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Detailed from a recent casting from my Spanish foundry group. Beautiful brown patina with late 16th Century warrior pose . . . to hold your heaviest books upright.
The headgear on these two warriors are worth noting. With the decline of…
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- Item Number: S-9460
- Provenance/Origin: Spanish foundry. Sculptor is Milo. Early 2000s
- Composition: Bronze and marble
- Dimensions: ~ 11.5" tall x 6.5" wide x 5" deep for each
- Weight: 12 pounds for the pair
- Price: $ 285.00 USD for pair
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Singerie, a visual arts depiction, can be found back in ancient Egypt but more popular in France over the last couple of centuries. The word – singerie – is the name given to a visual arts genre depicting monkeys imitating human behavior. Such monkeys are often…
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- Item Number: O-7498
- Provenance/Origin: Vintage. Circa mid-1900s. Philippines
- Composition: Bronze and paint
- Dimensions: 7" tall x 3.5" wide x 4" deep
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 95.00 USD
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A new word for some of us: Singerie. Not sure what the Maitland Smith folks had in mind when they created this casting of monkeys, carrying a dish- like-object on two poles. But it has a history.
Singerie, a visual arts depiction, can be…
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- Item Number: O-9060
- Provenance/Origin: Maitland Smith. Mid-1900s. Philippines
- Composition: Bronze, paint
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 11" wide x 5" deep
- Weight: 5 pounds
- Price: $ 295.00 USD
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Detail: The discovery of the OH 5 Zinj skull was perhaps the most important transition in the history of paleoanthropology AND a most important find for Mary Leakey back in 1959. She found the skull in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. This casting was made from the original 1.5…
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- Item Number: O-3636
- Provenance/Origin: Perhaps cast in Tanzania. Circa 1960's.
- Composition: Plaster
- Dimensions: 9" long x 6.5" at widest x 4.75" tall
- Weight: 3 pounds
- Price: $ 135.00 USD
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Detail: Dokra / Dhokra is a tribal Indian handicraft. Thought to be the oldest form of metal casting (lost wax process). What makes these pieces so popular is a “varied designs” issue and because of its primitive simplicity. Images of ritual deities were popular with these…
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- Item Number: S-1795
- Provenance/Origin: East India. Circa early-1900's or earlier
- Composition: Brass
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 7.5" long
- Weight: 3 pounds
- Price: $ 175.00 USD
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Detail: Dokra / Dhokra is a tribal Indian handicraft. Thought to be the oldest form of metal casting (lost wax process). What makes these pieces so popular is a “varied designs” issue and because of its primitive simplicity. Elephants were always the most popular for these…
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- Item Number: S-8453
- Provenance/Origin: East India. Circa early 1900's
- Composition: Brass
- Dimensions: 7.25" tall x 7.75" long
- Weight: 3.25 pounds
- Price: $ 135.00 USD
