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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Rococo
Style: Classical Greek
After Michelangelo's 'non-finito' Series Classical Nude Bronze, Green Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an extraordinary bronze sculpture of a Classic male nude by artist Dean Kugler. Attention to detail and complete understanding of the human figure are evident. The figure stands with most of his weight on one foot, contrapposto, and his arm stretched overhead revealing a powerful, muscular physique. With inspiration from Michelangelo's unfinished series of sculptures housed at the Galleria Dell'Acadamia Museum in Florence, displayed in the hall leading to Michelangelo's David sculpture, this figure too is bound within its own material symbolizing the eternal human struggle to free themselves from material trappings. The sculpture is beautifully custom mounted on a stone base.
Dean Kugler
Slave (after Michelangelo)
bronze
Measures: 20 H x 5 W x 5 D in
50.80 H x 12.70 W x 12.70 D cm
DK0035
Kugler uses scale and the juxtaposition of disparate elements in order to engage and challenge the viewer. He combines elements such as strength and weakness or beauty and damage to be experienced simultaneously within the same piece of work to create a tense energy. Kugler also incorporates the technical skill of tight rendering with the dynamism of abstraction to create this energy to add additional excitement and intrigue to his aesthetic.
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and figurative sculptor. His 3D work is featured primarily at Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago. In the last three years, Dean has also been featured at Abend Gallery in Denver, The Figge Art Museum, and Bereskin Gallery in Iowa. He has shown at SOFA Chicago in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and participated in ArtPrize in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
He sees himself primarily as a sculptor due to the challenges he finds and thrives on within the process. In all its beauty, crudeness, and subtleties, the figure offers infinite opportunities to express feelings and emotions. There is also a physicality to sculpture that requires the work to be experienced through movement in order to reveal more about the piece.
Dean has always been drawn to the interactive nature of large-scale sculpture that is available to the public - he loves the idea that his work entices the observer to go beyond what they can see and add tactility to the experience. By using both realism and abstraction, he creates a visual that challenges the viewer to resolve what they are seeing. Therefore, providing a greater connection between the artist and the viewer.
Education
1993 – AA from Blackhawk College.
1995 – BFA from Western Illinois University.
Texts
1995 – “Drawing: Skills, Means, Freedom”. Jan Clough / Ann Mullin. pub. 1995.
1993 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
1992 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
Bibliography
Dec 2022 - American Art Collector. “Room to grow”. Pages 48 and 49.
1 Oct 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article discussing a group show titled “Earth, Wind, and Fire” at Bereskin Gallery.
18 Aug 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article by Mike Schulz about my show titled “Relic” at the Quad City Arts.
1 Nov 2017 – Dispatch-Argus and QCOnline, Coverage of my showing at SOFA.
16 Dec 2016 – River Cities Reader. Article by Rick Martin about one-man art show titled “It Figures” at Black Hawk...
Category
2010s American Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Pink Hercules Bust
Located in Bagshot, GB
Who say Pink can't be masculine?
A 21st century very charming and large pink plaster portrait bust of "Hercules" the demigod mortal son of Zeus.
Bust ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Meissen Rococo Style Gardener Group, 'Apple Harvest', by Kaendler, Germany, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborately crafted porcelain group from the 19th century:
A couple of gardeners and two boys harvesting apples, dressed in rural Rococo robes with fine decorations, a boy standing at the top end of the ladder leaning against the tree and picking apples, below them the gardener couple, the female catching them in her apron held high while the beau reaches an apple to her mouth, a boy sitting behind the tree and taking an apple from the full hat standing next to him on a tree stump.
On a round meadow base with three-dimensional foliage and gold-heightened rocaille decoration.
Designer:
JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER (1706 - 1775) was chief sculptor at the Meissen manufactory from 1742 to 1775. He is the most famous modeller Meissen manufactory ever had and created famous series such as Shepherd Figurines, Comedian's Children, Gardener Children (with Acier), Paris Town Criers (with Reinicke and Meyer) , Gallant Figurines, etc.
Kaendler designed model 1755...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Early 18th Century Terracotta Fragment
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Italian early 18th century terracotta fragment of an face mounted on stand. Ca 1690 - 1710 Italy.
Measurements with stand H 15 W 9 D 6.6 cm.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Antique Italian Parcel Gilt Carved Wood Whippets with Urns
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome pair of antique Italian whippets or dogs carved from hardwood paint decorated and parcel gilt depicting the pair seated on pillows while balan...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Pair Delft Cows 18th Century Made De Porceleyne Lampetkan Netherlands Circa 1785
Located in Katonah, NY
This beautiful pair of cows was made around 1785 in the city of Delft.
Since the late seventeenth century, Dutch Delft cows have adorned mantelpiece...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Delft
Statue Stone Plinth Amphictyonis Greek Goddess Wine Friendship Hebe
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming cast stone statue with fine detailing and relief of a young girl or woman dressed in classical draped chiton, her hair in chignon style secured with a ribbon, with eyes cast...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Artemis with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum' No:1
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Measures: height: 24 cm / Weight: 400 gr
As a fertility god, Artemis was particularly revered in Ephesus, close to Ortygia, believed to be his birthpl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Pair of Continental Carved Wood Monkeys with Tambourine
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mirror image pair of naturalistically carved figures of a seated monkey's wearing a carved giltwood cloak and turban, perched on a rocky plinth, with his hand out holding a tambourin...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Vase with Fossil Barnacle Clusters
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian vase mounted with a fossil barnacle cluster and sitting on a petrified wood and barnacle base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. The piece has been naturally distressed from the flood. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftmanship, and history of sculptural fragment.
The Rococo vase has been preserved and transformed with the natural specimens - it sits on top of the piece and where the neck of the vase was broken off, it is replaced with barnacles to look as though it evolved together over time.
The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence fragments...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Petrified Wood, Shell, Wood
Meissen Commedia Dell' Arte Group 'Harlequin & Columbina', by Kaendler, ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare 19th century Meissen porcelain group:
Harlequin and Columbine seated side by side on a rock and teasing each other: Harlequin in brown playing card patterned jacket, pink striped trousers, black buckled shoes and mask fully covering his face, his left leg crossed over his right and his right hand with blue hat on Columbine's knee holding a sausage in his left raised hand, Columbine reaching for the mask with her left hand, raising a hand mirror with her right. The young woman is wearing a small feather hat, a fitted jacket with a red and blue diamond pattern, a long white skirt...
Category
1860s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Figure of Juno with Eagle 'Jupiter', Rococo Ca 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive large figure of Juno with an eagle, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. This figure formed part of a series of the Four Elements, with...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Marcus Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 87 cm / Weight: 45 kg
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was the Roman emperor and is considered one of the most important philosophers in its history. He is heard for his great battles and for crossing the Danube.
Marcus Aurelius is famous for his 12-book "Ta eis Euton" (Reflections on Myself), which is influenced by Stoic philosophy, written in Greek. It became the symbol of the Golden Age of the Roman empire.
He was elected future co-emperor before he was 17, but did not ascend to the throne until he was 40. Hardworking, intelligent, and dignified, Marcus did not want to be contented with traditional Greek...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Bronze Sculpture of Satyr with Wineskin After an Antique Original, 19th Century
Located in Bagshot, GB
Bronze sculpture of Satyr with Wineskin in step position sitting upon a heavy marble base.
marble base is 30cm Deep and 31cm Wide.
Category
Late 19th Century European Classical Greek Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Classical Cast Hard Stone Panier de Fruits Garden Ornament, 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Classical garden ornament offers cast hard stone statue depicting Panier de Fruits (Basket of Fruit), 20th century
Measures- 12''H x 10.5''W x 10.5''D.
Catalogue Note: Ask...
Category
20th Century European Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Archaic Artemis Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
-Weight: 20 kg.
-Produced from pressed marble powder.
-Produced from the original molds of the works from the museum.
-Can be used indoors and outdoors.
Artemis is known as the godd...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Early Meissen Round Group of Gardener Children, by J.J. Kaendler, 1763-1774
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen porcelain group from the time of origin:
Four children in festive, rural rococo clothing on a three-part rocaille base: on the central raised pedestal a girl with a basket o...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figurines Cherubs Wine Growers Model C 60 by Acier Made circa 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous figurine group: Cherubs as Wine Growers
The details are stunningly sculptured = finest modelling!
Design:
Michel Victor Acier (1736-1799) / model C 60 created 1...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Bronze Statue of Aurora on Her Chariot. Aug. Moreau
Located in Brighton, Sussex
The Chariot of Aurora. Aurora the goddess of dawn shown in her chariot, accompanied by the hours and heralded by Apollo; Gilded and patinated.
Signed; Auguste Moreau (1834-1917) was a famous...
Category
19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Black Asclepius Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Asclepius is known as the god of "medicine, healing and rejuvenation" in Greek mythology. Asclepius, who was believed to have found immortality, was therefore punished by being kille...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Derby Pair of Candle Stick Figures, Bagpiper and Lady with Lute, Rococo, Ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of Derby porcelain candlestick figures of a bagpiper and a lady with lute, made between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The pair is one of Derby's f...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Figure of Musician with Flageolet and Tabor, Rococo, Ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful porcelain figure of a musician with a flageolet and tabor (fluit and drum), made by Derby around 1765, which was the Rococo era. The figure is one half of a pair ...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Hephaestus, a clear & grey glass figurative sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Hephaestus' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is ...
Category
2010s British Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Tiberius Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Lagu's selection of sculptures, including the Tiberius bust, is a great way to bring a piece of history into your living space. The Tiberius bust is based on the original sculpture displayed in the Ephesus Museum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Hera, a clear, grey & black figurative glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Hera' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is applie...
Category
2010s British Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
Nemesis Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Antalya Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 250 kg
The Goddess Nemesis, daughter of Nyx, represents the power that adjusts the balance of human relationships, giving each individual the fate their actions deserve. He ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Table Crucifix with Porcelain Corpus of Christ
Located in Antwerp, BE
The porcelain white imparts a transcendental character to the figures and this is highly suitable for religious depictions. Usually produced for royal commissions, these figures coun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
18th Century Italian Carved Wood and Polychromed Figure Depicting Baby Jesus
Located in North Miami, FL
Presenting an extraordinary 18th-century Italian carved wood and polychromed figure, capturing the tender image of baby Jesus in a standing posture, gracefully perched upon an intric...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Rococo German Painted and Gilt Wine Cooler in the Form of a Swan
Located in Troy, NY
Extraordinary wine-cooler in the form of a beautifully sculpted, gilt and polychromed Swan of impressive stature, makes certainly the conversation-piece of the party. The white paint...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Tin
18th Century Italian Ecclesiastical Tabernacle with Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian tabernacle with aragonite. It is hand-painted and carved with scroll details and has been kept in its original condition. The t...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Ares, a black, white & grey figurative glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Ares' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is applie...
Category
2010s British Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
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
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with a Calcite Crystal Cluster on Bobeche
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with a calcite crystal cluster in matrix mounted on a Italian glass bobeche base.
The fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved f...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Original French Etagere 'Shelf' 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
French etagere ( shelf )
18th century
Original condition
Measures: 19cm x 40cm.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Modern Brass Statue of a Greek Woman
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In all of our years of collecting, we've never come across anything like this beautiful brass goddess statue. The piece is created from brass and is quite heavy. It depicts a Greek a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Brass
The Riace Warriors, A Fine Pair of Cold-Cast Copper and Resin Replica Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Riace Warriors, a fine pair of cold cast copper and resin figures of the Riace Warriors, reduced replicas of the original bronze sculptures currently located at the Museo Naziona...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Porcelain & Ceramic Sculptural Vase Italy Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in London, GB
"TuttiTappi (Venus doppelgänger)", 2016, glazed earthenware and porcelain, measures: H 27 x 15 x 15cm
Andrea Salvatori (Italy, 1975) is an internationally renowned visual artist w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large Italian White Glazed Cherub Centerpiece Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian Cherub centerpiece sculpture In White Glazed Ceramics.
Category
1880s Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
German Porcelain Carriage Couch with Lace Figurines & Horses Rococo Volkstedt
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
German Saxony porcelain figural group - porcelain coach
Volkstedt porcelain carriage entitled Royal princess ride
Depiction of a courtly scene.
The...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
17th Century Wooden Columns
Located in Madrid, ES
17th century wooden columns
Beautiful 17th century columns carved in wood with a geometric drawing of 65 cm tall.
Category
17th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Horse Head Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The Istanbul Archaeological Museums, which are described as a "museum complex" in the Historic Peninsula, consist of three main sections in total: the Archeology Museum, the Ancient Oriental Works Museum and the Tiled Kiosk Museum. The Istanbul Archeology Museum, which is the first museum in Istanbul, is home to numerous iconic sculptures, such as horse head busts.
The most important sculptures in world...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Fragment with a Fossil Shell on Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca fragment candlestick with a fossil shell and wulfenite on a polished calcite base.
The fragment was originally p...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Large Meissen Porcelain Group of Gardeners, Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Taken from a model of 1772 by M.C. Avier and J.C. Schönheit, this charming porcelain group by the Meissen manufactory depicts a group of five figures around a central rock mound, inv...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculpture in Wood, Abstract , Fro Africa, circa 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is from Africa, it has been made circa 1950. There is an old patina on the wood.
The condition is good with wear consistent with age.
It is an abstract sculpture , i...
Category
1950s Angolan Rococo Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Peacock Candle Holder by Jacob Petit
By Jacob Petit
Located in New Orleans, LA
This candle holder by renowned porcelain manufacturer Jacob Petit is extravagantly designed in the form of a majestic peacock. Petit owned one of the most important and well-known po...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Eros Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Eros is the Greek god of love and desire. In ancient Greek, four separate words were used for love or amity one of which being “Eros” which meant passionate love.
Eros, who is accep...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Antique Porcelain Group of Bacchus and Attendants by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This piece is a superb example of the work of the Meissen porcelain manufactory. Modelled by E. A. Leuteritz in the 19th century based upon earlier models, it is a group piece, showi...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Terracotta Bust of King Louis XV After Lemoyne
Located in New Orleans, LA
Presenting a regal yet approachable portrait of France’s Louis XV, this terracotta bust is modeled after Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne’s sculpture of the king executed in 1757, which now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This version is executed in meticulous detail, with the king donning his cuirass decorated with the cross of the Holy Ghost and a draper tied under his tie. His head is turned slightly, giving the portrait a more casual, realistic feel, yet there is no mistaking his position of power in this confident portrayal.
Louis XV, also called “Louis the Beloved,” ruled as King of France from September 1, 1715 until his death in 1774, succeeding his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until the young Louis...
Category
19th Century Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
The Old Fisher Man Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder, Aphrodisias Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The Old Fisherman Bust serves as a timeless piece of decor, adding a touch of classical elegance to any setting. Whether displayed in a museum-like exhib...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Pair of Rococo Style Bisque Porcelain Female Figures
Located in London, GB
Pair of Rococo style bisque porcelain female figures
French, late 19th century
One figure: Height 19cm, width 14cm, depth 10cm
Other figure: Height...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Cast Stone Statue of Apollo
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French cast stone statue of Apollo
A large reconstituted stone Statue of Apollo the hunter with bow and arrow, and of course his faithful dog.
T...
Category
Early 20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Very Fine French 19th Century White Marble Bust of a Young Beauty by René Rozet
By René Rozet 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century white marble bust of a young beauty, purported to be a young "Marie Antoinette" (Queen of France 1755-1793), by René Rozet...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
Pair of Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Figural Table Lamps by Pellati, 1970
By Giuseppe Pellati
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of polychrome Capodimonte porcelain figurines, a man with basket of grapes and a girl with a basket of flowers, both with round gil...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Silk
70" Egyptian Pharaoh Statue Floor Lamp
Located in Pasadena, TX
70" Egyptian Pharaoh Statue Floor Lamp
Floor lamp
13W x 13D x 70H
Lamp wired and tested.
Good Condition.
No lamp shade.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Polystyrene
Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures, Arlecchino and Columbina, Rococo ca 1758
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful pair of figures of Arlecchino and Columbina, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1758. These figures formed part of a series of the Commedia dell'Arte, a very popular series of theatrical figures that served as decoration at the dinner table in the 18th Century.
The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby.
These figures were used to adorn the dinner table when dessert was served; groups of figures served to express something about the host, the guests, or to direct the conversation. The Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, a comical form of masked theatre, was very popular in those days and Bow copied many figures of the German Meissen series that were brought out in the decades before.
This pair dates from about 1758, which was at the height of Bow's ability to make beautiful figurines often copied from Chelsea or Meissen. The pair is modelled after a Meissen pair by Kaendler. The porcelain is translucent with a beautiful milky glaze - Bow was probably the first pottery using bone in its porcelain recipe. Arlecchino (Harlequin) is playing the bagpipes, dressed in an odd costume of mismatched chintz and playing cards and wearing a funny black trumpet...
Category
1750s English Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Nymphenburg Frankenthal Figurine 'Guitar Player', Germany, 1923
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare figurine from the former manufacturer Frankenthal.
The young man, dressed in Rococo style: black knee breeches, white stockings, fitted, white, striped jacket with puffed ...
Category
1920s German Rococo Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Sculpture of Putti on Tortoise
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming figural sculpture of a Putti with trident riding on a tortoise. To the ancient Greeks and Romans, the tortoise was a symbol of love and fertility; the tortoise was...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 18th Century Meissen Oval Wall Beveled Mirror Pair of Cherubs, Germany
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Fine German Meissen porcelain beveled wall mirror with a pair of figural cherubs. Finely modelled as an elegant 18th century piece of art, hand painted white porcelain china with cob...
Category
Early 18th Century German Rococo Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique, New and Vintage Sculptures
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
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