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Otto and Vivika Heino Studio Pottery Vase, c1970 drip glaze with impressed designs, with two bird head handles at mouth. Total height x 5 x 4 inches. Great condition, no chips or cracks. We have a fine selection of quality items for sale at Amphora Art & Antiques. The authenticity of all items listed are guaranteed to be as represented – all efforts are taken to ensure accurate and descriptive condition reports and photographs. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Decorative Pottery & Glassware\Vases”. The seller is “amphora_art_antiques” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Production Technique: Pottery
• Material: Ceramic
• Theme: Studio
• Type: Vase
• Year Manufactured: 1970
• Brand: Handmade
• Production Style: Art Pottery
• Time Period Manufactured: 1970-1979

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Otto Heino Master Ceramist Rare Glaze- Ovoid Shape -Shibui Mission Style Excellent Vase. Marked on bottom “Otto”-“01″. Hand Done on wheel hand glazed all by Otto Heino and from his estate. Dark Gray with Black Spots glaze and Brown Shadow Glaze – Black top rim and Black Bottom rim. Perfect Example of Otto Heino Art Pottery and A Must in any Art Pottery Collection. MEASURES: 6″ x 4 1/2″. PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! The Finnish American Heino, who worked in collaboration with his wife until her death in 1995, earned an international reputation for robust yet beautiful wheel-thrown stoneware with artistically applied glazes that included glossy cobalt blues, silky reds and raspy earth tones. In the mid-1990s, he became celebrated in Asia for a buttery yellow glaze that he and his wife had labored on for more than a decade. “Otto’s work is a wonderful blending of Scandinavian modernism and Japanese folk pottery, ” said Jo Lauria, a coauthor of the ceramics book “Color and Fire” (2000). He had a macho relationship with clay, and it was a badge of honor to be able to throw huge pieces, but they were always functional, emphasizing the sensuality of the glaze, the way in which it catches the light and invites you to touch it. Heino’s handmade vessels, which retain the ridges his fingers formed when shaping the clay, exhibit a style that was wholly his own. Gerard O’Brien, owner of the Reform Gallery in Los Angeles, which sells the Heinos’ pieces, called the potter’s work “hearty and gutsy” and ruggedly American. Still actively producing work for museums, international collectors and his home gallery until his death, Heino could throw 100-pound mounds of clay into 24-inch-wide platters. Without assistants or apprentices, he fired kilns of his own design, producing thousands of pieces a year. Though he indulged a passion for cars, purchasing a Rolls-Royce and a Bentley, Heino was also a philanthropist, donating his work and funds to ceramic institutions and the Ventura County Museum of History and Art, which staged exhibitions of his work in 1995 and 2005. He was even more generous with his time, teaching, demonstrating and mentoring generations of potters from around the world. Christy Johnson, director and curator of the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, said the Heinos represented a time when the artist’s character was considered to be part of the beauty of their pieces. Their devotion to the work, to each other, and to teaching contributed to the fine quality of the work. Don Pilcher, a potter who studied under the Heinos at Chouinard Art Institute, said they were devoted to their craft and to passing along their knowledge as a legacy. Watching Otto fire a kiln was a master class in care, precision and patience, I never saw anybody more reluctant to turn off a kiln. It was as if he were having an affair with the fire. Otto Heino was born April 20, 1915, in East Hampton, Conn. The fifth of 12 children of Finnish immigrants August and Lena Heino. He was raised on a New Hampshire farm where every child played a musical instrument; Otto’s was trombone. The large family survived the Great Depression raising dairy cattle and delivering milk. By the start of World War II, Heino had established a successful trucking business. For five years, he served in the Army Air Forces as a fighter plane crew chief and a B-17 gunner. During this time, he changed his Finnish first name, Aho, to Otto, which, along with his blond hair and blue eyes, helped him survive when he was twice shot down over Germany. On a furlough in England, the war-weary hero visited the pottery studio of Bernard Leach, who had introduced Japanese techniques to British ceramics. After the war, Heino attended the League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts on the GI Bill. He married his pottery instructor, Vivika Timeriasieff, in 1950. Two years later, they moved to Los Angeles when she succeeded glazing master Glen Lukens in a teaching post at USC. Heino’s mechanical skills and education in ceramics helped him land a job with NASA working on rockets and space capsules. In the mid-1950s, the couple lived and worked in a Victorian house on Hoover Street in Los Angeles. Heino earned the 1978 gold medal at the Sixth Biennial International de Ceramique in Vallauris, France, for a pot with two birds perched on the rim. He and Vivika showed their work at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the American Craft Museum in New York, now called the Museum of Arts & Design. Even after having a pacemaker installed in 2008, Heino remained indefatigable, telling The Times, Never hurry, never worry. If you’re negative, you’ll never make it. The Pottery, which had been open to the public, has been closed. The item “Otto Heino Master American Art Potter Mission Shibui Style Spotted Glaze Vase” is in sale since Sunday, August 15, 2021. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Studio/ Handcrafted Pottery”. The seller is “1kul57″ and is located in Laurel, Maryland. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Handmade: Yes
• Production Technique: Hand Spun on Wheel Art Pottery
• Style: Arts & Crafts/Mission Style/Mid-Century
• Material: Art Pottery
• Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
• Type: Vase
• Object Type: Vase
• Color: Brown/Black
• Production Style: Art Pottery

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Ancient yellow very rare Vase by Otto Heino. Signed with his signature mark of a circle + & 10 03. It measures 4 in high, 4 in wide, 12 in around or circumference and 1 inch mouth opening. This color or glaze is in Museums worldwide and in private collections, seldom available. It was hand thrown and is an original piece by Otto Heino. This important Chinese yellow glaze, which is a rich buttery yellow is from the Chin Dynasty. The recipe was lost and Heino is the only one who was able to re-discover the recipe for the glaze in 1995. He was offered millions for it, but kept it’s secret, never passing it to anyone and that’s why this is RARE! The close up of the bottom and signage is a better image of actual color, the others are a little darker than it is. There are no chips, no cracks and no hairlines. Any collector of pottery must own this piece. The color is hard to capture in a photo, but it is the softest yellow that is soothing, calming and even makes you smile. The item “OTTO HEINO Chinese yellow vase, signed. RARE GLAZE! Vintage/Original” is in sale since Monday, April 19, 2021. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Studio/ Handcrafted Pottery”. The seller is “elm-wood” and is located in Fallbrook, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Main Color: Buttery Yellow
• Material: Clay
• Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
• Object Type: Vase
• Color: yellow

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Exquisite bottle vase by Gertrud and Otto Natzler. Hand-thrown in Los Angeles mid-century. 14″h x 4″dia. Signed with original paper label, inventory #N866. Minor hairline to neck; otherwise excellent. The item “Otto & Gertrud Natzler Pottery Bottle Vase Beautiful Glaze MCM Mid-Century” is in sale since Thursday, September 24, 2020. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Studio/ Handcrafted Pottery”. The seller is “asteroid_treasure” and is located in New York, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.

• Object Type: Vase
• Material: Clay
• Style: Mid-Century Modern
• Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
• Handmade: Yes
• Color: Multi-Color

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Ancient yellow very rare Vase by Otto Heino. Signed with his signature mark of a circle + & 10 03. It measures 4 in high, 12 in round and 1 in mouth opening. This color or glaze is in Museums worldwide and in private collections, seldom available. It was hand thrown and is an original piece by Otto Heino. This important Chinese yellow glaze, which is a rich buttery yellow is from the Chin Dynasty. The recipe was lost and Heino is the only one who was able to re-discover the recipe for the glaze in 1995. He was offered millions for it, but kept it’s secret, never passing it to anyone and that’s why this is RARE! There are no chips, no cracks and no hairlines. Any collector of pottery must own this piece. The color is hard to capture in a photo, but it is the softest yellow that is soothing, calming and even makes you smile. The item “OTTO HEINO Chinese yellow vase, signed. RARE GLAZE! Vintage/Original” is in sale since Monday, October 7, 2019. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Studio/ Handcrafted Pottery”. The seller is “elm-wood” and is located in Fallbrook, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Material: Clay
• Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
• Object Type: Vase
• Color: yellow
• Main Color: Buttery Yellow

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Ancient yellow very rare Vase by Otto Heino. Signed with his signature mark of a circle + & 10 03. It measures 4 in high, 12 in round and 1 in mouth opening. The item “OTTO HEINO Rare ancient yellow vase, signed” is in sale since Saturday, December 29, 2018. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Pottery & China\Art Pottery\Studio/ Handcrafted Pottery”. The seller is “elm-wood” and is located in Fallbrook, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Main Color: Yellow

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