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A collection of classical sculptures depicting historical and mythical themes, featuring cherubs, a satyr, and scenes of defense and motherhood in diverse materials like clay and marble.

Anonymous French. Two children arguing a bunch of grapes. Sculpture, marble. 1700-1799. Cognacq-Jay museum. 78878-2 Sitting, standing, playing, child, raisin cluster, statuary group, marble, basket, base, statue, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century, fruit
Anonymous French. Two children arguing a bunch of grapes. Sculpture, marble. 1700-1799. Cognacq-Jay museum. 78878-2 Sitting, standing, playing, child, raisin cluster, statuary group, marble, basket, base, statue, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century, fruit
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Aquamanile in the Form of a Falconer on Horseback. Culture: North German. Dimensions: Overall: 13 11/16 x 11 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (34.7 x 28.5 x 12 cm), 8.554lb. (3880g)Thickness PD: 1/10-7/50 in. (0.25-0.35 cm). Date: 13th century.Derived from the Latin words for water (aqua) and hand (manus), an aquamanile (plural: aquamanilia) is an animal- or human-shaped water vessel used in hand washing, an essential component of religious and secular rituals in the Middle Ages. Aquamanilia were the first cast vessels of medieval Europe. Usually cast in copper alloy through the lostwax process (cire perdue), the hundreds of surviving examples date from the twelfth through fifteenth century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the most important collections of aquamanilia in the world, with examples at The Cloisters and in the main building on Fifth Avenue, in both the medieval galleries and the Lehman Collection.Although compromised by the loss of the horse's hooves and by significant wear to
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Attendant
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Gardeners ca. 1755 Longton Hall. Gardeners 203611
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Daoist Immortal, Koreijin, and Tiger. Tomotada (Japan, active before 1781). Japan, before 1781. Costumes; Accessories. Ivory with staining, sumi
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3-D recreation of the Olympian gods of the Parthenon frieze. By sculptors from the Tsukuba University, and Tokyo University of the Arts.
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FIGURA DE TANAGRA - MUJERES CONVERSANDO - SIGLO II AC - ESCULTURA HALLADA EN MIRINA. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.
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GINES, JOSE. ESCULTOR ESPAÑOL. POLOP DE LA MARINA 1768-1823. " MATANZA DE LOS SANTOS INOCENTES ", DETALLE. MUSEO BELLAS ARTES DE SAN FERNANDO. MADRID.
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Joe's Farewell. Artist: Daniel Chester French (American, Exeter, New Hampshire 1850-1931 Stockbridge, Massachusetts). Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 5 in. (25.4 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm). Date: 1872-73.From 1870 until his departure for Italy in 1874, French modeled twenty-five decorative sculptures from which thousands of parian and painted-plaster reproductions were made and sold for a few dollars apiece. His decision to create small works for a primarily commercial end was influenced by the success of the plaster statuettes of John Rogers known as Rogers Groups. Several of French's efforts were inspired by the writings of Charles Dickens. "Joe's Farewell," from a passage in "Barnaby Rudge" (1841), reflects Joe Willet's trials and tribulations in his relationship with Dolly Varden. French closely followed the narrative in composing his group as Joe, smitten with Dolly, bids her farewell by the forge in her father's workshop. How many parian and painted-plaster reproductions of "Joe's Farewell" were pr
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Meissen Manufacture. "Singer monkey". This subject belongs to a set of several pieces. Metal, bronze, porcelain, wood. Around 1755/1760. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 144002-20 German art, decorative art, ceramic, faience, German renaissance, musician monkey, rococo style, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th century, animal
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Figure of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ralph Wood (the Younger); English, 1748-95. Date: 1785-1795. Dimensions: 30.8 x 13.3 x 13.3 cm (12 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.). Lead-glazed earthenware. Origin: Staffordshire. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Standing Figure of a Sumo Wrestler, Arita Ware (), 1700s-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Porcelain, molded and carved, with celadon overglaze; overall: 22 cm (8 11/16 in.). Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection (CMA, 1990): 85, no. 137.
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Child Riding a Dolphin. Edmé Bouchardon (France, Chaumont en Bassigny, 1698-1762). France, 1738. Sculpture. Tinted plaster with fitted modern wood base
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Statues, sculpture, busts and other classical art on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Cupid. On a rectangular pedestal there is a nude child with a loincloth. There is a bird on the raised left hand. The image is marked with a master's sign and a dolphin.
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Singer. Modeler: Franz Anton Bustelli; German, born Switzerland, 1723-1763. Date: 1770-1790. Dimensions: H. 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.). Hard-paste porcelain. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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De muze urania, Meissener porcelain manufactory, c. 1748 - c. 1750 Figure of painted porcelain. The figure represents a woman (the muse Urania), who holds a gilded passer in the left hand and holds a loose telescope in front of her left eye with the right. On her right side is a celestial globe, caught in gilded tires. There is a gilded bronze degree arch on her lap. The image is not marked. In the event of acquisition, the statue was mounted on a gilded bronze pedestal (BK-1964-21-B). Float porcelain. bronze (metal) gilding Figure of painted porcelain. The figure represents a woman (the muse Urania), who holds a gilded passer in the left hand and holds a loose telescope in front of her left eye with the right. On her right side is a celestial globe, caught in gilded tires. There is a gilded bronze degree arch on her lap. The image is not marked. In the event of acquisition, the statue was mounted on a gilded bronze pedestal (BK-1964-21-B). Float porcelain. bronze (metal) gilding
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The Portland Vase; Cameo glass, probably made in Rome, 15 BC - AD 25. The Portland Vase is one of the finest surviving pieces of Roman glass, and is named after the Dukes of Portland who owned it
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Netsuke of Sculptor Modelling a Large Head Japan 19th century View more. Netsuke of Sculptor Modelling a Large Head. Japan. 19th century. Wood. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). Netsuke
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Minerva. Culture: German, Nymphenburg. Dimensions: Height: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm). Factory: Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory (German, 1747-present). Modeler: Franz Anton Bustelli (Swiss, Locarno ca. 1720-1763 Munich). Date: ca. 1760-65. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Sardonyx cameo fragment with Jupiter astride an eagle 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Greek or Roman Despite its fragmentary condition this cameo still displays the fine quality of its workmanship. The eagle's feathers and Jupiter's torso and bearded face are carved in exquisite detail against an almost transparent background. The imagery of the Father of the Gods flying through the heavens astride an eagle was adapted for use in Roman official art to depict scenes of apotheosis. This was the procedure by which emperors were deified; their ascent up to heaven was marked at the state funeral by the release of an eagle that symbolically carried the spirit of the deceased emperor up to the heavens.. Sardonyx cameo fragment with Jupiter astride an eagle 253383
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Water Cistern, c 1800. Pearlware, cast and overglazed-painted. In the shape of Neptune supported by an old man and a dolphin. The figures are hollow and the water runs into the basin through the dolphin's mouth. This strange combination of subjects ow
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Plaque with Portrait of William Eden, Lord Auckland. Wedgwood Manufactory; England, founded 1759. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 17.5 × 14.9 × 4.6 cm (6 7/8 × 5 7/8 × 1 11/16 in.). Stoneware (jasperware). Origin: Burslem. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Fire buck of gold-plated bronze on base with leaf volutes, with man in fluttering robe and a woman with a fragment of an instrument in her left hand, the trident lacking. Cisellated and gold-plated bronze firebox. The base consists of leaf volutes, partially opened in a cartouche-like motif. This motif is continued in a closed kidney shape under the place where a woman is seated, surrounded by a fluttering robe. The woman holds an instrument fragment in her left hand. The accompanying firebok shows a male figure; See: BK-14853-a.
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Anonymous French. Young dancing peasant. Sculpture, terracotta. 1700-1799. Cognacq-Jay museum. 78878-7 Bras, dance, dance, standing, rising, peasant, terracotta, trunk, jacket, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18 century, hat
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Pauline Borghese Bonaparte Venus Victorious, 1805 Possagno, Italy - June 2022: Pauline Borghese Bonaparte Venus Victorious by Antonio Canova, 1805 Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 21241492
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Netsuke 18th century Japan. Netsuke. Japan. 18th century. Ivory. Edo period (1615-1868). Netsuke
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Painter of Sotadès. Rhyton in the shape of a crocodile attacking an Ethiopian (CVA 349). Red figures. Around 470-460 BC. AD Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 58729-11 On his knees, African, attack, attack, attic, drink, ceramic, ancient civilization, devour, Ethiopian, red figure, great Greece, man, libations, struggle, ancient period, character, pottery, ritual, vase to drink, Greek vase, Greek vase, Greek vase, VEME VE V 5EME 5th 5 CENTURY AV.J-.C., Animal, fight, crocodile
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Rhyton (drinking vessel) in the shape of a sphinx, made in Athens. Dated 5th Century BC
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Ridge tile. Terracotta, glaze, yellow and brown. Paris, Cernuschi museum. 78844-5 Ancient ceramic, covered, architectural element, email, glacure, terracotta emaillee, tile
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Seated Figure (Pagoda). Meissener Porzellan ManufakturMeissen, c. 1715hard-paste porcelain
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Marble Sculpture, 1000 - 1900 White marble group of two images, without heads. marble (rock) Wijk bij Duurstede White marble group of two images, without heads. marble (rock) Wijk bij Duurstede
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Anonymous / 'Head of a Male Goat'. 15 - 30. White marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Wrestler. Ittokusai (Japan, active mid-19th century). Japan, mid-19th century. Costumes; Accessories. Wood with sumi, inlays
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Anonymous French. "Nymph with roses in the folds of his drapery". Marble sculpture. Paris, Cognacq-Jay museum. 77946-13 DEESSE, Divinity, naked woman, female figure, marble, Greek-Roman mythology, Greek mythology, Roman mythology, female naked, female nudite, nymph, statue
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Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Bust of children". Marble. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 53466-3 Bust, child, marble
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Colgante, obra de Ramon Teixé. Colección privada.
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Base for a Statuette early 16th century North French or South Netherlandish The two satirical scenes that decorate this carving take inspiration from the complexities of love. One suggests the attraction between the sexes during courtship, while the other alludes to infidelity after marriage. Moralistic themes of this sort were often inspired by late medieval theater.. Base for a Statuette 470149
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Topers, c. 1700 Sculpture group of terracotta, in two separately modeled and baked parts. Left and right of a table, made from a tree stump, sitting two farmer's types, each with a beer mug. The men seem to treat each other with distrust. There are a knife and a sausage on the table (). Antwerp terracotta (clay material) Sculpture group of terracotta, in two separately modeled and baked parts. Left and right of a table, made from a tree stump, sitting two farmer's types, each with a beer mug. The men seem to treat each other with distrust. There are a knife and a sausage on the table (). Antwerp terracotta (clay material)
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Bronze Age terracotta bull with attendants. CYPRUS.
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Statuettes of cherubs, Doccia Porcelain Factory, by Unknown, 18th Century, porcelain. Italy, Campania, Naples, Capodimonte National Museum and Galleries. Whole artwork. Colored porcelain statuettes naked putti standing sitting curls ivy.
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Water Dropper (suiteki) of Chinese Boy and Puppy. Japan, circa 1820. Ceramics. Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with brown glaze
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River God Appliqué. Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (15.9 x 7 cm). Retailer: Henry Kellam Hancock (1816-1851). Date: ca. 1810-30. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Chinese Couple ca. 1737 Meissen Manufactory German. Chinese Couple. German, Meissen. ca. 1737. Hard-paste porcelain. Ceramics-Porcelain
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Two lovers. Culture: British, London. Dimensions: 4 1/2 × 2 in. (11.4 × 5.1 cm). Maker: Saint James's Factory (British, ca. 1748/49-1760). Date: ca. 1750-55. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Polo horse tomb figure. Attributed to the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). China. Ceramic. Dallas Museum of Art. State of Texas. United States.
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stone bas-relief in the form of a girl elf
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Spring 19th century Possibly Edmé Samson. Spring 238817
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Netsuke of Woman and Monkey 19th century Japan. Netsuke of Woman and Monkey. Japan. 19th century. Ivory. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). Netsuke
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Cameo with the portraits of Cosimo de' Medici, Eleonora di Toledo and their children, by De' Rossi Francesco know as Cecchino Salviati, 16th Century, . Italy: Tuscany: Florence: Palazzo Pitti. Whole artwork. Cameo portraits Cosimo de' Medici Eleonora of Toledo
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Three old women in conversation, Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863-1939), c. 1900 Three old women in conversation. Amsterdam terracotta (clay material) Three old women in conversation. Amsterdam terracotta (clay material)
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Allegorical Figure of 'Europe', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Peter Reinicke, German, 1715 - 1768, Gottfried Bernhard Göz, German, 1708 - 1774, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Crowned and ermined female figure, holding scepter and orb, seated on rearing horse facing right; attributes include a globe and a book., Germany, 1775-1825, ceramics, Decorative Arts, figure, figure
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Plaque ca. 1785-90 Josiah Wedgwood and Sons. Plaque. After a design by Lady Templetown (before 1759-1823, active 1777-83). British, Staffordshire. ca. 1785-90. Jasperware. Ceramics-Pottery
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Figure from a Crèche: Group of Four Sheep, 1780-1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted terracotta; overall: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.). The practice of creating scenes of the Nativity for the home dates from the early 1700s in Italy, where people began to set up doll-like figures of about a foot or less in height. The custom was particularly popular in Naples around 1800, where crèche scenes (crèche means cradle, or crib) included many figures, whose heads and hands of painted terracotta, stuffed cloth bodies, and clothing adapted from contemporary local costumes gave them an amazingly realistic character.
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Christ and the Woman of Samaria early 17th century French, Avon. Christ and the Woman of Samaria. French, Avon. early 17th century. Lead-glazed earthenware. Ceramics-Pottery
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Ceramics, Germany 20th century. Dancer with snake. Fraureuth Sassonia production, about 1920. Glazed porcelain
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Jade carving at Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Manolo Hugué / "Maternidad" (detail), c. 1897-1900, Sculpture (painted plaster), 27.5 x 18 x 18.5 cm. Museum: Museo Cau Ferrat, Colección Santiago Rusiñol, Sitges, Barcelona, Cataluña, España.
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Lao-Tse on his Buffalo. 1368. Chinese art. Qin period. Sculpture. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum.
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Lohan Holding a Peach, 1662-1722. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722). Porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration; overall: 24.3 x 12.6 cm (9 9/16 x 4 15/16 in.). This lohan, disciple of Buddha with supernatural powers, was perhaps part of a house altar set or a decorative item in a household. Lohans, also known as arhats, are said to be able to tame tigers and tread on water. This lohan with a bald head is shown as a monklike figure, wearing a monks robe made of patches and holding the peach of immortality.This lohan and its pair holding a fu-dog (1964.191.2) embody a humorous attitude and playful behavior, indifference to danger and miracles, and hence a detachment from worldly affairs.During the 1600s, porcelain sculptures decorated in famille verte overglaze enamel colors were produced for the domestic as well as export market to Europe.
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Bliżej Kultury
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Venus
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Madrid 11/12/2015. Bethlehem figures. In the image a mystery by Montserrat Ribes ARCHDC Photo by Maya Balanya.
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Hunting Couple ca. 1775 Fulda Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory. Hunting Couple. German, Fulda. ca. 1775. Hard-paste porcelain. Ceramics-Porcelain
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The Washerwoman ca. 1752-58 Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory. The Washerwoman. After a print by Charles Nicolas Cochin I (French, Paris 1688-1754 Paris). Italian, Naples (Capodimonte). ca. 1752-58. Soft-paste porcelain. Ceramics-Porcelain
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Drum Bearer for the Monkey Band. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory; German, founded 1710; After a model of Kändler or Reinicke. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: H. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm). Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding. Origin: Meissen. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
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Johann-Joachim Kaendler (1706-1775). "Male hug". German porcelain from the 18th century. Museum of Fine Art of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Sitting, Meissen factory, German porcelain, carlin race, animal, dog, male