Researchers also noted that the figurine was made of Mesopotamian clay, unlike the “coarse red ware” ceramics usually seen throughout the Arabian Gulf, suggesting the Ubaids had imported their ...

At first glance, his ceramic works are fanciful and fun—full of bold hues and imaginary creatures that he has ... Croes builds up his sculptures like collage, piecing together images and forms.

Kansas State University art historian ... Columbian ceramics. Mangus also developed a menagerie of strange and wonderful creatures that came to populate his works. They included figures resembling ...