19th Century Japanese Samurai Plaster Figures

19th Century French Plaster Bust. Offered is a large scale French plaster bust of a handsome noble male.

These plaster figures of nose and lips, David by Michelangelo, after the antique, were made in the 1950s by students of an Academy of Arts in Paris.

This 19th Century French plaster sculpture presents a richly expressive figure holding a rat, an unusual and possibly symbolic detail that adds intrigue to its narrative. The figure,...

Plaster Lion Relief Plaque. Fierce expression, flowing mane and intricately cast, evoking ancient architectural ornamentaion. Exceptional historical aged and patinated surface captur...

19th century Terracotta Portuguese figures We share what we love, and we love this pair of hand-crafted 19th Century terracotta Portuguese ...

Late 19th Century pair of Japanese Meiji-Taisho Period bronze Okimono of Tanuki figures with cast seal on the underside. Both figures are depicted in a naturalistic pose. One stands ...

Jean Marie Gilles, Jeune (Active1837-1868) was one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality biscuit porcelain in the 19th century. He was the official porcelain supplier to the wife of Napoleon III. Empress’ Eugenie, countess of Teba (Eugenia Maria de Montijo de Guzman, 1826-1920). The firm dates back to the 1830s and was located at 28, rue Paradis-Poissonnerie, Paris, France. Gilles displayed at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London where he was awarded a Gold Medal. The Gilles firm, listed as Gilles Jeune, also exhibited at the 1862 International Exhibition in London and the Paris Exhibition of 1867 Biscuit porcelain comes from the French “bis-cuit”, meaning “baked twice” he term is generally used for unglazed ware. Porcelain figures and ornamental wares are left in the unglazed biscuit state for aesthetic reasons. Although white, porous and difficult to clean, French biscuit...

Japanese Bronze standing duck. Standing neck raised and mouth open with detailed feathers. 14.5 high.

Nineteenth century Young woman portrait Measures: Plaster, 50 x 40 x H 40 cm Dated 10 - 1 - MCMI The emergence of a "disheveled manner" in sculpture is affirmed since the 1880s with Giuseppe Grandi, author of the Monument to the Five Days of Milan, Ernesto Bazzaro, Paolo Troubetzkoy...

Two elegant 19th century classical spelter figures on yellow fossilised marble bases, dating to circa 1850. This decorative pair of classical sculptures – one modelled as a seated f...