Jun 11, 2024Singapore International Auction Pte LtdA Chinese Yixing Clay Teapot Qing Dynasty 1644-1912$700
Jun 11, 2024Singapore International Auction Pte LtdA Chinese Clay Teapot Qing Dynasty Guangxu Jin Shiheng Mark$800
Buy NowMega International AuctionA SQUARE PURPLE CLAY TEAPOT WITH LOTUS LEAF PATTERN MADE BY SHI JICHANG OF JINGXI$1,000
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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 […]