Wayne Ngan Ceramics On Sale

Here’s your chance to acquire older works—some priced as low as $40—by Wayne Ngan, one of Canada’s most distinguished ceramic artists.

SALE ALERT | (25-10-2013) If there were such a thing as ceramic arts royalty in Canada, Wayne Ngan, just named the recipient of the 2013 British Columbia Creative Achievement Award of Distinction, would be considered a crowned head. Not that the much-honoured Ngan, who for the past several decades has lived and worked on coolly bohemian Hornby Island, would remotely approve of the moniker. He’s way too humble—not to mention too busy firing beautiful presentation pots in the Sung-dynasty-inspired kiln in his studio, or casting large-scale bronze sculptures in China—to spend time thinking about things like that.

This coming Friday and Saturday, Ngan’s daughters Gailan and Goya have organized a sale of their father’s works at a gallery on East Georgia Street in Vancouver. “We have a large selection of tea bowls, decorated plates, bottles and vases that span a prolific production period from the mid 1980s until now,” says Gailan, herself a highly successful potter, including “some pieces from Wayne’s private collection that have been stored away for the last 25-plus years.”

Wayne Ngan’s ceramic works are priced from $40 to $2,500, and his small bronze sculptures from $2,000 to $10,000. The three items pictured directly above are a 2002 tall salt glaze hakeme bottle, $2,200; a 2002 blue salt glaze vase, $600, and a 2006 “oilspot” closed bowl, $500. —Carolann Rule

Wayne Ngan’s ceramics will be for sale in Vancouver at 884 East Georgia Street on Friday, October 25, from 6-9 p.m., and on Saturday, October 26, from 1-5 p.m. (604-764-8465). For more on Wayne Ngan, visit waynengan.com.

Photos, top to bottom: Wayne Ngan via Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, courtesy Gailan Ngan