Pottery Figurative Sculptures

An impressive and large glazed ceramic sculpture titled “Havtyren” (Sea Bull) by Jean René Gauguin, created at Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark, in the 1930s. This iconic work is executed in...

Pleasant Company- A pair of Folk Art Friends A serene tall antique handmade and hand painted pair (2) of hand bag carrying women named EMA - a fri...

Brazilian Amazonian Marajoara Style Art Pottery Vessel Brazil R Cardoso An original signed work by R. Cardoso, produced in the renowned ceramic center of Icoaraci, Pará. This hand-c...

Amazing set of four Chinese Shiwan pottery figures depicting immortal gods or dieties. Beautifully glazed and made on a large scale with fascinating fac...

Blue lady with her handbag- mastertwork from Eva Fritz-Lindner. A serene tall handmade and hand painted sculpture of a lady carrying her handbag named EMA - a friend of the artist- e handcrafted and hand painted in beautiful blue colors. On bottom atelier mark i 3 D and with tree (black brush mark). Ema was the late Eva Fritz-Lindner's (1933-2017) good friend. Designer/maker: Eva Fritz-Lindner with stamp i3D, circa 1960-1970. Glaze: Light and dark blue matte colors are bright and vivid and the hand painting only adds to the charm; light original glaze crazing appropriate for age. Additional comments: Most of her larger sculptures were likely produced in less than 100 copies based upon research and all were hand painted individually by this artist ensuring each work of art was indeed unique. Dimensions: 12.5 inches high. Handmade / handarbeit and hand glazed, few survive. Provenance: Old German collection. About the artist: The bold folk art sculptress and ceramist Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) studied at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden and Darmstadt and was a master student in the sculptor class by Erich Kuhn. From 1955 she worked as a master designer at the Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe where she created and designed several hundred highly regarded ceramic folk art animal sculptures and unique wall and garden works of art inspired by nature and possibly the local zoo at Karlsruhe. Owls and family concepts were a particular specialty. During this time she created designs for building and garden ceramics, vessels and small sculptures. Since 1964, the sculptress worked as a freelance artist in her own studio in Karlsruhe-Durlach. The artist designed important works in the field of building ceramics, including wall designs in mosaic, in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden, Schwäbisch Gmünd and Göppingen. Of particular note, she created enormous scale owl sculptures for the palace gardens in Karlsruhe in 1967 (see photo). In 1962, Eva Fritz-Lindner was awarded the silver medal at the Prague International Ceramic Exhibition. The artists' ceramics are owned and located in the Hetjens-Museum Düsseldorf, in the Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art...

Vintage Miniature Chinoiserie Figures. Set of six miniature glazed pottery chinoiserie figures in rich blue, green, red and yellow with various professions. China, early 20th century...

A fine antique English Staffordshire pottery figurine. Depicting a seated Spaniel. With confetti fur and painted black highlights. Simply a wonderful Staffordshire dog figurine...

Important and refined oval polychrome stucco depicting the Madonna and Child. The mother and child are held in a tender embrace, and in addition to the Madonna's typical robes, two h...

Han Dynasty Rare And Large Court Attendees TL Tested A Rare and Beautiful Pair of Painted Pottery Court Attendants. Holes under arms held wood spears long deteriorated ago. Museum gr...

Monumental Apple sculpture by Selma Calheira for Cores Da Terra. This fired clay apple is a true show stopper. Very realistically done.

Carlo Alberto Rossi 'Bucchero' pottery sculpture / pencil holder attributed to Giò Ponti. Mid-20th century, Italy. Manufactured by Carlo Alberto Rossi after a design attributed t...

An impressive Ancient Egyptian Faience Ushabti figure, belonging to the c. 700-30 B.C. It consists of a molded pottery having a green glazed surface. The figure is wearing a royal wi...

A striking vintage black ceramic pottery female face bust sculpture, circa 20th century. A great piece for a column pedestal as shown, shelf, mantle, cocktai...

A jolly, handmade and hand painted Italian ceramic mask depicting the Roman god of wine and intoxication adorned with a crown of grapes. Perfect for wine lover in your life! Maker's ...

Chinese old fisherman mud man pottery figure, circa 1891-1911. Impressed "China" on the bottom. Likely a World's Fair souvenir era piece. He is seated ...

Vintage Italian pottery large white cat figure statue sculpture 19" tall. Marked on bottom. Age appropriate wear from age.

A striking pair of large Chinese glazed and painted pottery figures, Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644), circa 16th century, China. The impressive and realistically modeled figures each portrayed standing upright upon a sancai (three color) glazed pedestal of kang table form. The man is dressed in a short black surcoat over a long robe and pants, a smart cap upon his head. His face is warm and welcoming, with wide eyes and a slight smile on his lips. He holds his hands out in front of him, palms up, almost as if shrugging, though presumably originally holding an object or offering, now lost. The woman of slightly smaller stature, and dressed in a longer surcoat over a long robe and skirt. She wears a fitted cap upon her head. Her hands also held out in front, grasping long lost objects. Her face is slightly more severe, with a somewhat pinched look, and slight frown upon her lips. The size of these figures is remarkable, as is the realism and attention to detail, almost as if they were modeled after real people, as opposed to the more common and generic Ming Dynasty pottery...

Sitting Faun Luster Glazed Sculpture Early 20th Century. A wonderful and hauntingly beautiful sculpture of a sitting Faun - an early 20th century studio pottery work with a very dis...

Tang Dynasty Pair of Painted Pottery Lokapalas Tang Dynasty (618-907), Height: 27.25 x 11.5 x 7" each PROVENANCE: Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd., New York Condition: Losses and resto...

Nayarit Fertility Female Figure With Child Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A seated terracotta female figure from the shaft tomb tradition, shown cradling an infant over her right shoulder - likely a symbolic representation of fertility, maternity, and the continuity of life. This expressive red-slipped sculpture is boldly modeled with exaggerated limbs and stylized facial features, impressed eyes, a broad nose adorned with a septum piercing, and ear ornaments. Her elaborate coiffure is incised with vertical striations and rises into a high crest, pierced at the top with a vent hole connecting to the hollow interior. Manganese blooms across the surface attest to its long burial. Such figures were ritually interred in shaft tombs to accompany the dead, offering symbolic protection or ensuring rebirth in the afterlife. Dimensions: 4 Inches Wide x 8.4 Inches Height (10.2 cm x 21.1 cm) Condition: Presents beautifully with restorations to the head. Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 Legal to acquire under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14. This Nayarit Figure...

1970's Brutalist Studio Art Pottery sculpture depicting a Arab man, carrying a rife, riding a camel. The sculpture is signed illegibly on its base, this example is in very good, or...

A wonderful period Tang Dynasty Pottery Figure of a Fat Lady. Tomb Pottery China Height: 15 Inches No TL Test A COA by Avantiques will accompany the sale of this item. Condition: Ve...

A very special studio art ceramic pottery sculpture of two - perhaps lesbian - mermaids sharing a secret, signed, mid twentieth century. This unique sculpture also doubles as a catch...

A one of a kind chess set by Italian American artist Marco Celotti. Created circa 1970, the set is quit marvelous. Each figure is filled with detail. Even the individual pawns, each...

50s California Modern Brayton Laguna pottery African busts male, female. Offered for sale is a rare and highly collectible pair of California Mid-Cen...

Javier Calleja collaborates for the second time with the Spanish company Lladró. As a result of this collaboration, they have created this sculptural piece featuring three figures fr...

Peruvian Amazonian fine old Shipibo pottery vessel A fine old Shipibo pottery vessel from the Peruvian Amazon with traditional Shipibo linear designs. The Shipibo pottery designs ar...

Scultura in terracotta raffigurante Madonna, prodotta nella seconda metà del 1700 - Centro Italia. La figura della Madonna è rappresentata in piedi sulle nuvole e circondata dai che...

A pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) sancai-glazed ridge tiles modelled as horse and rider. Both tiles are glazed in rich green and amber, the horses ...

La categoria sculture antiche propone una Scultura in Terracotta, che rappresenta un Nudo di Giovane Donna, realizzata nei primi anni del Novecento. Epoca anni Venti/Trenta del vent...

1955 Mid-century Era pink and yellow hula girl ceramic statue. The statue features a beautifully detailed hula girl holding a flower in her hair with the word "Hawaiian" along the ba...

This elegant ceramic figurine by artist Yona Lippin is a prime example of mid-century California Pottery. The hula dancer is captured in a graceful pose, wearing a textured yellow "g...

1892-1904 large Chinese mud man figure, an elder with staff in flowing green & yellow robe. Stamped "China". Apparent losses to feet, but possibly from kil...

This large and striking Folk Art pottery sculpture is unsigned, but believed to have been done in Mexico or South America in a contemporary Folk Art style. The sculpture is a study of a young woman of color wearing a brightly printed dress and accessorized with large deep red rose earrings...

Majapahit periodo 1295 - 1500, Indonesia. La terracotta Majapahit è l’arte tra XIII e il XV secolo. Significativi manufatti di terracotta di questo periodo sono stati scoperti a Tro...

Wonderful group of sculptures by Italian American artist Marco Celotti. Created circumnineteen 70 this highly animated group of characters can only bring to mind thoughts of storyt...

La terracotta Majapahit è l'arte tra il XIII e il XV secolo. Alcuni manufatti di terracotta di questo periodo sono stati scoperti a Trowulan, East Java. Alcune sculture, ritrovate n...

The Brendan Bass Estate Collection is an homage to the beauty of vintage and antique pieces, each artfully concealing endless stories collected through the generations in which they...

A small 12.5cm., 5" high biomorphic pottery sculpture of a mother in a reclining pose holding two children. brown glaze. The bottom stamped 'art pot...

A charming set Bretby Art Pottery figures depicting Mr. Micawber and Uriah Heep from Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, modeled with expressive character and raised on rich green mo...

A very rare and collectable group or family of slip pottery figurines from West Australian Darbyshire. The set of 3 consists of a squatting elder Gentleman, a mother breast-feeding h...

The whimsical vintage pottery figurine depicts a sitting man in country costume with large smoking pipe tucked behind his belt. He's sculpted in expressive, dynamic pose, with an ove...

Galileo Chini for S. Lorenzo Mugello Floence, Italy 1920s "PAX ET BONUM" glazed earthware Excellent condiction Measures: H 30 cm.

A fabulous vintage Boho decanter. Hand made studio pottery jug of man with a head as a stopper. Super charming piece. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

A charming large antique staffordshire flat back pottery double figure of Tam O`Shanter and Souter Johnny from the world famous poem by Robert ...

A beautiful and quite striking large, heavy Buddha head sculpture. The work is decorated with gold and gilt paint which presents like an aged bronze like patina. The Buddha's eyes ...

Oversized beautiful Italian pottery topiary. Various fruits in a woven basket with handles. Makes a characterful statement. NF

Georgian Creamware Toy Hound, Whieldon-Type Circa 1765-75 This charming Antique Creamware Figure of a hound is a superb example of 18th-century pottery. The small figure sits on its...

Staffordshire pottery figure with a theatrical and literary theme which features red riding hood, with a wolf beside her, seated on a circular base. Dull gilt base line and embellish...

A natural or slightly oversized male mannequin head in painted pottery/plaster. Distinct Art Deco styling with exaggerated features. Made in France...

Adorable Italian Luster Glazed Studio Pottery Figurine 1960s A highly adorable mid century child figurine in glazed studio pottery from Italy. Depicts a singing or talking boy - m...

A beautifully and sumptuously blue drip glazed serene Buddha head ceramic/pottery sculpture very much in a similar manner of the Italian made Chinese Kwan Yin bust...

Whimsical Studio Pottery Phantasy Head, Europe, 1970s. Whimsical and very expressive little phantasy head in studio pottery. Europe, 1970s. A very intriguing little studio pottery ...

Presenting a lovely 19th century pair of Polish/German stoneware figures. Quite rare! Not a matching pair but similarly themed, with the little girl holding a basket of kittens with one kitten climbing up her front and the other of a little boy climbing a tree stump with a snail at the base. The ‘Little Girl’ is painted stoneware or earthenware and we are of the opinion is Polish in origin (or possibly Russian). It does not have any identifiable markings but it was originally with another similar style figurine (not included in this sale) which had markings that we were of the opinion were Polish markings. The ‘Little Boy’ is painted pottery and we are of the opinion that it is either Polish or German in origin. It is slightly different in style an texture to the girl and has a more ‘bisque’ finish. The facial features are more defined and remind me of German bisque dolls...

Vintage Modernist ceramic sculpture features unglazed head or mask of young woman, made from raw terracotta and sculpted using the hands and small tools. The model's hair is flowing...

Vintage Chinese Pottery Mudman Tea Figurine — hand-modeled clay figure enjoying tea, perfect for refined interior displays with character. We sell items as acquired, without rest...

Dimensions: 7.5 x 12 x 18.5 cm Material: Pottery Name: Kitanoumi Period: Showa (1980s) Kitanoumi Toshimitsu (May 16, 1953 to November 20, 2015), born Toshimitsu Obata (Obata Toshi...

Woman Sculpture Ugo Zaccagnini Italy, 1930 Earthenware Sculpture Wood Base (h7x18x15 cm)

A Pair of Chinese Enameled Sancai Glazed Pottery Attendant Figures Representing Dignitaries. Ming Dynasty Period. Circa 1600AD Dimensions; 23 x 5.5 x 5.25 inches (58.4 x 13.7 x 13.3 ...

Circa 1905 - 1910 attributed to Elvir Otto for Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel Amphora Templitz Pottery Vase. This arts and crafts vase stands approx 7" tall with a diameter of appr...