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.

18th century

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Large Bronze Mortar and Pestle 18th Century

From Rams Head Antiques

£345

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Late 19th/early 20thc Japanese Bronze Vase - Signed

1900 - 1920

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Late 19th/early 20thc Japanese Bronze Vase - Signed

From Lee Sherman Antiques

£180

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19th century

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Large Bronze Grand Tour Warwick Vase

From Kendall House Antiques Ltd.

£1,400

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Antique Grand Tour Planter, Italian, Bronze, Bouquet Vase, Urn, Early Victorian

19th century

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Antique Grand Tour Planter, Italian, Bronze, Bouquet Vase, Urn, Early Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£2,250

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19th century

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Antique Circa 1880 Japanese Bronze Bowl Planter – Meiji Period, 19th Century

From Prior and Willis

£1,746

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Rare Japanese Sake Kettle with Cloisonne Lid. Edo Period. Circa 1850.

19th century

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Rare Japanese Sake Kettle with Cloisonne Lid. Edo Period. Circa 1850.

From Dragoncharger Antiques

£1,750

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C19th Bronzed Copper Relief Showing Diana the Huntress

19th century

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C19th Bronzed Copper Relief Showing Diana the Huntress

From I M Chaney Antique Furniture

£275

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Japanese Bronze Dragon Vase with Two Dragon Candle Holder

19th century

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Japanese Bronze Dragon Vase with Two Dragon Candle Holder

From Bushells Antiques

£4,250

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Antique Gu Ritual Vessel, Oriental, Bronze, Ceremonial, Posy Vase, Victorian

19th century

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Antique Gu Ritual Vessel, Oriental, Bronze, Ceremonial, Posy Vase, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£895

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Miniature Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonne Vases

1900 - 1920

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Miniature Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonne Vases

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£395

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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.

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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Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Tazzas

19th century

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Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Tazzas

From Youlls Antiques

£1,950

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Highly Decorative Pair of Late 19th Century French Spelter Campana Urns on Stepped Plinth Bases

1900 - 1920

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Highly Decorative Pair of Late 19th Century French Spelter Campana Urns on Stepped Plinth Bases

From LVS Decorative Arts

£850

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Pair of Antique Japanese Quality Meiji Bronze Vases

1900 - 1920

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Pair of Antique Japanese Quality Meiji Bronze Vases

From London City Antiques

£395

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19th century

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A Pair of Mid 19th Century Musical Cherubs Cast in Bronze.

From Minerva Antiques Ltd

£940

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French Bronze Nude Dancer by Jean Jacques Pradier

19th century

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French Bronze Nude Dancer by Jean Jacques Pradier

From Vivers Mill Antiques

£1,295

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Antique Bronze

Large Bronze Mortar and Pestle 18th Century

Late 19th/early 20thc Japanese Bronze Vase - Signed

Large Bronze Grand Tour Warwick Vase

Antique Grand Tour Planter, Italian, Bronze, Bouquet Vase, Urn, Early Victorian

Antique Circa 1880 Japanese Bronze Bowl Planter – Meiji Period, 19th Century

Rare Japanese Sake Kettle with Cloisonne Lid. Edo Period. Circa 1850.

C19th Bronzed Copper Relief Showing Diana the Huntress

Japanese Bronze Dragon Vase with Two Dragon Candle Holder

Antique Gu Ritual Vessel, Oriental, Bronze, Ceremonial, Posy Vase, Victorian

Miniature Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonne Vases

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

Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Tazzas

Highly Decorative Pair of Late 19th Century French Spelter Campana Urns on Stepped Plinth Bases

Pair of Antique Japanese Quality Meiji Bronze Vases

A Pair of Mid 19th Century Musical Cherubs Cast in Bronze.

French Bronze Nude Dancer by Jean Jacques Pradier

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