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Vintage Double Handle Signed Large Pottery Bowl
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A striking and rare vintage studio pottery centerpiece bowl, beautifully crafted with a classic Greco-Roman inspired silhouette. This artisan-made vessel features a sophisticated two...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Large 19th century French Majolica Renaissance Palissy Vase with Mistletoe, 1880
By Bernard Palissy
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Rare and large Palissy Majolica vase, France, circa 1880.
Made on a circular base, the baluster vase with a marbled brown bottom rests. The neck and foot feature motifs inspired by ...
Category
Antique 1880s French Renaissance Revival Vases
Materials
Maiolica
Antique Pair of Italian Bronze Busts: Dionysus and Ariadne, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This exquisite pair of antique Italian bronze busts represents the timeless allure of the Grand Tour era, featuring depictions of Dionysus and Ariadn...
Category
Antique 1880s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Burmese Amber With Organic Matter
Located in New York, NY
This exceptional Burmese amber specimen, dating back roughly 99 million years, offers a rare window into the ancient world. Known to collectors as a "men...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Burmese Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Opalescent Salver Entitled “Sirène” by René Lalique
By René Lalique
Located in London, GB
An exceptional frosted glass salver with raised deep opalescent design of a beautiful mermaid in a swirling watery landscape, the three large bubbles around her protruding from the underside to act as feet, signed R Lalique
Sirène
Catalogue Number: 376
Signature Identification: “R. Lalique France” moulded in relief
Date Introduced: 1920
Dimensions: 36 cm Diameter
Felix Marcilhac Catalogue Raisonné Page 290
Additional information:
Diameter: 36 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
circa: 1920
Materials: Frosted and Opalescent Glass
Book Ref: R.Lalique – Catalogue Raisonné by Felix Marcilhac
About:
1860 Birth of René Lalique
René Lalique was born in Aÿ-en-Champagne in the Marne region of France. Some years later, the Lalique family moved to Paris but continued to spend holidays in Aÿ. René remained deeply attached to his birthplace throughout his life.
1885 The first Parisian workshop
Following the death of his father, René became an apprentice to craftsman and jeweller Louis...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Garniture
Materials
Glass
Pair of French Neoclassical 19th Century Baluster Urns with Low-Relief Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Neoclassical zinc baluster urns from the 19th century with low-relief décor. This pair of French Neoclassical zinc baluster urns from the 19th century captivates wit...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Zinc
21st Century ‘Greek Pitcher N°2’, in White Ceramic, Hand-Crafted in France
By Inhee Ma
Located in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine, FR
A part of a captivating new line blending ancient Greek pottery with contemporary design, the ‘Greek Pitcher N°2’ vase showcases delicate blue underglaze illustrations that harmonize...
Category
2010s European Minimalist Vases
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Large 19th Century French Grand Tour Venus de Milo Marble Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large 19th-century Grand Tour Venus de Milo Marble Column
France, circa 1880
A magnificent 19th-century Grand Tour Venus de Milo marble column from...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Monolithic Meteorite - Extraterrestrial Sculpture
Located in London, GB
This remarkable stony meteorite is a striking extraterrestrial sculpture, shaped by its journey through space. Almost monolithic in form, its minimal aesthetic gives it striking simi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier North African Minimalist Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Rare Bronze Sculpture “Charles VII, The Victorious” by Antoine-Louis Barye
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
French, 1796-1875
"Charles VII, The Victorious"
Sand-cast dark-brown over medium-brown patinated bronze signed "BARYE", cold-stamped underside "43" "00" and pu...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis Seize Fire Gilded Candlesticks France 1800 by F. Barbedienne
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pair of strict classicistical fire gilded candlesticks France 1840, signed Barbedienne.
Strict classicist design with square base, flowers and leaf ornaments in different finish. Decorated and smooth elements in alternation create otically balanced object.
The widest part of the stem is 4.0cm
Ferdinand Barbedienne (* August 6, 1810 in Saint-Martin-de-Fresnay, Calvados department, France; † March 21, 1892 in Paris) was a French sculptor, bronze ware manufacturer, and gallery owner. One of the most important and popular Éditeurs d'art, or publishers of art articles, he had most of the French sculptors of his time under contract.
Life and work
Ferdinand Barbedienne was the son of a farmer. At the age of 13, he learned the Craft of saddlery.
In 1822 he moved to Paris, where he first worked as a clerk in a wallpaper shop. He received start-up capital from his employer to open his own store, which he set up on Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in 1834. He pursued the idea of exhibiting bronze statues in addition to his core business and mass producing them in small format.
In 1838, he joined forces with the mechanic Achille Collas, who had developed the machine á reduction (réducteur for short); a device based on the principles of the pantograph that could reproduce three-dimensional objects in any size - reduced or enlarged. On November 29, 1838, both signed the founding contract for the company Société Ferdinand Barbedienne et Achille Collas, which aimed to commercially exploit the mechanized production of sculptural works for an initial 20 years. Barbedienne took care of the commercial management of the company, while Collas contributed the patent on his invention and seven existing machines, and with his profound knowledge of machinery was responsible for the production processes. Together they decided on the subject matter of the objects, the selling prices, and all other financial matters.
In 1841, they produced casts of the Apollo of Belvedere, the Spinario, and 21 pieces with the motif of a bas-relief of the Parthenon. These were followed by versions of the Laocoon group, the Venus of Arles, and the Borghese Fencer, among others. Special interest was initially shown in works from antiquity, for which casts from the Atelier de Moulage in the Louvre served as models. The company continued to produce works by representatives of the Renaissance such as Michelangelo, Donatello, Giovanni Bologna or by French sculptors such as Jean Goujon, Jean-François Flamand, Pierre Puget, François Girardon, Antoine Coysevox...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$3,984 Sale Price / set
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Vintage Mid Century Modern Electric Blue Vase
Located in Munich, DE
This well proportioned glass vase was created in 1950 ca in France, possibly in Biot / Côte d'Azur. The glas does show the typical air bubbles one is accustomed to see in glass blown...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
18/19th Century Parian Marble Bust Sappho 1790/1800 Neoclassicism Villa Albani
Located in Epfach, DE
18/19th Century Parian Marble Bust Sappho 1790/1800 Neoclassicism Villa Albani
This classical marble bust depicts Sappho, a famous ancient Greek poet. She lived on the island of Les...
Category
Antique 1790s Italian Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Marble
Pair of 19th Century Grand Tour Hand-Carved Marble Sphinx Sculptures
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th-Century Grand Tour Hand-Carved Marble Sphinx Sculptures on Plinth Bases
Description:
A finely carved and substantial pair of Grand Tour-era marble sphinx sculptures, ea...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century Hand Carved Wood Baby Monk Face
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A beautiful 19th century Buddhist baby monk head, hand carved wood depicting the baby looking forward gracefully with like Mona Lisa kind smile?. Exceptional...
Category
Antique 19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Karl Springer Standing Buddha Sculpture in Gilt Bronze 19th Century
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully made large 19th century Siam standing Buddha sculpture in gilt bronze sold through the Karl Springer showroom on custom ebonized wood ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Thai Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Polished Roman Marble Head of a Satyr
Located in London, GB
This finely polished Roman marble head of a satyr is an impressive and characterful sculpture. Depicted with full, parted lips, with teeth visible in between, a pointed goat’s ear, t...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Marble
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Satyr With Infant Dionysus
Located in Bradenton, FL
Italian 19th century Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Satyr With Infant Dionysus. The Satyr, often associated with music, mischief, and sensual pleasure, is shown with one arm cradling Di...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Russian Rython Vases
Located in Stockholm, SE
A very decorative pair of Rython, also called Cornucopia vases from the first half of the 19th century, probably Russian. Red/pinkish cut glass vases with the ends mounted with gilt...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Russian Empire Vases
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$3,812 / set
Ancient Apulian Red-Figured Askos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautifully proportioned South Italian ceramic production is an askos, or pouring vessel. It prominently features a seated naked winged Eros wearing anklets, bracelets, a body ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Monumental French Moderne Verdigris Bronze Vase , Manner of Gilbert Poillerat
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental French Moderne Bronze Vase with Verdigris Patina, in the Manner of Gilbert Poillerat, 1950s
A striking French Moderne cast bronze vase of impressive weight and presence, ...
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases
Materials
Bronze
21st Century ‘Greek [M]’, in White Ceramic, Hand-Crafted in France
By Inhee Ma
Located in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine, FR
A part of a captivating triptych blending ancient Greek pottery with contemporary design, the ‘Greek [M]’ vase showcases delicate blue underglaze illustrations that harmonize traditi...
Category
2010s European Minimalist Vases
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
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Large Imperial Black Porphyry specimen
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Rare and Large Imperial Black Porphyry architectural fragment
partially polished,
23,5 x 15 x 12 cm
Porfido Nero is a rare Black Variety of Imperial Porphyry from Gebel Dokhan (th...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Natural Specimens
Materials
Porphyry
19th C. Grand Tour Bronze Apollo Belvedere After Leochares, Votive or Oil Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Bronze Apollo Belvedere After Leochares, Votive, or Oil Lamp
Italy, circa late 19th century
A fine example of classical antiquit...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
21st Century ‘Artemis - Black’, in White Ceramic, Hand-Crafted in France
By Inhee Ma
Located in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine, FR
A part of a captivating new line blending ancient Greek pottery with contemporary design, the ‘Artemis - Black’ vase showcases delicate blue underglaze illustrations of a face that h...
Category
2010s European Minimalist Vases
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Mezcala Pre-Columbian Three Headed Stone Figure
Located in Astoria, NY
Mezcala Pre-Columbian Three Headed Stone Figure, Guerrera, Mexico, mounted on ebonized wood base. Sculpture: 4.25" H x 4.5" W x 1.5" D; overall: 5.75" H x 5.5" W x 2.5" D. Provenance...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Figurative Sculpt...
Materials
Stone
Large Greek Classical Marble Torso Draped in a Toga, Mid-20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
A striking large marble torso depicting a male figure dressed in a classical Roman toga, finely carved and displaying elegant proportions and movement.
Dating from the mid-20th centu...
Category
Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Monumental Furietti Centaurs bronze 160 cm
Located in Madrid, ES
Furietti Centaurs in Pair - Bronze Statues, reduction of the originals (known as the Older Centaur and the Younger Centaur, or the Older Centaur and the Younger Centaur when treated ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Art Nouveau Flower Bowl With Columbine Decor, Daum Nancy, France, ca 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Large round bowl with a quatrefoil-shaped indented mouth rim, colorless glass with yellow and brown powder inclusions, etched and painted with colored enamel columbine decor, satin-f...
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Medium-Sized Resin Sculpture Representing a Fragment of the Sculpture of Apollo.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Medium-sized resin sculpture representing a fragment of the sculpture of Apollo.
Sculpture representing a reduced model of a Fragment of the sculpture of Apollo, exhibited in the en...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Busts
Materials
Resin
Tang Dynasty Painted Terracotta Sculpture of a Lokapala
By Tang Dynasty
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty terracotta Pottery Tomb figure of the Lokapala Warrier Deity. Figure molded wearing heavy armor, standing in a dynamic pose with left arm raised in a threatening gesture...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Archaic Bronze Ding Warring States Period
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese Bronze Archaistic Warring States Period Ding Pot. Circa 500 BCE
A beautifully shaped medium size bronze ritual vessel with three elegant feet and a l...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Jars
Materials
Bronze
Pre-Columbian Style Mexican Statue
Located in Miami, FL
This fantastic and well-proportioned Pre-Columbian style Mexican primitive style vessel figure
The sculpture measures
9" High x 6 3/4" Diameter
Similar to pieces of Michoacán, We...
Category
20th Century Mexican Pre-Columbian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
19th Century Hugo Frantiska Salm Bronze Knight Sculpture
Located in Stamford, CT
Fabulous Hugo Frantisek Salm bronze sculpture of a knight dated 1844 Salm. The last photo shows the identical bronze on display in a museum in Prague, Czech Republic. The quality and...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Czech Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Translucent Desert Glass from Meteorite Impact
Located in London, GB
This strikingly translucent piece of Libyan Desert Glass is a remarkable example of a mysterious natural phenomenon, and striking display piece. It formed when a meteorite impact in ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass
21st Century ‘Krater N°3’, in White Ceramic, Hand-Crafted in France
By Inhee Ma
Located in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine, FR
A part of a captivating new line blending ancient Greek pottery with contemporary design, the ‘Krater N°3’ vase showcases delicate blue underglaze illustrations that harmonize tradit...
Category
2010s European Minimalist Vases
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Antique French Stone Fountain Piece with Triple Dolphin Spouts, Circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
This charming French fountain piece with triple dolphin spouts was made circa 1900. The dolphins are made from reconstituted stone, which is natural lim...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Fountains
Materials
Stone
Large Round Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Seascape Decor, France 1905
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Vase in the shape of a drum on an oval, short base, slightly tapering towards the top in depth, at the top as an opening an arcuate cutout with a slight beaded edge. Colorless glass ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Art Nouveau Table Lamp
Vignes Et Escargots
, Daum Nancy, France, Circa 1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
A museum piece of French Art Nouveau glass art:
Lamp with baluster-shaped foot on a stepped, flat, round stand raised in the centre, hemispherical shade, slightly heat-stretched and pressed upwards on four sides, made of multi-layered glass with coloured powder fusions, predominantly in yellow-orange, red, brown, green and blue-violet tones, with highly etched vine leaves and grapevine decoration, two fully sculpted snails on the foot as a special accent, Cameo signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with Lorraine cross on the foot in the lower area, and on the shade, which rests on a patinated metal mount, which also carries the threads for the light sources, one at the top and one inside the foot.
Technique: Handmade cameo glass
Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; cameo glass vessels were already being made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century this glass art was further developed,
especially in Nancy.
Manufactory: Daum Frères / Nancy, Lorraine, France
Dating: Circa 1905
Dimensions:
Height: 53,5 cm / 21.06 in
Diameter: 32,0 cm / 12.59 in
Bibliography:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2984 on page 148, and page 561: Daum Frères
Cie, Verreries de Nancy
Condition: Very good
The electrification is functional, but should be renewed for safety reasons.
About the design:
The development of Art Nouveau glass art coincides with a revolution in lighting, the significance of which we can no longer fully appreciate today in the 21st century. Around 1880-1890, oil lamps and paraffin lamps were still almost unrivalled in every household. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the ‘electricity fairy’ emerged as a remarkable advance and gradually found its way into the daily lives of all social classes. The glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy were true pioneers and eagerly seized the opportunity to use electricity to illuminate the colours
applied to the glass. Colour was one of the main concerns of the master glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy.
Emile and Antonin Daum returned to the colours that had made the stained glass of the Middle Ages so splendid and extended the palette of colours in the glass mass as they needed it for the floral motifs and exact representations of nature. But the modulation of the colours, their arrangement in juxtaposed patches, the technique that the Impressionist painters practised on their canvases at the same time, was difficult to achieve due
to the nature of the glass melted in a large mass.
To achieve this richness of expression, around 1900 Daum developed ‘the process of applying glass powder and enamel to the outside of the vases to create coloured backgrounds or decorative spots’, according to the report of the jury of the 1900 World Exhibition.
The field of naturalistic, contrasting and shimmering colours was one in which Antonin Daum excelled. This new technical process made it possible to create the symphonies of colour that we find on the ‘Vignes et escargots’ lamp...
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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Bronze Bust of Athena by Fonderia Chiurazzi, Italy, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Refined bronze bust of the Greek goddess Athena, cast in the 20th century by the renowned Fonderia Chiurazzi of Naples. Known for their exceptional reproductions of classical antiqui...
Category
Vintage 1980s Busts
Materials
Bronze
$3,107 Sale Price
20% Off
French Bronze of Crouching Venus on A Turtle after Antoine Coysevox
Located in Newark, England
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FRENCH 19TH CENTURY BRONZE OF CROUCHING VENUS AFTER COYSEVOX
From our Bronze Sculpture collection we are delighted to offer this French Bronze of Crouching...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
1930 Museum Plaster Sculpture “Tanzende Mänade” after the Kunsthalle Kiel Origin
Located in Berlin, DE
This plaster sculpture, Tanzende Mänade, is a museum reproduction created around 1930 after the antique original in the Antikensammlung of the Kunsthalle zu Kiel. Capturing the drama...
Category
Vintage 1930s German Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Medici Vase in White Terracotta, in the Style of the Antique, 21st Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Medici vase in white terracotta, in the style of the antique, 21st century.
Medici vase in the taste of Antiquity, white terracotta, modern work, decorated with six graceful female ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Vases
Materials
Terracotta
Important Set of Four Large Porphyry Obelisks
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important set of four large Porphyry Obelisks.
Each obelisk is of square section tapering form with a spiked orb finial and embellished with carved roundels of the twelve Roman Emperors in profile. The main body is raised on ball supports putdown on square sectioned plinth bases.
Each obelisk is carved with three Emperors profile...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Porphyry
Late 19th Century Bronze Bust of Caesar
Located in Bradenton, FL
A bronze bust of Julius Caesar, c.1890. This bronze bust of Caesar has characteristic features such as a prominent forehead, short cropped hair, and a slightly furrowed brow. In the ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Bronze
Genuine Pink Quartz/Glass 5” x 7" photo frame by Tozai Home, 2015
By Tozai Home
Located in South Salem, NY
Tozai Home’s 5" x 7" Genuine Pink Quartz frame transforms any photo into a statement piece. Can hold a vertical or horizontal photo. The thick, polished quartz sides reveal the natur...
Category
2010s Chinese Picture Frames
Materials
Rose Quartz
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Sweet Pea Decor, Émile Gallé, Nancy, France, 1903/04
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Flush foot, raised, widening body with a shoulder-shaped narrowing at the top, with a short, wide neck and flared, rounded mouth rim. Burgundy red overlay on the outside, etched leaf...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
Tang Dynasty Fat Lady Pottery Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty Terracotta sculpture of a fat lady
This stunning lady wears her hair in an elaborately styled coiffure. A remarkable amount of the original pigm...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Ash-Maple Decor, France, Circa 1910
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Large vase on a round stand, widening like a bulge and then narrowing to a slightly conical, long, wide neck, opening with slightly flared mouth rim, colourless glass with orange-bro...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
"Psyche Imploring Cupid", Sculpted Vessel with Nudes by Bregnoe, Art Deco Maste
By Jens Jakob Bregnoe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and remarkable example of Art Deco sculpture, this vase is adorned on two sides with scenes from the mythological stories of Psyche and Cupid, carved into the clay not molded ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Clay
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Roman Marble Head of a Goddess, Possibly Venus, 1st-3rd Century AD
Located in Doha, QA
A captivating Roman marble head of a Goddess, possibly Venus, dating from the 1st–3rd century AD, exquisitely carved and presented on a bespoke marble pedestal styled as a classical ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Figurative Scul...
Materials
Marble
Japanese Meiji Genryusai Seiya Bronze Elephant and Tigers
Located in Dallas, TX
Japanese Meiji Genryusai Seiya bronze elephant and tigers, circa 1890.
This moving and detailed bronze grouping depicts a savage attack by two viscous...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cast Bronze Copper Flashed Patinated Renaissance Style Charger
Located in Hudson, NY
This charger made as an intentional remake of a famous object is fully embossed on the back as such and contains the maker's name. The charger contains many different scenes from ant...
Category
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Ormolu and Cloisonné Enamel Jardinière Attributed to F. Barbedienne
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in London, GB
The large central circular form cloisonne enamel jardinière decorated with vari colored plum flowers and butterflies on a blue ground, with a pierced ormolu rim featuring a pineapple motif resting on a finely cast ormolu base with four legs in the form of winged Foo lions.
The ormolu French, the enamel Chinese.
This impressive jardinie`re is very much in the manner of objects in enamel produced by Ferdinand Barbedienne in Paris in the last quarter of the 19th century which proved universally popular. Often these pieces were designed by Edouard Lievre (d. 1886) in the Oriental taste.
Ferdinand Barbedienne was a famous French metal worker and manufacturer. He presided over one of the most renowned and prolific foundries of Belle Époque Paris. His atelier created sculptures, clocks and bronze mounts of the highest quality, and his works were shown at numerous international exhibitions of the period, where he was rewarded with many medals. Among them the Grande Me´daille d'Honneur, in Paris in 1855 is particularly noteworthy.
In 1838 he associated with the engineer Achille Collas (1795-1859) who had just invented a process to reproduce statues at a smaller scale.
Together they founded in 1839 the company "Collas et Barbedienne" to reproduce casts of both contemporary artists and Greek and Roman antiquities. While working with Collas, Barbedienne actively pursued contracts with many sculptors of Paris contracting with David D'Angers, Jean-Baptiste Clesinger, and even producing some casts for Antoine Louis Barye as well as others. From 1860 to the years 1890, Barbedienne, eager to research new processes, experimented new techniques in champleve´ and cloisonne´-enamels, to compete with Japanese importations, very fashionable then.
When Collas died in 1859, the business was left to Barbedienne as sole owner. The company who had over 300 employees was prosperous as well in the field of reproductions as in its department specialized in the casting of monumental bronzes.
In 1865, he was appointed President of the Reunion of Bronze Makers until 1885.
After the 1870 war...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Planters, Cachepots and Jar...
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Large Art Nouveau Cameo Vase
Pommier en Fleurs
, Daum Nancy, France, 1900/1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Baluster-shaped vase, on a round base set off by a nodus, widening in a trumpet shape and narrowing to a drawn-in rim, colorless glass with flaky yellow, orange-reddish, and violet p...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Glass
French Art Nouveau 3 Piece Set of Pewter and Glass Jeweled Vases and Bowl
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A set - two vases and matching bowl - of French art glass pate de verre with pewter and glass paste stones. The vases are made of purple or violet pate de verre mounted in floral sha...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Pewter
Ceramic Vase, Grecian-style Pitcher, Ciboure Pottery, France, circa 1925
By Ciboure
Located in New York, NY
One of a set of beautiful ceramics from Ciboure Pottery, this vase is inspired by antiquity—evident in its form, its spare coloring, and its stylized depiction of animals.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of French 19th Century Gilt
Patinated Bronze Sphinxes on Porphyry
Bron
Located in Hudson, NY
Made in France circa 1840s this finely cast pair of sphinxes are represented in the recumbent position most associated with the form. Showing on both figures are two hieroglyphic car...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
Pair of Early 19th C. French Ormolu Covered Vases, Signed Clodion
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in New York, NY
An Extraordinary Pair of Early 1800's French Ormolu Covered Vases, in the style of CLAUDE MICHEL, Signed Clodion. After the original terracotta vase by Clodion in 1763. These ormolu vases represent an extraordinary confluence of painting and sculpture in 18th century French art...
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Ormolu
Mid-Century Scavo Orange Hand-Blown Murano Glass Vase
By Archimede Seguso, Cenedese
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
This unique and stunningly made Mid-Century Modernist Scavo Orange Volcanic Hand-Blown Murano Glass Vase originates from Italy.
Orange vase with a matte finish. The vase has a round...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
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