15. Ceramics at the Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has many artefacts that held me captive during my three visits there, but none more so than the wonderful examples of ceramic art from all ages.

Being a ceramicist myself I looked in awe at works from the stone age right through to modern times. Perfect porcelain shapes and brilliant glazes perfected by skilled craftsmen.
Here a just a few samples - I have not included all the domestic ware on show, as this would fill several blog pages ...

Vinegar Cruet - Johann Joachim Kandler - German 1757  

Vase - Sadie Irvine ( Newcomb Pottery ) - USA - 1909 

Dovizia - Giovanni Della Robbia - Florence - 1509

 

The God of Wealth - China - Qing Dynasty - early 18th century

 

Jar with Scrolling Vines and Gourds - China - Ming Dynasty - late 15th century

 

Altar Bowl with Winged Animals - China - Ming Dynasty - mid 15th century 

Decorated Bottles - China - Yuan Dynasty - mid 14th Century

 

My Favourite ... Lobed Dish - Japan - Edo Period - early 18th Century

 

Vase - Japan - Edo Period - late 18th Century 

Arhat - China - Liao Dynasty - ca. 1000

 

 

Another Favourite - but a bad image I'm sorry - I love this glazed decoration ... no details  

Vase with Peony Scroll - China - Northn Song Dynasty - 11th Century

 

Vase - Nils Emil Lundstrom - Sweden - 1903

 

Vase - Fernand Thesmar - France - 1904

 

Coffee Set - Leon Kann - France - 1900

 

Two Handled Bowl - China - Wanli Period - 16th Century

 And then from the Ancient Middle East ...

these wonderful decorated stonepaste and earthenware pieces from Iran and Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... and don't get me started on pottery from Ancient Greece ...

 

 

But rather, lets end this post with a stunning piece from contemporary Japan

 

Flow - Fujikasa Satoko - Japan - 2011

 

Tomorrow I'll finish at the Met with lots of extraordinary Marble and Sandstone sculptures ...