ceramics

LUCIE RIE, two stoneware pouring vessels each glazed in manganese and white, circa 1970s. Photo: Zigzag Modern

HELLA JONGERIUS Two large pots, 1997. Unglazed porcelain. Photo: Phillips.

To create this speckled piece, Kingston, New York–based ceramicist Robert Kessler works with zinc-based glazes that form crystals when cooled slowly after firing. Visual variations are made by adding amounts of cobalt, zinc, iron, silver, and tin oxides.

Jean-Claude Malarmey, zoomorphic form, France, circa 1960. Photo: Galerie Riviera.

André Border, Coupe, circa 1950. Photo: Galerie Jacques Lacoste.

Double-Gourd Vase by Toshiko Takaezu, United States, 1970s. Photo: Sam Kaufman Gallery, via 1st Dibs.

Toshiko Takaezu, Double-Spouted Vase, circa 1958. Photograph by R. H. Hensleigh and Tim Thayer.

Edith Heath ceramic teapot "sea and sand" pattern, 1940s. Photo: Modish Vintage.

Karen Karnes, Triple Spout Vessel, 1998. Photo Cowan's Auctions.

GERTRUD AND OTTO NATZLER Cylindrical vase, 1950s. Photo Phillips.