Florence, Early XX Century

Terracotta column made in Signa, Florence, early 20th century. Stem richly decorated with Renaissance-style elements including acanthus leaves, spirals and vine branches, from which vine leaves and bunches of grapes grow. Three frets complete the ornamental display. Manufacture mark on the base "Manifattura di Signa", "1472 C". The Manifattura di Signa is a historic terracotta ceramic workshop, created in 1895 by will of Camillo Bondi in the premises of the “Fornaci di Signa” factory owned by his brother Angelo. A distinctive feature of the manufacture was the taste for Renaissance shapes and decorations, recovered and re-proposed with high craftsmanship.

Italy, First Half XX Century

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

Italy, 1971

Terracotta vase painted with polychrome enamels. Below the base is the author's signature and production date.

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, 1950s-1960s

White glazed terracotta sculpture with gold decorations depicting a monkey.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Classic style column in painted terracotta, Italy, late 19th century. Decorated with leafy elements, Greek frets and curls. Set on an octagonal base.

Europe XIX Century

Sculpture depicting a man's bust in patinated terracotta. Non-coeval circular base.

Italy XX Century

Polychrome painted terracotta statues depicting the Holy Family. Glass eyes and dresses in silk, lace and fabric. Wooden support.

China Han period (206 BC-220 AD)

Jar in green glazed terracotta, the lid represents the five sacred mountains, the path between earth and paradise, Mount Bo and Mount Kunlun, two sacred Taoist mountains, which evokes the journey of the dead to the immortal kingdoms. In the central band a scene of animals in the mountains.

Italy Early 20th century

Announcement in painted terracotta, Italy, early 20th century. The reference model can be traced to the announcements in Tuscan Renaissance glazed terracotta, a production linked in particular to the Della Robbia family.

Italy, 1970s

Pair of ceramic busts of Roman Emperors resting on ceramic columns, produced by Tommaso Barbi in the 1970s. Columns with hexagonal base in white glazed ceramic adorned with gold profiles, shaft imitating red breccia marble; busts portraying the emperors Hadrian and a young Octavian, both taken from a pair of busts preserved in the Uffizi in Florence. Faces and bases in terracotta, clothing in white glazed ceramic with cloak to recall the marble of the shaft. Columns marked "b ceramiche per Tommaso Barb. made in Italy" under the base.

Italy, XX Century

Large terracotta eagle.

East, XIX-XX Century

Terracotta statue decorated in polychrome.

Second half of the 19th century

Neo-Renaissance mirror, imitating the painted terracotta of the Florentine Della Robbia workshop. With frame in glazed and glazed terracotta, decorated with festoons of fruit and two cherubs.

Italy Mid 1900s ca.

Glazed terracotta sculpture depicting Don Quixote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza on horseback. Brand of the Trevir manufacture under the base.

Middle East, Early XIX Century

Middle Eastern bowl decorated with engobe, in white and blue with a geometric band on the edge.

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Terracotta vase, dating back to the early 20th century.

Earthenware Statue of a sitting man. Anonymous author.

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Terracotta sculpture depicting Madonna with Child.

Polychrome colored glazed terracotta vase with stylized figures in relief. Signature of the author under the base.