{"title":"OBJECTS","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"john-baldessari-plate-for-the-pasadena-art-alliance-1994","title":"John Baldessari, Painted Ceramic Charger, Pasadena Art Alliance Edition, 1994, Edition of 50","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Baldessari turns a dinner plate into a conceptual proposition — figures, animals, and a floating red ball in his signature crosshatch palette, from an edition of fifty.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST: John Baldessari (American, 1931–2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePERIOD: 1994\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCATEGORY: Decorative Object \/ Ceramics \/ Works on Paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMATERIALS: Painted ceramic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDIMENSIONS: 13½ in. diameter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEDITION: Edition of 50. Stamped verso: Pasadena Art Alliance \/ John Baldessari \/ Edition of 50 \/ Gaetano America Inc. \/ 1994. Gaetano Pottery impressed mark to rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTEXT: The Pasadena Art Alliance has fostered the appreciation of contemporary visual art in Southern California since 1955, commissioning artists and supporting major institutions through benefit editions and grants. This charger was produced for the PAA's benefit program — a collaboration between Baldessari and Gaetano Pottery of California resulting in an edition of only 50 examples. By blending photography, painting, and text, Baldessari's work examines the plastic nature of artistic media while offering commentary on contemporary culture — his practice shaped the conceptual art landscape and influenced generations of artists through his long teaching career at CalArts and UCLA. The decoration is pure Baldessari: three figures rendered as colored crosshatch silhouettes — a black animal, a green figure mid-leap, a blue seated figure — orbit a floating red ball in an open-ended narrative the viewer completes. The ceramic format is a characteristically deadpan choice — functional object, conceptual proposition, collector's piece, all at once. Baldessari's work is held in the collections of MoMA, the Tate, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Guggenheim Museum, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BradburyLewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48967553679668,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/2735\/5956\/files\/Photoroom_007_20251108_162846.png?v=1765717775"},{"product_id":"a-large-chinese-export-famille-rose-porcelain-vase-qing-dynasty","title":"Chinese Celadon Ground Famille Rose Vase, Late Qing \/ Republic Period, c. 1880–1920","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celadon-ground vase painted with prunus blossoms and cherries in the famille rose palette — the spare elegance of late Qing porcelain at its most quietly accomplished.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eARTIST: Unknown, Jingdezhen, China\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003ePERIOD: Late Qing \/ Early Republic Period, c. 1880–1920\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCATEGORY: Decorative Object \/ Ceramics \/ Asian Art\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMATERIALS: Porcelain, celadon ground glaze, overglaze famille rose enamels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDIMENSIONS: 17½ h × 8 in. diameter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCONTEXT: Celadon-ground famille rose vases of this type are characteristic of late Qing dynasty production, combining the pale blue-green ground glaze with the soft polychrome enamel palette of the famille rose tradition. This example is painted with prunus branches bearing blossoms and cherries in pink and green against the cool celadon ground, the base encircled by a lotus petal border in iron red — a restrained, well-composed decoration that reflects the refined taste of the period. The flared neck and gently swelling baluster body are well potted and the glaze is even. 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(each, with pedestal)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTEXT: Guardian lions — known in the West as foo dogs — have flanked the entrances of Chinese temples, palaces, and estates for centuries, placed in pairs to ward off malevolent spirits and signal the importance of the space they protect. This pair follows the traditional convention: one figure rests a paw on a cub, denoting the female, while her counterpart presses a paw to a brocade ball, denoting the male. Both are mounted on squared pedestals incised with scrolling foliage. Their unusually large ears, wide-set eyes, and broadly grinning mouths give them an expressive individuality rarely found in more formal examples. The rich emerald glaze — applied over a terracotta body — has developed a depth and variation with age that no reproduction can replicate. Evidence of restoration over the years speaks to a long life, and both figures present with considerable strength and character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOTE: Available for client pickup or third-party shipper only. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BradburyLewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48994174107956,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/2735\/5956\/files\/Photoroom_012_20251111_143420.png?v=1775427312"},{"product_id":"vetreria-toso-murano-glass-fish-circa-1930","title":"Murano Glass Fish Sculpture, Fratelli Toso, c. 1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hand-blown Murano glass fish by Fratelli Toso, its jewel-toned body catching light the way only molten glass can.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST: Vetreria Fratelli Toso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePERIOD: Early 20th Century, c. 1930s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCATEGORY: Decorative Object \/ Glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMATERIALS: Blown glass, polychrome paste\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDIMENSIONS: 7 × 8 × 3 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTEXT: Fratelli Toso was established in Murano in 1854 and became one of the island's most celebrated furnaces, known especially for its virtuosic use of color and the millefiori and murrine techniques. This fish, with its swirling green body and crimson fins rendered in polychrome blown glass, is characteristic of the figurative animal work produced by the firm in the 1930s — a period of tremendous technical confidence. The presence of ash particles within the glass is considered a hallmark of authenticity in pieces of this age and origin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BradburyLewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48994229289268,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/2735\/5956\/files\/IMG_5619.png?v=1768077565"},{"product_id":"auguste-jean-enameled-glass-tripod-vessel-france-19th-century","title":"Auguste Jean Enameled Glass Tripod Vessel, France, 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA smoky amber glass vessel by Auguste Jean — the precursor to Gallé, working in forms that seem to breathe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST: Auguste Jean (French, 1830–1896)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePERIOD: 19th Century, c. 1880s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCATEGORY: Decorative Object \/ Glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMATERIALS: Blown glass, polychrome enamel, gilt, applied glass decoration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDIMENSIONS: 9 h in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTEXT: Auguste Jean was born in Paris and founded his workshop around 1859, making a name for himself first as a ceramist before specializing in glassware — through the freedom and inventiveness of his exuberant forms, opening the way to research that continues in the work of glassmakers today. A precursor to Emile Gallé and the Daum brothers, Jean arrived at his innovations before all of them. This tripod vessel in smoked amber glass is characteristic of his mature output: a globular body on three hot-applied feet, with a cobalt and gilt crown finial, polychrome enamel decoration of a wading heron among marsh grasses and flowers, and applied trailing in cobalt and gold. Jean received a bronze medal for his technical glass pieces at the Exposition Universelle de Paris in 1878. His work is held in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. From the collection of Parker Prindle, whose discerning eye for French decorative glass was one of the foundations of his long collecting life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BradburyLewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49082027147572,"sku":null,"price":578.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/2735\/5956\/files\/IMG_9844.png?v=1775741002"},{"product_id":"wedgwood-harvard-tercentenary-demitasse-cups-and-saucers-set-of-six-1936","title":"Wedgwood Harvard Tercentenary Demitasse Cups and Saucers, Set of Six, 1936","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSix cups of crimson and cream, each bearing a different Harvard building — Wedgwood's 1936 Tercentenary demitasse service, made to mark 300 years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST: Wedgwood, Etruria, England for Jones, McDuffee \u0026amp; Stratton, Boston\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePERIOD: 1936\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCATEGORY: Decorative Object \/ Ceramics \/ Tableware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMATERIALS: Creamware, crimson transfer print\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDIMENSIONS: Cup 2½ h in., saucer 4⅞ in. diameter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQUANTITY: Six cups and six saucers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTEXT: Wedgwood produced this series of china for Harvard University in 1936 to commemorate the Tercentenary of the University's founding in 1636. Each cup depicts a different historic Harvard building — this set featuring University Hall (1815), Massachusetts Hall (1720), Holden Chapel (1744), Wadsworth House (1727), The First Gore Hall (1838), and The Old College (1638) — identified on the base alongside the Wedgwood Etruria mark and the Jones, McDuffee \u0026amp; Stratton retailer's stamp. The crimson transfer on creamware is precisely Harvard's color, applied with the restrained confidence that only Wedgwood could bring to institutional commemorative ware. A complete set of six, for the collector, the Harvard alumnus, or anyone who appreciates the moment when good design meets a good occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BradburyLewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122843853108,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/2735\/5956\/files\/IMG_3735.jpg?v=1778041370"},{"product_id":"richard-devore-earthenware-vessel-american-studio-ceramic-c-1985","title":"Richard DeVore Earthenware Vessel, American Studio Ceramic, c. 1985","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerracotta the color of Cranbrook in November — DeVore at his most spare, and his most certain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST — Richard DeVore (American, 1933–2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePERIOD — c. 1985\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCATEGORY — Studio Ceramic \/ Sculpture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMATERIALS — Earthenware, unglazed, burnished terracotta surface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDIMENSIONS — 7½ h × 6 w × 4¾ d in (19 × 15 × 12 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTEXT — DeVore studied under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook and later chaired its ceramics department before a long tenure at Colorado State University. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHis vessels are held in over forty museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Louvre, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.This example works in the unglazed mode — raw, burnished earthenware — that foregrounds form over surface incident. The angled, open rim is characteristic of his mature language: asymmetry that reads as inevitability rather than gesture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BradburyLewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49131794137396,"sku":null,"price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/2735\/5956\/files\/434_1_art_design_january_2020_richard_devore_vessel__wright_auction.jpg?v=1779211742"},{"product_id":"richard-devore-glazed-earthenware-vessel-american-studio-ceramic-c-1985","title":"Richard DeVore Glazed Earthenware Vessel, American Studio Ceramic, c. 1985","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA darker DeVore, more elemental, more ancient — the palette is almost geological.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eARTIST — Richard DeVore (American, 1933–2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003ePERIOD — c. 1985\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCATEGORY — Studio Ceramic \/ Sculpture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMATERIALS — Earthenware, glazed, two-zone reduction-fired surface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDIMENSIONS — 7¾ h × 6½ w × 4¾ d in (20 × 17 × 12 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCONTEXT — DeVore studied under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook and later chaired its ceramics department before a long tenure at Colorado State University. 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