Salt-Fired Porcelain Vase – Martin Schlotz Studio, Contemporary

Unique vessel by German ceramic artist Martin Schlotz, formed from grey chamotte porcelain and finished with Limoges engobe and salt firing. Its stepped cylindrical and conical profile is enriched by an atmospheric surface in ivory, ochre, bronze-brown and graphite tones.

• Dimensions: H 35 cm, Dia. 13.5 cm
  
• Opening: Dia. 5.5 cm
  
• Material: grey-coloured chamotte porcelain (schamottiertes Porzellan)
  
• Technique: Salt-fired porcelain
  
• Designer: Martin Schlotz
  
• Color: Ivory, beige, ochre, bronze-brown and graphite
  
• Condition: Excellent condition; no chips, cracks or restorations.
  
• Era: Contemporary
  
• Origin: Germany
  
• Remarks: Unique work documented in the artist’s archive under number 1804. Schlotz confirmed that it is the only porcelain vessel of this type he produced using salt firing. Formerly part of a noted private collection in Freiburg.

The vase has enough presence for a console, sideboard or pedestal while remaining suitable for an open shelf. Its muted mineral palette works particularly well in contemporary, modernist and wabi-sabi interiors, displayed unfilled or with a single dry branch.

Martin Schlotz (born 1959 in Niederstetten) is a German ceramic artist known for precisely wheel-thrown vessels in stoneware and porcelain, distinguished by strong geometric forms and highly developed glazes. After training in France and at the Freie Kunstschule Nürtingen, he studied ceramics under Professor Volker Ellwanger in Mainz from 1987 to 1992. His works have been exhibited in Berlin, Paris and Zürich, as well as at BRAFA Brussels, and are represented in the collections of the Pinakothek der Moderne, GRASSI Museum Leipzig and other German museums. In 2016, AD Germany named him among the country’s 50 best designers.