May 2008

Metro Modern is proud to showcase a small grouping of ceramics by Richmond collector, KENT BRYANT. What started as a small interest forBryant, quickly became passionate acquisition, demonstrating both depth and breadth in his collection. In less than a decade, Bryant has accumulated so much information and provenance on each piece acquired, making him a knowledgeable and valuable expert in ceramics. Some of the ceramic pieces are by established ceramicists while others were designed by avant garde artists who pushed ceramics into new design. Pottery displayed in the store offers but a sampling of many pieces designed by specific artists for various ceramic studios. Represented in the collection areRaymor, Monterey Jade, Royal Copenhagen, Rosenthal, Hyalyn,Soholm, Franciscan. The collection includes spatterware, lava, metallic,sgraffitto, high glaze, matte, etched or combinations created during late 1930s through the 1970s.