What does after mean in a bronze title?

It means the cast was taken from, or modelled on, another artist's original. The word appears in 78 titles on Sellingantiques. It sits alongside "reduction", a scaled-down foundry copy of a larger sculpture. Both are common through the European figural and Grand Tour listings.

Why are so many bronzes sold in pairs?

Because so much of the category was made in twos. Pairs are offered in 416 titles, one in six, from salts and bookends up to monumental vases. Marly Horses, temple lions, urns, tazzas and chenets all recur as pairs. Complete pairs and sets sit toward the upper part of the range.

Is Meiji bronze common in this category?

Very. Japanese appears in 450 titles and Meiji alone in 238, making Japanese and Chinese work roughly a quarter of everything listed. The forms are vases, censers and koro, okimono, jardinieres and brush pots. Large signed Meiji vases and okimono are among the highest figures in the archive.

What is cold-painted bronze?

Bronze finished with unfired paint rather than patination or gilding, the Austrian and Vienna speciality. Cold painted appears in 168 titles, Austrian in 105. The subjects are small: birds, dogs, dishes, inkwells and desk tidies. It accounts for about one listing in sixteen.

How reliable is a 19th Century date tag?

Treat it as a century-wide label. It's the largest single bucket in the archive at 858 listings, with Victorian and Regency adding further imprecision. Decade tags are tighter and cluster on the 1870s through the 1930s. Titles say much the same, with c1880, c1890, "late 19th" and "art deco" all recurring.

Are there bronzes older than the 18th century?

A handful. The dated field starts at 1700, and anything earlier goes into a Before 1700 bucket. The samples there include a pestle and mortar dated 1589, a fifteenth-century Javanese copper-alloy Buddha, a twelfth-century Persian inlaid ewer and an early Byzantine Christ figure.

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Cast copper-alloy objects of every scale and use, from thimbles and incense burners to life-size fountain figures, made for display, ritual, trade and the household.

19th century

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Bronze Pair of “Canova Lions”

From Spitalfields House

£360

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Antique Pair Italian Grand Tour Borghese Bronze Campana Urns 19th C

19th century

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Antique Pair Italian Grand Tour Borghese Bronze Campana Urns 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£2,200

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19th century

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19th Century (Meiji Period) Japanese Bronze Articulated Bronze Centipede

From Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

£245

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Pair of Antique Decorative Meiji Vases, Japanese, Bronze, Bouquet Pot, Victorian

19th century

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Pair of Antique Decorative Meiji Vases, Japanese, Bronze, Bouquet Pot, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£1,195

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Bronze Ewer Vase with Bacchus and Dolphin Figural Handle

19th century

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Bronze Ewer Vase with Bacchus and Dolphin Figural Handle

From The Real Wood Furniture Company

£300

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Antique Apothecary Mortar & Pestle, English, Bronze, Kitchen, Chemist, C.1650

17th century

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Antique Apothecary Mortar & Pestle, English, Bronze, Kitchen, Chemist, C.1650

From London Fine Antiques

£925

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19th century

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Bronze Tazza with Agate Cabochons

From Jane Short Antiques

£495

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19th century

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Pair of Regency Bronze & Ormolu Tazza

From Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

£1,250

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Pair of Antique Stem Vases, Japanese, Bronze, Meiji Era, Baluster Urn, Victorian

19th century

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Pair of Antique Stem Vases, Japanese, Bronze, Meiji Era, Baluster Urn, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£1,695

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Egyptian Revival Gilt Bronze Pair of Sphynxes Circa 1890

19th century

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Egyptian Revival Gilt Bronze Pair of Sphynxes Circa 1890

From Marion David Decorative Arts

£695

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The tallest pieces recorded on Sellingantiques are architectural rather than sculptural: a four-foot Buddha, a pair of Indian statues at 133cm, and a monumental Japanese temple vase.

17th century

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Bronze Inkwell, 17th Century

From Spitalfields House

£3,200

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1900 - 1920

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Large (2kg) Chinese Bronze Bowl,c1910

From Curious Antiques

£195

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Japanese Archaistic Bronze Hu Vase, Takaoka School, Meiji–taisho Period

19th century

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Japanese Archaistic Bronze Hu Vase, Takaoka School, Meiji–taisho Period

From Ritas Bazaar

£600

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Art Nouveau Bronze Vases

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£325

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19th century

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Large (4.3kg) Chinese Bronze Bowl,c1850

From Curious Antiques

£695

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Antique Mortar and Pestle Set, English Bronze Apothecary Grinder, Georgian, 1750

18th century

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Antique Mortar and Pestle Set, English Bronze Apothecary Grinder, Georgian, 1750

From London Fine Antiques

£795

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Antique Bronze

Bronze Pair of “Canova Lions”

Antique Pair Italian Grand Tour Borghese Bronze Campana Urns 19th C

19th Century (Meiji Period) Japanese Bronze Articulated Bronze Centipede

Pair of Antique Decorative Meiji Vases, Japanese, Bronze, Bouquet Pot, Victorian

Bronze Ewer Vase with Bacchus and Dolphin Figural Handle

Antique Apothecary Mortar & Pestle, English, Bronze, Kitchen, Chemist, C.1650

Bronze Tazza with Agate Cabochons

Pair of Regency Bronze & Ormolu Tazza

Pair of Antique Stem Vases, Japanese, Bronze, Meiji Era, Baluster Urn, Victorian

Egyptian Revival Gilt Bronze Pair of Sphynxes Circa 1890

Bronze Inkwell, 17th Century

Large (2kg) Chinese Bronze Bowl,c1910

Japanese Archaistic Bronze Hu Vase, Takaoka School, Meiji–taisho Period

Pair of Art Nouveau Bronze Vases

Large (4.3kg) Chinese Bronze Bowl,c1850

Antique Mortar and Pestle Set, English Bronze Apothecary Grinder, Georgian, 1750

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