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18th century
Faune au chevreau

75 000 €

Del Rey Antiquités

19th century
Ptolemy I Soter

5 800 €

Desmet Galerie

18th century
Pair of lions in terracotta

22 500 €

Jan Muller

19th century
Hercules at Rest

9 000 €

Desmet Galerie

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Terracotta sculpture

Dating back to the Upper Palaeolithic period, terracotta is one of the oldest materials used for construction and sculpture. This ceramic material is made by firing clay in order to make pottery and sculptures. Biscuit sculptures are objects in porcelain that have been fired twice. Their matt and incredibly white appearance gives them a majestic elegance.

Antique Roman and Greek terracotta sculpture promotes an art with a timeless quality. Over the centuries, the ornamental arts made extensive use of terracotta and biscuit sculptures: in tableware, objets d'art, and in the decorative arts. The porcelain manufactories—at Sèvres, Limoges, Paris, St Cloud, and in Meissen and Saxe—experienced a golden age during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.