For the more eclectic lovers of beauty in art (don’t come hunting for dreary, thesis-driven conceptual art, you won’t find any) nothing in the pop-up art-mall industry matches the eye-popping annual smorgasbord at TEFAF in the small Dutch town of Maastricht (March 13-22, 2015). It’s different to the other fairs in that those who attend are not rushing around in a fevered state with lists of art to snag. This is a place where the daily fare ranges from ancient artifacts from thousands of years ago and everything else leading up to a respectable showing of modernism and contemporary art. Our survey comes a little late, our apologies, but it is worth the wait for the excellent ceramics from then and now that we have culled from the many hundreds that were on offer.
Above image: Aronson Antiquairs exhibited this teapot and cover, a dutch delftware vessel glazed in brown with a silver mount
Felicity Aylieff, Still Life with Books and Bird, 2014, thrown and glazed porcelain with fencai over-glaze enamel no. 2 in a hand-painted limited edition of six, 17 3/4 x 13 inches @ Adrian Sassoon
Henri Joseph Lasserre and Cardeilhac for Manufacture Nationale de Sévres, Imperial Winter Vase d’ Aiseray, 1897, porcelain with silver and gilt plated mount ad carved malachite finial, 31.1 x 19 cm @ Jason Jacques
Sévres Vase, ca. 1856 @ Michele Beiny
A pair of soft-paste porcelain vases decorated with cupids after Francois Boucher, ca. 1756, 22 x 8 cm (base) @ Caviglia
Flower bouquet, Ormolu mounted baluster vase with forget-me-not flower décor and gallant scenes, 95 x 76 x 44 cm. Meissen, circa 1750 @ Röbbig München
Delft Boar’s Head Tureen, ca. 1750 – 60, 40.3 cm length @ Michele Beiny
Domenego da Venezia, Pharmacy Jar, ca. 1562 – 1568, 38 cm height @ Caviglia, Click to see a larger image.
“Soldier” Vase, porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), ca. 1700, 92.7 cm height @ Jorge Welsh Oriental Porcelain & Works of Art
Séraphin Soudbinine (1870 – 1944), Twisted Serpents Vase, ca. 1934 France, stoneware, 14.8 x 14.1 cm @ Jason Jacques
Incensario representing the “K’inich Ajaw,” or the “Sun Lord,” ca. 600-900 AD Maya Culture, 80.5 cm x 33 cm @ Galerie 1492. Click to see a larger image.
Antonio Trentanove (Rimini 1732 – 1812 Carrara), Hercules and the Hydra, terracotta, 23 cm @ Botticelli Antichita
Marco Antonio Prestinari (Claino ca. 1570 – 1621 Milan), Hercules and the Nemean Lion, terracotta, 52 cm height @ Carlo Orsi. Click to see a larger image.
Lucio Fontana (Rosario de Santa Fé 1899-1968 Comabbio), Ballerina, 1952, painted ceramic, 88 x 41 x 32.5 cm @ Ben Brown Fine Arts
Lucio Fontana (Rosario de Santa Fé 1899-1968 Comabbio), Ballerina, 1952, painted ceramic, 88 x 41 x 32.5 cm @ Ben Brown Fine Arts
Ushebti for Nesbanebdjed, blue faience with incised inscription, found in Mendes, Lower Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 30th Dynasty, ca. 350 BC, 17.1 cm height @ Galerie Eberwein
Longquan celadon collared water sprinkler (“daji ping”), China, Zhejiang province, late Southern Song dynasty (1127 – 1279) or early Yuan dynasty (1279 – 1368), ca. 18 cm height @ Priestley & Ferraro
Maurice Gensoli, Viper’s Nest, ca. 1930, stoneware, 14 x 30 cm @ Jason Jacques
Large Enamel on Biscuit Porcelain Mountain, China, Kangxi Period, 1662-1722, 53 cm height @ Vanderven Oriental Art. Click to see a larger image.
Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kōzan, Kōro (incense burner), porcelain, 11 x 12 x 14 cm, Japan, 19th/20th century, Meiji/Taishō period @ Gregg Baker Asian Art
Ken Mihara, Kei (Mindscape), 2015, Japan, high fired stoneware 30.5 x 42.5 x 55.5 cm @ Yufuku Gallery
Shigekazu Nagae, Moving Forms, 2014, slip-cast porcelain and glaze, 37.5 x 90 x 40.5 cm @ Yufuku Gallery. Click to see a larger image.
Yoshinori Ohno, Yui (Unison), 2014, porcelain with matte glaze, 27 x 39.5 cm @ Yufuku Gallery
Akihiro Maeta, White Porcelain Faceted Vase, 2014, white porcelain, glaze, 32.4 x 26.2 cm @ Yufuku Gallery
Junko Mori, Hitomi Hosono, A Large Organism; Twisted Leaf, Wisteria Bowl, 2014, porcelain, fine silver, red gold leaf @ Adrian Sassoon
beautiful collection of images only one non sequitur