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.

A Charming Miniature Cold Painted Bronze Frog

1900 - 1920

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A Charming Miniature Cold Painted Bronze Frog

From Andrew Cox Antiques

£115

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Large (1.3kg) Chinese Bronze/cloisonne Bowl,c1890

19th century

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Large (1.3kg) Chinese Bronze/cloisonne Bowl,c1890

From Curious Antiques

£795

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Very Large African Benin Bronze Bust, C 1940

1920 - 1940

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Very Large African Benin Bronze Bust, C 1940

From Curious Antiques

£795

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Chinese Bronze Ritual Tripod Wine Vessel, Jue.

19th century

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Chinese Bronze Ritual Tripod Wine Vessel, Jue.

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£395

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Japanese Bronze Incense Burner, C 1920, Unusual Crescent Moon Shape

1900 - 1920

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Japanese Bronze Incense Burner, C 1920, Unusual Crescent Moon Shape

From Curious Antiques

£495

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Antique Hanging Incense Burner, Indian, Bronze, Ceremonial Censer, Victorian

19th century

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Antique Hanging Incense Burner, Indian, Bronze, Ceremonial Censer, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£1,695

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C19th Italian Bronze 'Grand Tour' Souvenir Statue of Lorenzo De Medici.

19th century

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C19th Italian Bronze 'Grand Tour' Souvenir Statue of Lorenzo De Medici.

From M Lees and Sons

£800

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19th century

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Bronze Figure of a Boy

From Devonshire Antiques

£220

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19th century

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A Large Late 19th Century Archaic Japanese Cloisonne and Bronze Vase

From Carradale Farm Antiques

£225

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Antique Victorian "Pontypool Ware" Japanned Tea-urn / Samovar ~ Benetfink & Co ~ London

19th century

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Antique Victorian "Pontypool Ware" Japanned Tea-urn / Samovar ~ Benetfink & Co ~ London

From Applecross Antiques

£895

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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 English Georgian Bronze Mortar and Pestle

19th century

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Antique English Georgian Bronze Mortar and Pestle

From Applecross Antiques

£265

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19th century

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19th Century Bronze Figure of a Buddha

From The Old Cinema

£950

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19th century

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19th Century, South Asian, Cast Bronze Buddha

From Henley Street Antiques

£225

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19th century

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Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Brush Pot. Meiji Period. Circa 1880.

From Dragoncharger Antiques

£1,250

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19th century

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Collection of Five Metal Laughing Buddha Statue

From H & H Gallery

£3,500

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Unusual Middle Eastern Spelter Match Striker – Circa 1920

1900 - 1920

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Unusual Middle Eastern Spelter Match Striker – Circa 1920

From Kingsdown Antiques

£165

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Antique Bronze

A Charming Miniature Cold Painted Bronze Frog

Large (1.3kg) Chinese Bronze/cloisonne Bowl,c1890

Very Large African Benin Bronze Bust, C 1940

Chinese Bronze Ritual Tripod Wine Vessel, Jue.

Japanese Bronze Incense Burner, C 1920, Unusual Crescent Moon Shape

Antique Hanging Incense Burner, Indian, Bronze, Ceremonial Censer, Victorian

C19th Italian Bronze 'Grand Tour' Souvenir Statue of Lorenzo De Medici.

Bronze Figure of a Boy

A Large Late 19th Century Archaic Japanese Cloisonne and Bronze Vase

Antique Victorian "Pontypool Ware" Japanned Tea-urn / Samovar ~ Benetfink & Co ~ London

Antique English Georgian Bronze Mortar and Pestle

19th Century Bronze Figure of a Buddha

19th Century, South Asian, Cast Bronze Buddha

Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Brush Pot. Meiji Period. Circa 1880.

Collection of Five Metal Laughing Buddha Statue

Unusual Middle Eastern Spelter Match Striker – Circa 1920

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