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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Material: Ceramic
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
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
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
Important Terracotta Bust of "Marianne", French Revolution, 1794
Located in Doylestown, PA
A historically important and early terracotta bust of "Marianne" the French symbol of the French Revolution, by an unknown sculptor named "Gensoul", depicting the young woman in a draped robe with bow and her hair tied-up with a band. This depiction of Marianne is similar to that of the portrait done earlier by artist Jean-Michel Moreau...
Category
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Majapahit Kneeling Terracotta Figurines Java, Indonesia, c. 1500
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A visibly old pair of mold-formed terracota women kneeling, dating to the Majapahit Empire circa the 15th century. These were excavated amongst the shrines of Mount Penganggungan, Ea...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Other Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Basalt Portrait Medallion, William of Orange, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A self-framing portrait medallion of William of Orange. The mixed-vase mark dates this example firmly in the 1780s. Wedgwood produced a number of co...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Sculpted Clay Head of African Woman
Located in Dallas, TX
Sculpted clay head of a beautiful African woman. Light sandy brown with rough texture. A hand sculpted piece. Head adorned with a decorative circular pattern...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Set of Unknown Miniature Terracotta Heads
Located in Leuven , BE
This small head of a ceramic figure with a bird headdress is probably Pre-Columbian. It seems to originate from the territory of present-day Mexico. Fur...
Category
15th Century and Earlier South American Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Tang Dynasty Painted Terracotta Female Court Attendant
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 618-907 ADA mold-formed pottery tomb attendant figure in the form of a woman who is wearing a lengthy robe with a red-painted skirt, upper clothin...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Set of Four Food Offering Mingqi Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
These petite ceramic sculptures are a type of centuries-old burial figurine known as míngqì or "spirit object." Depicting the pleasures of daily life, míngqì figurines ensured comfort and special treatment in the afterlife. Míngqì sculptures take the form of servants, entertainers, animals, furniture, and in this case, food and food offerings.
These tiny sculptures...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Buddhist Lions and Attendants, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic pair of large Chinese tileworks sancai glazed Buddhistic lions and attendants, late Ming Dynasty, first half of the 17th century, Shanxi, China. Presented on custom 20th century wood and lacquer table-form stands.
This pair of lions and attendants portray Buddhist lions...
Category
Mid-17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Seal, I Still Hope, Derby Porcelain Works, circa 1760
By Derby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A delightul porcelain seal, depicting a young lady, seated on a mound. It is painted with the motto J'ESPRE ENCORE, or I Still Hope. No doubt this was intended as a gift, to be given...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Figure of Venus with Doves, Rococo, 1756-1764
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful figure of Venus with two doves, made by the bow porcelain factory between 1756 and 1764. We see Venus standing holding her robe with one hand, a flower p...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Cow attributed to Delft earthenware, 18th century
Located in Paris, FR
Cow, attribued to delft earthenware
18th century
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early Meissen Cherub Group Allegory Summer & Autumn, by J.J. Kaendler, C 1750
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Porcelain Group From The Time Of Origin:
Two naked cupids and a ram on a rocaille rock, depicting the seasons of summer and autumn:
Summer bedded on a bundle of ears of cor...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculpture Child Hercules on Lion Skin by Renè Rod in Terracotta
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Masterful sculpture by the French artist Renè Rod made in terracotta at the end of the 19th century, sublimely showing us Hercules as a child, lying on a lion skin...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ceramic Pre-Columbian Colima Hunchback Figure Vessel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pre-Columbian figural vessel from West Mexico Colima culture (circa 300BC-400AD). Made of molded clay, the stoneware vessel depicts a seated hunchback...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Delft Cows 18th Century Made De Porceleyne Lampetkan Netherlands Circa 1785
Located in Katonah, NY
This beautiful pair of cows was made around 1785 in the city of Delft.
Since the late seventeenth century, Dutch Delft cows have adorned mantelpiece...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Delft
Italian Early 18th Century Terracotta Fragment
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Italian early 18th century terracotta fragment of an face mounted on stand. Ca 1690 - 1710 Italy.
Measurements with stand H 15 W 9 D 6.6 cm.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Rare 18th-Century Bow Porcelain Figures of South American Parrots
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th-century bow porcelain Models of South American Parrots,
Circa 1758-62
These beautiful Bow porcelain birds are naturalistically modelled, each perching on a flowering stump i...
Category
1750s Georgian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Figure of Juno with Eagle 'Jupiter', Rococo Ca 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive large figure of Juno with an eagle, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. This figure formed part of a series of the Four Elements, with...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Immaculate Madonna Terracotta Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
18th century
Immaculate Madonna
Terracotta, 53 x 22 x 20 cm
The work examined depicts the Virgin Mary treated according to the iconography of the Immaculate Virgin
The theme of the Immaculate Conception began to appear in artistic works ever since the debate began, which saw the Franciscans and the ramifications of the Benedictine Order lined up on one side, linked to the thought of Anselmo d'Aosta and Bonaventura da Bagnoregio, and on the other the Dominicans, linked to the discussion offered by Thomas Aquinas...
Category
18th Century European Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Large 18th-Century Derby Porcelain Figure Emblematic of Africa
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large Derby Porcelain Figure of Africa,
From a series known as the "Four Quarters".
Circa 1765
The large figure, emblematic of Africa, is depic...
Category
Mid-18th Century Georgian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three 14th or 15th Century Ceramic Fertility Figures from Thailand
Located in Yonkers, NY
A set of three Thai ceramic fertility figures from the 14th or 15th century. Created in Thailand during the 14th or 15th century, this set of petite ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early Meissen Round Group of Gardener Children, by J.J. Kaendler, 1763-1774
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen porcelain group from the time of origin:
Four children in festive, rural rococo clothing on a three-part rocaille base: on the central raised pedestal a girl with a basket o...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Han Dynasty Pottery Horse and Rider
Located in Dallas, TX
Han Dynasty painted pottery horse and rider
A Chinese Han Dynasty painted pottery horse & rider. Made from grey pottery and cold-painted in white, red and black pigments. The rider dressed as a warrior and in the pose of holding reins for the horse. Comes with a custom sturdy lucite stand.
Measures: Height: 13.5 inches (33cm).
Length: 13 inches
Depth: 5 inches
Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220).
Condition: Very good with past restoration to legs.
The great influence of the horse throughout the history of China can...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Derby Pair of Candle Stick Figures, Bagpiper and Lady with Lute, Rococo, Ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of Derby porcelain candlestick figures of a bagpiper and a lady with lute, made between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The pair is one of Derby's f...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Northern Wei Terrecotta Attendant - TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 386-534 ADA well defined Chinese Northern Wei Terracotta Attendant Statue.
The Figure is depicted standing with his hands along the body, wearin...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pre-Columbian Style Nayarit Indian Polychromed Effigy Alligator Pipes
Located in Lomita, CA
This grouping of alligator-like or crocodile effigy antique pipes is both beautiful and intriguing. The wear on the backs and underside of the polychrome...
Category
18th Century Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Derby Porcelain Figure of Musician with Flageolet and Tabor, Rococo, Ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful porcelain figure of a musician with a flageolet and tabor (fluit and drum), made by Derby around 1765, which was the Rococo era. The figure is one half of a pair ...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Scent, or Perfume, Bottle, in Pale Blue Jasperware, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver CAP and dipper.
Decorated with Cupid playing the lyre, and Cupid singing. The God of Love suggests this was intended a...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Ancient Terracotta Tanagra, 'Restored'
Located in Marseille, FR
Old Tanagra in terracotta (restored) 18 cm high.
Additional information:
Material: Terracotta
Dimension: 18 H cm.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Figure of a Fat Lady and Child
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty polychromed fat lady with child in arm.
Terracotta, pottery
Tang Dynasty (618- 907AD))
Measures: Height: 20.2 inches (51cm)
Width: 9.45 inches (24cm)
Guaranteed Authentic with COA
Condition: Excellent with loss to pinky and wear commensurate of age.
This rare and outstanding ceramic court attendant was made during what many consider to be China’s Golden Age, the T’ang Dynasty. It was at this point that China’s outstanding technological and aesthetic achievements opened to external influences, resulting in the introduction of numerous new forms of self-expression, coupled with internal innovation and considerable social freedom. The T’ang dynasty also saw the birth of the printed novel, significant musical and theatrical heritage and many of China’s best-known painters and artists. The T’ang Dynasty took control in 618 AD, when the Li family seized power from the last crumbling remnants of the preceding Sui Dynasty. This political and regal regime was long-lived, and lasted for almost 300 years. The imperial aspirations of the preceding periods and early T’ang leaders led to unprecedented wealth, resulting in considerable socioeconomic stability, the development of trade networks and vast urbanisation for China’s exploding population (estimated at around 50 million people in the 8th century AD). The T’ang rulers took cues from earlier periods, maintaining many of their administrative structures and systems intact. Even when dynastic and governmental institutions withdrew from management of the empire towards the end of the period – their authority undermined by localised rebellions and regional governors known as jiedushi –the systems were so well-established that they continued to operate regardless. The artworks created during this era are among China’s greatest cultural achievements. It was the greatest age for Chinese poetry...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Venetian Porcelain Commedia Dell 'Arte Sculpture "Pantalone" 'Pantaloon'
Located in Doha, QA
Pantalone (Pantaloon) is one of the most important characters in Commedia dell’arte -Italian Comedy which was very popular form of a professional theatre, started in Italy and rotate...
Category
18th Century Italian Other Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Figures of Mythical Characters
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain large mythical figures,
Probably of Shouxing, God of Longevity
Circa 1775
The two Chinese Export figures stand on green shaped bases and although they a...
Category
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Small Ming Dynasty Pottery Figures
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of small Ming Dynasty (1364-1644) terracotta polychrome figures, in excellent condition.
Here's a cute little couple, looking very spry for their age. Both figures are wearing...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Ming Dynasty Horsemen Roof Tiles
Located in London, GB
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 ...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Coade Stone Mounted Caryatid Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Coade Stone Mounted Caryatid Sculpture. Eleanor Coade was a British businesswoman known for manufacturing Neoclassical statues, architectural decora...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Coade Stone
Tang Dynasty Fat Lady Pottery Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty Terracotta sculpture of a fat lady
This stunning lady wears her hair in an elaborately styled coiffure. A remarkable amount of the original pigm...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Lady of the Court, Terracotta, China, Tang Period
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Lady of the court
Orange terracotta statue.
Tang period
Measures: H 20cm. L5cm. D 5cm
450€.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Jalisco Kneeling Female Figure, ca. 400 AD
Located in Chicago, IL
This commanding earthenware figure is attributed to the Jalisco region of Western Mexico and dates to ca. 400 AD. Possibly depicting an ancestor, warrior, or mythical person, the fig...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of French 18th Century Porcelain Signed Statues of Hawk-Headed Parrots
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most charming true pair of French 18th century De La Courtille porcelain signed statues of hawk-headed parrots. Each wonderfully executed p...
Category
18th Century French Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Scent, or Perfume, Bottle, in Pale Blue Jasperware, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver cap with chain, surmounted by a wonderfully wrought squirrel.
Note the way the beads have been added individually; this ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Large Polychrome Fruitera Pedestal Dish, Cocle Culture, Panama
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Polychrome Fruitera Pedestal Dish, Cocle Culture, Panama
A large pedestal dish with two hammerhead shark-like sea creatures in plum, ochre and b...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Panamanian Tribal Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Terra Cotta Bust of Marie Antoinette, Terra Cotta Bust of Marie Antoinette
By Jean-Baptiste Nini 1
Located in Vista, CA
After Jean-Baptiste Nini
(French, 1717-1786) inscribed "J. B. Nini, 1780" on shoulder of bust.
Mounted in a neoclassical gilt-brass surround.
In a technique of his own inventi...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures, Arlecchino and Columbina, Rococo ca 1758
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful pair of figures of Arlecchino and Columbina, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1758. These figures formed part of a series of the Commedia dell'Arte, a very popular series of theatrical figures that served as decoration at the dinner table in the 18th Century.
The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby.
These figures were used to adorn the dinner table when dessert was served; groups of figures served to express something about the host, the guests, or to direct the conversation. The Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, a comical form of masked theatre, was very popular in those days and Bow copied many figures of the German Meissen series that were brought out in the decades before.
This pair dates from about 1758, which was at the height of Bow's ability to make beautiful figurines often copied from Chelsea or Meissen. The pair is modelled after a Meissen pair by Kaendler. The porcelain is translucent with a beautiful milky glaze - Bow was probably the first pottery using bone in its porcelain recipe. Arlecchino (Harlequin) is playing the bagpipes, dressed in an odd costume of mismatched chintz and playing cards and wearing a funny black trumpet...
Category
1750s English Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early 18th Century Meissen Oval Wall Beveled Mirror Pair of Cherubs, Germany
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Fine German Meissen porcelain beveled wall mirror with a pair of figural cherubs. Finely modelled as an elegant 18th century piece of art, hand painted white porcelain china with cob...
Category
Early 18th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Tang Dynasty Pottery Horse With Saddle
Located in Dallas, TX
A Tang Dynasty (618 - 907AD) Chinese Pottery Horse with Saddle. No TL test but absolutely guaranteed authentic with COA available upon request.
Dimensions: 14 x 6.75 x 17 inches (35.6 x 20.3 x 43.2 cm)
Condition; Very Good with wear commensurate of age and use. Invisible repairs to left ear and parts of mane and hair tuft. A super tight hairline on base of neck barely visible with magnifying glass. Strong and stable and presents beautifully.
The great influence of the horse throughout the history of China cannot be underestimated. In fact, the ancient unification of the Chinese Empire was due in large part to the horse. Their rapid mobility allowed for quick communication between far away provinces. Likewise, the military role of horses aided in the conquest and submission of distant lands. The need to import stronger, faster steeds from Central Asia (as opposed to the native Mongol pony) led to the creation of the Silk Road. The importance of the horse in the history and culture of China can be viewed, in part, through the artistic legacy of this great civilization. In sculpture, painting, and literature, horses were glorified and revered, believed to be relatives of dragons, a theory reflecting their sacred status within society. During the Tang Dynasty, the adoration of the horse can be seen through their burial art. Horse models excavated from mausoleums of the period are among the most splendid and easily recognizable works of Chinese art.
This work is remarkable for the amount of the original pigment that has survived the ravages of time, specifically apparent on the orange saddle. Equally impressive is the fact that the saddle has been separately crafted; it may once have supported a rider who is now lost to us. This gorgeous sculpture is a testament to the admiration and adoration the Chinese had for these marvelous creatures. Although they were an integral part in the expansion and defense of the empire, they were equally regarded for their beauty and grace as revealed by this sculpture.
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Su Sanci Glazed Horse Figure, Kangxi Period, 18th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese Su Sanci glazed figure of a horse and a boy. Sancai decoration uses glazes predominantly in three colors: brown or amber, green or creamy white with the more rare use of blue. While particularly associated with the Tang dynasty tomb figures...
Category
18th Century Chinese Other Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Coade Stone Boundary Plaque for St Olave’s School
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Coade Stone Boundary Plaque for St Olave’s School. A Coade stone boundary marker plaque depicting the seal of St Olave‘s school and its foundati...
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Late 18th Century Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Coade Stone
Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Pottery Attendants
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty glazed earthenware figure of Attendant
The condition of these 5 century old glazed pottery tomb figures is outstand...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Rider, Polychrome Terracotta, Ming Period
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Rider.
Polychrome terracotta.
Ming period.
Removable head.
H 40cm. L 29cm. W 11cm.
1400€.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Tang Dynasty Museum Quality TL Tested Terracotta Fat Lady Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty painted terracotta fat lady tomb figure
China. Tang Dynasty Circa 618-907
Modelled in the form of a classically dressed fat lady, this terraco...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Two Coade Stone Relief Panels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Two coade stone Relief panels. These panels are elements of a ‘Garden Seat’ illustrated in Coade’s etchings. This corresponds to the 1784 publication A De...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Coade Stone
Ming Dynasty Glazed Pottery Tomb Attendants with Zodiac Animals
Located in Dallas, TX
Ca. 1368-1644 AD. Ming Dynasty.
A fabulous set of two mould-made, glazed ceramic zodiac figures. Each wearing long draping gowns of rich green, yellow and orange hues. Each figure ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Late Ming Era Documented Glazed Pottery Horse
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant Chinese Ming dynasty pottery figurine depicting a horse in a standing pose with polychrome finish (aubergine, light brown and g...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Pair Large Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed and Painted Pottery Figures, 16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
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...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Coade Stone Relief Panels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Pair of Coade stone Relief panels. These panels are elements of a ‘Garden Seat’ illustrated in Coade’s etchings. This corresponds to the 1784 publication ...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Coade Stone
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The Study catches up with the Brooklyn designer as he prepares for his second solo show at Friedman Benda.