Contemporary Ceramics

Forthcoming Auction

Gallery Viewing 11 - 22 September

Bidding Live 16 - 22 September

We are currently accepting entries to our forthcoming sale. For a free valuation with a view to sell please contact our contemporary ceramics specialist, Marijke Varrall Jones, at mvarrall-jones@auctionatrium.com or +44 (0) 207 792 9020.

Auction Information

Auction Atrium has been holding regular sales of Contemporary Ceramics organised by Marijke Varrall-Jones, since June 2009. With a programme of three  to four sales  scheduled per year, each auction offers a varied and wide ranging representation of the very best international artists from the Studio Pottery movement. With an extensive and international buying audience the sales have achieved enormous success.

Works regularly offered for sale range from the early 20^th century pioneer potters such as Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, William Staite Murray, Charles Vyse and Michael Cardew through to their many followers including David Leach, William Marshall, Richard Batterham and Jim Malone. The modernist potters Lucie Rie and Hans Coper are well represented and continue to do very well at auction. Equally, interest in post-war artists including Gordon Baldwin, Ewen Henderson, Ian Godfrey and Joanna Constantinidis remains strong. Whilst the market for contemporary artists such as Gabriele Koch, Rupert Spira, Kate Malone and Edmund de Waal is thriving.

About the Specialist: Marijke Varrall-Jones

Marijke Varrall-Jones was formerly Head of Contemporary Ceramics at Bonhams, having joined the department in 2004. The department was considered a world leader in the field, organising regular sales of the very best in International Contemporary Ceramics in London and New York until its closure in late 2008. In early 2009 Marijke established maak a specialist Consultancy specialising in Contemporary Ceramic Art. Through maak Marijke offers individually tailored consultancy services, in combination with the regular auctions of Contemporary Ceramics through Auction Atrium. She is also a consultant lecturer on Contemporary Ceramics and the Market at Sotheby’s Institute, London, contributing to the MA in Contemporary Design, as well as a number of other post graduate courses.

Recent Sale Highlights

Lot 12721 Lucie Rie (British, 1902-1995), A large footed Bowl, circa 1960   Sold 10 March £5,520	Lot 12723 Hans Coper (German/British, 1920-1981), An early angular Pot, circa 1958   Sold 10 March £3,000	Lot 12797 Nicholas Homoky (Hungarian/British, b.1950), A Teapot   Sold 10 March 2010 £2,640
Lot 12090 Lucie Rie (British, 1902-1995), A footed Bowl, circa 1971   Sold 24 November £8,400	Lot 12088 Lucie Rie (British, 1902-1995), A footed Bowl, circa 1979   Sold 24 November £8,100	Lot 12049 Bernard Leach (British, 1887-1979), A bottle Vase, circa 1965   Sold 10 March £5,040