Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Period: Late 18th Century
Color: Beige
Guanyin Buddha
Located in Munich, DE
Rare vintage Buddha, the Bodhisattva of compassion and mercy.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Derby Porcelain Figure of Neptune and Dolphin on a Shell, ca 1785
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning porcelain figure of Neptune with a dolphin standing on a sea shell, made by Derby around the year 1785. The figure is in beautiful original condition.
We have one other Neptune figure from 1765, please see separate listing.
The Derby Porcelain factory has its roots in the late 1740s, when Andrew Planché, a Walloon Huguenot refugee, started making simple porcelain toys shaped like animals in his back yard. In 1756 Staffordshire enameller...
Category
English Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Prattware English Pottery Cradle with a Sleeping Child
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Georgian English Prattware pottery cradle containing a sleeping child dating from around 1800. The cradle sits raised on two rockers a...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Prattware English Pottery Cradle with a Sleeping Child
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Georgian English Prattware pottery cradle containing a sleeping child dating from around 1800. The cradle sits raised on two rockers a...
Category
English George III Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Rare Danish Porcelain Group of Pig Farmer, Royal Copenhagen, circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
Depicting a well dressed farmer feeding two pigs at their trough.
Category
Danish Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bisque Porcelain Couple in Conversation, French, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
A 19th century French bisque porcelain figurine of a couple seated and engaged in a conversation. The figurine is marked on back and ...
Category
French Classical Roman Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pearlware Figure of Aphrodite & Eros, 'Venus and Cupid' Figure, circa 1790
By Neale & Co.
Located in Downingtown, PA
Great Pearlware Figure of Aphrodite & Eros, 'Venus and Cupid' Figure attributed to Neale & Co,
circa 1790.
The large pearlware early English pearl...
Category
English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Pearlware
Tragic Couple Antony and Cleopatra, Creamware, Ralph & Enoch Wood, circa 1780
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Cleopatra and Mark Antony, in enamelled creamware. After a model by Ralph and Enoch Wood, and quite likely made by this important partnership.
The figur...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Creamware
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Larger Than Life Terracotta Buddha Bust of Guanyin, Early 20th Century, China
Located in Antwerp, BE
A massive larger than life terracotta buddha bust of Guan Yin,
China, early 20th century.
Broken and restored with wear and tear from enduring exposure to the elements.
Size: 75 cm high.
Weight: 40 kg.
Guanyin, Kwanyin, Guanshiyin or Guanyin Pusa is the Chinese interpretation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (the goddess of comfort and mercy). In addition, she is seen in Taoism as an immortal. The scripture dedicated to her is Dabeizhou. Guanyin is the goddess of compassion and the sea. She is one of the three saints of the western paradise, along with Mahasthamaprapta and Amitabha Buddha; they are worshiped to save departed loved ones from hell and grant them entrance to the western paradise.
Guanyin
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 觀音
Simplified Chinese 观音
Transcriptions
Full Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 觀世音
Simplified Chinese 观世音
Literal meaning "[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World"
Transcriptions
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 觀自在
Simplified Chinese 观自在
Literal meaning "Lord who Gazes down on the World"
Transcriptions
Burmese name
Burmese ကွမ်ယင်
IPA [kwàɴ jɪ̀ɴ]
Tibetan name
Tibetan སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet Quan Âm (Quán Âm)
Quán Thế Âm (Quan Thế Âm)
Quán Tự Tại
Chữ Hán 觀音
觀世音
觀自在
Thai name
Thai กวนอิม, พระอวโลกิเตศวรโพธิสัตว์
RTGS Kuan Im, Phra Avalokitesuan
Korean name
Hangul 관음, 관세음, 관자재
Hanja 觀音, 觀世音, 觀自在
Transcriptions
Mongolian name
Mongolian script ᠨᠢᠳᠦ ᠪᠡᠷ
ᠦᠵᠡᠭᠴᠢ
Japanese name
Kanji 観音, 観世音, 観自在
Hiragana かんのん, かんぜおん, かんじざい
Transcriptions
Indonesian name
Indonesian Kwan Im, Kwan She Im, Awalokiteswara
Filipino name
Tagalog Guanyin (ᜄᜓᜀᜈᜌᜒᜈ)
Sanskrit name
Sanskrit अवलोकितेश्वर (Avalokiteśvara)
Khmer name
Khmer អវលោកិតេស្វរៈ (Avalokitesvarak), អវលោកេស្វរៈ (Avalokesvarak), លោកេស្វរៈ (Lokesvarak)
Hmong name
Hmong Kabyeeb, Niam-Txiv Kabyeeb, Dabpog, Niam-Txiv Dabpog
Guanyin (traditional Chinese: 觀音; simplified Chinese: 观音; pinyin: Guānyīn) is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion.[note 1] She was first given the appellation "Goddess of Mercy" or "Mercy Goddess" by Jesuit missionaries in China.[1] Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means "[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World."[2] On the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, Guanyin's attainment of Buddhahood is celebrated.[3]
Some Buddhists believe that when one of their adherents departs from this world, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhāvatī.[4] Guanyin is often referred to as the "most widely beloved Buddhist Divinity"[5] with miraculous powers to assist all those who pray to her, as is mentioned in the Pumen chapter of Lotus Sutra and Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra.
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There are several pilgrimage centers for Guanyin in East Asia. Putuoshan is the main pilgrimage site in China. There is a 33 temple Guanyin pilgrimage in Korea which includes Naksansa. In Japan, there are several pilgrimages associated with Guanyin. The oldest one of them is the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a pilgrimage through 33 temples with Guanyin shrines. Guanyin is beloved by most Buddhist traditions in a nondenominational way and found in most Tibetan temples under the name Chenrézik (Wylie: Spyan ras gzigs). Guanyin is also beloved and worshipped in the temples in Nepal. The Hiranya Varna Mahavihar located in Patan is one example. Guanyin is also found in some influential Theravada temples such as Gangaramaya Temple, Kelaniya and Natha Devale nearby Temple of the Tooth...
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Located in Madrid, ES
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Bas-relief in white and green marble depicting
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Chelsea-Derby Porcelain Figure of Juno with a Peacock, ca 1780
Located in London, GB
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The Derby Porcelain factory has its roots in the late 1740s, when Andrew Planché, a Walloon Huguenot refugee, started making simple porcelain toys shaped like animals in his back yard. In 1756 Staffordshire enameller William Duysbury and banker John Heath started a new porcelain factory with Planché and this was to grow out to the largest factory of its time, buying up the bankrupted Chelsea and Bow factories, as well as the stock of several other workshops including that of James Giles. The combination of various traditions, porcelain making skills and sophisticated clients enabled Duesbury to create one of the best porcelain factories of the 18th and 19th Centuries, which after many ups and downs is still operative today. The period between the purchase of the Chelsea factory in 1770 and ca 1784 is called the Chelsea-Derby era, when many items were created in Derby and decorated in Chelsea.
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English Pottery Lead-glazed Earthenware Figure of St. George and the Dragon
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Pottery Tortoise-shell Creamware Figure of St. George Fighting the Dragon,
Staffordshire,
Possibly modelled by Enoch and Ralph Wood,
Late 18th Century.
The earthenware figure depicts St. George and the Dragon. St. George is on horseback with a spear in hand in green and yellow glazes as is the dragon. The base and horse in a mottled tortoise-shell brown glaze. The saint is wearing full armour and modelled seated astride his rearing horse, the dragon writhing on the ground beneath, on an oval rocky mound base. The figure is after a 17th century Francesco Fanelli (active 1608–1661) bronze, about 1635-see below.
Provenance: Heisel Collection (Paper label)
Dimensions: 11 1/4 inches high x 9 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches deep
See: A Passion for Pottery: Further Selections from The Henry H. Weldon Collection, Peter Williams and Pat Halfpenny, Page 307, #209 for a pearlware example which is very similarly modelled attributed to Ralph Wood.
Reference: The Holburne Museum has a very similar Fanelli figure The figure group is inspired by the bronze made by Fanelli c1580-1661, an artist who worked in England during King Charles 1 reign. Records show that small bronzes like these stood on the windowsills of important rooms in Whitehall Palace...
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Located in Vienna, AT
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H 10.44 in W 6.5 in D 5.52 in
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Located in Vienna, AT
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18th Century Italian Serpentine, Porphyry, and Marble Bust
Located in London, GB
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Italian, late 18th century
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Meissen Rococo Group Four Children Playing Music by Kaendler, circa 1800
Located in Vienna, AT
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German Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
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Four Rare Meissen Rococo 'Gardener Children' by Michael Victor Acier, circa 1800
Located in Vienna, AT
These four children's figures in their elaborate and detailed design were executed immediately after their design, circa 1778.
Four children in elaborately designed Rococo clothes represent activities in the garden:
A boy cuts back the branches of a bush,
a girl carries a bird's nest in one hand and a flower garland in the other,
a boy tastes the grapes
a girl carries a lamb in his arms.
The figures stand on square flat plinths, which in turn are attached to high, curved, splendid plinths with cartouches raised in gold and rocaille decorations.
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: 1778-1814
Material: White porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: Handmade porcelain, finest hand painting
Designed by Michael Victor Acier (1736 Versailles-1799 Dresden)
Skilled as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain manufactory in Meissen in 1764, and was there, after Kändler's death in 1775, solely responsible for the artistic interests of the manufactory. He created a large number of groups in the Watteau style. In 1780 Acier was called to Dresden to become royal Saxon master modeler.
The models of these four gardener children were created in 1778.
Dimensions:
Total height of figure ca. 15.0 cm / 5.90 in
Height of pedestal 4.5 cm / 1.77 in
Marks:
Blue Meissen underglaze crossed sword mark with a star - Marcolini-Period 1774-1814
Model numbers:
G 3 Gardener child cutting branches
G 3 x Gardener child with bird...
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German Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
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H 5.9 in W 2.36 in D 2.36 in
Derby Porcelain Figures of a Shepherd and a Shepherdess
By Derby
Located in London, GB
Derby porcelain figures of a shepherd and a shepherdess
English, circa 1775
Measures: Height 14cm, width 8cm, depth 6cm
The figures in this pair are known as ‘bocage’, named so ...
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English Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
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St. Clément Figure of a Young Man Going to Market France, circa 1775
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: From the collection of William and Marilyn (Milton) Simpson. Marilyn Simpson was a grandchild of John D. Rockefeller Jr. The paper label on the underside of the figure st...
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French Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
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Faience
18th Century Staffordshire Pearlware Pair of Large Figure Groups
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Staffordshire Pearlware Pair of Large Figure Groups,
"Liberty & Matrimony" & "The Flute Player",
Probably By Enoch Wood or Ralph Wood Jr.,
Circa 1790-1800.
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