ANCIENT CERAMICS - Page 6

Italy, 1990s

Large white ceramic basket with polychrome fruit decoration. Underneath adhesive manufacturing label.

Italy, 1990s

Large white ceramic basket with multicolored fish and shellfish decorations. Under the manufacturer's brand.

Italy Second Half of the XX Century

Polychrome ceramic tile with relief decoration depicting a grotesque harvest scene. Manufacturer sticker on the reverse.

Italy, First Half XX Century

Terracotta sculpture depicting motherhood. Dark patina wooden base. Behind the author's signature.

Italy, XX Century

Ceramic lady painted in polychrome. The statue is flanked by a small vase. Under the base signature of the manufacture "G. Girardi".

Italy, XIX Century

Majolica shaving basin with monochrome decoration in shades of cobalt. In the centre medallion with landscape, architecture and ruins. Ramage frame on the rim of the basin.

Italy, Late XVIII Century

Plate in polychrome majolica, podded body and lobed edge. Architectures in manganese cable, surrounded by foliage in shades of ocher, cobalt and ramin.

Japan, XX Century

Pair of ceramic vases with dragon decoration and small ring handles.

Germany Second half of the 19th century

Sculptural group in porcelain depicting dancing figures. Under the base mark of the German manufacture.

Japan, Meiji Era 1868-1912

Kutani plate decorated with polychrome enamels within scrolls with various representations. The upper one with a scene of literati intent on writing and reading a scroll in beautiful writing, the others with naturalistic scenes, dragons and Kirin highlighted in gold, on a red background with stylized racemes. Brand in red under the base. Japan Meiji period circa 1910.

Italy, Early '900

Parade plate in polychrome glazed ceramic in the Neo-Renaissance style. Grotesque decoration on the brim and mythological scene in the center.

Italy, Early '900s

Platter in glazed ceramic in the neo-Renaissance style. Grotesque decoration on the brim and mythological scene in the middle part.

Italy First half of the 20th century

Large polychrome glazed terracotta statue depicting a masked figure. The sculpture consists of two parts: the torso and the legs.

Italy, Mid XVIII Century

Majolica pharmacy jug with ovoid body and high neck and ribbon handle opposite the spout. Monochrome blue decoration with two wide bands framing the apothecary writing rendered in Gothic manganese characters. On the handle the coat of arms of the brotherhood.

Italy, 1950s-1960s

White glazed terracotta sculpture with gold decorations depicting a monkey.

China Chongzhen Period 1628-1644

Small Chinese polylobed ko sometsuke saucer with triangular plan, decorated in blue underneath with a peach, a pomegranate, a lemon "Citrus medica" also known as Buddha's hand and an ideogram symbol of longevity. Three bats decorate its brim.

China, Early XX Century

Ginger jar with lid decorated in blue underneath with ideograms of conjugal happiness, on a continuous background of leafy plant racemes and peony flowers.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Ceramic plate from the Venetian area with pad decoration in the hollow and flower garlands on the brim.

Italy, Mid XVIII Century

Large majolica plate highly decorated in monochrome blue with a central bull's-eye motif with two daisies placed side by side and surrounded by plant racemes. Decoration that reappears on the edge of the plate.

Southern Italy, Late XIX Century

Majolica plate decorated on the brim in shades of blue and ocher.

Italy, Late XVIII Century

Majolica pod plate decorated with great heat in monochrome blue. Decoration made with two daisies placed side by side surrounded by plant racemes in the center of the cavetto and along the edge.

France, Early XX Century

French ceramic plate. Polychrome decoration with stylized flower motif in the cord and on the brim.

China Republican Era (1912-1946)

Pair of Guanyin sculptures in Dehua porcelain "blanc de chine". The two mirror figures of the goddess of compassion resting on bases of flowers and lotus plants, like what they hold in one of their hands, are depicted with a serene expression, robes full of rich drapery and rich in detail. China era of the Republic (1912-1949)

Pair of Chinese vases

Pair of Chinese Jardiniere from the early 1900s, Guangxu era, with polychrome floral decorations on a green background. They rest on two original bases in turned wood.