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Technique: Hand-Painted
Goldscheider Art Déco Twin Dancers
Dolly Sisters
, by Stephan Dakon, ca 1939
Located in Vienna, AT
Two graceful dancers in long, low-cut and high-slit red dresses with large floral decorations, posing facing each other with their upper bodies tilted backwards and holding the ends ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century Spanish Colonial Pietà Sculpture with Sterling Silver Halo
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
17th Century Spanish Colonial Pietà Sculpture with Sterling Silver Halo
An extraordinary and deeply devotional example of Spanish Colonial religious art, this 17th-century Pietà capt...
Category
1690s Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Germany, Porcelain Figure, Reading Woman in a Skirt
Located in København, Copenhagen
Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Germany. Porcelain figure. Reading woman in a skirt.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 7 x 6 cm.
In very good condition. Minim...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$140 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th century French or Italian Santo Nativity figure, a hand carved and painted fruitwood figure for a Christmas Creche or Krippe. Excellent and delicate details to the head and hands. The half figure stands on a dowel set into platform base, dressed in original fine linen robe...
Category
18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Fruitwood
Meissen Parrot perched on a tree trunk, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century Meissen porcelain Parrot perched on a tree trunk, having wonderful bold colouring.
Signed to the base with blue crossed swords.
Batch 77 62748 DNKZZ
Category
19th Century German Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladró Aztec Dance Sculpture, Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Matte porcelain creation inspired by traditional Aztec dances from Mexico. A work with an understated yet profusely enriched decoration that mirrors the solemnity of these ritual dan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Pre-Columbian Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Group
The Air
by Paul Helmig, Germany Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900:
Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, sit...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art-déco porcelain statue: "Jealousy" by Karl Tutter, Hutschenreuther
Located in Zemst, BE
Big late art-déco figurine in porcelain created by the sculptor Karl Tutter
Named: " Jealousy"
Naked women with 2 bear coughs
Manufactered by Hutschenreuther
High quality porcelain: ...
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine
Helena
, Allegory of Beauty, circa 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large and rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figurine:
Art Déco execution of an Art Nouveau design around 1909: young woman as the personification of beauty, with hair tied at th...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
São Paulo 02 Totem by Gabriela Campos
Located in Geneve, CH
São Paulo 02 Totem by Gabriela Campos
Dimensions: W 36 x D 36 x H 150 cm.
Materials: American Oak, Freijó.
ESTÚDIO MAIS ALMA moves toward the authentic and the unique, whether in ...
Category
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
$5,582 / item
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure Posing Dancer With Cloth, by Lorenzl c.1939
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite porcelain figurine of the 1930:
Aparte dancer in a tight-fitting red costume with short trouser legs and ruff, gymnastic shoes on her feet, balancing on the ball of her rig...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
West German Unisex Anatomical Model, circa 1950
By Somso
Located in Faversham, GB
A complete West German unisex anatomical figure of a head and torso with removal organs. Hand painted and in excellent condition.
German, circa 1950...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic
$756 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Lady With Muff, by Konrad Hentschel, ca 1906
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant young lady with a wide-brimmed hat, decorated with green-brown-white checkered ribbons and a blue feather, wearing a floor-length white dress with a green hem and button plac...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Porcelain Group, Young Man With A White Horse, By Kaendler, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a young man dressed in a colourful robe – blue shirt and trousers with a yellow frock coat – with a turban and earrings, a dagger stuck in his red sash, holding a red ca...
Category
1950s German Rococo Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
The Betrothal and Love of Mary and Joseph, 1500-1600s, Carved Wood Polychromed
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 16th Century Spanish carved-wood and polychromed panel of The Betrothal and Love of Joseph and Mary mounted on a Lucite panel and framed with a walnut wood hand-finished frame.
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure,
Piedmontese Bagpiper
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Piedmontese bagpiper.
Modelled by J.J. Kändler after an engraving by Jacques Dumont, wearing a black hat with brown feather, fur-lined white...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
16th Century Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Gold Gilded and Polychromed
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Spanish gold gilded and polychromed Carved-wood sculpture of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. She depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary in her...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$38,000 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Hand-Painted Ceramic Figure of a Dancer by Sandro Vacchetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This striking hand-painted ceramic figure of a dancer is a masterpiece of Italian decorative art. It was created by the renowned artist Sandro Vacchetti for his own ceramics company,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,330 Sale Price
20% Off
Goldscheider Figurine Pierrette With Balloon Skirt by Josef Lorenzl, ca 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the 1920s:
Standing pierrette leaned forward and holding her hands together behind her back, in a white costume with a multi-layered, pine-c...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Sitzendorf Porcelain Figures of the Four Seasons
By Sitzendorf
Located in London, GB
Set of Sitzendorf porcelain figures of the four seasons
German, 20th Century
Largest: Height 14cm, width 10cm, depth 7.5cm
Smallest: Height 14cm, width 9cm, depth 7.5cm
These Ger...
Category
20th Century German Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$2,381 Sale Price
30% Off
Goldscheider Vienna Standing Nude with Large Cloth by Josef Lorenzl, circa 1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Goldscheider Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
The standing pretty young lady with her hair combed back and pinned up at the neck merely covers her nakedness with a large, gre...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vienna Art Ceramics Art Nouveau Figure Putto Riding A Duck By Doblinger, Ca 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Viennese Art Nouveau Ceramic Piece:
Blond boy sitting astride the duck decorated with colourful flower garlands, resting his hands on his knees.
The group is based on an ov...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Figurine Musicians by Meissen, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Saxony art piece, large polychrome porcelain of a figurine of a male violinist and a women`s percussionist musicians decorated in the pierrot.
A dreamlike motif of youth playing mu...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Revival Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$1,841 Sale Price
32% Off
Goldscheider Vienna
Revue
Single Figur of the
Dolly Sisters
by Dakon, 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Remarkable Art Déco Goldscheider ceramics figurine of the 1930s
Standing young revue dancer with pageboy hairstyle, taking a step forward. At the same time she lifts the bellflower-shaped hem of her short purple dress with a fur collar with both hands. A large tuft of grass supports the figure on the left leg.
On a black, diamond-shaped base.
This figure also exists as a group of two, as the 'Dolly Sisters...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Figurine
Pierrette
by Martin Wiegand, Meissen Germany, ca 1908
By Martin Wiegand, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurine:
Red-haired girl sitting on the ground with big hat with brim turned up in front, dressed in green bodice with gold hem, wide sk...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester Art Deco Joan Figurine by Freda G Doughty
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful and scarce Royal Worcester porcelain figurine entitled Joan modelled by Freda G Doughty and dated 1935. The very young child figure stands raised on a half-moon shaped b...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine
Pair of Lovers
Liebespaar
circa 1745
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine 'Pair of Lovers' 'Liebespaar' circa 1745
Sitting lovers, designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, above a base covered with plastic flowers and l...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Art Déco Dancer
Dolly
With Bouquet Of Roses, Stephan Dakon, c1937
Located in Vienna, AT
A graceful dancer in a long, low-cut, high-slit red dress with an all-over floral pattern, her head tilted to the right, looking down, her left hand placing a downward-facing bouquet of roses on her chest and posing with her upper body tilted back, holding the end of her skirt with her outstretched right hand, in front of her on the floor a fallen rose that has come loose from the bunch.
On a black, flat oval base, artist's signature ‘Dakon’ on the underside.
Compare model 7991 Twin Dancers
The 'Dolly Sisters' Rosie Dolly (1892 - 1970) and Jenny Dolly (1892 - 1941), known professionally as (the) Dolly Sisters, were Hungarian-American identical twin...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Meissen parrots, late 19th century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Small pair of enchanting late 19th Century Meissen porcelain Parrots, each with wonderful bold colouring and signed with the blue crossed swords to the base.
Batch 76 G9490/21 CEKZ
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early Meissen Rococo Group
Love and Indulgence
by J.C. Schönheit, Ca 1840
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain genre group:
Young mother seated on a magnificent Louis XVI-style armchair, her left foot set down on a low stool, a boy lying on his stomach on her left thigh, his white shirt slipped up to reveal his bare buttocks, which the mother has probably just struck with the cane in her left hand, to her right a girl in a dress and hat decorated with feathers, clasping her mother's arm so that she can no longer strike the boy.
The group is based on an oval pedestal with gold heightened frieze decoration on the sides.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
This model was based on drawings by Johann Eleazar Zeissig, known as 'Schenau' (1737-1806).
Designed by JOHANN CARL SCHÖNHEIT (1730 - 1805) in 1788
started working as an apprentice in the Meissen factory in 1741 and has been in a responsible position since 1768. For more than 20 years, Schönheit was an employee of both J.J. Kändler as well as from M.V. Acier, who entered the Meissen factory in 1762. After Kändler's death in 1775, Schönheit was head of the model department until 1794.
Design of the model in 1788
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1840
Material: white porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain, finest hand painting
Dimensions:
height: 25,5 cm / 10.03 in
width: 18,0 cm / 7.08 in
depth: 16,0 cm / 6.29 in
Marks:
Blue Meissen crossed sword mark
Model number: I 66 / former's number 35 / painter Da..
Bibliography:
Thomas & Sabine Bergmann, Meissen Artist's - Figures / Erlangen Germany 2014, Model numbers A1 - Z99, page 31...
Category
Early 19th Century German Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Dutch Delft Cows Hand Painted in Polychrome Petit Feu Colors, Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
This charming pair of small Delft cows was made in Holland around 1780 and painted in the rare and delicate Petit Feu palette.
Each cow, modeled in a r...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Delft
Walter Bosse Austrian Art Deco Art Pottery Cupid Figure
By Walter Bosse
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and delightful Art Deco Austrian art pottery figure of a cupid by renowned Viennese artist, designer, ceramist, potter and metalworker Walter Bosse (Austrian, 1904-1979) and b...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
“Rebecca at the Well”, gilt terracotta, Goldscheider, 1903
By Goldsheider
Located in PARIS, FR
Large, imposing terracotta, 0.94m high, with a nuanced gilt patina, depicting Rebecca, wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
Titled on the terrace “Rebecca”, signed Cherc et Go...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Goldscheider Art Déco Dancer Posing On Drum, by Josef Lorenzl, Around 1926
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Art Déco ceramic figure of the 1920's:
Depiction of a young vaudeville dancer posing in a short, low-cut, backless, light pink dress with ruffled flounces and a bow...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mythological Meissen Group
The Catch Of The Triton
, J.J. Kändler, c 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain sculpture:
Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of figures: two young women with artfully pinned-up hair and wrapped in cloths tied around their loi...
Category
1860s German Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Standing Dancer with Headdress by Wilhelm Thomasch
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Art Déco Goldscheider Ceramics figurine
The dancer wears a dance dress in red-brown tones cut low at the front and back with a wide, short ...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Sitting Lady With Two Terriers by Josef Lorenzl 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Goldscheider Figure Group of the 1930s:
Young lady in rosé pantsuit with brunette short haircut sitting on a large stool with low back support, embracing with both hands tw...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen, Luisa Sleeping, after a drawing by Greuze, 19th-century statuette circa
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
A delicate Meissen porcelain figurine, made around 1850, depicting "Louise Sleeping," inspired by a drawing by the French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805). The piece shows an ...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure
Fascination
, Dancer with Headdress by W. Thomasch
Located in Vienna, AT
Impressive Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s:
The young lady with artfully pinned hair wears only transparent stockings and high heels, as well as a headdress densel...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Painted Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This exquisite 18th-century South American colonial shrine is a remarkable example of devotional art from the period, showcasing the fusion of European influence and local craftsmans...
Category
1790s South American Other Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fred Cooke for Minton Art Deco Pierrette Porcelain Figurine
By Minton
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare Minton Art Deco porcelain figurine titled Pierette designed by Fred Cooke and dating from around 1930. This delightful standing figurine stands moun...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Gilded and Hand-Carved Angels on an Aragonite Cloud
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian hand-carved gilded angels mounted aragonite.
The hand-carved angels were once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction in a historic church in Tuscany. The aragon...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
19th Century French Pottery Group With Napoleon On Violin And A Black Musician
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century French pottery with three musicians and two dancers. This very unusual group has a figure of Napoleon, or maybe Richard Wagner, wearing a bicorn hat and cape, playing a ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Goldscheider Art Déco Dancer Posing On Drum, by Josef Lorenzl, Around 1926
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1920's:
Depiction of a young vaudeville dancer posing in a short, low-cut, backless, blue dress with ruffled flounces and a bow, hold...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Eclectic Painted Metal See Saw /Teeter Totter Sculpture by Luis Felguerez
Located in San Diego, CA
Eclectic hand painted metal see saw or teeter totter sculpture by listed Mexican artist Luis Felguerez, circa 1970s The sculpture has a small handle and spring mechanism that allows...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Bird Figure, European Roller On A Trunk, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of animal figures:
European roller leaning forward, also known as almond crow in German-speaking countries, sitting on a tree trunk with o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine,
Skigirl
, by Stephan Dakon, Circa 1939
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the 1930s:
Standing girl in 1930s ski clothing - pointed cap, warm vest, scarf, wide ski pants, sturdy shoes, thick mittens, holding up wooden sk...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Déco Figurine
Dance Of Vanity
by Josef Kostial, Goldscheider Vienna, 1920s
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Art Ceramics Model by Goldscheider from the 1920s:
Portrayal of the dancer Lucie Kieselhausen in an exotic costume consisting of a jacket and knee-length skirt with star decoration in brown, blue and yellow, sleeves and skirt part with tiered flounces with a wavy hem, the waisted jacket on the side and on the back with three peaks similar to a bellflower, jagged headgear with long colored feathers curved upwards, floral decorative element on the side of the posing figure at her feet.
The figure is based on a black, round base with the artist's signature 'Kostial' on the top next to the figure.
The dancer and actress Lucy Kieselhausen (1897 - 1926) was a student of Grete Wiesenthal and was a successful German dancer at the beginning of the 20th century. Lucy Kieselhausen appeared in three silent films: 'Thousand and one Woman' (18), 'The Seventh Great Power' and 'Earth Spirit'. In addition to her dancing activities, Lucy Kieselhausen also wrote the dance drama 'Salambo', which was set to music by Heinz Tiessen. In 1926, Lucy Kieselhausen died in a tragic accident caused by a petrol explosion with a burning jet of flame in her bathroom. Source: Cyranos ch
Designed by Josef KOSTIAL...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Costume Group, Couple Dressed In Empire Style, by H. Goeschl, Ca 1940
By Heinrich Goeschl, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant couple costumed in Empire style:
The lady in a dress that softly hugs the body with a high waist that sits just below the bust, a short cape covering the neckline and shoulde...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Empire Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Art Déco Pierrette Standing In Balloon Skirt, by J. Lorenzl, c 1924
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figurine of the 1920s:
Pierrette with a pageboy head in a colourful costume with a multi-layered balloon skirt reminiscent of a pine cone, standing b...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Decorative Ceramic Wall Plaque with Three Figures by Les Argonautes 1960s
Located in London, GB
French vintage decorative ceramic wall plaque with three figures, by Les Argonautes, Vallauris, France (circa 1960s). A refreshingly naive and charming piece depicting three men in olden robes and hats. It is up to the viewer to decide who they represent. This stoneware piece is weighty and substantial and may be hung on the wall or simply allowed to lean against a vertical surface. There's no doubt it is a charming piece by a renowned pair of French ceramicists who created 'Les Argonautes' pottery studio. This piece is signed on the backside: 'Les Argonautes'. It is in good condition. Hanging string on rear. Upon request a video may be provided.
About the artists: Isabelle Ferlay (Born 1917) and Frédérique Bourguet (1925-1997) set up a pottery studio together in Vallauris in the South of France which they named 'Les Argonautes'. Using the local Vallauris red...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$653 Sale Price
40% Off
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure, Spanish Dancer, by Josef Lorenzl circa 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a dancer in Spanish costume: she wears a mantilla, a veil cloth that covers the head and neck down to the shoulders. Often, as here, a high comb is also tucked underneath, the peineta. The cloth is still worn today for festive costumes and is mostly made in lace technique. In addition, the dancer wears an elaborately decorated with floral patterns asymmetrical ruffled skirt.
On oval, black-beige marbled base in rare execution.
This figure also exists as a group 'Spanish Dance' with dance partner,
model number 7557, a more frequent version.
Designed by Josef LORENZL (1892 - 1950), an Austrian sculptor and ceramic modeler. His bronze statuettes often show graceful dancers with long...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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 Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$2,880 Sale Price / set
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Meissen Figurine
Estrella
, Russian Ballet
Carnival
, by Paul Scheurich, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Meissen Porcelain Figurine:
Dancer balancing on her toes, turning her head to the right and bringing her right hand indecisively to her chin, while with her left hand she perf...
Category
Late 20th Century German Biedermeier Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1940
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely decorative, fully sculptural representation of an Art Nouveau beauty in a softly falling robe, tilted forward to throw a golden ball, with the left forearm holding the back...
Category
1930s German Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Dancer
Rumba
, by Stephan Dakon, Around 1938
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
Young dancer posing with short brunette hair in a blue costume: a tight-fitting bustier and a short, high-slit flounce s...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Meissen Art Nouveau Figure, Flora with Cupids, by Emmerich Oehler, ca 1913
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Art Nouveau Figurine Group by Meissen:
Monumental figure of Flora, taking a step forward in dance and holding large, heavy flower garlands of yellow roses, which are wrapped with a blue bow, in hands. The hair of the female nude is artfully tied into a striped cloth, which is held together by blue ribbons and is decorated with leaf branches over the ears. On her left shoulder she carries a naked boy who is holding in an upside down position a golden wreath...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Group
Girl With Goat
, by Erich Hoesel, Meissen Germany, ca 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Girl in a striped dress with polka dots and a white blouse holding a bouquet of flowers in both hands above her head and fending off a ...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Figural Sculptures in Traditional Austrian Costumes by Lee Menichetti
Located in Stamford, CT
Lee Menichetti, (1931-1997), New York & Palm Beach, well known mid-century artist known for his theatre related art. These sculptures are made of hand b...
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1970s American Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of late 19th century French Henriot Quimper faience statues, or figurines, of Perrik and Soisik. Polychrome enameled earthenware, hand-painted in green, yellow, blue and red. ...
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Late 19th Century French Primitive Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Faience
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