Antique Nupe Nigerian Wood Fired Terracotta Vessel with Reed Stand. Terracotta wide mouthed figurative vessel most likely used as a ceremonial bowl. The ears are represented by two handles. Braided reed stand. Rounded bottom. In good condition with wear consistent with age and material.

Size: 4.75 x 7.5 x 7.5 in

Vintage Traditional Brass Rearing Horse Sculpture, c.1970’s

– Pairs Nicely with Many Eclectic Interior Styles
– Crafted of Solid Brass
– Rearing Horse upon a Rock Landscape
– Perfect to Stage Along a Desktop, Shelf or Bookcase
– Unsigned or Marked

Tribal West African male Bambara headdress in carved wood. The piece depicts a male antelope referred to as “Chi wara,” for a mythical antelope. Antelope headpieces such as this are used in a dance celebrating the harvest. The body with incised decoration, mounted to a wood base. Tip of horns and tail wrapped with leather and hair extensions. In great vintage condition with age-appropriate wear and use.
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Stunning solid brass sculpture by sister collaborators Arleen Eichengreen and Nancy Gensburg. Abstract modernist design
Beautiful lines, shapes, negative and positive space
Polished Aluminum, sits on wood stand
part of a large lincoln park estate

Pair Of European Carved Figures Of a Man and Woman featuring a man and woman in 19th century dress. Well carved.

A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) BISCUIT FIGURE OF ‘JEAN DE LA FONTAINE’ FROM THE SERIES OF ‘LES GRANDS HOMMES’ circa 1784, INCISED L R 7 TO BASE AT FRONT Modelled by Pierre Julien (1731-1804) and produced at Sevres in Biscuit Porcelain in 1784. Under the Chef de Sculpteurs Josse-Francois-Joseph Le Riche and bears his mark. De La Fontaine, the writer, is represented in an ample cloak, sitting in contemplation on a gnarled tree on which a vine with grapes is climbing. On his knee is the manuscript of the fable of the fox and the grapes, while at his feet a fox is seated on his hat with its paw on a leather-bound volume, looking up at him Reference: The ‘Grands Hommes de France’, considered one of the great artistic undertakings of Louis XVI’s reign, were first commissioned in 1776 as a series of monumental statues of the great warriors, writers, politicians, philosophers and ecclesiastics to be created by the most prominent sculptors of the Académie Royale. Following this achievement, the comte d’ Angiviller, director of the King’s buildings, proposed to Antoine Régnier, director of the Sèvres factory, that Sèvres execute in biscuit porcelain reductions of these same statues and arranged for the sculptors of the original statues to make the smaller terra cotta models from which the moulds for the biscuit figures would be made. The creation of ‘La Série des Grands Hommes’ at Sèvres extended from 1783 to 1787, during which time twenty-three models were produced. Example: Collection of Le Louvres, Jean de la Fontaine, After Pierre Julien, modeled by Manufacture de Sevres, 1784. (0A 11220, Salle 620, Aile Sully, Niveau 1).

A Zsolnay Art Deco nude in classic iridescent green glaze, Hungary circa 1920.

Vintage Swiss sculpture made with quality bronze depicting an abstract figure with great detail all around standing gracefully on a veined black round marble base.
*Signed and dated by Jean-Jacques Porret (1986).
*Numbered #2/5
Dimensions:
28″H x 12″W x 10″D

Waylande Gregory Art Deco ceramic rooster sculpture, glazed, 1940s, USA Literature: Folk, Thomas, Waylande Gregory: Art Deco Ceramics and the Atomic Impulse, University of Richmond Museums, 2013. Waylande Desantis Gregory (1905 Baxter Springs, Kansas – 1971, New Jersey) was one of the most innovative and prolific American art-deco ceramics sculptors of the early 20th century. His groundbreaking techniques enabled him to create monumental ceramic sculpture, such as the Fountain of the Atoms and Light Dispelling Darkness, which had hitherto not been possible. He also developed revolutionary glazing and processing methods, and was a seminal figure in the studio glass movement. Exhibiting his ceramic works at such significant American venues for sculpture as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and at the venerable Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, he also showed his ceramic sculptures at leading New York City galleries. His groundbreaking techniques enabled him to create monumental ceramic works, including The Swimmer (1937) and Fountain of the Atom for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Gregory was the first modern ceramist to create large scale ceramic sculptures, some measuring more than 70 inches in height. Similar to the technique developed by the ancient Etruscans, he fired his monumental ceramic sculptures only once. At the same time he was sculpting his monumental terra cotta sculptures during the 1930s, Gregory was also creating small porcelain figures in his home studio, some of which he sold through his exclusive design studio to select clients.
Creator: Waylande Gregory (Artist)
Dimensions: Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)Depth: 13.5 in (34.29 cm

Mid-Century Brutalist Bronze Sculpture of a Horse in great vintage condition.
Measures 11″ in width, 3″ in depth and stands 13″ in height.