Pair of Double Carp Chinese Bronze-Mounted Export Porcelain, Qing Dynasty

A charming pair of patinated bronze infants cast in the 19th century. One of the babies is happy, while the other one is crying, perhaps corresponding to an 18th century poem by Vota...

Beautifully cast bronze copies of the Furietti Centaurs, one elder and one younger. Each is mounted on a bronze base and both are unsigned with no foundry marks. These bronzes are copies of the two Roman (or Hellenistic) monumental marble versions excavated at Hadrian's Villa in December 1736 by Monsignor Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti. The original models now reside at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. These bronzes were a popular subject for collecting in both the 18th and 19th century Grand Tour periods. Engravings of the pair were widely disseminated in Europe in the 18th century which increased their fame. Provenance: The Estate of John Nelson, a noted Los Angeles antiques dealer...

Marked on bottom: B Ceramiche per Tommaso Barbi Made in Italy The vase is designed to suggest the joining of butterflied pieces of malachite. The overall effect is visually st...

This unusual double bulb shaped faience vase is in the manner of Edmond Lachenal but there are no markings on the bottom. The rich mottled turquoise blue glaze gives it the feeling o...

These porcelain vases are exquisite pieces of antique Chinese decorative art. They were crafted in the late Qing dynasty, which lasted f...

Chinese Qing Dynasty pair of baluster vases of hexagonal form, the everted scalloped rim of white ground raised over tapering neck with pair of recumbent tigers in green glaze cast i...

Chinese, likely late Qing Dynasty. A pair of porcelain urn or vases with a rich blue cobalt ground body accented by matched floral enameled windows to each side. Unmarked to unders...

Qing Dynasty an antique 19th century Chinese porcelain Gu vase decorated with shuangxi, the Measures: 9.25'' diameter x 16'' high.