Wilshire Center

Roseline Delisle’s porcelain pieces are crisply self-contained creations smartly turned out in bright blue and black-and-white stripes. The bodies of these non-utilitarian objects--christened with such neo-chic names as “Tryptique” and “Fusiform”--swell gently from small bases and balance a refined array of postmodern add-ons. Small cones, little balls and flaring shapes that look like spinning tops or truncated sugar bowls give each piece a studiously playful severity.

Ken Ferguson’s deft, humorous black stoneware incorporates the images of long-eared rabbits in some unexpected places. A teapot with a slouching spout has a high-rising handle (like an Easter basket) that metamorphoses into a hare’s head. More gamboling rabbits are ever-so-lightly etched into the sides of the pot. A footed bowl with a medley of hares and turtles is shaped like the Mad Hatter’s hat. Painted with a green slip, Ferguson’s pieces have rough, blistered surfaces that retain many traces of the potter’s pinching, shaping hand. The effect is marvelously vivacious. (Garth Clark Gallery, 170 S. La Brea Ave., to Jan. 31.)