As this is the latest instalment of pottery whimsical, the only thing being revealed here is more ceramic oddities, a few quirky sculptures and other amusing art pieces. The usual guidelines apply … from the sublime to the enthralling, from frivolous to sobering, ponderous to far reaching, ordinary to excellent, ancient to now and anything in between and before and after.
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Life without whimsy is like a joke without a punchline …Oscar Weld
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The Bridge – Andy Scott
Smiling Buddha – Arsen Alaverdyan
The Traveller – Neal French – UK
Shadow Dog pot - Rimas VisGirda
Street sculpture – Place de la Sorbonne – Paris
Rococo Style Figurine Pitcher - Skinner Auctions
Amphora Vase
Photo – Paul Starosta
Mid-Century Modern charger – YAIR, Israel
Mosaic mannequin - Bay Area artist Laurel Skye.
A Nazca Huari Golden Miniature Head
Zsuzsa Monostory
Tea set by Hernich Wang
Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel. Proto-Elamite; ca. 3100–2900 BCE, Southwestern Iran
Japanese Sumida Gawa Ryosai porcelain Bowl with Ban-ni sign – 19th century
Gustav Oppel for Schwarzberg Werkstatten
Commedia Dell’arte Harlequin Art Deco Figurine
Greencat by Roman Khalilov
Forest Stump – Carruth Studio
Bizen vases filled with water to test for leakage
Di Conway
The Botanist by Kurt Weiser
Ceramic fat cat
A French Art Nouveau vase designed by Ernest Bussière
With Balls And Ring - Jerzy Jotka Kędziora
Bold Floral Tea Set – Red Poppy Funky Tea Pot, Cream & Sugar
Romy and clare - etsy
Accolay Pottery roadside store circa 1966
Stoneware Vase - Michael and Magdalena Frinkess
Ange 777
Aleluia Vase – c 1965 © CMP
( http://ceramicamodernistaemportugal.blogspot.com.au/ )
Urs Fischer’s contemporary exhibition – Los Angeles MOCA ( Museum of Contemporary Art )
Cat Birdfeeder
Scott Zielger
Lucinda Brown – Double Fragment sculpture
Mr B – Gary Dinnen
Tony Cunha, © Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts - Happy Valley Foundation
The Clandestines – Fred Yokel
Jacques Tati at the museum.
Chinese Famille Vert Teapot
Chong Fah Cheong sculpture
Japanese O-Daiko – double-headed / barrel drum – 1873
Played in temples, theatre orchestras and at festivals.
( The Met NY )
International art collective Cracking Art Group placed 50 large-scale blue plastic snails all across the roof of the Duomo (the fourth largest cathedral in the world) in Milan, Italy in an effort to draw attention to and raise funds for much-needed repairs
French Sculptress Eva Roucka
( photo – Rolf St )
French Porcelain and Dore Bronze Three-Light Candelabra, 19th century, with turquoise-glazed rooster
( Skinner Inc. Boston )
Rare Chavin Pottery Mask Jequetepeque River, Peru , 1200-1000 BC
( Liveauctioneers )
Kelly Daniels – claydancer
Lee Jae Hyo – Korean Sculptor
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