Antique Neoclassical Bisque Porcelain Figure, Woman at a Well, C1850

Antique Bisque Porcelain Neoclassical Figure of a Partial-Nude Classical Woman C1850 Measures- 15''H x 4.5''W x 4.5''D

Antique Neoclassical Bisque Porcelain Figure of Classical Woman & Flowers C1850 Measures - 13.5"H x 4.5"W x 4.5"D

Antique Neoclassical Bisque Porcelain Figure of a Classical Woman C1850 Measures - 15"h x 5"w x 4.75"d

Antique Neoclassical Bisque Porcelain Figure of a Cherub C1850 Measures - 13.75"H x 5"W x 5"D

This refined modernist neoclassical sculpture was realized in Germany. The piece depicts a bacchanal featuring Greek goddesses; young cherubic children; and even a bear, executed in ...

Antique French Neoclassical Egyptian Revival Tall Bronze Woman Figure Statue Sculpture with Stunning Detail and Patina. Signature to base appears to read "Le Coutre." It is believed ...

French painted bisque porcelain bust of a woman French, 19th century Measures: Height 68cm, width 40cm, depth 30cm This fine bust is crafted from painted bisque porcelain. The bust depicts a young woman in a historicised Renaissance style: the sitter tilts her head to her left, her eyes glancing to something in the distance. She wears an ornate feathered head...

A large-scale white bisque porcelain putto or cherub statue standing on an ornate bombe plinth by 19th century French ceramicist Gille Jeune. Dating from the 1860s, this statue is over 150 years old. It depicts an infant – known as a cherub or putto – wearing a head band with a swathe of fabric draped over his arm and thigh. He sits upon a tree stump or rock with his arms raised and castanets in his hands. Thanks to its scale and provenance, it is a breath-taking statue for an interior or gallery, both the putto and the plinth inscribed with the maker’s mark ‘Gille Jne, Fabt. Paris’. Gille Jeune, Paris Parisian ceramist Jean-Baptiste Gille (1798-1868) was one of the leading manufacturers of French bisque porcelain - also known as biscuit porcelain - of the 19th century. In 1836, he established his own porcelain factory in Paris under the name ‘Gille Jeune’. His work was displayed in many prestigious exhibitions including London’s 1851 Great Exhibition where he was awarded a prize medal, the 1862 exhibition in London and the Paris exhibition in 1867. Four of his cherub works in the same style and scale reside at Hughenden House in Buckinghamshire as part of the National Trust’s collection. These include two of Gille’s depictions of the four seasons and a putto playing a flute as well as a putto with castanets like this one dating from 1855-1864. For this reason, we can say with some certainty that this antique cherub statue...