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Color: Gold
Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet with Gold Leaf Doors, circa 1930s, Restored
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This restored art deco cabinet features gold leaf double doors, trim and base detailing with lacquered burgundy exterior. Ideal for use as a dry bar for holding liquor and glassware or as an apothecary cabinet.
Beautiful lacquered burgundy with gold leaf details, the interior is fitted with glassware shelves and a single pull out shelf. Working key is present.
This circa 1930s restored storage cabinet in manner of Emile Jacques Ruhlmann would work great in an Art Deco, Hollywood Regency, Post-Modern or Mid-Century Modern home or penthouse apartment but could also look fantastic in a Contemporary, Space Age Mod, Scandanavian Modern, Danish Modern or Zen / Minimalist room. Also consider mixing it up in a Traditional, Transitional, or Classical room with a splash of juxtaposition. Would also be an apt choice in a commercial project such as a hotel lobby lounge or members club, creative design studio or high-rise executive office. Consider using as a dry bar, curio cabinet, towel and linen highboy, sideboard or cupboard for your kitchen or dining room, vitrine or entryway closet...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Dry Bars
Materials
Gold Leaf
Satyr from a Padovan model
Located in London, GB
(Possibly after) THE WORKSHOP OF SEVERO DA RAVENNA (ITALIAN, 1465-1543)
Satyr from a Padovan model
18th/early 19th Century
bronze
21 x 14 x 16 cm (8¼...
Category
Early 19th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pine Cone Bronze 22-557 - still life, nature, verdigris bronze, indoor sculpture
By Floyd Elzinga
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Wow! This large bronze sculpture by Floyd Elzinga is simply a ‘knock-out’ with its bright turquoise patina. The Canadian sculptor is known for using iconic i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Valiant Chandelier ''Horizontal: Elegant Bronze and Murano Glass Design" 60''
By Barlas Baylar
Located in New York, NY
The spectacular Valiant Chandelier by Barlas Baylar is inspired by the resplendent natural forms of ancient flora. The Valiant Collection is rigorou...
Category
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Antique Empire 9 Light Chandelier, Made circa 1820
Located in Stockholm, SE
A charming Empire-lamp made around 1820. The large bowl is greenpatinated and the patina is untouched and has a very charming look with its irregularities in colour. The arms and oth...
Category
Antique 1820s European Empire Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Busts, “Homer” & “Pseudo-Seneca”, circa 1880
By Chiurazzi fondata
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GRAND TOUR
Italian School
Pair of Busts, "Homer" & "Pseudo-Seneca", after Antiquity
Patinated bronze mounted on solid marble plinths cast by Chiurazzi, Naples circa 1880 each sealed with foundry cachet on shoulder
Item # 304KUV24Y
A rare and exciting pair of Grand Tour busts after Antiquity, each is executed in bronze and finished in a Herculaneum black patina with hints of verde in the underlying surface by the foundry of J. Chiurazzi of Naples. Foundry seals are located on their shoulders verso.
The first is a fine cast of Homer after the marble bust of Antiquity formerly in the Farnese collection and currently in the permanent collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. It depicts the aged Greek poet and author of the Illiad and the Odyssey as a bearded man dressed in a tunic with a ribbon holding back his hair while concerned wrinkles line his forehead. His eyes are empty and devoid of anything, the absence alluding to his blindness while the sheer intensity of his spirit overwhelms the viewer. His simple garment are a reminder of his poverty.
The second bust known as "Pseudo Seneca" is cast after the original bust of antiquity found in 1754 at Herculaneum in the Villa of the Papyri, the home of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, father-in-law of Julius Caesar. The estate was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The bust had been thought to be an image of Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Seneca the Younger - the famous Stoic philosopher and fabulously wealthy advisor to Nero. However, after a titled bust of Seneca...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Bamboo on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Painted in mineral pigments with a silk brocade border.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Gilt and Patinated Bronze Ewer on Stand, Attributed to Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
The exceptional bronze casting, in stunningly intricate detail, on this beautiful sculptural piece has been attributed to master metalworker Ferdinand Barbedienne. The piece takes th...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Mounted Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Rare Pair of “Terriers” Bookends Bronze Sculpture by Edith Baretto Parsons
By Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EDITH BARETTO PARSONS
United States, 1878-1956
"Terriers, a pair of bookends"
Lost-wax cast medium-brown and verdigris patinated bronze signed in cast "E.B. PARSONS (c)" and cold-stamped Gorham Co. Founders and foundry code of "OFFY" & "OFFZ", both written in black ink beside foundry mark "348"
Item # 304XAI18A
Part of Parsons' series of playful terrier dogs, this is a highly desirable original pair that have remained together since being issued by the Gorham foundry...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze 'Chan' Coffee or Large End Table by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, 1960s Signed
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a rare iteration of the classic and highly sought after 'Chan' coffee table by father and son team, Philip and Kelvin LaVerne (New York), produced in the 1960s and signed with the artists names on the top (see photos). Ingeniously designed with international patination and polychromed bronze and pewter, this rare form coffee table which also functions excellent as a large end table...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
Harry Bertoia Bush Form Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
A large organic bush form with beautiful patina. Masterful work by Harry Bertoia. Sold with a COA from the Bertoia foundation.
Category
Vintage 1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Lioness & Cubs by Charles Valton, circa 1910
By Charles Valton
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CHARLES VALTON
French, 1851-1913
Lioness and Two Cubs
Reddish-brown patinated bronze Signed "C. VALTON" to base over foundry cachet
Item # 301HOC20P
A good early cast circa 1910 of Charles Valton's Lioness and Two Cubs, it is a beautifully detailed sand-casting with a rich red-oxide and medium-brown surface patination that highlights the texture of the surface. The two cubs sit at total peace beneath their powerful mother, her head lowered in a low growl as she likely threatens a fellow lion away from the meal of rabbit she has brought for her cubs.
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Category
20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
No. 1719 Stools by Warren Platner
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in New York, NY
Bronze-plated steel, upholstery. Produced by Knoll International. Rare bronze finish variant with newly upholstered seats.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Araba Fenice Sculpture by Toni Zuccheri for Venini
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Glass and bronze sculpture. Work made with applied feathers in opaque and transparent polychrome glass produced directly by Toni Zuccheri in 2007. The base and skeleton are in lost-w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Inflation by David Breuer-Weil - Contemporary art
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE
Inflation by David Breuer-Weil (b. 1965)
Pencil and gold leaf on paper
43 x 66 cm (16 ⁷/₈ x 26 inches)
Signed and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese 19th Century Miniature Lacquer Chest with Waterfall
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese 19th century miniature lacquer chest with waterfall. Late Edo to early Meiji period lacquer chest (mid to late 19th century) with two characters on the front reading Nuno an...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Poule Cayenne, by François Pompon, 1900's, sculpture, animal, bronze, chicken
By François Pompon
Located in Geneva, CH
Poule cayenne - Poule faisanne, 1st proof, 1906
Bronze with a black patina
28 x 22 13 cm
Signed on the base : POMPON. Seal of the founder Cire Perdue A.A. Hebrard. Numbered (M)
Certi...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of a Warrior by Ernest Diosi, circa 1940
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ERNEST CHARLES DIOSI
French, 1881-1959
Model of a Standing Warrior
Patinated bronze signed in cast "C. Diosi" cast circa 1940 after a model by Ernest Charles Diosi
Item # 304APQ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage German 18k Yellow Gold Woven Byzantine Necklace
Located in Shippensburg, PA
VINTAGE 18K YELLOW GOLD "BYZANTINE" NECKLACE
Stamped "18k GERMANY" 15 1/2" wearable length
Item # C104247
A beautifully executed "Byzantine" twist necklace executed entirely in 18...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Gold
Erratic B with 12ct White Gold, a Glacier Rock Glass Sculpture by Anthony Scala
By Anthony Scala
Located in London, GB
'Erratic B with 12ct White Gold' is a handblown and cut glass sculpture created by the British artist, Anthony Scala.
The geological term 'erratic' refers to a stone or boulder that differs to its surrounding rock, that is believed to have been displaced and deposited by glacier movement. Differing from his Auri collection, Scala's aim was to produce a series of sculptures that are freer, amorphous and suggestive of movement. Striking in the singular, these really capture this concept en masse.
With a career in glass now spanning over 20 years, Scala creates art works that can only be described as acts of precision. As equally beautiful as they are meticulously created and despite being a hugely skilled glass blower, it is with cold working that Scala excels.
Initially qualified as an architectural model maker, it was during this time that Scala learnt many disciplines that would be equally relevant to and ultimately inform his practice today. His passion for glass was discovered however during an apprenticeship with Peter Layton...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Peter Hvidt Danish Wooden Frame Caned Gold Patterned Upholstered Sleeper Settee
By Peter Hvidt
Located in New York, NY
Danish Mid-Century expandable sleeper settee with a teak wood frame with caned sides, a solid seat cushion and two wedge-shaped removable back cushions in light and dark gold pattern...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Teak, Wood
Erratic A with 23ct Red Gold, an Optical Glass Sculpture by Anthony Scala
By Anthony Scala
Located in London, GB
'Erratic A with 23ct Red Gold' is a handblown and cut glass sculpture created by the British artist, Anthony Scala.
The geological term 'erratic' refers to a stone or boulder that differs to its surrounding rock, that is believed to have been displaced and deposited by glacier movement. Differing from his Auri collection, Scala's aim was to produce a series of sculptures that are freer, amorphous and suggestive of movement. Striking in the singular, these really capture this concept en masse.
With a career in glass now spanning over 20 years, Scala creates art works that can only be described as acts of precision. As equally beautiful as they are meticulously created and despite being a hugely skilled glass blower, it is with cold working that Scala excels.
Initially qualified as an architectural model maker, it was during this time that Scala learnt many disciplines that would be equally relevant to and ultimately inform his practice today. His passion for glass was discovered however during an apprenticeship with Peter Layton...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Erratic E with 16.9ct Lemon Gold, an Abstract Glass Sculpture by Anthony Scala
By Anthony Scala
Located in London, GB
'Erratic E with 16.9ct Lemon Gold' is a handblown and cut glass sculpture created by the British artist, Anthony Scala.
The geological term 'erratic' refers to a stone or boulder that differs to its surrounding rock, that is believed to have been displaced and deposited by glacier movement. Differing from his Auri collection, Scala's aim was to produce a series of sculptures that are freer, amorphous and suggestive of movement. Striking in the singular, these really capture this concept en masse.
With a career in glass now spanning over 20 years, Scala creates art works that can only be described as acts of precision. As equally beautiful as they are meticulously created and despite being a hugely skilled glass blower, it is with cold working that Scala excels.
Initially qualified as an architectural model maker, it was during this time that Scala learnt many disciplines that would be equally relevant to and ultimately inform his practice today. His passion for glass was discovered however during an apprenticeship with Peter Layton...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Gold Leaf
1970s Surrealist Mirror by Victor Roman
By Victor Roman
Located in Paris, FR
Cast bronze mirror with a surrealist shape.
Model signed and numbered.
Limited edition of 25 copies of a model created in the 1970's by the sculptor Victor Roman.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
Coffee Table
By Maison Ramsay
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table in gilded wrought iron with a rectangular glass slab top on a corner base with tapered legs and a double arch brace. A pair is available.
Origin : Lee Bouvier Radziwill...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Pair of Empire Style Seven-Light Candelabra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Empire Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Seven-Light Candelabra.
These palatial sized candelabra date to the First Empire period. As becoming of ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Pair of Gilt-Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Vases and Covers
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Gilt-Bronze And Rouge Griotte Marble Vases and Covers. By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris.
Designed in the Neo-Grec style these elegant vases stand atop Rouge Griotte marb...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Vases
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Pair of Large Bronze Door Handles
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of beautifully patinated cast bronze door handles.
Category
Vintage 1960s Doors and Gates
Materials
Bronze
Branch D'or by Barlas Baylar 'Medium'
By Barlas Baylar
Located in New York, NY
Introducing you to our first 2023 design, Le Branch D’or Chandelier. A namesake, organic piece instigated by Barlas Baylar. Le Branch D’or embraces a sturdy ...
Category
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Branch D'or Sconce by Barlas Baylar
By Barlas Baylar
Located in New York, NY
Introducing you to our first 2023 design, the Branch D’or Sconce. A namesake, organic piece instigated by Barlas Baylar. The Branch D’or embraces a sturdy plexi acrylic glass branch ...
Category
2010s American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
German Bronze Sculpture of “Hercules & Stymphalian Birds” by Joseph Uphues
By Gladenbeck Foundry
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JOSEPH JOHANNES UPHUES
German, 1850-1911
"Hercules and the Stymphalian Bird" or "The Archer"
Patinated bronze signed to base in script "J. Uphues" and sealed with foundry cachet of Gladenbeck & Söhn conceived 1884, cast circa 1890-1910
Item # 301BVP23S
A fluid and sinuous depiction of Hercules the moment after releasing an arrow from his bow to kill the Stymphalian birds...
Category
20th Century German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Patinated Bronze Sculptures of "Night and Day", circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
The model after Michelangelo. Both incised F. BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR, with A. Collas Reduction Mecanique pastille. Height of stand - 4.75"
Category
Antique 1890s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Hammered Wrought Iron Coat Rack by Paul Kiss
By Paul Kiss
Located in Montreal, QC
Art Deco hammered wrought iron wall mounted coat rack by Paul Kiss with adjustable coat hooks: France: circa 1930 Signed " Paul Kiss'' Provenance: Sotheby's New York, December 15, 19...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Bronze
Branch D'or Chandelier by Barlas Baylar 'Large'
By Barlas Baylar
Located in New York, NY
Introducing you to our first 2023 design, Le Branch D’or Chandelier. A namesake, organic piece instigated by Barlas Baylar. Le Branch D’or embraces a sturdy ...
Category
2010s American Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Kanzan and Jittoku
Located in Hudson, NY
Prominent figures in Japanese folklore. The Chinese poet-sage Kanzan is depicted with his scroll, and the Daoist sage Jittoku with his broom. Painting bears two seals of Nakanuma Sho...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
French Art Deco Wall Sconces
Located in Bridgewater, CT
French Art Deco wall-sconces, gilded cast bronze.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Sculpture of Greyhound and King Charles Spaniel, by P.J. Mene
Located in New York, NY
Dark brown patination on an oval base designed as a carpet with a fan, signed P.J. MÊNE.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modern Dining Table Soft Shape Handmade Cast Aluminium Bronze for Dilmos
By Dilmos Edizioni
Located in Milan, IT
This table was presented during the design week 2023 in Milan, designed by a Naples designer Vincenzo Oste.
"The table becomes like a place of sinuous fusions, made up of promontor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Bronze
Large Empire Chandelier with Ten Candleholders in great condition. Ca 1820.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A unusually large chandelier with a beautiful design. The chains that holds the chandelier are of an interesting shape with grooved pipes and rings. The pressure-turned saucer-like c...
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
A Crock of Gold
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Sign by Artist in Lower Right
The present work was published as an illustration for Elizabeth Goudge's short story "A Crock of Gold" in the August 1938 issue of Woman's Home Companion. The story follows a family of five children on their summer vacation in Scotland. The kids set...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of German Bronze Busts of Schiller and Goethe, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Pair of German Bronze Busts of Schiller and Goethe, circa 1880.
Category
Antique 1880s German Busts
Materials
Bronze
1940s Coffee Table by Gilbert Poillerat
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Paris, FR
A rare and important spindle feet console in patinated wrought iron with a spectacular carrare marble
A similar model is located at the Louvre museum at the bronze room into the deco...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Downhill (Knight Ave) - tall, narrative, figurative, male, bronze sculpture
By P. Roch Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This fun and somewhat whimsical sculpture recalls a cherished childhood memory for Roch Smith. The Toronto-based sculptor has hand-forged the bronze figure of a young boy on a bike balancing upright on its back wheel-popping a wheelie. He stands poised to ride off the top of a high, narrow steel track that ends in a loop reminiscent of the popular ‘Hot Wheels’ toy race car...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
French Art Deco Modernist Bronze Sculpture, Bust of Young Man, Alfredo Pina
By Alfredo Pina
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ALFREDO PINA
French, 1883-1966
Bust of a Young Man
Lost-wax cast medium-brown patinated bronze over solid verde marble plinth signed in cast "A. Pina" and sealed with cachet "cire...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Éclaté Gilded Bronze Coffee Table Lamp by Claude Victor Boeltz
By Claude Victor Boeltz
Located in Montreal, QC
Bronze éclaté gilded bronze coffee table lamp by Claude Victor Boeltz inset with amethyst quartz.
Signed: "Made in France Royale Fonderie P...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Ash Side Table in Bronze and Glass by Gregory Nangle
By Gregory Nangle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gregory Nangle
Ash side table, 2016
Cast bronze, cast glass
Measures: 12.5 x 12.5 x 34 in
Edition of 6
The Gregory Nangle aesthetic explores what happens when geometry is inte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Patinated Bronze Chinoiserie Figures on Marble Plinths, ca. 1875
Located in New York, NY
The male figure playing a sitar and the female figure with an unfolded fan covering her smile.
Category
Antique 1870s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Parrot Vide Poche, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Modeled as a parrot with pink and yellow feathers mounted to the edge of a basin made from an abalone shell, raised on a circular gilt metal base.
Category
Antique 1890s Austrian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Red Lacquered Bronze Floor Lamp, by E.F. Caldwell, circa 1910
Located in New York, NY
Trunk-form stem with colored hardstones on a circular base.
Category
Vintage 1910s American Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Modern Andrea Salvetti for Dilmos Limited EditionArmchair Sculpture Bronze Cast
By Andrea Salvetti
Located in Milan, IT
Extraordinary armchair in a limited edition of 9 pieces made in lost wax-casting in bronze for Dilmos Milano. The artist Andrea Salvetti was inspired by the posture of the Madonna holding Christ in the famous Pietà sculpture of Michelangelo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary American Patinated Bronze Abstract Sculpture on Marble Base
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American abstract sculpture made of patinated bronze, mounted on a square white marble base. (in the style of BRANCUSI).
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Bronze Mounted Sevres Art Nouveau Porcelain Vase, Dated 1900
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted with gilt bronze mounts with frogs and florals.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Vases
Materials
Bronze
The Story of Joseph from the Second Baptistery Doors, Florence (“The Gates of Pa
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
Ferdinand Barbedienne (Saint-Martin-de-Fresnay 1810 – 1892 Paris) after Lorenzo Ghiberti (Florence, 1378 – 1455)
Signed at the lower right of the principal relief: F. BARBEDIENNE
Provenance: Private Collection, USA.
Barbedienne’s “Gates of Paradise” reliefs are one of the triumphs of nineteenth-century bronze casting and patination. The nine panels that comprise our example are half-size reductions of the famous originals by Lorenzo Ghiberti, made for the Baptistery of Florence and now housed in the Museo del Opera del Duomo. Mounted in an impressive, mullioned frame surround, our work is an exceptional exemplar of the Renaissance Revival, the broadly influential style and movement that infused architecture, design, and artistic culture in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
The central scene, The Story of Joseph, is perhaps the most celebrated of the entire series depicting as it does seven episodes from the Biblical narrative integrated into a single composition: Joseph cast by his brethren into the well, Joseph sold to the merchants, the merchants delivering Joseph to the pharaoh, Joseph interpreting the pharaoh’s dream, the pharaoh paying him honor, Jacob sending his sons to Egypt, and Joseph recognizes his brothers and returns home. The surrounding reliefs—two vertical figures in niches, two recumbent figures, and four portrait heads in roundels—are as well faithful reductions of Ghiberti’s original bronzes on other parts of the doors.
The maker of these casts was the renowned 19th-century French fondeur Ferdinand Barbedienne. Gary Radke has recently written of this great enterprise:
“The Parisian bronze caster Ferdinand Barbedienne began making half-sized copies of ancient and Renaissance sculpture in the 1830s. His firm benefitted enormously from the collaboration of Achille Collas, whom Meredith Shedd has shown was one of numerous pioneers in the mechanical reproduction of sculpture. Their competitors largely devoted themselves to reproducing relief sculpture, but Collas devised a process for creating fully three-dimensional copies. A tracing needle, powered by a treadle, moved over the surface of a full-sized plaster cast or bronze of the original and triggered a complementary action in a cutting stylus set over a soft plaster blank…He signed an exclusive contract with Barbedienne on November 29, 1838, and won medals for his inventions in 1839 and 1844.
Barbedienne’s half-sized copies of the Gates of Paradise were famous not only for their fidelity to the original, but also for the way their gilding…suggested the glimmering surface that was hidden under centuries of dirt. Some critics even saw Collas’s and Barbedienne’s work as ‘philanthropic, an exemplary adaptation of industry to the requirements of art, the artist, the workers, and the public alike.’
At 25,000 francs, Collas’s and Barbedienne’s reduction of the Gates of Paradise was singularly more expensive than any other item for sale in their shop. All the reliefs, individual statuettes, and busts were cast separately and could be purchased either by the piece or as an ensemble. Fittingly, Barbedienne’s accomplishment earned him the Grand Prix at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle, along with numerous other medals.”
Three complete examples of the Barbedienne-Ghiberti doors are known. One, first installed in a chapel in the Villa Demidoff of San Donato near Pratolino, was later acquired by William Vanderbilt...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Gilt and Patinated Bronze Ram's Head Inkwell, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Fitted with candle arms in the shape of horns surmounted by a nozzle with gadrooned circular drip pans and with headdress moulded as cover opening to reveal a circular detachable gla...
Category
Antique 19th Century Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms
Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981)
Showa period, circa 1930
2-panel Japanese Screen
Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper
Against a backdrop of gold-leafed ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino.
Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Pair Regency Bronze Three Light Candlesticks
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century pair of Regency bronze three light candlesticks, in the Classical style, patinated with gilt highlights, and featuring Greek cut key banding. The reeded naturalistic pil...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Candlesticks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Unique Bronze Painting "Acceptance", USA, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne unique "Acceptance" bronze painting with etching in patinated bronze and pewter with colorful hand-painted enamels. This Abstract Expressionist illustration...
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Vintage 1960s Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Pewter
Vintage Bronze Bracelet Cuff Object with Unique Markings
Located in New York, NY
Exact origin unknown. Handsome desk accessory.
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Early 20th Century French Primitive Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
1970'S Loris Azzaro Gold Lurex Fringe Jacket With Swarovski Crystals
Located in New York, NY
1970'S Loris Azzaro Gold Lurex Fringe Jacket With Swarovski Crystals
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1970s Bolero Jackets
GOLDEN GOOSE Private EDT Running chunky metallic gold distressed sneaker EU38
By Golden Goose
Located in Hong Kong, NT
GOLDEN GOOSE Private EDT Running chunky metallic gold distressed sneaker EU38
Reference: AAWC/A00139
Brand: Golden Goose
Model: Running Private EDT
Material: Leather, Fabric
Color: G...
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