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Technique: Hand-Painted
Orientalistic Mantelclock
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Mantelckock representing a meharist on a dromedary, patinated spelter with gilded details.
The armor consists in sabre, pistol and rifle with fixed bajonet.
The dial has blue enamel ...
Category
1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Hand-Painted Antiquities
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Chinese Painted Stucco Head of a Luohan, Song Dynasty, 11th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A remarkable Chinese life sized painted stucco head of a luohan, Song, Liao or Jin Dynasty, circa 11th century, China.
The amazingly life-like figure depicts a luohan (sometime spelled lohan), also known as an arhat, one of the original disciples of the Buddha. The elderly man has been molded in stucco with inset glass eyes and painted with idealized, if slightly exaggerated features.
The unidentified luohan sports a bald, or perhaps shaved, domed head above a bulging forehead, symbolizing his vast wisdom. The wrinkles in his furrowed brow, and creases around his eyes add to his realism. The learned man stares out wisely from deep set, heavily lidded inlaid glass eyes that catch the light.
The luohan has high cheekbones and a prominent jawline. His lips full and pursed as if about to speak. The corners of his mouth turned up ever so slightly in a faint smile, causing his gaunt cheeks to dimple charismatically. A series of dots above the upper lip indicate he may originally have sported a mustache of real hair.
This life sized head with extremely realistic features fits into a very narrow time frame of Chinese Buddhist art. Perhaps the most recognized group of large, finely molded Chinese luohan...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Hand-Painted Antiquities
Materials
Glass, Stucco
17th Century Pair of Painted Terra Cotta Chinese Gentlemen on Horses
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a unique pair of painted Chinese terra cotta gentlemen in native costumes on horseback, purported to be Ming.
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Hand-Painted Antiquities
Materials
Clay
19th Century Chinese Wooden Rice Box with Hand Painted Decorations
Located in Leuven , BE
Beautiful Chinese wooden rice box tracing back to 19th century China with hand painted decorations. A rare find filled with history !
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Hand-Painted Antiquities
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Painted Commode
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian painted commode in black and white from Siena.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Hand-Painted Antiquities
Materials
Wood
