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Material: Porcelain
Wild Rose Reel II Sculpture by Zsolt József Simon
Located in Geneve, CH
Wild Rose Reel II Sculpture by Zsolt József Simon
Dimensions: W 34 x D 34 x H 27 cm
Materials: Porcelain.
Zsolt József Simon is a porcelain designe...
Category
2010s Hungarian Post-Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Collection of Four 20th Century Bisque Porcelain Bird Models
Located in London, GB
Collection of four 20th century bisque porcelain bird models
Continental, 20th Century
Largest (pair of sparrows): Height 17.5cm, width 13cm, depth 6cm
This exquisite collection of...
Category
20th Century European Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladró Macaw Bird Sculpture, Black-Gold, Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain creation of a majestic macaw from the Boldblack collection. This elegant Limited Edition macaw, one of the most popular tropical birds, is one of the first creations in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Lladro Yupik or Inuit Boy and Girl Affectionately Embracing Figurine
By Lladro
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large hand painted porcelain figurine was made by the renowned Llladro company of Spain in circa 1985. The figurine depicts a young Inuit boy and girl affectionately embrac...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Native American Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Vibrantly Colored Chinese Ceramic Roosters
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of Vibrantly Colored Chinese Ceramic Roosters. Crowing roosters perched on a log in very colorful plumage of yellow, green and purple.
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Tiger
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking mid century tiger sculpture crafted in terra cotta, hand decorated in vivid colors and glazed. Stamped Italy on the bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Italian Onion and Artichoke Finial Topiary
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming vintage Italian porcelain sculpture depicting a stacked grouping of onions and artichokes and resting on a tazza-form base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Luxury Vase #48 "Home", Biscuit Porcelain. Handmade crafted and paint in Italy.
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The heart collection is the result of the extravagant creativity of two innovative designers, who are inspired especially by the human body.
The heart collection is inspired by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Biscuit Bust of Louise Brongniart After Houdon Made by Sèvres
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Lovely biscuit porcelain bust of a young girl, named Louise Brongniart. The bust is marked on the back with 'Houdon' and the Sevres mark. Biscuit por...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Luxury Vase #11 "XXX". Porcelain. Handmade design and crafted in Italy. 2020.
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The heart collection is the result of the extravagant creativity of two innovative designers, who are inspired especially by the human body.
The heart collection is inspired by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Hand-Painted Porcelain Birds Made by Jeanne Reed’s
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Gorgeous pair of porcelain hand-painted birds standing on a branch
Made by Jeanne Reed’s for the Historic Charleston Foundation
This pair would look stunning on a fireplace mantle ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Luxury Vase #22 "B+". Porcelain. Handmade design and crafted in Italy. 2020.
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The heart collection is the result of the extravagant creativity of two innovative designers, who are inspired especially by the human body.
The heart collection is inspired by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
ISIDE I11, Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Centerpiece, Size S
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
THE COLLECTION
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that combine history and design.
The extreme attention to details, supported by twenty years of experience of master craftsmen, is the company’s strength.
The production technique hides secrets and art mixtures that make the product unique and exclusive. Mosche Bianche chooses to combine art and design to recall history through ceramic artworks in doing so, history revives, as in a fairy tale, an incredible civilization that is the sicilian culture.
The moorish heads in ceramics, tribute to the beauty of ancient Sicily...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Large Chinese White Porcelain Guanyin Buddha Statue
Located in 景德镇市, CN
Graceful Large Chinese White Porcelain Guanyin Buddha Statue – Timeless Elegance
This exquisite large Guanyin Buddha statue is crafted from premium white porcelain, showcasing the go...
Category
2010s Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Luxury Vase #36 "Ensemble". Porcelain. Handmade design in Italy. 2020
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The heart collection is the result of the extravagant creativity of two innovative designers, who are inspired especially by the human body.
The heart collection is inspired by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Huge Capodimonte “Ritorno Dai Campi" by S. Agostino Fine Quality Porcelain Scene
Located in Tustin, CA
“Ritorno dai campi" is a museum quality, limited edition, handmade and hand painted, collectible Capodimonte Italian porcelain by Italian artist, S. Agostino. It is a finely detailed, very large porcelain sculpture depicting a boy riding in a hay filled, horse drawn wagon. The horse has leather reins and is lead by a man with a dog. The man is on foot and holding a hat, and is followed by a barefoot woman with a basket and a rake. The scene is decorated with flowers, a tree and a stump.
Porcelain scene sits on a wooden base with a brass plaque reading "Ritorno Dai Campi Collezione Porcellane S. Agostino"
Signed on the back, “Capodimonte Limited Edition no. 1/100 Made in Italy" with the artist's signature and a blue and white Capodimonte...
Category
20th Century Italian Other Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century “Dune i” Wall Sculpture by Agnès Debizet, France 2017
Located in London, GB
“Dune I” Wall by Agnès Debizet, 2017
Monumental wall sculpture comprising twenty elements made of stoneware and porcelain slip with dark cracks surface, unique piece signed and da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
Antique 18th century Ceramic/Porcelain Pair of Cockfighting Roosters Paris 1780
Located in Doha, QA
One of the national symbols and emblems of France is the Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster) and it was decorated French flags during the Revolution (1789-1799) .
It is the symbol of French people because of the play on words of the Latin Gallus meaning Gaul and Gallus meaning coq- Rooster.
This late 18th century ceramic...
Category
Late 18th Century French Baroque Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Fall Figural Group
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of putti holding symbols of the harvest adorn this Meissen porcelain figural group entitled Fall. Part of the company's Seasons series, these charming characters rest upon a r...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Black Basalt Jasperware American President George Washington Bust
Located in Nottingham, GB
Wedgwood Black Basalt Jasperware American President George Washington Bust
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Category
20th Century Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large German porcelain goose by Lorentz Hutschenreuther L.H.S
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Large German Porcelain Goose by Hutschenreuther A.G. Selb
Beautiful goose figurine in an imposing pose displaying the glory of nature. Beautifully rend...
Category
20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Bisque Porcelain Group of Venus and Cupid, Mid 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite bisque porcelain figure of Venus and Cupid from the mid nineteenth century, French, with incised crossed swords mark and another device etched on the base.
Photos don't ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Early 20th Century Glazed Ceramic Blue Duck
Located in Chonburi, TH
Behold a magnificent Large Early 20th Century Glazed Ceramic Blue Duck with a regal purple base. This exquisite avian masterpiece encapsulates the elegance of bygone eras, showcasing meticulous craftsmanship and timeless aesthetic appeal. Standing proud, the duck's cerulean plumage is adorned with a glossy finish, capturing the essence of artisanal mastery. The vibrant interplay of blue and purple hues evokes a sense of opulence, while the sizable form lends an imposing presence. This objet d'art seamlessly blends the charm of early 20th-century design with the allure of glazed ceramics, making it a captivating symbol of artistic refinement and a testament to the enduring allure of vintage decorative pieces.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Lladró Poodle with Mochis Dog Figurine
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
A porcelain creation belonging to the Dog & Candy collection, inspired by the more playful side of pets. This poodle has been caught red-handed eating mochis, the traditional Japanes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art deco porcelain Etling Paris
By Genevieve Granger
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art deco porcelain Etling Paris
Figure ( Spanish lady ) art deco
Origin France Circa 1920
Rare Etling Paris Edition Signed G.Granger
Perfect condition (sealed at its base)
The artist is Granevieve Granger
porcelain test
His company La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling, founded in Paris in 1909, manufactured decorative objects and commissioned sculptors and artists, including Georges Béal, Demétre Chiparus, Claire Colinet, Armand Godard, Geneviève Granger, Marcel Guillard, Maurice Guiraud-Rivière, Géza Hiecz, Fanny Rozet, and Lucille Sevin...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladro St Joseph ‘San Jose Nacimiento’
By Lladro
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous retired Lladro St Joseph ‘San Jose Nacimiento’ figurine in MINT condition.
This figurine was sculpted by Salvador Furio, one of...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Country Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Exquisite Dresden Porcelain Peacock Tail Closed Facing Forward Figurine Germany
Located in Tustin, CA
Handmade, hand painted, collectible estate figurine from Dresden Porcelain in Germany is a brightly colored, beautifully sculpted, proud male peacock who ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Figure, Little Mermaid, Model Number 2313
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen porcelain figure. Little Mermaid. Model number 2313.
Measures: 5 x 3.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factory quality.
Category
20th Century Danish Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Boy On Wooden Horse, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Boy in a white shirt with a newspaper cap riding on a wooden horse with wheels.
Modeling and painting of the finest quality, excellent lifelike and loving details.
Modeller:
JULIUS ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine, Boy with a Flower Basket, Model 149
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Meissen porcelain figurine. Boy with flower basket. Model 149. Approx. 1900.
Measures: 12.8 x 6.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factor...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figure Cavalier At His Desk Writing A Love Letter, Kaendler, Circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain figure:
Young gentleman in elaborate rococo clothing of the upper classes: noble white frock coat with golden hems, gold and flower embroidered vest and sleeve cuffs, large black bow on the wig hair, sitting at a magnificent desk with curved...
Category
1860s German Baroque Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladro Porcelain Figurine Of A Setter Dog
By Lladro
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lladro porcelain figurine of a dog by Fulgencio Garcia. It depicts a hand painted full of details tall Setter standing up with a very expressive gaze. The Lladro hallmark ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladró Horse Race Figurine in White by Ernest Massuet. Limited Edition.
By Ernest Massuet, Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Race of horses figurine joined together and one of them attached to the white, glossy and matte porcelain base limited series. The thrilling energy of a horse race, captured in all i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladro Porcelain Figurine Of A Lhasa Apso Dog
By Lladro
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lladro porcelain figurine of a dog. It depicts a very well done hand painted white and light brown dog. The Lhasa Apso is standing up with a lot of wavy hair and a “I don’t...
Category
20th Century Spanish Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Bear, Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, Johan Joachim Kaendler, 1735
Located in Milano, IT
Hard porcelain bear modeled and painted in gray-brown and black
Manufacture of Meissen, by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner and Johan Joachim Kaendler, 1735
It...
Category
1730s German Baroque Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Mazy Glazed Purple & White Porcelain Pansy Sculpture
By Samuel Mazy
Located in Toronto, ON
Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy, exclusive to Maison Nurita in Canada. Mazy has been working as a ceramist for nearly 20 years i...
Category
2010s French Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Copper
A Group of Children in 18th Century Meissen Porcelain, Louis XVI Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A group of children in 18th century Meissen porcelain, Louis XVI period.
An 18th century Meissen porcelain sculpture of a group of children, Louis XVI period.
H: 22cm, D: 14cm
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen porcelain figurine of a mouse. Early 1900s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen porcelain figurine of a mouse.
Early 1900s.
Model number: 510.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: W 3.5 cm x H 4.0 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain figure by Raymont Peynet for Rosenthal. 1950 - 1959
Located in CADALSO, ES
Porcelain figurine in great condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Figure of a Lady Warrior Holding a Spear and a Shield with a Face with Wings
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this amazing KPM porcelain figurine of a lady warrior with her shield and spear. I believe she is Athena. As you can s...
Category
1890s German Classical Greek Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1900s Rosenthal Putto Monkey Porcelain Sculpture, Ferdinand Liebermann, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
An unusual porcelain figurine displaying a putto being deloused by a monkey. This figurine was created by the German designer Ferdinand Liebermann in 1910 and manufactured Rosenthal ...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue Peacocks Sculptures, by Waylande Gregory
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of blue peacocks sculptures, by Waylande Gregory
USA, Circa 1950s
This rare pair of blue peacock sculptures by Waylande Gregory, created in the USA circa 1950s, showcases the ar...
Category
20th Century American Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladró Cleopatra Sculpture. Limited Edition.
Located in New York City, NY
Cleopatra, the most famous queen of ancient Egypt, is represented in this masterful limited edition in High Porcelain.
This exclusive high porcelain piece, made in matte porcelain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Luxury Vase #46 "Nail Heart". Porcelain. Handmade design and crafted in Italy.
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The heart collection is the result of the extravagant creativity of two innovative designers, who are inspired especially by the human body.
The heart collection is inspired by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Wonderful Jazz Soul Blues Band Figures Antartidee Dixieland Handmade Italy
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Vintage Porcelain Jazz Soul Blues Band Figures Antartidee Dixieland Handmade in Italy, Drummer Is Missing His Sticks
Category
20th Century Italian Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Luxury Vase #51 "Fragile". Porcelain. Handmade design and crafted in Italy. 2020
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The heart collection is the result of the extravagant creativity of two innovative designers, who are inspired especially by the human body.
The heart collection is inspired by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
European Hand-Painted Porcelain Figure, Queen, Late 19th C
Located in Copenhagen, DK
European hand-painted porcelain figure.
Queen with crown, key and scepter. Late 19th century.
Measures: 15 x 7 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century or Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Groups.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of 18th century or early 19th century Meissen porcelain groups.
A pair of 18th century or early 19th century Meissen porcelain sculpture groups representing the 4 continents.
H...
Category
Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Netsuke Japanese Monkey Thinking Sculpture Meiji Period, 19/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century.
Provenance: From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, A well known Dutch painter and artist from...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Ceramic Vase Hjördis Oldfors, Upsala Ekeby, "Cocos", 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely vase of model "Cocos" designed 1954 by Hjördis Oldfors at Upsala Ekeby. the Cocos-serie was only in production in 1954. This is the largest vase in the serie with model numb...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine of a Girl with a Lamb, Late 19th C
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen similar stamp. Porcelain figurine of a girl with a lamb, late 19th century.
In great condition.
Marked.
Measuring: H 11.5 cm. D 4.0 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Golden Bunny Bum Money Bank
Located in Greenwich, CT
Porcelain gold money bank in the shape of a bunny.
Measurements: 7” H x 6” W x 8” L.
Category
2010s Dutch Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Herend Porcelain Figurine, Cleopatra with Snake, Mid-20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Art Deco Herend porcelain figurine. Cleopatra with snake.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 25 x 13 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factory quality.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, porcelain figurine of an owl. Early 1900s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, porcelain figurine of an owl.
Model number 1741.
Early 1900s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: H 8.5 cm x D 3.5 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Luxury Vase #57 "Octopus". Porcelain. Handmade design and crafted in Italy. 2020
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The heart collection is the result of the extravagant creativity of two innovative designers, who are inspired especially by the human body.
The heart collection is inspired by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Luxury Vase “Brain”. Porcelain. Handmade Design and Crafted in, Italy, 2020
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The heart collection is the result of the extravagant creativity of two innovative designers, who are inspired especially by the human body.
The heart collection is inspired by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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