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Pre Columbian Terracotta Chimu Vessel Pottery
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pre-Columbian terracotta Chimu vessel pottery - explore the rich history of ancient artistry with this unique artifact as an enduring testament to the artistic value of the ancient C...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta, Pottery
Early walnut term
Located in Grange-Over-Sands, GB
A 17thC carved walnut term. A corner fragment from something. It could depict Paris of Troy enacting the myth the Judgement of Paris.
Dimensions:
H 42cm
W 10cm
D 8cm
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
Rare Swedish Öland Limestone Spitting Cup from the Early 1800s
Located in Farsta, SE
Rare Swedish Öland Limestone Spitting Cup from the Early 1800s
Patina and wear is whats really build character in this piece.
Time and stone truly come together in this remarkable i...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Qing-Dynasty Ochre Glazed Vinegar Jar
Located in Kastrup, DK
Chinese brown ochre green glazed stoneware vinegar storage jar.
Decorative with god, natural patina.
Historically these jars were used to ferment and store vinegar in a Qing-dynasty...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Gandharan Stucco Head of the Buddha, 3rd-5th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Greco-Buddhist stucco head of the Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, circa 3rd-5th century.
A fragment of a larger statue, the Buddha's face...
Category
Pakistani Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stucco
Hand Carved Crafted Fruit Wood Coco Georgian Victorian Tea Caddy Centerpiece LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Crafted Fruit Wood Coco Georgian Victorian Tea Caddy Centerpiece LA
Very rare 19th century George III to Victorian coco nut “Coco de M...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Two Pairs, 18th Century Mandarin Pallet Chinese Export Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
On left:
Pair of early 18th century mandarin pallet Chinese vases decorated with various scenes and gilt handles (on neck), orange ground with blue borders around scenes, visible rep...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Crabby Time Capsule: Fossilized Eocene Crab from Monte Baldo Italy
Located in New York, NY
This exceptional fossilized crab (Harpactocarcinus) originates from the Eocene period and was discovered in Monte Baldo, Italy. Measuring 4 inches in height, this well-preserved spec...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Pair Chinese Export Famille Rose Figures of Immortals, 18th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A near pair of Chinese export porcelain figures of the Taoist immortal Li Tieguai, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century, China.
The Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai, on of the Eight Immortals...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Grey Druzy Quartz Keokuk Geode
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Geode from the Keokuk, Iowa area containing a variety of minerals with a quartz druzy interior. It took around 240 million years to create the beautiful quartz crystals covering the interior walls of the Keokuk geode...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Delft Tin-glazed Earthenware Vase Garniture Set
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning group of three antique Dutch Delftware tin-glazed pottery vessels. circa 1775
Exquisitely hand-crafted in the late 18th century, co...
Category
Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Important Renaissance Medical Box Spanish or Italian Workshop, Around 1550
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Renaissance Medical Box. Spanish Or Italian Workshop, Around 1550
Renaissance Medical Casket with stepped lid and vaulted flanked dome. Polychro...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Kendi, Transitional Period, 17th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Chinese shipwreck blue and white decorated large porcelain kendi, or pouring vessel, Transitional Period, late Ming or early Qing Dynasty, mid...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 17C Japanese Porcelain Blue White Edo Period Arita Jug Ewer Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Nice & Beautiful Arita Japanese Porcelain Jug . Scene with flowers.
This 17th Century Japanese Export Porcelain Jug or Ewer, Arita Kilns c.1670-1690 is painted in lovel...
Category
Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of English Queen Anne Brass Petal Base Candlesticks, c1730
Located in valatie, NY
A Pair of English Queen Anne Brass Petal Base Candlesticks, c1730. The three lobed shafts were cast in two parts and are on a hexagonal raised petal base. The base was cast separatel...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Delft Blue and White Theeboom Pattern Chargers 18th Century
By The Claw
Located in Katonah, NY
This set of three Dutch delft chargers in the "Theeboom" pattern shows a tea plant with a fan-shaped bouquet of leaves and flowers.
This is one of the most beautiful designs hand-p...
Category
Dutch Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Delft
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile: Vase with flowers, 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Circa 1620 – 1640
A blue and white Dutch tile with the decoration of a vase with flowers.
The scene is painted within a cartouche with a Wanli corner design, inspire...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Amazing Table Clock "Charles Baltazar/a Paris" 1760, 18th Century All Restored
By France"
Located in Madrid, ES
Very Important Table Clock
French, circa 1760.
Box in ebonized wood, with appliqués in gilded bronze, decorated with flowers and plant motifs.
Enameled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals marked "CHARLES BALTAZAR...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Small Orange, Tan Druzy Quartz Stalactite Formation Resembling a Scholars Rock
Located in London, GB
A small piece preserving a beautiful stalactite covered in orange-tan druzy quartz. The lower edges polished to reveal a relatively thick celadonite shell.
Measures: Dimensions of...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Oak Cased Grandfather Clock by Benjamin Lamprey, Burford
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Benjamin Lamprey Long Case Clock.
A wonderful Grandfather clock by the Cotswold clock maker Benjamin Lamprey, Burford. A mid-18th century oak longcase clock with 11-inch square bras...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Early 18th Century Blue and White Dutch Delft Clobbered Vase
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A blue and white Dutch delft vase made circa 1700, with clobbered-style polychrome enamels added in the mid-18th century.
This brightly colored blue and white Dutch delft vase is a ...
Category
Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Delft, Pottery
Diminutive Welsh Coffer
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scarce Welsh small coffer or "coffer bach" having hinged lid over two arch panels over two drawers, the whole constructed of dense Welsh oak and having a lovely rich color and patina.
A ‘Coffer Bach’ is Welsh for a small chest or trunk with drawers below. Made only in Wales, a ‘Coffer Bach’ is traditionally associated with marriages - a dowry or love chest...
Category
Welsh Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Georgian Original Painted Sycamore Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
George III Circa 1785
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Rare Original Hand-Painted Sycamore Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of Octagonal form veneered in Sycamo...
Category
George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Sycamore
Ogata Kenzan Signed Japanese Asian Edo Period Pottery Tea Bowl Chawan
Located in Studio City, CA
A spectacularly designed and beautifully made Chawan tea bowl dating back to the Edo period. This work is attributed to Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) who is wi...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
John White / Paul De Lamerie Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Candlesticks, 1739
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1739 by John White, this exquisite pair of George II, Antique Sterling Silver Candlesticks, are cast and are each engraved with an original crest. Each candle...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Ming Dynasty Lacquered and Gilt Bronze Bodhisattva, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
Chinese late Ming dynasty bronze figure of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, also known as Guanyin (Quan Yin, Kwan Yin, Kuan Yin), 17th century, China
The figure well cast in two ...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
English Inlaid Mahogany Tea Caddy with Elaborate Crossbanding and Swag Inlay
Located in San Francisco, CA
An extremely fine quality inlaid mahogany tea caddy of elegant small size, the top and front with elaborate crossbanding and circular fan inay, the front with further swag inlay, the...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Boxwood, Mahogany, Rosewood
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian miniature fragment with fossil agate coral.
The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It has the original gold leaf and red bole paint that coordinates with the fossil agate coral. Fossil agate coral is also Florida...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Huge Pair of 18th Century Italian Baroque Giltwood Altar Candelabra
Located in Houston, TX
Magnificent pair of 18th century Italian Baroque giltwood altar candelabra. This stunning huge pair of Italian Baroque gilt wood pricket altar sticks, candlesticks or candleholders will be the focal point of a mantel, console table, credenza or commode. The antique gilt wood candlesticks...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood
Tourmaline
Located in New York, NY
Tourmaline
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
6.6 cm tall x 3 cm wide
This colorful tourmaline comes from the recent discoveries in ...
Category
Congolese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Chinoiserie Dutch Delft Polychrome Faience Lobed Jar, 18th Century, Holland
By Delft
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Dutch Delft ginger jar of lobed form, with chinoiserie design in polychrome tin glazed enamels, 18th century, Holland.
The ginger jar (missing its lid), of globular fo...
Category
Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Faience
Meissen Small Bust Emblematic of Winter, circa 1750
Located in Firenze, IT
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As a bearded man wearing a fur-lin...
Category
German Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
A Rustic European 18th century French faience fountain with spigot
Located in Leesburg, VA
Anonymous
Mid-18th century; probably Moustiers or Nevers, France
Faience and brass
Approximate size: 12.25 (h) x 9 (w) x 6.25 (d) inches
The present dispenser was either used as a water or wine cooler or possibly for washing hands. The original lid is lost-to-time, yet its provincial beauty remains attractive and sublime. The present example—baked with white enamel and decorated with a lovely hand-painted polychrome lattice and floral theme—is warm, elegant and rustic. The curving linear form of the flowers subtly recall the influence of Japan’s Kakiemon style present in France during the Rococo period yet is still indebted to the earlier influence of Italy’s prolific maiolica workshops.
This fountain would serve as an elegant addition for display on an oak or distressed wood console table...
Category
French Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Porcelain
Pair of French Louis XVI Period Gilt Bronze and Agate Vases
By Martin Baffert
Located in London, GB
These truly exceptional and rare antique Louis XVI period vases have been sculpted from agate, a precious and highly sought-after stone. The vases are set on square agate bases with gilt bronze laurel wreath socles. The burgundy and claret agate bodies of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze acanthus leaf ornamentation, and twin lion masks joined by draped swags above. The lids of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze, surmounted by pine cone finials.
The vases' design is attributed to the late 18th century, French clockmaker Martin Baffert. Baffert worked with a number of Parisian bronziers including Jean-Nicholas Fremont, Nicolas-Guillaume Jourdan and Francois-Robert Leguel, who assisted in the creation of his designs. This pair of vases is very similar to another pair of vases which Baffert designed, which form part of a clock garniture currently in the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor. The Rothschild vases...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Bronze, Ormolu
An 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Sculpture of an Elegant Woman, Louis XV Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An 18th century Meissen porcelain sculpture of an elegant woman, Louis XV period.
An 18th century Meissen porcelain sculpture of an elegant woman, Louis XV period, mythological figu...
Category
German Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Han Dynasty Glazed Hill Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Han earthenware celedon glazed hill jar
The hill jar represents the five sacred mountains which is the path between the earth and Paradise. The mountains are...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Antique Early 18th Century Deep Green English Mallet Formed Glass Wine Bottle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-crafted wine bottle has no maker's marks, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1740 and done in a period Georgian style. The glass...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
27.5CM Antique Ming Wanli Chinese Porcelain Flower Kraak Dish Buddhist Cakras
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Large late Ming dynasty Wanli period blue and white kraak ware export porcelain deep charger. The centre medaillon is unusually painted with 5 cakras around a flaming scroll forming a five-patelled motif resembling a large flaming wheel. This Buddhist motif may have a central Asian origin. The underside is divided into panels.
See Rinaldi, page 95 for a similar dish.
CAKRAS . Literally meaning a circle, wheel, or discus, the Sanskrit term cakra plays a key role in both Hindu and Buddhist traditions, particularly in their more esoteric Tantric forms. The term has several uses in various forms of yogic and Tantric practice. Thus cakra may refer to the circle of worship in which a particular ritual is conducted—for example, the highly esoteric cakra pūjā of Hindu Tantric rituals, usually performed in the dead of night in a cremation ground, involving practices that deliberately violate traditional laws of class distinctions and purity. Cakras may also refer to circular diagrams used in meditation and the worship of such specific deities as the famous Śri Cakras or Śri Yantra...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Swedish Gustavian Longcase Clock
Located in Ljungby, SE
Fantastic Swedish Gustavian longcase clock. The case is a Stockholm work from around 1770/1780. It is lacquered and gilded with rich wood-carved details of, among other things, garla...
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Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Yongzheng/Qianlong Chinese Porcelain Dish Generals Yang, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
We were lucky enough and also proud to be able to buy this Chinese porcelain Famille Rose Large dish, decorated with the scene of the Yang Jia Jian Yanyi (generals of the Yang Family...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Gilt Gothic Art Carved Wood Angel Sculpture Candlestick
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and sizeable Church altar candelabra in the form of a winged Angel.
This hand-carved Church altar piece is carved out of wood and the gilt finishing gives this piece it's ...
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Dutch Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
1750 Venezia Italy Lacquered Dark Blue Wooden Box with Golden Decoration
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a refined and exquisite lacquered wooden box, with polychrome and golden decoration on dark blue background. The dark blue color could seems a dark green. On the lid bright red and ivory volutes with lace inserts meticulously painted. Inside an exotic garden are depicting two Oriental human figures dressed in golden clothes. Band decorated with floral and volute motifs. It could be a magnificent jewelry case.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Venetian Baroque and Rococo furniture and decorative objects is the skilful use of lacquers. Lacquer is a natural resin that was very rare in the past, imported from the East and used to create smooth and colored surfaces on furniture, ready to be finely decorated with refined floral designs or exotic animals.
Venetian artisans became masters in lacquer processing which required time and patience because it was made with many steps.
The Venetian style deeply influenced furniture design throughout Europe, but none reached the Venetian level in terms of beauty. The skillful use of lacquer and carvings defined Venice's unique style during the Rococo period, its Golden Age.
Referring bibliography:
A similar shaped and lacquered wooden box is presentin the Cà Rezzonico, in Venice and it is featured in
S. Levy Lacche veneziane settecentesche II, Milano 1967, tav. 444.
The piece is in excellent state of maintenance and it is guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original. The wooden dark blue lacquered box...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century Early American Ash Burl Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible 18th century early American ash burl bowl from New England, probably New York, with an extraordinary tight burl grain pattern and a sm...
Category
American Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ash, Burl
1750 Venezia Italy Green Lacquered Wooden Tray with Chinese Figures
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a large and exquisite lacquered wooden tray, with floral decoration and polychrome Chinese figures in the garden, on a green background.
The curved shape of the tray, on the ...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique George III Harewood Inlaid Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, GB
With Two Tea Caddies
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian Harewood Tea Chest. The Tea Chest of rectangular form veneered in Harewood with inlaid Boxw...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Boxwood, Harewood
Large Sculptural Italian Baroque Tabernacle Frame, Late 18th Century
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
An impressive, large Italian Baroque tabernacle hand carved frame from the late 18th century,
which reflects the Renaissance influence of Classical Greek and Italian temples with its columns on both sides and the embellishment of the piece through the carved putti on the top, a typical element of the Baroque style. The religious plaster relief has been added at a later moment. Tabernacle frames...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
Large Pair of 18th / 19th Century Italian Silvered Reliquaries
Located in Milford, NH
A fine large pair of Italian silvered metal over wood reliquaries with putti, grape, shell, and scrollwork design. Each have memorial pendant displays with names (The left reads S. Innocentii M & S Clementiani M,” while the other is illegible. The pair is in very good condition, with great overall patina, some metal lifting...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period by Kinable À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
"Late 18th Century - Kinable A Paris"
Along a winding dirt path, the blind Belisarius carries his young guide. The boy has been bitten by a snake, which remains coiled around his bleeding leg. With his right arm wrapped limply around Belisarius's neck and his eyes closed, the youth balances precariously between life and death. Belisarius's eyes are also closed, but guided by his stick he moves forward with determination and purpose. He rises heroically against the spectacular sunset, a monumental figure creating a powerful outline against the sky. But the flaring sunset also signals a chill night and the uncertainty of the path ahead.
Belisarius was a popular Byzantine general of the Roman Empire whose promising career was sabotaged by the jealous Emperor Justinian I. In 1767, a novel by Jean-François Marmontel revived interest in Belisarius. In Marmontel's novel, the emperor has the heroic general blinded, reducing Belisarius to begging. He is eventually rediscovered and aided by former officers and his family. This dramatic tale of patriotism, injustice, and redemption was widely embraced in revolutionary and post-revolutionary France and was a popular subject for artists--including Jacques-Louis David (François Gérard...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Fanghu Han Dynasty 206BC-220AD Chinese Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel Jug & Cover
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally important and highly collectable museum quality original Chinese bronze ritual wine vessel and...
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Chinese Han Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Natural Rock Crystal Quartz Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A natural rock crystal cluster with polish brass stand.
Measures: I 12” /L x 8” /D x 4” /H without stand.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz
Antique Charles II Oak Bible Box with Carved Facade c. 1660-1685
Located in Westfield, MA
This Antique Charles II Oak Bible Box, dating from c. 1660-1685, is a remarkable piece of early English furniture, showcasing the detailed craftsmanship and design aesthetics of the ...
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English Charles II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Large Cross with Christ from the 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large cross with christ from the 18th century. The cross is decorated with tortoise shell, ivory and ebony. The christ is sculpted in high quality ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
18th Century Rustic Primitive genuine Folk Art Wooden bowl original paint
Located in Boden, SE
An exceptional large rare oval shaped 18th century primitive Swedish carved wooden knot bowl. Shows a dry textured finish showing a stunning aged patina. A truly remarkable piece. Th...
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European Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
18th Century, Napolitan Nativity Sculptures
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful pair of large church crib sculptures in wood and painted terracotta with glass eyes depicting a peasant girl helping a beggar woman, typical Nea...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
European Chinese Export "Canton enamel" Oval Box, 18th Century
Located in Delft, NL
An European Chinese export "Canton enamel" oval box, 18th century
Qianlong, (1736-1795)
An enamel box with floral decor made for the export for Euro...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Rare Japanese antique pottery jar/beautiful natural glaze/wall hanging vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
European Carved Limestone Celtic Votive Head of a Male Warrior
Located in London, GB
A Large European Carved Limestone Celtic Votive Head of a Male Warrior Wearing a Typical Flowing Moustache Small Beard and Curling Locks of Hair Stiffened with Lime Wash the Slit Mouth Open as if in Command
Circa 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD
Size: 31cm high, 22cm wide, 25cm deep - 12¼ ins high, 8¾ ins wide, 9¾ ins deep / 42cm high - 16½ ins high (with base)
From about 500 BC, first Greek and later Roman historians mention peoples living in a large area of non-mediterranean Europe as Celts. These classical chroniclers seem to have recognised these communities as having sufficient shared cultural traditions to justify their being given a common name, ‘Keltoi’ by the Greeks, and ‘Celtae’ or ‘Galli’ by the Romans. The earliest allusions to Celts by such Greek historians as Herodotus (485 - 425 BC) were followed by Polybius (200 - 118 BC) and Livy (59 BC - AD 17) who discuss the expansion of the Celts from their central European homelands during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. They document the presence of Celts in Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Asia Minor, specifically central Turkey. They testify to the successful Roman resistance to the Celts in Italy, after the ignominy of the sacking of Rome by them in 387 BC, and describe the huge defeat suffered by the Celts at the battle of Telemon in northern Italy in 225 BC. The Celts in Greece who sacked the sacred site of Delphi in 279 BC were defeated by King Antigonos Gonatas of Macedon in 278 - 277 BC and in Turkey by Altalus of Pergamon in 240 BC. The Celts in Spain fell under the shadow of Rome from 2nd Century BC and the Celtic heartland known by the Romans as ‘Gaul’ was conquered by the Romans under Julius Caesar in the mid 1st Century BC. Britain was not referred to as Celtic by the ancient historians, but Caesar recognised the close similarities between Britain and Gaul especially in their political organisation. Tacitus (55 - 120 AD) and others chronicled the conquest of Britain between 43 and 84 AD some mentioning the fierce nature of the Celts who went into battle naked.
Celtic art therefore belongs to an artistic tradition in the early history of Europe which is no less important than that of the classical world. Art was central to Celtic identity and was closely related to the objects which it decorated. The Celts were used to seeing art as an integral part of their everyday lives.
Provenance:
Ex Finch and Co...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Vietnamese Celadon Lotus Vessel, Ly or Tran Dynasty, 13th/14th Century, Vietnam
Located in Austin, TX
An unusually large Vietnamese celadon glazed stoneware bowl with carved lotus petal design, Ly or Tran Dynasty, 13th - 14th century, Vietnam.
The large bowl or offering vessel of generous proportions, rising on a short, unglazed foot ring, revealing the reddish buff stoneware body. The globular body elegantly tapered. The lower section deeply carved with a traditional stylized lotus petal design, a band of incised lines above. The upper section of the vessel ribbed, and carved with long, elegant lotus petals that taper upwards, terminating in rounded ends. Another band of incised lines circumscribe the mouth.
The vessel glazed in a wonderful olive celadon glaze. The glaze stopping neatly at the mouth rim. The transparent celadon glaze thinning slightly along the raised sections, and pooling in the recesses, adding additional depth and texture. The celadon with wonderful yellow undertones, giving an overall olive hue.
Reference: For four similar, but smaller examples, all dated 13th-14th century, see Stevenson & Guy, "Vietnamese Ceramics...
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Vietnamese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
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African Travel Plans on Hold? This Ardmore Leopard Vase Brings the Beauty of the Savanna to You
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Zoë Powell’s Magnolia 05 Vessel Is Handmade from Clay She Unearthed Herself
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life into a Space with Plants
The pair behind the Instagram account @houseplantclub share their tips for making any room of the house gloriously green.
Paris Gallerist Sandy Toupenet Gets Fired Up over 20th-Century Ceramics and Inventive New Makers
Her space on the city’s Left Bank mixes mid-century pieces by the likes of Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso with whimsical contemporary creations.
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