, especially dogs, but even including the likes of panthers and gazelles. The demands of marketing led to a depiction of sleekness, sophistication and order. This was reinforced by the symmetrical designs that overtook the asymmetry of Art Nouveau and the rectilinear lines becoming as prevalent as the curvilinear  ones.  Interestingly, the nudity of the Art Nouveau era survived , but took on a more liberated context in its expression. The diversity of animals featured in the unique Art Deco designs is one of the endearing aspects of this era.

 Twin Pigeon Art Deco planter – Zsolnay

Art Deco Warrior and Winged Horse – St.Louis War Memorial

USA

‘The Guardians’ – Art Deco Lady with Dogs – Menneville

Kneeling Snake Charmer Holding Serpent – Isdrebrad

 Max Le Verrier sculpting a model at his studio

Max Le Verrier sculpting a lion at the zoo

Elephant mantle pendule  clock – Art Deco

( 1930.fr )

Cubist Art Deco pelican bookends – Georges L Laurent

Art Deco owl, Library oF Congress, Washington – USA

 Dragon Dinner Gong – French Art Deco – Max le Ferrier

1930

1914 Art Deco Cat- Max Emanual & Louis Wain

 Hagenauer Bronze Greyhound figurine

Max le Verrier Deco Lion

length 23 inches

French Art Deco Leaping Ibex by De Marco, made by Max Le Ferrie

1930

 Winged Horse – art deco by John Storrs

Bronze Hercules and the panther  – Jean Magrou

Hippocampus and Dolphins Art Deco fountain

Kansas City, Missouri

1937

French Art Deco Kangaroo paper weight

Pair of Seagulls – French Art Deco

Panther and Antelope sculpture

Girl Walking Dogs – A.Santini

French Art Deco Elephant Pair Clock

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A pair of Art Deco Polar Bears – Lemanseau

Phoenix ovoid vase – Frederick Rhead for Wardle

Black Cat Art Deco Vase by Keralouve – La Louvière, Belgium

 Lady with Borzoi – French sculptor George Coste

( 1930.fr )

 Charles Catteau

Reclining Lady and Gazelle – Fayrel ( Pierre Le Faguays pseudonym )

France

Pair of running greyhounds – F.Siegl

Black and White dog  – Geo Conde

Art Deco Illustration by Romain de TirtoffAt ( Etre ) – At The Theater, Symphony in Black

Glided art deco fan tail sculpture – Lakarmé by Jan and Joël Martel

1925

Flamingo TV lamp

Art Deco clock with 2 hounds – Toozoo

Charles Catteau and Raymond Chevallier Art Deco gazelle vase

c. 1935

Pair of Squirrel bookends – Nagel

Art Deco style Stork Bookends by French sculptor Marcel Bouraine

Butting Rams Art Deco Royal Dux bookends

Art Deco at Grand Rapids – Stone lion by Buck Cash

Art Deco Dog Figurine – Maurice Osmond

 Cab Art Vintage – etsy

Kitty Rix Art Deco vase for Wiener Werkstatte

Christophle Gallia

Greek civilization, Naxian winged sphinx

Delphi Archaeological Museum

Getty Images

Demetre Chiparus

Ibex book ends by Max LeVerrier.

1930.fr

Art Deco seramic vase – Charles Catteau

Charles Catteau

Art Deco mantle clock with 3 panthers – De Coux

German Art Deco  figurine – William Goebel

1935

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Marc Quin – Spiral Of The Galaxy – 2013

Chatsworth House Beyond Limits

I wasn’t surprised at all to see a large Baltasar Lobo contemporary sculpture blending so naturally into a typical English landscape of gentle rolling green hills, featuring a commanding stately home in the backdrop. The irresistible dynamic of historical and contemporary seems to combine flawlessly, despite being diametrically opposed. The contrast of the grounded, omnipresent, symmetrical facade of Chatsworth House makes the abstract contemporary sculptures look even more edgy and alive. Being a devotee of fresh air, I’ll always embrace the opportunity to visit an outdoor gallery in large open spaces, especially because of the extra perspectives that are created for the artworks. The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire has opened the garden gates again for the 9th annual ‘Beyond Limits’, which has successfully maintained its status as one of the premier Modern and Contemporary sculpture exhibitions in the UK, bringing together a fascinating collection of monumental sculptures from both international and local artists, and providing the opportunity for emerging talent to be displayed. It is currently running up to the 26th October, 2014.
One of the standout pieces for me this year is Lori Parks “Silk Weaver”. A fluid cascade of expansion and movement emerging from a hidden dimension. Also Giacomo Manzù’s “Grande Cardinale” seems to own the surroundings it is presented in, with an air of austerity being revealed and highlighted by its sober monochrome appearance replacing the usual resplendent pomp. The stark brilliance of Lynn Chadwick’s “Couple On A Seat” is worthy of a mention along with the mandala like ” Construct II ” by Antony Gormley. Curation for the event has been managed again by Sotheby’s.

Monumental sculpture by Alice Aycock – ‘Hoop La’

2014

Antony Gormley’s ‘CONSTRUCT II’ on display at the Inner Courtyard of Chatsworth House

2014

 Aristide Maillol   ‘LA RIVIÈRE’ 

Beyond Limits – 2014

Baltasar Lobo — ‘PIÈCE D’EAU’

Beyond Limits – 2014

 Beverly Pepper— ‘CRISPINA SENIOR I’

Beyond Limits – 2014

 Bill Woodrow – ‘Rockswarm’

Beyond Limits – 2014

‘COUPLE ON SEAT’ –  Lynn Chadwick

Beyond Limits – 2014

 Christopher Le Brun — ‘Maro’

Beyond Limits – 2014

The ‘wing’ was throughout Roman and Classical epochs a timeless image of divine supremacy and preferment. Le Brun’s marble wing streams out of the earth, towering above its viewers, five metres high, the strong and weighty marble adding testament to the wing as a symbol of strength and elemental power.

Eduardo Chillida – ‘Estela a José Antonio de Aguirre’

Beyond Limits – 2014

Lori Park– ‘SILK WEAVER’

Beyond Limits – 2014

 Giacomo Manzù –  ‘GRANDE CARDINALE’

Beyond Limits – 2014

Marc Quinn — ‘BERMUDA TRIANGLE’

Beyond Limits – 2014

Zadok Ben David  – ‘Exotic Tree’

Beyond Limits – 2014

  Xu-Bing— ‘TAO HUA YUAN’ – A lost kingdom utopia

Beyond Limits – 2014

The work takes its name from a fifth-century fable from the Jin Dynasty, narrating the tale of a fisherman who stumbles across an astonishing idyll after following a stream lined with vibrant peach trees . However, the fisherman, on attempting to return to the site with his fellow city-dwellers, fails to find it. Bing’s installation recreates this fabled utopia using rocks, water, flowers and branches arranged like a traditional Chinese landscape painting. This story refers to the legendary land of Shambala or Shangrila, which can only been discovered if one has a certain level of merit.

 Info on Chatsworth Beyond Limits Sculpture Exhibition HERE

Sotheby’s sales catalogue HERE

 Sculptures from previous ‘Beyond Limits’ exhibitions

 ‘DECLINATION’ abstract sculpture by Tony Cragg – Chatsworth 2013

Photo Matthew Bullen

Dancers – Fernando Botero

Chatsworth Beyond Limits – 2009

  Juan Munoz-(1952—2001),- ‘Dos Figuras Con Mano En El Pecho’

Chatsworth 2013

‘Marilyn Monroe’  – Richard Hudson

Chatsworth 2009

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 Sitting On History 1′  by Bill Woodrow

 Marc Quin ‘Planet’

Chatsworth

 ‘Tongue In Cheek’ – Tony Clagg

 ‘Miu’ – Nadim  Karam

‘ Cyclone Twist’ - Alice Aycock

Chatsworth 2013

‘ Desert Sands ‘  – Nadim Karam

 Barry Flanagan – ‘Nijinski Hare’

Beyond Limits 2012

 Barry Flanagan

Beyond Limits 2012

Photo- Rui Vieira

 ‘Frog With Fly’  – Richard Hudson

Chatworth 2011

Torsion II – Charles Hadcock

Chatworth 2011

Photography by Barnaby Hindle

Niki De Saint – Phalle Buddha – 2009

David Boardman – flickr

Chatsworth House interior

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Outdoor sculptures at other locations

 Lynn Chadwick – ‘Two Watchers V’

Baltasar Lobo sculpture at Zamora Castle, Spain

Corpus Museum, Noord Hofland

Netherlands

Henry Moore Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, USA

‘Jubilee IV’   —Lynn Chadwick

Lynn Chadwick originally began his career as an architect, but turned to sculpture after serving in WW2.

 Niki De Saint

 ‘Reaching Out Blue’ by Jon Allen

David Haber  Torus – Polished stainless steel portal

 Garden sculpture –  Helen Sinclair

Frogheath Landscapes

 Roger Capron, France

 Paddy Malony – ‘Twisted Sister’

Sculpture In Context 2010

Flickr – William Murphy

‘Reclining Mother and Child’  – Henry Moore

1960 – 1961

 Minneapolis Sculpture Garden →

 Shona artist Tanyanyiwa Nyandoro  sculpture – 2011 –  Zimbabwe

Set sculpture for 1950 stage play Judith – Isamu Noguchi

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Allison Newsome – ‘Lotus Head Rain Soaker’

Biomimicry Raincatcher Sculpture Embraces Horticulture series up to 15 Oct 2014

Blithewold Mansion Gardens and Arboretum   Bristol, Rhode Island, USA  see more here

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Knead, bend, roll, throw, twist, pound, bake, beg…. just a few of the myriad of manipulations at ones disposal to innovate with clay. This amazing substance from the earth is a loyal servant of the arts. Forever challenging its creator to find the right aesthetic balance. Sometimes it only takes a slight adjustment to the form for it to transmute from ordinary to brilliant. Great pieces can begin in the conceptual stage, taking shape with a sketch. Other times it’s not till the final bake that vague concepts crystallize into a rewarding result. Featured below is a collection of pieces from the studio cauldron of coercion, creativity, inspiration, adaption and sublimity; selected for their originality in form, surface and design, with a mixture of both complex and simple styles, past and present.

 Royal Crown Derby vase – 1882

Head Vase by  Designer Tane D’Cruz

Porcelain Cup – Ann Van Hoey, Belgium

 Adrian Brough, UK

 Arek Szwed figurines

Alezja Laboratory of Ceramic Arkadiusz Swede

 Carved and wood fired vase – Mark Smalley

 Egyptian Revival Art Deco gilt trimmed Vase with Egyptian motif –  Noritake, Japan

 Peacock Vase – 1920’s Art Deco

 Banana Bud Vases – Jonathon Adler

 Checkered wedding vase by Lydia Ponce

Graphite black on black cuadritos

Forestware by Lauren Kaplan

Cape Town – South Africa

 Minimalist wheel thrown bottles

Blue Room Pottery, etsy

 The Living Art Range – tripod planter

Light From Africa Foundation

 Terre vernissée – Christine Zablocki and Sébastien Lopes

terresdeprovence.org

 Candlesticks with carved surface – Muddy Creek Pottery

 Ceramic sculpture – Julia Feld

 Elephant handbuilt with coils – Klaywerk Studio

 ‘Alien Mardi Gras’ – Ricky Maldonado

2005

 Beret Storage Jar – Helen Frik, Nl

Wall Art Mosaic –  ‘Steely Abstraction‘ - Lynn Adamo

 Mixed media wall panel. Granite, obsidian, basalt, galena, vintage Italian and Mexican smalti, beads, Bullseye glass, aluminum, hand made ceramic coil and wire on handmade tile substrates

Wall Planter by Earth Magic

 Jonathan Middlemiss, UK

Chinese Cloisonne  Phoenix fung hwang Statue

Height 20 “

Biennale d’architecture 2014, Venice, Italy

  Urinal (Vineta model) in neo-baroque style mixed with neo-renaissance – Ditmara Factory Czech Republic

1895

French Elchinger Mid-Century folded vase – matt and volcanic glaze – 1950’s

Potfest display 2014 – Nigel Edmondson

photo – Christine Cox – flickr

Ceramic guinea fowl – Gabrielle Lindemann

Provence Region, South of France

Gerd Rohling – Nothing For all

Gallery- piet hein eek

 Contemporary ceramic sculpture – Goro Suzuki

Cream and Sugar set – ibcooper – etsy

 Joelle Gervais— ‘ La balançoire’

photo Claude Lieber

 ‘My sculptures are unique. They are connected with the world around me, the fragile trace of an ephemeral presence, a bridge between my emotions and other people’s eyes, make an intimate view of the world. A time, a meeting, a situation, a look are my sources of inspiration.’

 Neo Nouveau vase by Carol Long

Hitomi Hosono – tropical flowers are the inspiration for her carved porcelain sculptures

designbloom

Vessel with stopper – Takashi  Ikura

2008

Ivana Batalo, Belgrade

  Jean Paul Landreau – ‘Humanoides ‘

photo – Christine Cox – flickr

 Earthenware vase, geometric shape with abstract pattern by  Jenny Orchard

 John Ward

 Coil built stoneware vessel with black glaze and incised sgraffito decoration.

Larry Halvorsen

 Lauren Gallaspy

  Fabien Jouvin floral and script decorated Chinese vase

14.inch height

Hap Moore Antiques

Modern vase designs made to look like stitched leather. They are actually made from high quality porcelain – Madieke Fleuren

Silhouette Vase – Yuko Tokuda

 Patricia Urquiola – porcelain vases

Unlimited Edition - Pieke Bergmans – 2007

pgallery

 Porcelain Cabbage bowl –  Anon Pairot design studio

Teapot –  Robert Lawarre

 Rustic woodland ceramic spoon sculpture  – Jo Lucisted

 Jean Baptiste and Séraphin Giordan designed ginger jar for Serves, France

 Tilting Vase ‘ -Intelligent vase designed by David Sweeney begins to ‘lie down’ when it needs water, then stands again when water is added to the side spout.

‘ Tilting Vase ‘ -Intelligent vase designed by David Sweeney

Modern vases with balloon inserts. –  German designer Anika Engelbrecht

 Anika Engelbrecht swelling vase

 The ‘Proust’  limited edition miniature armchair –  hand painted ceramic ware by Alessandro Mendini, and produced by superego

designbloom

‘Hula Hoops’ vase –  Giopato & Coombes – Can be split to create a wine bottle cooler

Stig Lindberg

 ‘Walk Streets’

A hand sculpted, hand painted stoneware vessel by Brenda Holzke

 Large garden planter

Water Features Direct,  AUS

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 Josephine Baker And Her Flounced Dress – 1930

Josephine brings her Va Va Voom to Paris

Josephine Baker was an integral part of the Jazz Age. Her irrepressible charm and panache was embraced immediately by Parisians when she arrived in Paris in 1925 as a 19 yo dancer, during the peak of the French obsession with American Jazz and all things exotic. The promotional tools of the print media, developed successfully in the Art Nouveau era, were ready for a star in the Jazz Age and Josephine delivered in spades. She became the toast of the Paris cabaret clubs and headlined at the famous Folies Bergères. She was a muse to numerous talented artists and her expressive, comedic, uninhibited performances made her a famous icon of the Jazz Age. Pablo Picasso said that Josephine had the smile to end all smiles.
During the 1950s, Baker frequently returned to the United States to lend support to the Civil Rights Movement, participating in demonstrations and boycotting segregated clubs and concert venues. While looking over the crowd at the 1963 March on Washington, Josephine stated “Salt and pepper. Just what it should be.”
She had to wait until 1973 in the United States before she was accepted for her boundless talent and activism. She was greeted with a standing ovation at the beginning of her performance at Carnegie Hall in New York, which reduced her to tears, as she stood six inches deep in the roses that were thrown on the stage.  Josephine Baker became the first black woman to achieve international stardom.

In her humble self assessment –
“I have never been a great artist. I have been a human being that has loved art, which is not the same thing. But I have loved and believed in art and the idea of universal brotherhood so much, that I have put everything I have into them, and I have been blessed.”

 Josephine Baker bust  – Stephanie Farago

Her natural flair for glamour and sophistication and her large collection of exotic animals was one of the contributing factors that made this a recurring theme in the Art Deco arts. She personified the exuberant abandon of the Jazz era and the spontaneous free expression and energy of her charismatic performances had an influence on the proliferation of dynamic, cubist designs in the Jazz Age art. Josephine’s chic, modern, confident style also helped to popularize this style in Art Deco, which she epitomized with her sleek and glamorous outfits. The Jazz Cleopatra, one of her many titles, became an embodiment of the Modernist art movement combining Primitivism, Expressionism and Cubism and her bronzed feminine form was immortalized in many of the bronze figurines created during this era. The great art deco poster designer, Paul Colin, did may amazing posters featuring Josephine with stylized form and cubist geometry.

The Jazz Age, which ran from the end of WW1 to the beginning of the Depression had an art form that was characterised by elongated silhouettes, clean angular lines and blocks of bold colour. Spontaneous movement was depicted with abstract cubist geometric designs and  zig zag lines, which also had an indirect reference to the two zz’s in Jazz.

Art pieces inspired by Josephine Baker and the Jazz Age

Carlton Ware ‘Jazz’ series vase, design by Enoch Boulton

© Terry Wise 2009

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 Aux Poissons vase  – Mougin

Jazz Age porcelain vase -Morimuri Noritake / Green Marks

 Lacquer Screen – Jean Dunand

Art Deco metalwork from the facade of the Chanin Building, NY

Royal Art Pottery – Jazz Age Jug

Lillehammer Lane Antique Mall, UK

Josephine Baker ” Bakerfix” Hair Brilliantine bust

Josephine Baker cartoon from the German Magazine Ulk – 1928

Edouard Cazaux, French Art Deco

Belg La Danse – Charles Catteau

Josephine Baker performing in her Monte Carlo show ” The Josephine Baker Story “

 Photo – Jack Garofalo

Getty Images

Josephine and panther figurine – Haeger

c.Felton – flickr

Jazz Age vase – Charles Catteau

Karel Palda – Geometric Czech Art Deco /Jazz Age vase

“The Dance” magazine Jazz Age cover

Large Sevres Jazz Age baluster vase – 1927, France

Height 37cm

Drouot.com

Art Deco sculpture – Erte

 Folies Bergere, Paris

Josephne Baker bust – Franz Hagenauer

 French Josephine Baker brooch

 Trois feminine – Erte

Giuseppe Armani ceramic figurine

Josephine Baker scultpture by Karl Hagenauer

Danseuse aux Boules – Maurice and Marcel Denis, Max Le Verrier

1925 –  1937

Cubist Jazz Age Josephine Baker poster

Spherical cubist-jazz age vase – Josef Herbe

Rosenthal figurine of Josephine Baker

height  27 cm

Josephine Baker, c1950  Studio Harcourt, Paris

Dancer with Borzoi by Abel R. Philippe

Polyvore

Josephine Baker by Studio Harcourt

Bronze figurine of Josephine Baker – Karl Hagenauer

Josephine Baker – Probably a Le Vie Parisienne illustration

Josephine baker

Jazz Age Cubist sculpture figurines by Prrimavera

1930

Kiki – Pablo Gargallo

Vase Atellier Art Deco Faure Limoges 1925-1933

Josephine Baker art poster 1935

One of the many movies that Josephine Baker starred in.

Dancers Plate – Rene lalique

1943

Harlem – Robert Cook

1992

Carlton Ware – ‘Jazz’- vase designed by Enoch Boulton, an expression of the  zeitgeist of the Jazz Age, 1930

© Harvey Pettit 2009

carltonwareworld.com

Acquacade – Robert Hoppe

Jazz Age Art deco theatre with Josephine Baker and Louis Armstrong wall panels.

Pollaro Interiors,USA

Charles Catteau

Art Deco/Jazz Age jug – Pickard

1920

Charles Catteau & Boch Frères Keramis

1927

Josephine Baker at the Folies Bergere,Paris

1926

Jamaican Pottery vase

NooRotic- flickr

Carved lucite and ebony abstract Josephine Baker brooch.

Josephine Baker billboard  -‘Paris mes amours’, at the Olympia. Paris

On the streets of Sevres, 1959

Roger Viollet – Getty Images

Josephine Baker with 3 of her 12 adopted children in 1964

Gamma Rapho – Getty Image 111074049

Joesphine Baker Diva Queen at the Lido in Paris, 1973

Photo by Michel Ginfray, GammaRapho – Getty Image

Josephine Baker sculpture by Niki De Saint Phalle

Jazz Bowl-An American Art Deco Icon designed by Cowan Pottery Viktor Schreckengost for Cowan Pottery

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“When You’re Smiling ( the whole world smiles with you )”  – a song off  Dr. John’s new album  “Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch”  and Josephine Baker with her sparkling smile outdazzling her outfits.
 

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Put a lid on it –  ceramic boxes, jubako, jars and pots 

Lidded ceramic vessels come in a multitude of shapes and sizes. Most are functional in nature and a selection of trinket/jewelry boxes, jars, censers, cigarette boxes, jubako boxes, covered pots and bowls are represented below.

The Japanese jubako boxes displayed are a practical means to stack the bento trays making them more compact and keeping the food warm. The correct term for the porcelain boxes is actually Danjo, while Jubako refers to the lacquered trays. Traditionally the 4 tiered boxes are filled with small entree sized dishes for New Years Eve and are then called osechi ryori (New Year’s cuisine). The are just as popular now for the storage of small objects.

 Art Deco porcelain lidded powder box

Hand carved geometric patterned jar – Mark Williams

schallergallery.com – NY

Red Sandblasted Carved Jar  – Jim Connell

Seto porcelain Jubako/Danjo boxes

Bright cobalt and densely pigmented karakusa (scrolling arabesque pattern) are typical of Seto porcelain.

tokyojinja.com

Ceramic candy box – Jacques & Lusca Adnet

1950, France

Kitsch ceramic Laurel & Hardy trinket box

TWI Japan

 Lidded Vessel – Claywork Etsy

This lidded vessel was constructed with layers of clay mixed with perlite that burns out in the firing process leaving a rough interior / exterior. Raw glass and various glazes combine on the exterior surface in a variety of colors from deep blue and emerald green to a rusty orange and white.

Meiji Jubako Stacking Porcelain Serving Bowls

19th Century

Art Deco lidded vessel designed by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg

Lidded Art Deco box designed by Ilse Claussen for Rostrand

Sweden

‘Autumn’ – Lidded jar by Borts Medlock with Peublo dragonflies

King Galleries of Scottsdale

 Hexagonal box with lid – Dagobert Peche – Gmundner Keramik

1919

 Porcelain covered Jar – Adelaide Alsop Robineau

1922

Belly Urn – Jane McDonald

 janemcdonaldceramics.com

Porcelain box with lid and patto – Berthold Loffler

1912-19

Vase with two lids – Brother Thomas

copper red on white, height 17.25 inches

http://puckergallery.com/

Carved ceramic lidded vessel – Rachelle Chinnery

Kawai Kanjiro

‘The Blue Heron of Blanco River’ – Debra Steidel

A large vessel with a cobalt and zinc oxide crystalline glaze detailed with patches of manganese metallic bleed – Height 30″ width 12″

( fabulous depth ) – 2013 UK

opperandwebb.com

Charles Gluskoter – Oregon Potters – flickr

Melanie Ferguson Ceramics – Lidded vessel from her Naked Raku series.

“Coastal stones rolling ashore, crashing waves, eroding hillsides, the swirling ripple on water’s surface, and the vibrant colors and rhythmic patterns of the ocean’s flora and fauna provides me with endless intrigue and inspiration. My hand-build earthen and stoneware vessels are influenced by this symbolic gesture of how energy moves in and around organic objects to reshape their form, bounce light and crush the old to cast anew.”

Lidded Box square- Davis Vachon, Etsy

Primavera Art Deco Lidded  jar

Reneissance Man

Funk Mariella- ‘A place for both of us’ ,-earthenware, oxidation, low fire

nceca.net

Large Mid Century contemporary box with lid

Mantiques Modern

Lidded Jar – Hannie Goldgewicht

Hiroyki Wakimoto

Mid Century ceramic box with lid, Italy

18th century porcelain reticulated incense burner

Japanese Arita Imari

 Mid Century Showa Era – porcelain Jubako box

Buy Gone Days — etsy

Japan Satsuma lidded vessel

Censer incense burner – Hiroaki Yamazaki

Kutani, Japan – The Kutani kilns have been active since around 1655. – ebay

Contemporary post modern teapot – MIchael Duvall

USA 1989

Yagi Akira – ceramic nesting covered boxes

Art Deco ceramic Spanish lady dresser box – Noritake

 A.H. Wilkens – Auctions

Round Mid centruy lidded box – Pollia Pillin

Ceramic Jubako stacking boxes – Goro Suzuki

Salt glaze lidded dish with fish  – Moorcroft

Noritake Art Deco figural dresser jar.  Pierrette in a caramel lustre dress

A.H. Wilkens

Steve Irvine

A large jar, it was made by altering a thrown body, and adding a hand built upper section. It has a combination of copper, and manganese crystal glazes. This piece stands about 38 cm tall.

Migration Container 2011 fine silver, enamel – Sarah Perkins

Suzuki Osamu

Jiffy Ware pitchers – Viktor Schreckengos

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Schreckengost/photos/

Ceramic Chinaland Octagonal Trinket Cigarette Box – W&R Carlton Ware

Lidded vessel – Warren MacKenzie

Schaller Gallery.com

Cloisonne Teapot, China

Jennifer Allen

Alistair Danhieux, France

Waylande Gregory MidCentury Lidded Cigarette Box

1940’s

Marvin Blackmoore Navajo lidded vessel

Porcelain gourd box – decorated with delicate dots and intricate grasshoppers, dragonflys, and snails

16th-19th-centuries – Morikame Museum

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Chinese Antique Blue Glazed Porcelain Vase with a dragon encircling around the neck – Qing Dynasty

In Eastern art, as far as mythical creatures go, the dragon still attracts the most attention. Most likely because it is revered for its courage, inspiration, creativity and luck. Every 12 years when the Year Of The Dragon comes around there is a spike in childbirths in Asia. Images of the dragon that are highly animated attract more luck, while the expressions of character are good for creativity. The reputation of the dragon in the West is more conflicted. Alternating between a menacing beast in storytelling to featuring in heraldry symbols on coat of arms for bravery, valour and protection. The father of legendary King Arthur, had the symbol of the dragon on his crest. Wealthy families used the dragon symbol for its connection to power, treasures and fearlessness. The Welsh Dragon was used by all the Tudor sovereigns – the three kings colouring it red, while Mary and Elizabeth made it gold.
The early Chinese believed in four magical, spiritual and benevolent animals; the Dragon, the Phoenix, the Tortoise and the Unicorn. The Dragon was the most adored of all. In it’s claws it holds an enormous magical pearl, which has the power to multiply whatever it touches. The ancients believed the “pearl” symbolized the most precious treasure; Wisdom. In ancient China, only the Emperor of China was allowed to wear clothing that was embodied with Dragon designs. The phoenix was often paired with the dragon as a symbol of yin feminity to balance the yang dragon, and together they depicted imperial power.
There is a commonality of dragon myths in cultures all over the world. Almost every culture has some sort of serpentine or dragon-like creature in it; Chinese, Japanese, Native American, Aztec, Mayan, Egyptian and Greek. In China and especially in Indochina, the Indian serpent Nāga was equated with the lóng or Chinese dragon. The Aztec and Toltec serpent God Quetzalcoatl also has dragon like wings, like its equivalent in K’iche’ Maya mythology Q’uq’umatz (“feathered serpent”).

 Japanese cloisonné enamel bowl with silver rims and dragon motif

Flying Cranes Antiques, NYC

 Dragon teapot – Japanese satsuma

19th century

Dragon painting by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai

Tall, stately cloisonné enamel vase. Meiji Period.

  Xu Ming Haute Couture Collection from the China Fashion Week, 2013

Old Hall Pottery jug, in the style of Dr Christopher Dresser, the handle modelled as a dragon, the vase painted with chrysanthemums in colours on an ivory ground.

Woolley & Wallis

Princess Tamatori steals Ryūjin’s tide jewels, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Japan

Dragons at the Nikko Tosho gu Yomeimon, Japan

Monastery of Hohenfurth. Flying dragon at the Saint Leopold fountain

 Dragon head of a racing sled, Germany

Chinese vase with circulating dragon decor

Duesseldorfer Auktionshaus

Dragon with Buddha statue

Dragon handled ewer – Abraham of Kutahya

1983

Chinese dragon statue – Museum Viharnra Sien, Thailand

Chinese Lapis Lazuli Dragon Carving

Aquamanile (water vessel used for washing hands) in the form of a dragon

Germany, 1200

Sandstone Dragon statue – art deco style, Las Vegas

Dragon at the Schaezlerpalais baroque palace in Augsburg

 Terracotta Utensil Holder with Celtic Dragon  motif

Dradon handled cloisonne vase – Qing Dynasty

Japanese cloisonne vase with dragon

Chasenantiques

Temple Dragon  – Ormr2014

Wikipedia

“Ormr” is the Old Norse word for “Dragon”. Throughout much of the ancient world, dragons were venerated as creatures of wisdom, cunning and power. Wisdom represents the highest manifestation of spirituality, for only those at one with the cosmos can possess it. Cunning is the manifestation of mental clarity and signifies higher intelligence. Power is the force of self control and physical strength.

 Palazzo della Vittoria – Turin art nouveau dragon

1925

 Japan Nippon Jewel Eyed Moriage Dragon Vase

Dragon facade in Copenhagen

This dragon is the mascot of Drexel University located at 34th and Market streets in Philadelphia, USA

Japanese foil work cloisonne vase –  1860

Dragon Stoneware Jug – Martin Brothers

Laos temple dragons – Pha That Luang

Photo – Phillip Maiwald

Aztec style Dragon lamp – Royal Haeger

Hagernerd – flickr

Palazzo Della Rovere – Hall of the Demigods

Italy

photo by Sailko

Twin dragon handled Japanese Satsuma vase

Dragon statue – Hall of Benevolence and Longevity

Summer Palace – Beijing, China

Dragon sculpture at the town hall in the northern part of Marienplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Delicately carved dragon vase – The Walters Art Museum

Dragon sculpture – Grand Trianon Versailles, France

 Dragon design pillar carpet – Qing Dynasty

V & A Museum

Traditional  Jingdezhen Porcelain with a painting of a Dragon & Phoenix

 Japanese cloisonne dragon vase

 Dragon in Murnau, Germany

1322

The magnanimous Australian PM, Gough Whitlam (1916-2014) was born in the Year of the Dragon.

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I was contacted by email and asked to  look at the ceramics of the Clayhouse Gallery artists and was pleasantly surprised. To be honest, I know very little about Kazakhstan other then it’s the largest landlocked country in the world. Anyway art is a universal language and its always great to see fine creativity manifesting in a distant culture. Clay House Gallery is situated in Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan and features contemporary art with a specific focus on ceramics alongside paintings and jewellery. The gallery supports local artists in developing their work and its mission is to promote Kazakh contemporary art. The gallery features a fully equipped studio, where daily master classes are offered with instruction from a professional artist for both adults and children.

‘Angel Wing’   –  Elena Grigoryan

‘Candlestick Balance’ –  Aleksandar

‘Navi Settings’  – Aleksandar

Ceramic mural  38″ x 44 “

 Anna Margatskaya- ‘Brooch Woman’

 Askar Esdaulet – ‘Victory’

‘Bird’- platter — Eduard Ghazaryan

2013

  Eduard Ghazaryan – ‘Lovers’

 Eduard Ghazaryan-‘On-The-Walk’

Ceramic dish by Elena Grigoryan - ‘Chalice’ 

2013

 Fried Dish – Gabo – ( Galya and Botha Kusainova )

 ‘Mermaid’ dish – Gabo  ( Galya and Botha Kusainova )

2014

 Striped ‘Orange’ vase – Gabo

‘I would be a Butterfly’  – Irina Kozhakhmetova

 Isabelle Vershuren

Ceramic Bell – Kuralaj

‘Pebbles’  – Isabelle Vershuren

Isabelle Vershuren – ‘Roshanara’

‘Argali’ - Kuralaj

2014

Kuralaj – Bell with face

 ‘Wineglass’ - Kralaj

 Natalia Lepikhin  – ‘Penarina’  ceramic doll

 Natalia Tsvyrova – ‘Dove’

4′ x 12′ x 11′

 Natalia Tsvyrova  – ‘Horse’

 Natalia Tsvyrova  – ‘Peacock’

 ‘Relax with a cup of tea’ -  Irina Kozhakhmetova

‘Azure’ vessel  – Reşat Kozhahmetov

‘Candlestick Balance’  — Reşat Kozhahmetov

 Reşat Kozhahmetov – Decorative Vessel

‘Flight’ – Reşat Kozhahmetov

2009

 Reşat Kozhahmetov–  ‘The Seabed Vessel’

2012

 Reşat Kozhahmetov –  The Vessel ‘Self Awareness’ 

 Reşat Kozhahmetov – ‘Torso’

2009

 Reşat Kozhahmetov  - ‘Underwater’

2012 Landscape vessel series

 Reşat Kozhahmetov Vase – landscape series

 Reşat Kozhahmetov- ‘Vase Form A Series Of Patches’

2013

 Malhaz Shvelidze – ‘Pharaoh’ 

2013

 Sergei Ledyaev – ‘Sve’

2014

 Serik Rysbekov

Vladimir Grigoryan

Kazakhstan artist  Vladimir Grigoryan - ‘Flamenco Dancer’

 Vladimir Grigoryan  - ‘Rhino’

 Some of the Clayhouse Gallery artists :

 Anna Margatskaya

 Askar Esdaulet

 Eduard Ghazaryan

 Gabo  ( Twin sisters Galya and Botha Kusainova )

 Sergei Ledyaev

 Svetla on Plotnikov

 Vladimir Grigoryan

 Gigisha Pachkoria

Elena Grigoryan

More information on the artists and their works can be viewed  HERE

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Saint Ouen  Marché-aux-Puces, Paris

Schmoozing, mingling and cruising through the stalls while bartering, scheming and hustling to try and  strike a deal while avoiding the pick pockets. All in the name of acquiring a new object of adulation. The allure of street activity and the outdoors, the eternal search for a bargain amongst the memorabilia, bric a brac, antiques, collectibles and artifacts has ensured the flea markets are still thriving. In France it is a widespread pastime,where the ‘salons of antiquaires’ display their ‘vides greniers’ ( empty attic ) on a regular basis.

Here are 7 French street markets that are worthy of a visit :

1.Marché aux Puces de Clignancourt, Saint-Ouen, Paris:
Around 3000 stalls, for antique aficionados a must visit.

2. Porte de Vanves, Paris:
The weekend flea market near the Porte de Vanves metro stop in Paris is one of the very best in France, in terms of size and diversity of its wares.

3. Cours Saleya, Nice: A fairly high quality market open on Mondays, from morning to mid-afternoon. Sunny Nice’s colourful, cours Saleya (just behind the Promenade des Anglais) is filled with around 200 flea market vendors selling their wares. A good selection of ceramics (with some emphasis on regional items from Monaco and Vallauris).

4. Villeurbanne, Lyon: Featuring over 400 vendors and held on Sunday mornings in Villeurbanne, on the outskirts of Lyon, this is one of the biggest flea markets in France.

5. Belfort – Vieux Quartier: this sprawling, large flea market is held on the first Sunday morning of each month, except January and February. Located in the Franche-Comté region, not far from Alsace, this is a great place to discover collectibles of all kinds from the northeast of France.

6. Orléans – Boulevard Alexandre Martin:  wide-ranging, flea market open on Saturday mornings. The several vendors who display their wares in boxes or heaped on blankets will appeal to bargain hunters, it is a day trip form Paris.

7. Toulouse – Allées Jules Guesde:  a large variety of quality collectibles are on offer , with an emphasis more on the decorative then the rustic.

Numerous other French locations such as Anency, Lille , Colmar , Avignon, Metz , Nancy , Reims , Strasbourg , Thionville and Epernay have excellent markets. The annual Fair of Lille on the first week of September attracts over 1 million people.

I have included more flea markets from around the globe below.

Le puces de Saint Ouen –  Art Deco figurine

Photo © Alain.Chantelat.

The advent of the Internet has helped collectors become more savvy when it comes to ascertaining trends and pricing in the antique market. Interest in collecting classic pieces has also been stimulated, so the increased demand has driven prices upward. The popularity of online auctions has also supported the growth in demand, with some sites employing buyers to scout the trash and treasure haunts for antique and vintage wares to sell. The amount of bargains to be found at the street markets has been diminished by the new online markets, but keen buyers can still  find a good purchase. Conversely more people are using the Internet to sell their art objects so there are plenty of bargains to be found.

Bronze sculpture – Les Puces de Paris Saint Quen

photo © Alain Chantelat

 Ceramic figurine from a Paris street market

La grande braderie de Lille, France

Paris porcelain clock with a Turkish Sultana – 1840’s

St Ouen flea market

 Antique French doll

Antique gold leaf table

Betty Boo meets the  Buddhas

Marche aux puces de Saint Ouen

Antique Japanese ceramic wares

Toji Temple , Kyoto

Some of the Temples and Shrines in Japan are known to hold antiques and flea markets on their grounds once or twice every month, usually on Sundays.

  Shitennoji Temple Flea Market, Japan

 Shitennoji Temple Flea Market

21st ans 22nd every month

 Porcelain menu board

Baderie de Lille, France

 French ceramic bust – French Antique Fair

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Porcelain figurine bust  – bloomds-flickr

Fair of Lille stall

Orleans marché aux puces

Art Deco Jazz figurines

Street entertainers

Marche aux Puces de la Porte de Vanves, Paris

Art Deco Clock – Carpentras street market

Street theatre –  Rue de la république, Avignon

Marché aux Puces St Ouen de Clignancourt in Paris

Ells Encants Vells flea market – Barcelona

Open sided complex near Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes

Encants Nou flea market – Barcelona

One of the oldest flea markets in Europe, since the 14th century

Sevres figurine – Puces de Vanves, Paris

Terracotta Griffon sculpture – Nexu

Stall of lamp bases – Brooklyn Flea, USA

Copenhagen flea market

Porte de Vanves , Paris

Mermaids

Alameda Antiques by the Bay Faire, Northern California

African masks at Gauteng Craft & Flea Market

37 Reid Avenue, Linbro Park, Johannesburg

Martine Barthélémy
99 rue des rosiers, Marché Vernaiso

St. Ouen

St. Ouen  marche aux puces

Alameda Antiques by the Bay – Panther Statues

White ceramic statue – Alameda Point Antiques Faire, California

A great waterfront market near Oakland

Quan Yin statue – Alameda Point Antiques Faire,California

Art Deco jug and dish and cabinet -Vanves Flea Market

Serpette Market, Saint Ouen, Paris

Saint Ouen busts

Nude & Satyr Art Deco Sculpture – Marcel Guillard

Saint Ouen flea market, Paris

 Drunken Sailors Figurine – Marche aux Puces Vanves

Milan Brera flea market

Petites ‘baigneuses’en porcelaine – Marche aux Puces Vanves

2 large majolica cachepots – marche aux Puces

Colour co-ordination – Paris Vanves market

Portobello Road Antiques  UK

Saint Ouen Antiques

Lamp with a large shade and a small spotted base – Roes Bowl flea market.USA

Guadalajara’s antique market, Mexico

“If you’re expecting a flea market that requires you to sort through a ton of junk to find a few gems, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by this place. Much of the merchandise appears to be in museum piece condition, and it’s clear that the vendors know their artifacts intimately and take great pride in their displays.” – http://antoniorambles.com/

Lyon Tupiniers street market, 2012

140 potiers

Bronze cat, Paris

Majolica  figurines – Vetrine, Italy

Stefano La Rosa – flickr

Hotel Royal Monceau  wall decoration  – Vanves Market

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SWAIA – Santa Fe Indian Market

Every August since 1922, the largest Native American Indian arts market, in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, features over 1000 artists

The New Mexico city of Santa Fe is a high desert (2100 metres) cultural mecca that is a fascinating blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures. Combined with historic adobe architecture surrounded by wide expanses filled with a radiant natural light and sacred elements, recognized by the native Indians, it has been a magnet for artists, scientists, mystics, rebels, cowboys and tourists for decades. Since the 20’s the “city incongruous” was promoted as a place where you should feel free to be different. The diverse cultural influences are evident in most of the works by the local artists, and works are also displayed below by outside artists that regularly  have exhibitions in the Santa Fe markets and galleries.

Bill Worrell (b.1936),  ‘Masked Cape Shaman’

Height –  21 1/4  inches

Diego Romero

 Anita Fields clay bowl

 Anita Fields

http://nativefieldsart.com/clay/

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 Ceramic sculpture – Anita Fileds

 Anita Fields – black and white ceramic sculpture

Terracotta sculpture – Anita Fields

Height 39 1/2 inches

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 Santa Fe Indian Market award – Native artist Anita Fields (Osage)

Estella Loretto (b.1954), ‘Flute Player’

After being accepted into the Institute of American Indian Arts at the age of sixteen, Estella Loretto went on to study in Belgium, Oaxaca, India and Nepal.

Annual Santa Fe Art Auction – liveauctioneers

 Gretchen Wachs, Santa Fe

‘There is movement in all of my work, sometimes kinetic and full of emotion, sometimes bold and masterful, sometime languid and tentative.’

http://www.gretchenwachs.com/

Trapezoid Column ( 3 views ) –  Gretchen Wachs

 ‘Torso Short’ –  Gretchen Wachs

 Gretchen Wachs

 Ceramic-bowl – native artist Lorraine Gala Lewis

Growing up in Nambe Pueblo in northern New Mexico, Lorraine always appreciated the beauty and serenity of being outdoors.This has allowed her to express her creativity by working with the clay.”With clay, you’re actually giving life to it by creating your own piece of pottery, this becomes a part of you.”

‘ The Blessing ‘  – Greyshoe Ethelbah (Santa Clara Pueblo/White Mountain Apache)

 Bronze sculpture cast from a mold of a hand carved stone sculpture. It represents a female corn dancer at Santa Clara Pueblo, dancing during the feast day on Aug. 12. She is shown giving her blessings with corn in each hand – blessing to all people, Indian and non-Indian alike.

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 ‘Kiva’ – Helen Stanley – footed bowl

1989

Chris Youngblood – Cutle – (Santa Clara Pueblo)

 Gerry Quotskuvya,-Hopi

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 Sante Fe Ganesh sculpture

 Jody Folwell

Jesse Monongya – Navajo/Hopi

 Kathleen Wall  (Jemez Pueblo)

 Lisa Holt and Harlan Reano – Cochiti / kewa pottery

‘Rosie Skull’  olla – Lisa Holt & Harlan Reano

Contemporary native art – Lisa Holt &  Harlan Reano

Black and White Olla –  Lisa Holt – Harlan Reano

 ‘Lone Ranger Love’-Sue Folwell

http://www.folwellkoenig.com/

Santa Clara Pueblo artist Susan Folwell is a Native American potter combining traditional materials and methods with modern themes, whose works speaks to the contemporary confluence of Indian identity.
” It is the use of native clays and interpreting native designs which creates the foundation for her art. Inspired by personal and world events, Susan’s pottery blends catharsis of the spirit with a love of the clay.”

The designs are a beautiful and cautious blend of innovation and tradition, ideal and metaphor, spiritual and social. When each piece is finished, Susan knows as an artist that she has presented a moment of herself into the clay and her personal expression continues to find voice in her art.

‘Pueblo Girl’  – Sue Folwell

Charles King (King Galleries) : When you start working on a piece of pottery.  Do you have a vision of what you want it to be in terms of shapes or design?

Sue Folwell :  I used to just make pottery and let it come out in whatever form it wants to.  It’s going to do that anyway, no matter what you want it to do.  It definitely has a mind, a soul of its own. 

 ‘Kick Ass’ – Sue Folwell

‘Cycle of Life’  -  Sue Folwell

 ‘Lovegun 1′  – Sue Folwell

 ‘It’s all over’ - Sue Folwell

‘Corn Maiden Jar’ - Sue Folwell

 Large Pilgrim  – Nicolai Fechin-(1881—1955), Bronze Cast-1997

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‘Bear Man’ – Preston Singletary

Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe

‘Hawk Beak’- Preston Singletary

 Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe

‘Trixter’ - Sheldon Harvey, Navajo

Using a blending of traditional and contemporary while drawing on traditional stories, he incorporates elements of cubism and expressionism into his metal sculptures, carvings and oil paintings and experiments with representational and abstract subjects.  His vision has always been to paint and sculpt ancient Navajo stories he’s known since childhood.

http://swaia.org/

 Les Namingha’s Zuni work is as complex as his personal experience being a Native artist inhabiting a contemporary world

 SWAIA—Santa Fe Indian Market

 ‘ Kokopelli ‘ – Tammy Garcia

 Tammy Garcia

 ‘Quail’ – Tammy Garcia

Buffalo – Gene and Rebecca Tobey

Oh Give Me A Home – Gene and Rebecca Tobey

http://rebeccatobey.com/

Bryant Honyouti ( hopi )

‘Abstract Orange’ – Alan Houser

‘Apache woman with shawl’ - Alan Houser

 Tansey Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe

small scale BIG IDEAS – November 21, 2014 – January 6, 2015 

Bob Cardinale ~ Sculpture .Judith Content ~ Jewelry .Susan Taylor Glasgow ~ Glass. Teri Greeves ~ Beadwork. Aaron Karp ~ Painting .Lewis Knauss ~ Weaving. Frances Priest ~ Ceramic Sculpture. Joe Spear ~ Bronze Sculpture . Jeff Uffelman & Hannah Finn ~ Painting. Sheryl Zacharia ~ Ceramic Sculpture . Irina Zaytceva ~ Handbuilt porcelain. Euncuh Choi ~glass

http://tanseycontemporary.com/

 Roberto Cardinale

 Eunsuh Choi

 ‘Eunuch Resting’ — Irina Zaytceva

Handbuilt porcelain, overglaze painting, 24k gold lustre

‘Kiss Vase’ (front)—Irina Zaytceva

Irina begins creating a sculpture without knowing how the story ends. She rarely does a sketch for a piece beforehand. Her initial goal is to create an intriguing shape. When the object is completed, Irina determines what the shape suggests in terms of colors, spaces, painting, and gold luster. Her creative process is always an improvisation.

‘Lotus Shoes At Leisure’ (front)  by Irina Zaytceva

‘Lotus Shoes At Leisure’ (back)  by Irina Zaytceva

 ‘Satyress’ -– Irina-Zaytceva

 ‘Small Butterfly Cup’ — Irina Zaytceva

‘Venetian Date’—Irina Zaytceva

‘Going slowly soon more shall come’ - Joe Spear

 ‘Patience’ –   Joe Spear

 ‘Girl with Checkered Past’ (front)- Sheryl Zacharia

‘ Jazz’ - Sheryl Zacharia

‘ Half Woman Half Man’ – Sheryl Zacharia

 Sculptural ceramic vessel –Sheryl Zacharia

‘Adolfo’ –  Frances Priest

‘Large Stripe’ bowl – Francis Priest

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  Volute Krater used for mixing wine with water

4th century BCE

 Georgian pots of antiquity

When it comes to wine, I now very little about tasting notes or wide palete, but two things I know is that the ancient Greeks had an amazing array of different vessels for the storage and consumption of wine, and Georgian viticulture goes back 8000 years. Just like the ancient Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans used the clay pithos and amphorae for their wines, the Georgians to this day still use the clay “qvevrie” for wine production. Wine cultivation is deeply entrenched in the Georgian culture, and the traditional qvevrie is used for making, ageing and storage of their wine and part of that process involves burying it beneath the ground for optimal temperature, fermentation and ageing. Almost every single farmer and also a majority of city dwellers in Georgia are wine makers.
The basic technological process consists of pressing grapes in a Satsnakheli (wine press), pouring the grape must and the “chacha” (grape skins, stalks and pips) into a “Qvevri” (the mixture fills around 80-85%), filling, sealing the “Qvevri” and leaving the mixture to age for 5-6 months. The skinless variety is buried in the ground up to 2 years. The egg shaped qvevrie promotes a natural convection of the internal fluids.
Unesco is considering adding the qvevri method to their world heritage list to preserve the craft as their are only a few good qvevrie makers still active. The favoured “Kakhetian” method creates a unique golden coloured wine. One of their favourite wines is the Tsistka, which has apple blossom and wild herbs mixed in during production.

 Huge qvevri coil built wine pot  – Georgia, Europe

Judging by the cart next to the pot, it is maybe 18 feet in height. .

The traditional method of wine-making continues to live in the centuries old monasteries.

Cleaning the buried qvevri

Qvevri pots at the Georgian Telavi Monastery

 A discarded pot from a park wino?

 Lowering a qvevri pot into a pit.

Georgia

 Qvevri wine connoisseur

 Qvevri pot transportation

 Go forth and multiply

A Georgian ancestor  with a giant qvevri

 Qvevri pots in production

Ancient Greek Wine Pots

The wines of the ancients were a symbol of fertility, immortality, and divinity and had a reverential regard. Wine consumption wasn’t purely indulged in for ceremony or drunken revelry. Testing of ancient pots has revealed, from residues, the presence of medicinal herbs like myrrh, pine resin, and other substances like honey which contained anti-bacterial or even antiseptic properties.It was a standard practice to coat the inside of a wine amphora with propolis, a resinous sealant made by bees, which also had a medicinal reputation. The mixing of wine with water in a ratio of 1:4 was more then likely for the purpose of making the water safe to consume. There is much evidence of the popularity of volute kraters which were used for this purpose. Both the Egyptians and Chinese developed herbal remedies using wines which acted as solvents to break down and extract the active ingredients and this pharmacopeia was passed down through time to the Hebrews, Greeks and Romans. Initially in the ancient Mediterranean, wine was primarily drunk by the wealthier classes, but by the Roman period, it was cheap enough for it to become a pastime of the masses.

 Apollo cup white ground kylix – Greek

480-70-BCE

 Italian Red Figure Squat Lekythos with Aphrodite and Eros

4th CenturyBC

Dionysus –  Bacchus Roman God of Wine

 Dancing Satyrs and Maenads on a Black Figured Amphora

Made in Athens between 540 – 510 BC. Attributed to Painter N, and signed by Nikosthenes the potter.

British Museum

 Ceremonial rhyton held by Dionysos

Epichysis, or wine vessel,  from the Apulia region of Italy depicting a reclining nude Satyr.

http://arthurwerickson.com/

Terracotta  tankard  Cypriote

1400-1350 BCE

 Etruscan terracotta oinochoe (jug) in the form of a woman’s head, late 4th century BCE

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 Greek red figure terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handlesca )

Attic, 490-480-B.C

Large Greek amphora, , showing the goddess Athena

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

 Volute Krater – Canosa, Italy

Geometric style pottery.-Oenochoe decorated with figures of goats, fallow deer and ibex.-From Rhodes, Greece

7th century B.C.

 Lucanian Volute Krater by the Creusa Painter

380-370BC

 Rhodian  oinochoe with wild goats, bulls and geese

Museum Of Fine Arts Boston

 Large Egyptian wall painting of wine production

 Ancient Greek Pottery Statuette of a Siren – known for luring drunken sailors.

Other wine vessels of interest

 A toast to the Magnum slip cast ceramic wine fermentation vessel.

Byron Bay, Australia

Inspired by Natural Selection Theory, “Project Egg”, and in deference to the astonishing work of Josko Gravner and the great Georgian tradition of making wines in clay “Qvevri”,

http://www.flowforms.com.au/

Internal flow patterns of the Magnum wine vessel

 Constructed with 12mm thick walls. The iconic “egg” shape promotes passive convection within, allowing developing wine to “live and breathe”. The geometric shape is derived from sacred geometry.

 Huge amphora – Cape Point Vineyards, ZA

Ewer with calliagraphy, Iran

10th century

Chinese statue of a wine drinker

 Contemporary carafe/jug – Cody Hoyt

Patrick Parrish, 1st Dibs

Goblet -Ellison Bay Pottery – etsy

Ewer with dancing females within arcades

6th-7th Century AD, Sasanian, Iran

The Metropolitan Museum ,NY

 1950’s French tripod ceramic wine cooler

Patrick Parrish, 1st Dibs

Farsta Terra Spirea Cup by Wilhelm Kåge – 1957

Sam Kaufman-1stDibs

Twin handled Wide Oval Flask – Mark Shapiro

 Mid Century Scandinavian decanter

 Mayan Goblet -600-900AD

 Marcello Fantoni mid century ceramic decanter

Large hand painted round decanter – Javier Sevrin, Mexico

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Iroquois Casual Carafe – Russel Wright

 60’s Russian ram decanter

Tall Raymor Fantoni Caproni carafe/pitcher

Vintage Bellhop ceramic decanter, Germany

Gold  ceramic goblet with three grotesque gargoyles – Royal Dalton

Carafe – Reg Preston

John Percival goblet

The Tao of the Grape

Wine, by virtue of its sour taste is ruled by the ‘Wood’ element. The clay vessels are ruled by the Earth element. These two elements are highly compatible. Whereas the wooden barrels are more discordant, as wood on wood clashes. The liver is also ruled by the wood element, which is why isn’t really harmonious with wine consumption (along with the chemicals in play ) The ancients used sweet, bitter and pungent herbs to temper the sour taste. All factors considered, the traditional organic Georgian wine should be less prone to provoking a hangover. I’m curious to try some organic Georgian brew to put that theory to the test.

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Being an essential companion to any flower decoration, vases usually get utilized in interiors where they receive maximum attention. Over time, vases have evolved beyond utilitarian purpose into an art medium unto itself, and are sometimes used solely as a decorative object or sculpture. Currently on display at 1stdibs is a collection of over 5000 decorative and functional vases covering a wide selection of intriguing designs from vintage to antique, from a diverse range of ceramic artists. Featured in this post is some notable pieces from this excellent range for collectors and aficionados of ceramic vases.
1stdibs was started in 2001 by Michael Bruno, who originally sourced antiques, collectibles and other treasures from some selected dealers at Paris’s legendary antiques market, Marché Aux Puces, and made them available for purchase on the internet. 1stdibs has now expanded to being a portal representing some of the worlds best art dealers, antique and vintage shops and collectors.

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 Mid-century vases with painted black figures – Mette Doller for Hoganas, Sweden

height 21 inches   1950

( B4  NY – 1st Dibs )

 Glazed stoneware vase by Alexandre Kostanda

circa1950

( PASCALE DRIEUX ANTIQUITES -1stDibs )

  Antonio Prieto Ceramic Vase

 Winetks Il -1950’s USA

( Arts220 – 1sstDibs )

Art Deco Ceramic Sphere Vase by Ilse Claussen for Rorstrand of Sweden

height  6 inches

HIGH STYLE DECO, NY  – 1stDibs

 Art Deco Vase from Boch Frères-La Louvière,-Belgium-1920s

height 13 inches

( B4, NY – 1stDibs )

 Ceramic Snake Vase by Danillo Curetti for Longwy

DOUGLAS ROSIN DECORATIVE ARTS & ANTIQUES -1stDibs

 Art Deco Vase-Designed by Charles Catteau

1930

JUDY FRANKEL ANTIQUES, Troy, MI

1950’s Stoneware Vase by Jorgen Mogensen – Royal Copenhagen

ART1-NY  – 1stDibs

  Monumental Ceramic Vessel by California artist Anna Silver

height 37cm

ARTS 220, Illinois – 1stDibs

 Barovier & Toso -‘Barbarico’ Vase

1950’s  height 12.75 inches

GALERIE PLAISANCE, Paris – 1stDibs

Art Deco Vase with mermaid motif  –  Belgium

circa 1930’s

RENAISSANCE MAN ANTIQUES – Philadelphia, PA – 1stDibs

 Bitossi Ceramic Vase-Italy

circa-1960s

 VINTAGE ORIGINAL -1stDibs

 Nude figure motif ceramic vase, Vicke Lindstrand, Sweden

1944

MADERO COLLECTORS ROOM, Salzburg Austria – 1stDibs

 Charm Field Sculptural Vessel by Gareth Mason

JASON JACQUES GALLERY, NY – 1stDibs

‘Forest-Collection’ Contemporary Glass Large Vase – Ioan Nemtoi

Arlene Angard-NY – 1stDibs

Large Danish Earthenware Vessel with Relief Decoration. Late 20th Century

 ARENSKJOLD ANTIQUES ART, Hudson NY – 1stDibs

 Edouard Cazaux— Reclining nude figure earthenware vase,baluster shape with a frieze of blue figures.

Circa-1930

GALERIE PLAISANCE, Paris – 1stDibs

Art Deco  Daum Nancy Vase with a Frieze of Parrots

1930’s

GALERIE PLAISANCE, Paris – 1stDibs

 Raku Vessel by Roger Capron—Vallauris—1997

Wonderfully executed motive on an old and traditional cooking pot, called “pignate”, in south of France.

ARTOCARPUS – GALERIE RIVIERA, Paris – 1stDibs

 Italian modernist vase Fausto Melotti-

Vescovo Casati Gallery, Italy – 1stDibs

Paul Dachsel Art Nouveau vase for Amphora

 COLLETTI GALLERY, Chicago Illinois – 1stDibs

‘The Beemster’ -  Hans de Jong vase

KUNSTCONSULT – Netherlands – 1stDibs

 Heinrich Porcelain Vase With Gilt, Lavender & Sky Blue Details-1960’s

ASSEMBLAGE LTD, Chicago Illinois – 1stDibs

60’s Italian Ceramic Vessel by Bitossi

REVIVE, Asheville NC – 1stDibs

 Jan van der vaart – Buttocks Vase

KUNSTCONSULT – Netherlands – 1stDibs

 Jean Besnard Crackled Vase,-circa-1930

height 12.75 inches

GALERIE PLAISANCE, Paris – 1stDibs

 Jean Besnard Earthenware Vase

circa 1930

GALERIE PLAISANCE, Paris – 1stDibs

French Glazed Ceramic Vase – Jean Mayodon -Circa-1950

GALERIE PLAISANCE, Paris – 1stDibs

 Jules Sarlandie Embossed Floral Enameled Vase

GALERIE PLAISANCE, Paris – 1stDibs

 Large 1970’s Enameled Ceramic Vase by Bruno Gambone

GALERIE SANDY TOUPENET – Paris – 1stDibs

 Vase by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France

circa 1950

ARTOCARPUS – GALERIE RIVIERA – 1stDibs

 Large spherical Loul Combres Mottled Green Vase

60’s

JUDY FRANKEL ANTIQUES, MI  – IstDibs

Art Deco Vase –  Marcel Guillard

(1920’s )

LEAH GORDON ANTIQUES – 1stDibs

 Marcello Fantoni vase

1940’s height 18.5 inches

MARK FRISMAN LTD – Florida – 1stDibs

 Martin Brothers Vase decorated with Dragons

1903

ADAntiques – 1stDibs

 Monumental Choisy le Roi Maiolica vase by Louis Carrier Belleuse

circa 1880

TOEBOSCH ANTIQUES-France – 1stDibs

 French Art Nouveau ceramic urn designed by Louis Majorelle and produced by Mougin

France, circa 1900

Macklowe Gallery, NY – 1stDibs

 Monumental vase by Paul Chaleff – USA 1983

Prof. Chaleff’s  is a New Yorker, and in the ‘seventies and ‘eighties studied in Japan, where he began to experiment with anagama (wood-fired) pottery-making.

height 24 inches

CONVERSO, NY – 1stDibs

Monumental Enameled Glass Vase by California glass artist and designer Lea Bartneck – side 1

1980’s  Height 21.5 inches

Arts220, Winnetka IL – 1stDibs

Monumental Enameled Glass Vase by Lea Bartneck -side 2

Other side of vase above

Arts220, Winnetka IL – 1stDibs

 Rare Art Deco Vase in Pitcher Form by Greber

RENAISSANCE MAN ANTIQUES 1stDibs

 Rare Large Vase by Dalpayrat

1880-1900

MOREUX RIVE GAUCHE , Paris – !stDibs

 Crackle glaze vase,-Rene Buthaud

circa-1930

GALERIE PLAISANCE, Paris – 1stDibs

 Mid Century Ceramic Vase. West Germany

height 10 inches

Robert Stilin, NY – 1stDibs

 Roseville Futura Tank -1928

THE LUSH LIFE ANTIQUES-Dallas-TX -1stDibs

 Scheruich Ceramic Tall Lava Glaze Vase

 ASSEMBLAGE-LTD, Chicago Illanois -1stDibs

Mid Century Stoneware Vase with Incised Decoration – 1970-75

 GALERIE SILBEREIS, Paris,France – 1stDibs

 Tiffany Studios New York- American’Lava’Art Nouveau Vase

-1908-

Macklowe Gallery, NY – 1stDibs

Iridescent Long Neck Genie Bottle Vase by Zsolnay

circa 1898

JASON JACQUES GALLERY, NY – 1stDibs

 Porcelain Slip Vase by the Haas Brothers

R & COMPANY, NY 1stDibs

Vase by Danillo Curetti Commissioned by Emaux de Longwy

1983 – height 16inches

 ANNE HAUCK ART DECO, Los Angeles – 1stDibs

 Murano Vase 1980’s

Talisman, London – 1stdibs

Biomorphic  free-form vessel  – Les Archanges atelier in Vallauris, design by Gilbert Valentin

Sam Kaufman, NY – 1stDibs

Polia Pillin mid-century squat vase

 ARCHIVE 20TH CENTURY, Laguna Beach, CA – 1stDibs

Sculpted ceramic hemisphere on steel plinth by Harrison McIntosh

JEFFREY SPAHN GALLERY,San Francisco, CA – 1stDibs

1stdibs link

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As 2014 starts to shut up shop, its time for some contemplation, possibly on a zoetrope pot, or maybe some reflection with some clay doodling. The above image is of Russian potter Mikhail Sadovnikov, doodling in the clay, to create captivating mandalas on the pottery wheel. Guaranteed to get the creative juices fired up, while maybe provoking a hypnotic trance from staring at the motion of the wheel. The prolonged focus and concentration is a meditation in itself. I’m sure for some, the act of manipulating clay on a wheel is a therapeutic and relaxing pastime. Conversely, if a stressful episode with the clay ensues, try unwinding by placing a pot with zoetrope animation on the wheel, and observe the graceful imagery unfolding( see video below ) I couldn’t think what else a zoetrope pot would be useful for as you need a spinning wheel for it to be effective.

Alternatively, from the world of wabisabidom, most whimsical forms of delight tend to be asymmetrical, and logically handbuilt, or are symmetrical shapes with abstract decorations. Occasionally, purely symmetrical forms also capture a subtle hint of whim and character, usually from the mood of its creator. Featured is mainly handbuilt, whimsical, wondrous, enthralling art pieces from the inexhaustible creativity of numerous clay artists and sculptors.

Zoetrope relaxation

Experimental animation meets pottery from Crafts Council on Vimeo.

Zoetrope 2

 Katya , Cyprus

 Contemporary porcelain, wheel thrown, hand carved vase by Lynne Meade

13″ height 9″ width

 Alice in Wonderland statues – Greenwood Gardens, NY

http://tilesinnewyork.blogspot.com.au/

The guests in Robert T. Freeman’s Black Tie seem to be wondering what Katherine Lane Weems’s Striding Amazon (Revolt) might be up to.

 Museum of Fine Arts Boston

AntyDiluvian – flickr

 Art Deco building, Helsinki, Finland

Art Deco Cat Jug –  Ditmar Urbach, Czechoslovakia

Large scale vases – Elizabeth von Krogh, Norway

 Barcelona Art Nouveau  – Hydroelectric Antigua de Catalunya

 Ceramic wall art by Blue Rainbow

 Constantin Brâncuși Bird sculpture

 Sara Paloma duck egg blue stoneware bottles

‘Chasing the Djinn Teapot’ by Marylin Andrews

Craft Alliance – Hot Tea

 Leukocytes  – Sasha Bakaric

Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery, NY

Cintha hand building a vessel

Heron Ceramique, France

Lidded vessel –  Heron Cermaique

Art Deco wall relief  –  Commonweath Edison Substation, Chicago, IL

 Photo by Man Ray

1931

 Scott Bennett cup and teapot

Craft Alliance

Altered Bottle Form – Keiko Coghlin

MudFire Gallery

 Erin Furimsky

 Teresa Girones  pottery busts and figures

 Greg Scott

Anu Penttinen

Mid-Century Bird Sculpture By Sascha Brastoff

swanbox-etsy

 Helen Konig Scavini – Lenci elefante figurine

Roger Capron street sculpture, Valbonne, France

( Near Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes )

1982

Temple guardian statue  – Indaia

Abstract camel sculpture –  Naoshima, Japan

 Lidded box – Joanna Howells

 John Maltby

 Lenci  – Torino, Itlay

 Linda Styles  2005

‘Face to Face Totem’ – Liza Halvorsen

 halvorsenclay.com

 French sculpteur céramiste – Mélanie-Bourget

 Monika Jeannette Schödel-Müller

Zsolnay jug – 1950

Crystalline Glaze Vase –  Paul Adams

 Elegant contemporary teapot – Ragnar Naess

Guinea Fowl – Gabrielle Lindemann, UK

 Art Nouveau gate – photo by  Raymond Dejong

Isamu Noguchi  1904 – 1988

Vase from Muuto –  Closely Seperated

 Scandinavian design tradition of interpretation with a new perspective emerging as a result. This sculptural vase refers to the beauty in the dissonance, a piece with a unique form and exclusive style.  Designer: Michael Geertsen

mutlumikrop shop

 Vases designed by Stephen Burks. Made from scraps of Missoni knitwear-—-cast off’s from the fashion industry, these vases are covered in a knit patchwork and sealed with a resin.

Gilbert Valentin- mid-century vase-Vallauris, France

João Abreu Valente

John Bedding

“My work now is mainly low fired. The clay body is a white talc body that I mix myself. It has low thermal shock properties that allow me to use raku techniques, and a blowtorch if I feel the need. Some of my pots I fume with metal salts of iron, cobalt, and chrome. Another technique I have recently developed is to raku fire pots with a copper slip-glaze and apply paternating chemicals to the fired pot. This starts an erosion process in the glaze, which completes the cycle that a potter starts when he reconstructs eroded materials into pots.

Melanie Ferguson

Melanie Ferguson Ceramics, “Coastal stones rolling ashore, crashing waves, eroding hillsides, the swirling ripple on water’s surface, and the vibrant colors and rhythmic patterns of the ocean’s flora and fauna provides me with endless intrigue and inspiration. My hand-build earthen and stoneware vessels are influenced by this symbolic gesture of how energy moves in and around organic objects to reshape their form, bounce light and crush the old to cast anew.”

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“Monument Au Fantome”

Jean Dubuffet, 1977 –  Discovery Green Park, Houston

 Thankfully, utilisation and reverence for outdoor art has endured through the ages. Installations of public art offers the opportunity to establish a narrative with the natural, historical and mythical worlds in an urban setting. At times acting as a poignant vehicle for political statements and social commentary. They exist as a permanent fixture that in some instances acts as a reminder of a triumph or a tragedy. It has brought sculpture to many people who might never look at or think about this art form, and it has continued to promote art as a topic for discussion.
Public art can express a multitude of insights and feelings. It can provide a valuable conduit of knowledge and emotion from a distant historical event, and exist as a defining record that encapsulates what occurred. Public art icons have been created over time that have captured the cultural milieu and stood as a monument to that era. Outdoor art at its best can enthrall, challenge, educate, illuminate and be a delight. For some it can be a revelation and awakening.

 ‘The Rocket Thrower’ - Corona Park, NY

The original public art was spiritually motivated and existed to promote objects of worship.This ancient instinct is still aroused and provoked through all types of public art, especially where a collective adoration develops for an art piece. The relevance of this art should never be underestimated or carelessly discarded. The disticntive elements of a culture and its cohesive forces are quite often defined through art.
Public art allows artists and their creative vision to have an influence on the civic decision making process and inspire aesthetic awareness and community identity. For example Gaudi’s architectural art in Barcelona or Picassos contribution to contemporary public art in Chicago.
Bland environments offer a perfect juxtaposition for being enlivened by a dynamic street sculpture.. The tremendous accessibility of outdoor art and diversity of locations can be utilized for vivid impact and invigoration of public spaces. Public art offers the opportunity to humanize a bleak location. The visual presence of outdoor art sustains the celebration and preservation of the human spirit, reflected through its subject matter and the  inspiration and creativity of the artist.

 Baltasar Lobo ‘Hommage à la femme’

Madrid  2008

Baltasar Lobo ‘Hommage à la femme’

Fernando Botero – Botero Plaza, surrounded by the Museum of Antioquia and the Rafael Uribe Uribe Palace of Culture

Colombia

Convergence 1 – Peter Newsome

 Artpark Sculpture

 Living Desert – Broken Hill

Australia

 Rik Poot, Belgium

 ‘Rex’ – Bielsko Biala

City fountain–Reksio, Poland

“Gathering of the Moon”, standing 17 feet tall,  installed in Olympic Park, Beijing

Bruce Beasley, USA

 Boston Park duck sculpture

 ‘Yin Yang’ – Brian Anders Chessmar

Santa Barbara- CA

Henry Moore’s abstract sculpture, Three Way Piece No. 2 — more commonly known as The Archer.

New City Hall, Toronto – Canada

Some of the viewing public were aghast when they witnessed the unveiling of Henry Moore’s ” The Archer” in 1966 in Toronto. Local newspapers dubbed it “Henry Moore’s big bronze whatchamacallit”Appreciation levels have increased somewhat since then for the monumental work. Henry Moore liked the architectural design of the New City Hall  by Viljo Revell so much that he offered the sculpture at a discount with free shipping and installation. At first, the design was not accepted; many councillors and citizens felt that the city council should concern itself with sidewalks and sewers, not abstract art. In the end the  purchase  eventuated but the controversy cost the Mayor Phillip Givens his re-election.  

source – http://citiesintime.ca/toronto/

 ‘The Archer’ 

Abstract bronze Grand Piano Player sculpture

Shijiazhuang Yuanzhao

Xiamen, China

“Mirroring 1995″  Keld Moseholm (Denmark)

 ‘Ethos’ – Tom Bass – 1961

Height 4 metres – Civic Square , Canberra

 Eze seaside sculpture, France

“Figure” by Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi.

San Francisco International airport

Stainless steel sculpture –  ‘Mall’s Balls’ - Bert Flugelman

Adelaide, Australia

‘Gaia’ (1998) in Utrecht – Fons Bemelman, NL

Fons Bemelman

 Sculpture by Henri Matisse

Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis

France

 ‘Le Tour de France dans les Pyrénées’

l’Aire des Pyrénées

18m high monument, made of alumina and steel, 1995

 ‘Karma- A Tower of Blinded Men Rising into the Sky’

Height 23 feet, New Orleans Museum of Art.

by Korean sculptor Do Ho Suh

 Les dames vertes sculpture de Deny Lavoyer

Sculpture de Walter de BUCK, Belgium

 1958

Les Passions de Tom

Botero

 Monte Carlo The Sculpture Path

 Nymph Diana, designed by Louis Auguste Leveque

Tuileries garden, Paris

 Auguste Guénot

Palais de Tokyo, Paris

  Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry

36-foot-tall concrete sculpture enlargement of Pablo Picasso’s 1934 ‘Bust of Sylvette’, executed by Carl Nesjär and Sigurd Frager in 1967

Silver Towers, NYU

New York

Wally Gobetz – flickr

Sculpture on Malecon (boardwalk) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Porcelain bird sculpture – Rita Duckworth

 Plamen Dimitrov – ‘Sudden Meeting’

 Statue of Ingolfur Arnarson the Viking

Made by Einar Jónsson in 1924 and located on Arnarhóll, Reykjavík

 Sculpture by artist ?

photo Giovanni Sottile

The Bamberg Horseman  is a life-size stone equestrian statue by an anonymous medieval sculptor in the cathedral of Bamberg, Germany.

1237

Photo – Tilman2007 – Wikipedia

 WB Yeats statue by Rowan Gillespie

Sligo, Ireland

 Mark Hill Maori Chiefs sculpture – ‘Welcome O Visitors From Afar’

Queenstown airport, NZ

Wenceslas-Square garden sculpture

Prague , Czechoslovakia

 Reclining figure sculpture by waterfall – Charles Umlauf

 Umlauf  Sculpture Garden and Museum, Austin – Texas

 ‘Skittles with Scarlatti’   – Phillip Jackson

Philip Jackson’s Garden

Tuileries Garden statue, Paris

Stewart Leiwakabessy on Flickr

Roger Capron sculpture, decorated by Jacotte Capron.

Valbonne, France

Stone, Flickr

 Ginger Gilmour – Aeriel 2

artpark sculpture

Jacques Lipchitz, – ‘Birth of the Muses’

(1944-1950),

MIT Campus, USA

 ‘Calling the Powers’ – Larry Bechtel

Ann Davey Masters Memorial Sculpture Garden, Roanoke, VA

‘Abduction Of Eurpoa’ – Strasbourgh

 Refers to ancient mythology and depicts one the most ancient representations of Europa.

 Sculptor Theodoros Papagiannis

Limestone mandala sculpture – Dale Enochs

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 Symbols of fortune in the ceramic arts

Kiyomizu  longevity tea bowl –   the bowl has the rounded shape of a tortoise shell and flying crane decoration. Both symbols of longevity.

As the New year starts to gain momentum, its always good to ponder health, prosperity and happiness for the coming year. Many of the ancient cultures had art displaying symbols and sacred objects designed to attract these qualities. Elixirs amulets, charms, fountains conferring perpetual youth, philosophers stones and countless other procedures were pursued in the name of attaining immortality and longevity. Mystics and immortals that had attained illumination and lived long lives were also revered and remembered through the arts. In China this reached a peak during the Ming and Qing dynasties where motifs and stories relating to a long life became fundamental themes in the decorative arts. This is still prevalent in the Eastern arts, and it has been an excellent means to preserve some of the ancient doctrines and wisdom. The more distant epochs are harder to fathom, but ancient mysteries are still being unraveled. A large diversity of flora and animals also appeared in abundance throughout Eastern cultures, in paintings, garments, statues, ceramics and in furniture carvings. They are regarded as the harbingers of good luck, wealth, and happiness.

Barcelona ceramic phoenix facade – the mythological bird that rises from its own ashes to renewed youth and life.

Unlike the phoenix of the West, the Chinese phoenix does not have the connotation of a bird rising from ashes. The Chinese phoenix symbolizes joy and peace.

Photo by  Arnim Schulz on flickr

Qing porcelain gift box set in the shape of the Bagua, used on auspicious occasions and the Chinese New Year for presenting sweets.

Bird Of Paradise pitcher – Carlton Ware

 This bird is associated with the phoenix. In new Guinea, they believe these birds come from a terrestrial paradise, and call them ” bolon diuata ” ( birds of god )

 One of the Eight Immortals – Zhang Guolao

He was a master in the arts of alchemy, herbs and qigong and was a real historical figure.

 Jade Dragon Tortoise – symbols of luck and longevity

Yuan Dynasty porcelain vase

Tigers were used for the decoration of amulets and ceramics because they are powerful animals, symbolize heroism, and are believed to be able to eat evil spirits, or at least cause them to flee.

Pair of early 20th century Chinese ceramic Fu Dogs

Statues of guardian lions, known in the West as Fu Dogs, have traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces and temples. They were believed to have powerful mythical protective benefits.

 Meiping Cloisonne Lotus Vase, China

The spring flowers of magnolias and peonies, are both symbols of wealth. The lotus is the flower of summer’s purity; the chrysanthemum represents the longevity of autumn.  Bamboo is a winter plant, symbolic of long life and peace. The chrysanthemum, which blooms late and has to face the winter, symbolizes people who maintain their virtue despite adversity and temptation.

 Shousan Buddha

 Spinach Jade Foo Lion

 Prosperity Vase – Pierre Bounaud
Chinese symbols for good fortune, happiness, longevity, spirit,
love, and endurance grace the vessel to channel positive energies.

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Vase with an immortal seated on a lotus blossom, floating among the waves and a large dragon

 Teapot decorated with Shou symbols, peaches and bats.

Carved figure of a deity riding a crane while holding a peach branch and coins

 Italian twin handled herb jar with a rabbit motif and oak leaves.

1430-1460

RISD Museum

The rabbit is a symbol for luck in both the East and the West. In the East the rabbit represented yin feminine luck, while the dragon was yang masculine luck.

 Samurai vessel with flying crane

 Lotus koro incense burner with flying crane motif

Ceramic sculpture of a  giant tortoise – Julian Jardine

The tortoise (gui 龟) indicates strength and endurance, has a long life-span and is, therefore, an instirnsic symbol for longevity.

 Eight immortals in a dragon boat

 This phoenix stoneware ewer was among the 240,000 Vietnamese trade ceramics and artifacts recovered from the Cu Lao Cham shipwreck

National Museum of Vietnamese History, Hanoi.

 Porcelain  Imari Vase with Carp and Sakura Trees

The carp is  a symbol for an abundance of children because it produces many eggs.
A pair of carp symbolizes a harmonious marriage

Porcelain Lobed Dish with Peach of Immortality –  Japanese Imari

Tao Hua Yuan by Tao Yuan-ming (translated by Rick Davis and David Steelman)
During the Jin Dynasty, a fisherman from Wuling, while following a stream  came across a huge grove of blossoming peach trees. It lined both banks for several hundred paces and included not a single other kind of tree. Petals of the dazzling and fragrant blossoms were falling everywhere in profusion. The peach trees stopped at the stream’s source, where the fisherman came to a mountain with a small opening through which it seemed he could see light. This led him to the mystical kingdom of Shambala. This is how the peach got its reputation.

 Japanese Karajishi Shishi Fu Lion – Okimono

 Meiji Hirado Fuji Mountain—Dragon in clouds tripod Vase

 Leys jar with peanut plant, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

The taoists regarded the peanut as a longevity food. Preferably unroasted.

Korean Goryeo dynasty celadon jar with flying cranes

Five Colored and Blue Underglaze Decoration Porcelain Square Flat Vase With Sea Dragon Pattern

 Ming Dynasty -JiaJing Reign

 Netsuke persimmon fruit

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

 Kiyomizu ware crane and tortoise longevity pair of teacups

Kraak Porcelain – 1570-1645

  In the centre of the dish is an attractive decoration of a flying Chinese bee and a Cicada (insect) perched on a rock in a marshy landscape with flowering peonies and rocks. On the interior wall are four medallions decorated with sunflowers. Also present are the following auspicious symbols -

The ‘Artemisia’ leaf considered to be a symbol of healing and health and considered a good omen. A single peach fruit, ‘Amygdalus persica’ – also known as the fairy fruit. A book scroll with a tassel and ribbon and a ‘lingzhi’ mushroom.

 Porcelain Eight Immortals Plate

Jingdezhen, China

  Inkstone from the tenth year of QianLong Reign, carved with the symbol of Happiness, an immortal crane and the God of longevity

Qing Dynasty

 Reticulated oval plate showing a finely dressed lady walking in a landscape accompanied by a deer,

The deer is the symbol of both longevity and riches. The Taoist physical ” deer exercise ” promotes longevity.

Polly Latham

 Round Ceramic incense stick burner with Chinese longevity Shu symbols

 Running rabbit carved from mountain mahogany – Netsuke, Japan

 Shoulao, God of Longevity, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Kangxi period (1662–1722)

The pine tree (song 松) is a very popular symbol for longevity because it is an evergreen and can endure severe winters. The stork (guan 鹳) is believed to live 1,000 years and is also a symbol of longevity. The stork is frequently shown together with pine trees .

  Egyptian scarab Art Deco vase

Designed by Charles Schneider, France – 1923

A symbol of rebirth and good fortune

1923

 Japanese netsuke depicting the Immortal Kasenko in a cloud

 Tenmoku Pottery “fook luk sau” Tea Pot Set

Fook Luk Sau – the Chinese characters mean LUCK and WEALTH (Fook), HAPPINESS and RECOGNITION (Luk), LONGEVITY (Sau).

 Vase with immortals bearing the character for longevity (shou)

Ming dynasty

 Scholars rock, China

The interest in collecting rocks for religious or aesthetic purposes began with the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) when  large stones were used to decorate their gardens and courtyards. Scholar’s Rocks (or Gongshi) were stones that were chosen if they resembled or represented mythological and famous mountains and were used by scholars as objects of meditation.

 The qilin (麒 麟) or Chinese unicorn represents good luck , prosperity, goodwill and benevolence.

It is described as having a deer’s body, an ox’s tail, fish scales, five-toed hoofed feet and a horn on its head.

Wedgewood willow plate

 The willow (liu 柳) branches were regarded as being magical and became associated with the life of scholars and poets who drew inspiration while strolling among them.

Vase depicting immortals offering the peaches of longevity.

The peach symbolizes marriage, spring, justice and especially Taoist immortality.

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

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Sources quoted – primaltrek

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Harlequin by Emin Guliyev

The circus through the ages

Around 500BC, the first Etruscan king of Rome introduced games from Etruria into the Roman Republic at an open air venue called the Circus Maximus (Great Circus), which eventually had a seated capacity for approximately 150,000 spectators. These organized spectacles for the masses included chariot racing, gladiators and sports events. It is recorded that in the 2nd century BC, dancers, scenic artists and flute players were featured along with the use of over 100 wild animals including leopards, elephants and bears in venatio productions. (animal hunting) This circus was U shaped, and similar ones were constructed throughout Europe, (the Hippodrome in Constantinople), for chariot racing and other events.
The modern circus, as we know today, was first conceived in 1768 in London, by Philip Astley, where equestrian feats and bareback acrobatics were performed in a wooden amphitheater featuring a circular arena. The circus ring was used because it allowed audiences to keep sight of the riders during their performances and riding in circles made it possible, through the generation of centrifugal force, for riders to keep their balance while performing their tricks. By 1770, acrobats, rope-dancers, and jugglers were also added to the show and eventually exotic animals were introduced. Astley opened the first circus in Paris, the Amphithéâtre Anglois, in 1782.
In 1793, British equestrian John Bill Ricketts opened the first circus in the United States, in Philadelphia, while Charles Hughes, a former member of Astleys company, performed in the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Girl on a circus horse – Tiifany & Co , NY

In 1825 in America, Joshuah Purdy Brown became the first circus entrepreneur to replace the usual wooden construction with a full canvas tent, to allow more mobility and penetration into the rapidly developing new cities in the USA. Circus entrepreneurs Phineas Barnum and William Coup were the first to use rail for transporting their circus, along with the multiple ring circus tent, to increase the capacity. They also introduced the sideshow with more freakish acts and museum oddities.
The circus developed into essentially a visual performing art which was unfettered by language barriers. As a result, it was easily exportable to countries and in 1853 Italian Giuseppe Chiarini took his circus on a world tour. Likewise, the French equestrian Louis Soullier, took his Vienna Circus on a tour of the Balkans and Turkey, then want on to China, where he introduced the circus in 1854. On his return to Europe in 1866, he brought with him Chinese acrobats, who in turn introduced traditional Chinese acts such as perch-pole balancing, diabolo-juggling, plate-spinning and hoop-diving to Western audiences.
The striking visual elements of the circus acts have provided a rich tapestry for interpretation in the arts and most of the details and forms from this colorful tradition have been vividly reproduced.

 Porcelain circus clown – ebay

 “Elephants – The Wonder of the Circus” – Artist Franklin Moody for Porcelaine Ariel

1981

 ” Clowns – The Heart of the Circus” – Artist Franklin Moody for Porcelaine Ariel

1981

 Circus art

 Clown waltz

 Sliver juggling clown figurine – Tiffany

 Clown and horse figurine – Tiffany & Co

 Art Deco Clown Decanter –  Goebel

1930’s

 Sideshow spruiker – Circus Chimera

Photographer Norma I. Quintana from the book Circus: A Traveling Life

 A leaping lioness with Warren Lennon

Lennon Bros Circus ( est. 1893 ) is one of only two circuses left in Australia with big cats in the program. The three lions at Lennon’s are now 9 years of age: two females and one male from different litters. They were born and bred in the circus, and are the 12th generation born and bred in Australia.

 Barnum & Bailey poster

 Vintage midget clown photo

Acrobats at the Chinese National Circus

Circus Scenes Vase – Anna Culliton from the series ” Miss Molly’s Ceramic Circus “

glazed earthenware – 2010

 Circus Tiger Balancing on a Ball – Tiffany & Co

 Circus dog riding horse – Andree Richmond

 Circus clowns on horse –  Anna Plonka

 Italian Art Deco circus clown – Lenci

 37th Monte Carlo circus festival poster

Larisa Churkina – Strongman and acrobat sculpture

French style circus figurines

AuntHattiesAttic – etsy

PIERROT Clown Porcelain Figurines –  Bing & Grondahl (B&G)

 Circus in France painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

1869-1870

 Noritake Porcelain Art Deco Lustre Trinket Dish Ashtray pierrette Clown Figurine

 California Pottery lidded clown jar

 Franklin Moody – Circus Aerialists

 Circus Strongman -etsy

 Circus Clown on a Horse – Ann Plonka

 Circus contortion girl sculpture –  Maria-Paterson

 Vase decorated with circus performers – Micheal Kay

Circus training at a young age

‘The Circus’, Marc Chagall

1964

 Circus acrobat on elephant trunk

Figurine of a clown playing a squeezebox-Matt Prince

 French pierrot clown figurine

Balancing Act, 1962, Harry Ransom Center – Vintage photo of a seal balancing a doll

Krone Circus in Aachen, Germany

 Elephant with a tuba trunk figurine

Artist ?

Ceramic statue  ‘Its circus time’  by Sandra Oropeza

Art Deco ‘Flame Leaper’ - Johann Philipp Ferdinand Preiss

 Bronze Jester – Josef Lorenz

‘Clown on the Moon’ –  Limoges Hand Painted Box,

 Porcelain clown bust – Lladro

 Girl riding a horse – Michael Kay

   Ringling Brothers circus elephant descending from the carriage of a train on the railway in the Bronx, in New York, April 1, 1963.

AP photo – Paul Rice

 Porcelain figurine from Sergey Orlov sculpture

 Ceramic creamer – Strangl Pottery

 Circus acrobats from Tiffany & Co , NY

 Porcelain pierrot candy bowl

 Movie Water For Elephants – Fox

Painted terracotta “Clowns on Unicycles,”  Waylande Gregory

circa 1932

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