Talavera de la Reyna Decorative Bowls

This impressive one of a kind vide-poche is a true representation of Cesar Torres's work. This beautiful decorative dish is formed by a flower texture and designed with a modern influence. The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into Fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques. One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather. All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting. Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...

A large Lebrillo bowl, made in Granada, Spain in the late 18th century. Hand decorated using blue paints, most likely formed using a variety of ground mi...

This "statement making" oversized highly decorated bowl in hand painted crisp multi colors of blue, pale yellow, white, orange, and pale blue is in excellent and all original condit...

Our oval pedestal bowl is great for holding fruit, plants, decorative objects, faux succulents and specially everyone's attention. You can have it on display on a kitchen counter or ...

A large 19th c. Spanish Fajalauza "Lebrillo" from Granada. A lebrillo is a large ceramic bowl with rim. This antique glazed terracotta bowl features a green lily flower with decorati...

19th c. earthenware bowl from Granada, Spain painted in blue over a milk-white glaze. This deep bowl features a hand-painted bird with leaf motif on the bottom of the bowl with decor...

Italian midcentury Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini blue ceramic centerpiece bowl, Italy, 1950-1960s. Unusual large scale 14,17 in diameter Mid-Century Modern blue glazed ceramic (Rimini Bl...

19th c. earthenware bowl from Granada, Spain painted in blue over a milk-white glaze. This deep bowl features a hand-painted floral and leaf motif on the bottom of the bowl with deco...

Striking gold and black centerpiece bowl by Westwood Ware California Pottery. The gold contrasts beautifully with the matte black pattern on the...

19th c. earthenware bowl from Granada, Spain painted in blue over a milk-white glaze. This deep bowl features a hand-painted floral and leaf motif on the bottom of the bowl with deco...

19th c. earthenware bowl from Granada, Spain painted in blue over a milk-white glaze. This deep bowl features a hand-painted bird with leaf motif on the bottom of the bowl with decor...

19th c. earthenware bowl from Granada, Spain painted in blue over a milk-white glaze. This deep bowl features a hand-painted floral and leaf motif on the bottom of the bowl with deco...