![]() In appearance, these streamlined vessels seem much more ethereal and delicate than ancient Anatolian pottery. Their ample bodies invite the viewer to contemplate the silence of the space they hold within. ![]() They stand on a tiny, non-visible foot, which lightly lifts the bowls from the surface they stand on, endowing them with a gravity-defying stance. Unlike ancient Anatolian wares, they are made of denser, high-fire, gray-white stoneware, giving strength to their thin walls, and they are built with a combination of complex, wheel-thrown and coil-built techniques. These bowls are curvaceous, thin walled, and wide rimmed. ![]() ![]() However, they present quite a contrast to the formal diversity of ancient Anatolian ceramics, as they focus and elaborate on subtle variations of a single reductive bowl form. Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye, Untitled, 2011, ceramic, 5.2 x 9.9 x 9.9 inchesĪlev Ebüzziya’s vessels are characterized by their proud stance and pristine outlines. ![]()
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