Large Terracotta, Corneille Van Clève, Jean-Jacques Caffieri, Period: 18th

A delightful statuette depicting a rider riding his mount, in terracotta with a turquoise, brown and white glaze known as three colours (sancai).  The horse is standing on an oblong ...

Glazed and enamelled terracotta sculpture in bluish gray white color. It is a very beautiful revisit representing one of the Horses of Marly retained by his groom. Originally, this Carrara marble sculpture, made between 1740 and 1745, adorned the drinking troughs...

Magnificent and large sculpture in patinated terracotta, entitled “Deux amours disputant un cœur” after Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), resting on a terrace decorated with a frieze of pearls and wrapped reeds, the second half of the 19th century, and is distributed in bronze, marble, alabaster, terracotta. Two winged loves are depicted in a fight to retrieve a heart figured on the base. Period: End of 19th Century Circa: 1898 - 1900 Dimensions: height: 50cm - width of the base: 28cm Signed: "Falconet" on the terrace. Marked hollow: GC Below Artist, man of letters and esthetician, the career of sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791) is particularly exemplary. Overcoming the handicap of his birth, this brilliant autodidact with an extraordinary personality has rubbed shoulders with the greatest. Protected by Mme de Pompadour, a friend of Diderot and the Encyclopedists, he has established himself by his talent and his culture. The work carried out at Saint Roch church and his position as director of sculpture work at the Manufacture de Sèvres are in a way the prelude to his work in Saint Petersburg. The imposing Bronze Horseman...

Pair of terracotta bricks with traces of polychromy representing for one a character driving his chariot drawn by a horse and for the other a character training his horse. These two...

Pair of terracotta bricks with traces of polychromy representing for one a character driving his chariot drawn by a horse and for the other a character training his horse. These two...

A fantastic sculpture made with a soldering iron. It is called "THE BLACK EAGLE". It is titled and signed on the base. It is a Unique piece! Measures: H: 120 x W: 110 x D: 75 cm ean-Alexandre Delattre was born in 1935 in Pont du Château, in the Puy de Dôme. No metal can resist his know-how and his imagination. This talented creator uses the torch and the welding machine for tools. From a lifeless metal, he creates an object with a soul that transports you to a world full of grace, humor and emotion. Delattre is a simple, human, laughing man...

Magnificent terracotta bust representing the sculptor Corneille Van Cleve (1645-1732) after a work by Jean-Jacques Caffieri (Paris, 04/29/1725 - Paris, 06/21/1792). Old work from th...

An impressive life size cast iron bust of a gentleman, possibly Jean Jacques Rousseau. A handsome decorative antique statue for the garden, gard...

An 18th century terracotta relief panel from an old Chinese building. Finely crafted horse image with traces of original color. Includes custom-made ...

French large painted plaster bust replica of Corneilla Van Cleve (Signed by a French 18th Century artist) on round shaped base.  

A beautiful and complete set of three Italian early 18th century neo-classical period terra cotta statues of maidens signed C PIERI. Each wonderfully executed statue is raised by a c...

Rare Monk of the 18th century-Ayutthaya-Thailand Superb large lacquered and gilded bronze monks of large size Very beautiful face In superb condition an...