3 days LeftJasper52A Set Chinese Yixing Zisha Clay Low Rleief Fish & Lotus Leaf Teapot & Cups w Artist Signed$220
Jun 15, 2024Mega International AuctionHUAXIANG NATIONAL TREASURE HANDMADE LANDSCAPE POETRY PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT$500
Jun 01, 2024Mega International AuctionSHI MOUGU HANDMADE LION BUTTON THREE-LEGGED PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT$600
Jun 15, 2024Mega International AuctionCHEN YONGQING'S PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT WITH AUSPICIOUS CLOUD PATTERNS$600
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Toshiko Takaezu turned clay into poetryNEW YORK – A handful of artists have taken the material of clay to new heights. One of the most celebrated is Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011), whose ceramics are prized for their artistic skill and complex execution as well as their poetic surfaces. Born in Hawaii, she worked in several mediums during her five-decade career, from […]
Israeli scientists brew beer in clay vessels with revived ancient yeastsJERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli researchers raised a glass Wednesday to celebrate a long-brewing project of making beer and mead using yeasts extracted from ancient clay vessels — some over 5,000 years old.
Mark Catesby’s Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving leads our five auction highlightsMark Catesby, Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving, $5,555 FRANKLIN, TN – Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was born in England, but after traveling to South Carolina, he became America’s first naturalist and illustrator. A century before Audubon, he published the seminal Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of […]
Gio Ponti Triennale Armchairs lead our five auction highlightsGio Ponti Triennale Armchairs, $117,900 CHICAGO – Among the starring lots at the Wright Design sale on March 28 was this pair of Gio Ponti lacquered wood, upholstery, and brass Triennale armchairs dating to 1951. The design is one produced for ISA (Industria Salotti e Arredamenti), the luxury furniture firm. To achieve the effect of […]