Fantoni Vases and Vessels

Marcello Fantoni Massive Ceramic Vase. Might be the largest piece I have ever seen! Just bought and shipped back from Italy. In very nice shape, signed to bottom inside lip.

Gorgeous large ceramic vase in beautiful colors and glaze made by Italian Marcello Fantoni, Florence, Italy, during the 1960s. The vase is signed with his typical signature "Fantoni"...

Marcello Fantoni early cubist vase, Italy 1950s Fully signed

Alessio Tasca for Raymor double sided rectangular ceramic vase. Strokes of green, black, ochre, and turquoise create the shapes of fish on one...

The Alvino Bagni for raymor sgraffito pottery vase, crafted in the 1970s, this sizable mid-century modern vase features a striking matte black glaze a...

Unbelievable stoneware masterpiece of the famous Italian Artist Marcello Fantoni in blue glazed ceramic with white ceramic laces decorated. Every design museum would be happy to have...

Marcello Fantoni and Gian Paolo blown glass and fused metal vase, having an organic form executed in blueglass with cold painted metal accents.

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni began studying ceramic art at age 12 at the Art Institute of Florence with ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, artistic director of the famed Cantagalli Factory. He continued years of training in ceramics and the arts, including sculpture with Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti, and figurative art with Gianni Vagnetti, graduating as a maestro of art in 1934. After a stint as art director for a ceramics factory in Perugia, in 1936 he opened the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence. Here he produced ceramic series as well as unique pieces, sculptures and furnishings. In 1937 Fantoni’s pieces were exhibited in the Florence National Arts and Crafts Exhibit where their unique combination of rustic forms decorated with African and marine motifs and painted figures garnered considerable acclaim. By the start of World War II Fantoni’s melding of ancient Italian pottery techniques with decidedly Modernist elements had won him artistic and commercial success both in Italy and abroad. Having participated in the resistance, after the War Fantoni worked for the 500-year old Maiolica factory in Deruta, Umbria, renowned for its signature tin-glazed pottery. In the 1950s he refocused on his Florence studio, dedicating himself to larger sculptural pieces...

Alvino Bagni for Raymor vase, ceramic, orange, green, brown, signed. Tall cylinder vase with a subtle textured sand glaze of bright orange, gree...

Mid-Century Modern Italian diabolo shaped and goat leather wrapped pottery vase by Marcello Fantoni,depicting the abstract image of a girl.

This hand decorated midcentury ceramic vase was designed by highly regarded Italian sculptor Marcello Fantoni for American importer Raymor. The 13" tall vase has a flattened double gourd form and features colorful glaze executed in shades of blue, green, purple, blue and black. As seen in the accompanying photographs the glaze has a textural, layered quality with long drips and alligatored areas characteristic of the complexity of Fantoni's work. The underside of the piece is signed Fantoni for Raymor along with its country of origin, Italy. A striking example of fine ceramics well suited as an addition to an existing collection of Fantoni pieces or to a wider assembly of fine midcentury ceramics...

1970's sculptural porcelain vase by Carpie Italy for Raymor, in vintage original condition with minor wear and patina due to age and use.