Maastricht, NETHERLANDS — Welcome to Spotted, our weekly round-up of sightings from the worlds of contemporary ceramics and contemporary ceramic art. This week we want to showcase (with lots of yummy images) our top ceramic picks from one of the world’s most exclusive art fairs, TEFAF (March 10 – 19, 2017).
Above image: Kondo Takahiro, Wave Reduction: black & white figure, 2017, Marbleised porcelain with silver-mist over-glaze, 81 x 62 x 45 cm. Image by Sylvain Deleu. Offered by Adrian Sassoon
Alongside the traditional areas of Old Master paintings, antiques and classical antiquities, the 30th edition of TEFAF Maastricht features modern and contemporary art, photographs, jewelry, 20th century design and works on paper.
Jason Jacques Gallery TEFAF Exhibition
Katsuyo Aoki, Shinichiro Kitaura, Trolldom Lucifer, 2016. Offered by Jason Jacques Gallery. Click for larger image
Porcelain skulls and sculpture by Katsuyo Aoki; silver sets by Boucheron; table by John Haley III
Kim Simonsson, Two Headed Bunny and Kneeling Moss Girl, 2017, Offered by Jason Jacques Gallery. Click for larger image
Cistern, Qing Dynasty, circa 1790, 40.5 x 43 x 26.5 cm. Offered by Jorge Welsh Works of Art
Diego Giacometti, Cup With A Frog, Offered by L’Arc en Seine. Click for larger image
Giovani Francesco Rustici, Rivergod, Terracotta, 32 x 31.5 Offered by Daniel Katz Ltd. Click for larger image
The present rivergod is a striking example of the taste for terra cotta sculpture in Renaissance Italy, developed from around 1500 when they began to appear in inventories of private residences. The iconography is derived from Roman prototypes of allegories of rivers found in sarcophagus, coins as well as in statues.
Hidenori Tsumori, Remains of the Day 16-13, 2017, Cast glass mixed with clay, 55 x 37.5 x 31.5 cm. Offered by Yufuku Gallery. Click for larger image
Probably by the Heidelberg Painter or his circle, A black-figure Siana cup, circa 560 – 540 BC, Clay, Diameter 25.6 cm. Offered by Cahn International
Bouke de Vries, Memory Vessel XLVIII, 2016, Height 85 cm x Diameter 42 cm, Offered by Adrian Sassoon. Click for larger image
A figure of Pu-Tai Ho-Shang (Bodhisattva), circa 1700, 12.7 x 13.4 cm. Offered by Salomon Stodel Antiquités
Kate Malone, Kryptonite magma vase, 2016, 37 x 38 x 30 cm, Offered by Adrian Sassoon
Filippo Scandellari, Hercules Resting, 1758, Terracotta, 53 x 30 x 8.5 cm. Offered by Botticelli Antichita. Click for larger image
Gareth Mason, Receiver, circa 2009 – 2011, Stoneware, layered glazes, slips and lustre, 23 x 11 x 11 1/2 inches. Offered by Jason Jacques Gallery. Click for larger image
Vicente Navarro, A tile picture depicting liveried servants carrying food laden platters, circa 1770, 108 polychrome glazed tiles, 77 1/2 x 103 inches. Offered by Carlton Hobbs. Click for larger image
Lucio Fontana, Donne sul sofa (Woman on the sofa), 1934, Painted Plaster, 39 x 45 x 30 cm, Offered by Ben Brown Fine Arts. Click for larger image
Pottery Equestrians, 8th Century Tang Dynasty, Heights 35.5 to 37.5 cm, Lengths 30 to 35 cm. Click for larger image
Near the Dirce Painter, Scene showing Kadmos slaying the dragon, circa 400 – 370 BC, pottery. Offered by Royal-Athena Galleries. Click for larger image
Kadmos, founder of Thebes, slaying the dragon whose teeth became the men of Thebes. The Dirce Painter is the seminal artist for the Sicilian, Paestan, and Campanian schools of vase-painting.
Kanjiro Moriyama, Kai (Turn), 2017, Stoneware with glaze, 68 x 40 x 45 cm. Offered by Yufuku Gallery. Click for larger image
Vadim Androusov, Ballerine et cheval, Terracotta, 39 x 33 x 23 cm. Offered by Benjamin Proust Fine Art Limited. Click for larger image
Hella Jongerius, 2016, Ceramic beads and cotton ropes, 286 x 140 cm. Offered by Galerie Kreo
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