Ends in 12d 6hLodestar Auctions20797: Lot 3 Chinese Tang Dynasty Bactrian Camel Clay FiguresEst. —$150
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.
Allan Rohan Crite’s ‘Late Afternoon’ leads our five auction highlightsAllan Rohan Crite, ‘Late Afternoon,’ $100,800 WILLISTON, VT — Allan Rohan Crite (circa-1910-2007) was a gifted artist born to a middle-class family in New Jersey. He found work during the Great Depression as a Public Works Administration artist, and later would spend decades as a draftsman for naval ship design at Charleston Navy Yard. Today, […]
Four Wedgwood Roman cameo glass ‘Portland’ vases trounced estimates at DreweattsBERKSHIRE, UK — Brought back from Rome by Sir William Hamilton in 1780 and later sold at auction to William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, the Roman cameo glass vase known as ‘the Portland’ or ‘Barberini’ vase was the most celebrated antiquity of the late Georgian era. Described by sculptor John Flaxman to Josiah Wedgwood […]