Pair of Large Hand-Painted Horses with Peacock Saddles

This exceptional pair of finely detailed faience vases is a striking example of historicist ceramic design from the late 19th century, likely made in Germany or Austria circa 1880–19...

A pair of large ceramic Chinese crackle glaze baluster vases, commonly known as 'Nanjing' porcelain. Dating from the 19th century, these elegant polychrome enamelled vases...

Stunning and unique pair of matching horse sculptures. With a combined experience of almost 30 years in the antiques trade, we were thrilled to once again find beautifully hand-crafted and decorative antiques that we had never seen before. From the density and the weight we can see and feel that these highly decorative horse sculptures are made of a tropical hardwood. Like, for example, with antique mirror frames or church sculptures these horses too were first covered with a mixture of chalk and glue so that the paint would hold longer. And, as so often is the case with antiques, the colors that were used for painting these horses are so much more beautiful than anything you find in this day and age that they truly are an absolute joy to look at. From the colors, the wear, the materials and the techniques that were used to create these horses we can see that these are 19th century antiques. However and unfortunately we lack the knowledge to be able to tell you from which country these highly decorative and sizeable works of art originate. We just can't find matching style horse sculptures anywhere on the worldwide web. They could be Chinese or Nepalese, but they could also be Persian or Arabian. We just have not been able to find out. What we do know is that they are definitely antique, they are in beautiful condition (with some wear, consistent with their age), they are highly decorative, probably unique and they have a look and feel that will instantly change the atmosphere of the room they are in. Mind you, our sharp price for this wonderful pair of horse sculptures...

Charming and eye-catching pair of decorative horses from the 1950s, finely crafted in solid wood and embellished with copper fittings and mother-of-pearl inlays. These pieces reflec...