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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Quality Antique Bronze Pestle and Motar

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£495

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18th century

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Sino Tibetan Bronze Bhuddist Bell

From David Robinson Antiques

£495

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19th century

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Fine Quality 19th Century Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Reduction of 'The Warwick Vase', After the Antique

From LVS Decorative Arts

£1,550

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A Small French Bronze Signal Cannon Inscribed Le Tonnant, 18th - 19th Century

18th century

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A Small French Bronze Signal Cannon Inscribed Le Tonnant, 18th - 19th Century

From H & H Gallery

£2,750

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19th century

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Late 19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Reduction of 'The Warwick Vase', After the Antique

From LVS Decorative Arts

£1,350

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Japanese Bronze Lidded Urns, Meiji Period.

19th century

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Japanese Bronze Lidded Urns, Meiji Period.

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£4,800

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Pair of 19th C French Empire Marble & Ormolu Tazzas

19th century

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Pair of 19th C French Empire Marble & Ormolu Tazzas

From Youlls Antiques

£650

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Antique English Georgian Bronze Skillet / Posnet

18th century

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Antique English Georgian Bronze Skillet / Posnet

From Antiques4EU

£385

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Antique Pair French Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Classical Urns 19th C

19th century

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Antique Pair French Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Classical Urns 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£1,275

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19th century

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Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Albani Vases

From Cella

£1,450

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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.

A Pair of Grand Tour Bronze and Ormolu Urns

19th century

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A Pair of Grand Tour Bronze and Ormolu Urns

From Baggott & Co.

£1,400

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Antique English Georgian Bronze Mortar and Pestle

19th century

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Antique English Georgian Bronze Mortar and Pestle

From Antiques4EU

£265

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Quality Pair of Antique Japanese Twin Handle Bronze Vases

1900 - 1920

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Quality Pair of Antique Japanese Twin Handle Bronze Vases

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£465

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Art Nouveau Bronze Flower Holder in Perfection Condition

1900 - 1920

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Art Nouveau Bronze Flower Holder in Perfection Condition

From Arundel Decorative

£220

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Antique Ottoman Bronze Islamic Ewer Pitcher Crescent Moon Finial Aftaba 32cm

19th century

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Antique Ottoman Bronze Islamic Ewer Pitcher Crescent Moon Finial Aftaba 32cm

From Bushells Antiques

£2,250

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19th century

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19th Century Bronze Portrait Plaque of Bearded Gentleman Signed Mainfroy

From Blue Boar Antiques

£650

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Antique Bronze

Quality Antique Bronze Pestle and Motar

Sino Tibetan Bronze Bhuddist Bell

Fine Quality 19th Century Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Reduction of 'The Warwick Vase', After the Antique

A Small French Bronze Signal Cannon Inscribed Le Tonnant, 18th - 19th Century

Late 19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Reduction of 'The Warwick Vase', After the Antique

Japanese Bronze Lidded Urns, Meiji Period.

Pair of 19th C French Empire Marble & Ormolu Tazzas

Antique English Georgian Bronze Skillet / Posnet

Antique Pair French Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Classical Urns 19th C

Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Albani Vases

A Pair of Grand Tour Bronze and Ormolu Urns

Antique English Georgian Bronze Mortar and Pestle

Quality Pair of Antique Japanese Twin Handle Bronze Vases

Art Nouveau Bronze Flower Holder in Perfection Condition

Antique Ottoman Bronze Islamic Ewer Pitcher Crescent Moon Finial Aftaba 32cm

19th Century Bronze Portrait Plaque of Bearded Gentleman Signed Mainfroy

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