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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Material: Ceramic
Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a bust or full effigy figurine crafted in 400 A.D. Mesoamerica. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically in Teotihuacan, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate coiffure or headdress and ear spools...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Nayarit Chinesco-Style Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This seated effigy figure was crafted in 300 BC to 300 AD from the ancient Nayarit region of Mexico and was likely used as a ritual or burial offering. The ceramic works of the Chine...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Chupicuaro Redware Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This standing effigy figure was crafted in 300 BC from the ancient Chupicuaro region of Mexico and was likely used as a ritual or burial offering. The ceramic works of the Chupicuaro...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a bust or full effigy figurine crafted in 400 A.D. Mesoamerica. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically in Teotihuacan, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine, 'Pair of Lovers', Model No 571
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines, Pair of Lovers. Model 571.
Sitting lovers, designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, above a base covered with plastic flowers and leaves, shep...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ecce Homo - Florence, 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
A terracotta bust "Ecce Homo"
Florence, 15th century
53 x 44 x 31 cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
La Tolita-Tumaco Standing Female Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This standing effigy was crafted in 500 A.D. - 1000 A.D. Mesoamerica using the gray clay paste that characterizes La Tolita-Tumaco ceramics of early Colombia-Ecuador. The art of La Tolita-Tumaco civilization is considered one of the most developed of the pre-Columbian period as metalwork and ceramics were the most popular form of cultural expression. The ceramic creations of this culture were often based on the human figure to create portraits of people and realistic daily scenes of life cycles and the human condition.
This figure appears to be wearing a loincloth and is adorned with a beaded necklace and an elaborate coiffure or headdress. There are holes lining each ear indicating the potential use of ear spools...
Category
15th Century and Earlier South American Pre-Columbian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ming Period Fahua Pottery Chinese Table Screen Scholar Eight immortals Shoulou
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A chinese porcelain table screen from the Ming period, 16/17th century. Decorated in High Relief With Shoulou on his crane and the Eight Immorta...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
A Bow Porcelain Figure of Winter, c1765
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Bow Porcelain Figure of Winter, c1765
Have named this version of winter "Dave" in tribute to the great and sorely missed observational Irish comedian Dave Allen.
Additional information:
Date : c1765
Period : George III
Marks : None
Origin : New Canton factory...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Guanyin Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
This stunning Chinese porcelain sculpture of the deity Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, was crafted in China in the 1880s. Featuring intricate details and fine-tuned craftsmanship, thi...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
''Ho Ho boy'' Chinese Porcelaine Period Kang-Hsi Second Half of the 17th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Ho Ho boy" Chinese porcelain. Period Kang-Hsi
Second half of the 17th century.
Category
Mid-17th Century Chinese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Han Dynasty Horse Sculpture, 206BC- 209 AD
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Han Dynasty Horse Sculpture, 206BC- 209 AD
It is interetsing to note the position of the riders feet. They are gripping the shoulder of the horse. D...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
A Bow Porcelain Figure of a Turkish Dancer, c1765
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Bow Porcelain Figure of a Turkish Dancer, c1765
Additional information:
Date : c1765
Period : George III
Marks : Unmarked. Label for Albert Amo...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Jesus Child Terracotta Figure Holy Devotional Italian Art
Located in Milan, IT
18th century Jesus Child Terracotta Sculpture an Italian Holy and devotional art polychromed figure depicting Baby Jesus standing on an a carved and go...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Giltwood
A Bow Porcelain Figure of a Female Turkish Dancer, c1765
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Bow Porcelain Figure of a Female Turkish Dancer, c1765
Additional information:
Date : c1765
Period : George III
Marks : Unmarked
Origin : Bow, ...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
17th Century Italian Polychrome Painted Terracotta Jesus Child Putto Figure
Located in Lincoln, GB
Exquisite product is a polychromed, hand painted terracotta figure that beautifully depicts Baby Jesus. The attention to detail is evident in the figure's glass eyes, which add a lif...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Han Dynasty Horse Sculpture, 206 BC- 209 AD
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Han Dynasty Horse Sculpture, 206 BC- 209 AD
It is interetsing to note the position of the riders feet. They are gripping the shoulder of the horse. ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Female Mingqi Spirit Attendant
Located in Chicago, IL
Molded of earthenware, this petite sculpture is a type of centuries-old burial figurine known as míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to en...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Female Mingqi Spirit Attendant
Located in Chicago, IL
Molded of earthenware, this petite sculpture is a type of centuries-old burial figurine known as míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to en...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Japanese Elephant Kakiemon Style Sculpture, Edo/Meiji Period 18/19 C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
The kakiemon-style elephant carrying a pagoda on its back, with polychrome enamel decoration. For a similar elephant see.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Regio...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
2 Antique Chelsea Porcelain Staffordshire Miniature Confetti Spaniel Dog Anchor
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of antique Chelsea Porcelain miniature 18th century Staffordshire figurines in the shape of brown spotted King Charles Spaniels or poodles....
Category
18th Century Federal Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Early Qing Pair Blanc de Chine Porcelain Hawk Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very finely made pair antique Chinese porcelain blanc de chine figures of hawks dating from the early qing period and from the 18th century, possibly from the Kangxi reign. The fig...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Figure - Seated Rustic Seasons - the Autumn Vendangeur, c1765
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Bow Porcelain Figure - Seated Rustic Seasons - the Autumn Vendangeur, c1765
Additional information:
Date : c1765
Period : George III
Marks : none...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Seated Rustic Seasons Figure of Winter, c1765
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Bow Porcelain Seated Rustic Seasons Figure of Winter, c1765
Additional information:
Date : c1765
Period : George III
Marks : None
Origin : New Canton factory...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bloor Derby Pair of Porcelain Figures, Stag and Doe, circa 1765-1820
By Derby, Bloor Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming pair of porcelain figures of a stag and a doe, probably cast by Derby in about 1760 and decorated by Bloor Derby in 1820. The figures are a simple white porce...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Mushroom Seller "Pilzverkäufer" with blue eyes, circa 1747
Located in Maidstone, GB
Mid 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Rare blue eyed Mushroom Seller "Pilzverkäufer". Model Number 864, by Johann Joachim Kaendler, circa 1747
Crossed swords mark and model n...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Turkish Pair holding sweetmeat / table salt bowls
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain, Pair of Turkish figures holding sweetmeat / table salt bowl. These sweetmeat figures were made around 1745, the original models being done by J F Eber...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Shield Antefix Ornament from Thailand, Late 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
A shield-shaped antefix from Thailand, late 18th century.
Reclaimed from old constructions and preserved in time, these architectural details were a decorative staple in many tradi...
Category
1790s Thai Other Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Faience Bust of Madame Recamier, After Houdon
Located in San Antonio, TX
Discover the timeless beauty of this exquisite French Faience Bust of Madame Recamier, a tribute to the renowned sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. Made of ...
Category
Mid-17th Century French Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Faience
Agnolo di Polo Firenze 1470 - Arezzo 1528' - Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Agnolo di Polo (Firenze 1470 - Arezzo 1528)
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Around 1510-1520
Painted and gilded terracotta
55.5 x 24 x 16.5 cm
San Nicholas de Tolentino is represe...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ceramic Shield Ornament from Thailand, Late 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
A shield-shaped architectural detail from Thailand, Late 18th Century.
Reclaimed from old constructions and preserved in time, these architectural details are a decorative staple in...
Category
1790s Thai Other Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Tang Dynasty Terracotta Horse and Rider
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty Horse and Rider. China (618-907 AD)
During the Tang Dynasty, horses were revered creature, considered relatives of the mythical...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Tang Dynasty Paited Terracotta Female Attendant
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa (618-907 AD) A pottery tomb attendant figure in the form of a woman who is wearing a lengthy robe with a red-painted skirt, her robes are painted ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Sevres Style Bisque Porcelain Figural Pastoral Group
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French Sevres style white glazed bisque porcelain decorative pastoral figural group in the manner of Michel Victor Acier ( French, 1736-1799 ) depicting a shepherd and shepherdess tying a ribbon around a lamb's neck on a field of roses. The pastoral sculpture...
Category
16th Century French Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Terracotta Relief - Lombardy, First Half of 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Large Terracotta relief of the flight into Egypt
Lombardy, first half of 17th century
Painted terracotta
91 x 85 x 11,5 cm
This event in the early life of Christ is recounted i...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Capodimonte, Enamelled Porcelain Group, Putti with Flowers After Badessi
By Capodimonte
Located in BARSAC, FR
Capodimonte factory in Italy near Naples.
Enamelled porcelain group presenting three putti playing with sheaves of rosebuds, one of them carrying a basket on his head.
Signed L...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Figure
Located in New Orleans, LA
This lovely Chupicuaro lady wears an elaborate coiffure, large ear plugs, and a beaded jade necklace, all of which were highly prized by Chupicuaro nobility. ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Clara, Porcelain Figure of a Rhinocerous, 18th Century Original Model, New
By Edouard Verschaffelt
Located in München, DE
An inspiration for artists, musicians and poets since the 18th Century: the armored rhinoceros Clara remains the topic of conversation and at the center of attention.
Clara is an ice...
Category
18th Century German Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Statues
Located in TOULOUSE, FR
Pair of statues representing women dressed in the antique style holding torches.
Patinated terracotta stucco.
Louis XVI period
XVIIIth century.
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Majolica Hen Sculpture, White, Brown and Green Color, France 18th Cetury
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Magnificent Majolica, with splendid brown and green-white colors. This sculpture was made in the 18th Century in France.
Category
18th Century French Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Majolica
Antique Chinese Ming Dynasty-Style Equestrian Roof Tile, 18th C.
Located in San Francisco, CA
A circa 18th century Chinese Ming dynasty-style equestrian form glazed pottery roof tile.
Classic figural depiction of a proud celestial warrior on horseback, hand-crafted of eart...
Category
18th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Earthenware, Terracotta
18th Century Terracotta Bust of Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully detailed. Hand sculpted terracotta on original marble plinth.
Category
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Charming Pair of English Derby Porcelain Figurines, Flower Baskets, circa 1760
By Derby
Located in Gardena, CA
Charming pair of English Derby porcelain figurines, flower baskets, circa 1760
A beautiful hand painted couple picking flowers; both dresse...
Category
18th Century Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Complete Set of Porcelain Figures "The Four Elements", Rococo, circa 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive complete set of large figures called The Four Elements, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. It consists of Ceres representing Earth, V...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Clodion, Claude Michel Terracotta Sculpture, Triumph Bacchus
Located in Gardena, CA
Clodion, Claude Michel Terracotta Sculpture, Triumph Bacchus, 19th century
Clodion, Claude Michel (French, 1738-1814) 19th century terracotta sculpture...
Category
18th Century Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century Italian St Joseph with Infant Jesus Baroque Old Master Sculpture
By Angelo Gabriello Piò
Located in Milan, IT
From Italy a superlative Bolognese Baroque polychrome earthenware Saint Joseph with Infant Jesus sculpture, circle of old master Angelo Gabriello Piò, Bol...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Terracotta Lion Statues, 18th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Resting on pedestals, this pair of terracotta lions was made in the 18th century.
These terracotta lions are based on ancient iconography a...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French C 18th Terracotta Bust of a Gentleman
Located in London, GB
After a model attributed to Jean Antoine Houdon, possibly Nicolas Joseph Laurent Gilbert (1750 - 1780), poet.
Superbly sculpted in a coat and ruffled shirt set on a waisted socle....
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Porcelain Meissen Cockatoo
Located in Lisboa, PT
Porcelain Meissen cockatoo from 18th century.
The Meissen porcelain factory has gained a reputation for its production of exquisite, high-quality por...
Category
18th Century German Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Tang Dynasty Large And Important Pottery Horse TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Large And Important Tang Dynasty (618-907AD) Pottery Horse TL Tested. China.
Ca. 618-907 AD A beautiful pottery figure of a horse. The animal is shown in a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tang Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Fra Mattia Della Robbia, Saint Joseph, Tuscany, Around 1505-1510
By Della Robbia
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Fra Mattia Della Robbia (Firenze 1468-1534)
Saint Joseph
Terracotta
Tuscany, around 1505-1510
55 x 40 x 30 cm
Marco della Robbia the Younger (April 6, 1468 in Florence - 15...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair Ming Dynasty Glazed Pottery Dignitary Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Ming dynasty sancai blue glazed pottery figures.
Circa 1500 AD Ming Dynasty
I have owned over 250 ming tomb figures including over 80...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
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
1780s English Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Figure of a Nun, Perhaps Heloise, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A classic example of early bow porcelain.
The figure is of a Dominican Nun, and is based on a continental model, probably Meissen.
Bow produced a number of apparently religious...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Pearlware, Ralph & Enoch Wood, circa 1790
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pearlware bust of Sir Isaac Newton, by Enoch Wood. The oak pedestal adds dignity to an attractive rendering of this great man of science. A handwrit...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pearlware
Terracotta Bust of Christ as the Redeemer, 15th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
A terracotta bust of Christ as The Redeemer
Tuscany or Emilia Romagna, late 15th century
Measures: 46 x 43 x 21 cm
This powerful, moving bust of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century, Napolitan Nativity Sculptures
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful pair of large church crib sculptures in wood and painted terracotta with glass eyes depicting a peasant girl helping a beggar woman, typical Nea...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Pair of Black Basalt Reclining Figures, Cleopatra and Lucretia, Neale circa 1780
By Neale & Co.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, rare pair of figures in black basalt from the Neale Manufactory. The Neale pottery was founded in 1778 and ran until around 1792. They made very fine wares, and were on good terms with Wedgwood, with whom they combined shipments to the continent.
For two similar figures marked for Neale & Co. see Diana Edwards, Black Basalt, Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers, Suffolk, 1994, p. 208, figs. 313 & 314.
Cleopatra and Lucretia are two women from different time periods and historical contexts, but are linked by their importance in Roman history, as well as by their tragic ends.
Cleopatra was a famous queen of ancient Egypt, who ruled from 51-30 BC. She was the last pharaoh of Egypt and is remembered for her intelligence, beauty, and political savvy. Cleopatra was involved in a romantic relationship with the Roman general and statesman, Julius Caesar, and later with the Roman general and politician, Mark Antony...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
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