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Ceramic Insect Sculpture

Contemporary Sculpture Red White Snail Pile Insect Animal Ceramic Glaze
By Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
Red-shelled snail pile (2019) by Bethany Krull. Ceramic, glaze.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Untitled, gray biomorphic floral ceramic sculpture, 2017
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams’s ceramic sculptures play on the concept of adaptive radiation, whereby a
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Primordial Garden J6, green biomorphic floral ceramic sculpture, 2015
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams creates sculptures that play on biological concepts, specifically adaptive
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Paleofuturismo (Mud Ceramic Contemporary Mexican Prehispanic)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
In his series Paleofuturismo, 2023, the artist presents a series of sculptures inspired by the
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2010s Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Paleofuturismo (Mud Ceramic Contemporary Mexican Prehispanic)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
In his series Paleofuturismo, 2023, the artist presents a series of sculptures inspired by the
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2010s Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Early 20th Century French Cold-Painted Ceramic Beetle Sculpture by Ernest Dubois
By Ernest Dubois
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century french cold-painted had-crafted ceramic beetle sculpture by Ernest Dubois By
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Animal Sculptures

Materials

Paint, Ceramic

God of Honey: Melipona Bee (Mud Ceramic Prehispanic Contemporary Mexican)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
In his series Paleofuturismo, 2023, the artist presents a series of sculptures inspired by the
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2010s Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Round, soft-green, ceramic "Roly Poly" by Bethany Krull
By Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This soft, green, ceramic sculptural depiction of a Roly Poly insect by New York artist Bethany
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rubber, Ceramic, Paint

Antique Canton Rose Medallion 'Famille Rose' Porcelain Vase, China, 19th Century
Located in Cotignac, FR
motifs. Canton or Cantonese porcelain is the characteristic style of ceramic ware decorated in
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Mid-19th Century Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Ssssssumptuos Teapot
Located in Kansas City, MO
, contemporary ceramics, contemporary fine art, ceramic artists, sculpture, contemporary sculpture, jewelry
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Silver

Patricia Miranda, Lamentations for Ermenegilda; 2020, lace, cochineal dye, thread
By Patricia Miranda
Located in Darien, CT
from oak gall wasp nests, cochineal insects, turmeric, indigo, and clay. She forages for raw materials
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2010s Feminist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Dye, Found Objects, Ceramic, Fabric, Thread

Mexican Hanging Ceramic Fucsia Corn Clay Decorative Rustic Piece Contemporary
By Omar Hernández
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This astonishing 160 cm tall corn assemblage is made up of authentic ceramic corn cob reproductions
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2010s Mexican Organic Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Terracotta, Clay

Patricia Miranda, Lamentations for Rebecca; 2020, lace, cochineal dye, thread
By Patricia Miranda
Located in Darien, CT
from oak gall wasp nests, cochineal insects, turmeric, indigo, and clay. She forages for raw materials
Category

2010s Feminist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Fabric, Thread, Dye, Found Objects

Ceramic Statuette Representing Immortal Li Tieguai Yellow Blue China 19thCentury
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Ceramic statuette from Shiwan partially glazed in yellow and blue representing Li Tieguai standing
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Terracotta

Birds & Geometry, No. 1: Abstract Ceramic Work on Panel, Black Birds & Blue Tile
By Anne Francey
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract ceramic wall sculpture on panel of black birds and mosaic blue and teal tile 13 x 13
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze, Mixed Media

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Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1950s Pair of Carved Aztec Onyx Stone Bookends. Mexican Aztec Mayan Figure Onyx Book Ends.Hand carved marble stone pyramid Aztec Mayan. Pair of vintage marble onyx Aztec May...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Bookends

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Copper and Brass Parrot by Sergio Bustamante
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Cathedral City, CA
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Vintage 1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Art Deco Streamline Lounge Chair Designed by Gilbert Rohde for Heywood Wakefield
By Heywood-Wakefield Co., Gilbert Rohde
Located in Buffalo, NY
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Lounge Chairs

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Collection of 3 Large Insects in Solid Lucite Boxes Spider Hornet & Stag Beetle
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice collection of Frozen insects circa 1970's , in solid lucite boxes.
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20th Century American American Classical Natural Specimens

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Japanese SHIBAYAMA carving with mushroom, insects and phallus
Located in Hudson, NY
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Early 20th Century Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Charming Pair of English Antique Garden Oil Paintings
Located in Port Chester, NY
Would be very pretty oil in old frame, sweet for a girl's room. Nicely done, very pretty flowers. Charming in the shabby chic manner. Measurement below is for the larger painting. T...
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Early 20th Century English Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Wood

Hand Carved Marble Stone Pyramid Aztec Mayan
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of vintage green and white marble Aztec Mayan stone bookends. Vintage handcrafted large heavy natural marble bookends with Aztec Mayan green head on a pyramidal form. These ar...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Paperweights

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Marble

Mid Century James Mont Ashtray
By James Mont
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Beautiful and unique ashtray attributed to James Mont, circa 1960s. Has a Mayan/Aztec theme design throughout. Mostly in great shape with some light damage to the ashtray tray. 6...
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Mid-20th Century Taiwanese Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

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Metal, Brass

Mid Century James Mont Ashtray
Mid Century James Mont Ashtray
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Gabriella Crespi Brass Pill Cigarette Card Box Italian, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
Gabriella Crespi brass pill cigarette card box Italian, 1970s Measures: 4.4 inches wide on each side 0.3 inches deep Born in 1922, Gabriella Crespi studies architecture at the...
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Gaston Lachaise Alva Moa Sculpture Marble Base Philadelphia Museum
By Gaston Lachaise
Located in San Diego, CA
Gaston Lachaise for Alva Studios abstracted insect sculpture for the Philadelphia Museum of art. Black marble base. Retains the original foil label. Signed under the wing. Gaston L...
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Vintage 1960s American Animal Sculptures

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Brass

Gold Rebar Chair With Red Velvet Upholstery
By Troy Smith Studio
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Pharaoh lounge chair is part of the Rebar series created by Troy Smith. Rebar is the steel used in the forming of concrete to give it strength. The rebar is heated with acetylene...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Art Deco Side Chairs

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Oil On Canvas " two ballerinas " By Maria Szantho with Frame
By Maria Szantho
Located in Gavere, BE
"Two Ballerinas Oil On Canvas By Maria Szantho Frame" Nice and large painting "two ballerinas", painted by the female artist Maria Szantho (1897 - 1998) Hungarian school. Maria Szant...
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1960s Realist Nude Paintings

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Vintage Mayan Aztec Marble Large Ashtray Centerpiece
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage brown marble square ashtray Mayan Aztec hand carved in natural earth tones. Great Post Modern style design on this hand carved polished marble, large ashtray circa 1960s-70s ...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

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Vintage Mexican Blanket with Aztec Figure, Throw Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
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Vintage South American Handwoven Textile Made into a Poncho in Ivory, Red, Blue
Located in Barrington, IL
Vintage South American handwoven textile made into a poncho from the mid 20th century.  The piece is put together by hand stitching three individually woven textile pieces and formed...
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Small Vintage Aztec Idol Figure, South American, Obsidian, Mayan Sculpture, 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small vintage Aztec idol figure. A South American, obsidian Mayan sculpture, dating to the Mid-20th Century, circa 1950. Distinctive chief figure with striking stone qua...
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Mid-20th Century South American Abstract Sculptures

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Stone

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Untitled (29 piece installation)
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
development of a national park system and collecting insects. He then returned to Harvard working as
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

19th Century Pair of Palissy Ware Portuguese Wall Plates by Jose A. Cunha
By José da Cunha Taborda
Located in Brisbane, Queensland
-dimensional modelled and applied snakes, lizards, frogs and insects on a ground of textured mossy 'grass'. The
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Antique 1870s Portuguese Rustic Mounted Objects

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Ceramic

Pink and Red Flower Anemone 2 - inspired from flowers and plants, red, white
By Frances Doherty
Located in Milton, AU
, sculpture, clay, ceramic gardener flowers, fine art, Frances Doherty, blue, green, yellow, leaves, seasons
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Still-life Sculptures

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Red Protea - the secret worlds inside these flowers, red, white, green, yellow
By Frances Doherty
Located in Milton, AU
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Green Flower Sea Anemone - a secret worlds inside these flowers, green, black
By Frances Doherty
Located in Milton, AU
, sculpture, clay, ceramic gardener flowers, fine art, Frances Doherty, blue, green, yellow, leaves, seasons
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Maltese Cross Sea Urchin - inspired from secret worlds inside flowers, red, blue
By Frances Doherty
Located in Milton, AU
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Still-life Sculptures

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19th Century Minton Bird and Insect Dessert Service 17 Pieces
By Minton
Located in London, GB
handpainted with birds perched upon branches, and further detailed with Insects and heightened in Gilt. With
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Antique Late 19th Century British Tableware

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Christopher Adams, Primordial Garden L3, Ceramic sculpture, 2015
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams creates sculptures that play on biological concepts, specifically adaptive
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2010s Art Nouveau Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic

Christopher Adams, Primordial Garden A2, Ceramic sculpture, 2015
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams creates sculptures that play on biological concepts, specifically adaptive
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay, Glaze

Chinese Botanical Wall Plates with Flora and Insects, Set of Three
Located in Elkhart, IN
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Untitled (black and grey)
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Primordial Garden J5
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams Primordial Garden J5, 2015 Ceramic 7 x 9 x 3 inches Christopher Adams creates
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Rose and Erni Cabat Glazed Porcelain Feelie Vase, Pink, Cream Ceramic Sculpture
By Rose Cabat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rose and Erni Cabat Glazed Porcelain Feelie Vase, White, Pink,. Cream Ceramic. Signed and dated
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By Sara Cole
Located in Riverdale, NY
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Human Ecology Blue
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By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams’s ceramic sculptures play on the concept of adaptive radiation, whereby a
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Christopher Adams, Untitled, abstract flora-like ceramic sculpture, 2016
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams’s ceramic sculptures play on the concept of adaptive radiation, whereby a
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Christopher Adams, Primordial Garden S 2, Ceramic sculpture, 2015
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams creates sculptures that play on biological concepts, specifically adaptive
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Primordial Garden J7, gray and black biomorphic flora-like ceramic sculpture
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Adams creates sculptures that play on biological concepts, specifically adaptive
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Primordial Garden L4, black and tan biomorphic flora-like ceramic sculpture
By Christopher Adams
Located in New York, NY
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

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Porcelain Bird, Yellow Shafted Flicker by Boehm, Limited Edition
Located in Norwood, NJ
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By Ann Mallory
Located in Seattle, WA
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By Frances Doherty
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