Vintage Hand Crafted Painted Italian Ceramic Majolica Life Size Tiger Cub Statue
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:12537339 | Color: Gold, black, off white & yellow |
| Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original | Style: Majolica ceramic |
| Object Type: Bengal Tiger Cub | Material: Porcelain |
Vintage Hand Painted and crafted Italian Ceramic Majolica Life Size Tiger Cub Statue
Age: Mid century to antique
A very beautiful artistic piece in excellent condition, no observable imperfectionsNo cracks, chips, dings or repairsMajolica ceramic
Measures:15.25" high14" deep9.5" wide6 lbs. weight
Signed: Italy
Life size tiger cub
Wonderfully sculpted, great expression and movement, excellent coloring, all hand rendered, painted and glazedBeautifully fired
A ...uniquely fine collectors piece of Majolica ceramic
Definition: Majolica (noun) is a type of pottery in which an earthenware clay body (usually a red earthenware) is covered with an opaque white glaze (traditionally a lead glaze including tin), then painted with stains or glazes and fired.
These wares at first were more associated with the use of luster overglazes that had been introduced through the Moorish invasion of the Spanish peninsula in the 8th century. Later, especially during and after the 15th century, the term "majolica" referred not only to lusterware (ceramic articles with an iridescent metallic glaze), but all tin-lead glazed ware produced on the island or reminiscent of it. Majolica is also reported to have been used widely in Iran or the Middle East since the 9th century.
Faience and delftwares (Majolica, faience, and delftware are terms that describe glazed earthenware objects) are offshoots of the majolica wares exported to Italy. They are very similar tin-glazed ware. Faience wares (first produced in the Italian town of Faenza) and later wares produced in the town of Delft have a slightly different visual flavor from Mediterranean majolica. Faience was traditionally produced on a very pale earthenware clay, while Delft is a very distinctive blue and white tin-glazed pottery that was produced in the Netherlands in around the 16th century. Sometimes the work was known as istoriato wares, which means 'painted with stories'.
Age: Mid century to antique
A very beautiful artistic piece in excellent condition, no observable imperfectionsNo cracks, chips, dings or repairsMajolica ceramic
Measures:15.25" high14" deep9.5" wide6 lbs. weight
Signed: Italy
Life size tiger cub
Wonderfully sculpted, great expression and movement, excellent coloring, all hand rendered, painted and glazedBeautifully fired
A ...uniquely fine collectors piece of Majolica ceramic
Definition: Majolica (noun) is a type of pottery in which an earthenware clay body (usually a red earthenware) is covered with an opaque white glaze (traditionally a lead glaze including tin), then painted with stains or glazes and fired.
These wares at first were more associated with the use of luster overglazes that had been introduced through the Moorish invasion of the Spanish peninsula in the 8th century. Later, especially during and after the 15th century, the term "majolica" referred not only to lusterware (ceramic articles with an iridescent metallic glaze), but all tin-lead glazed ware produced on the island or reminiscent of it. Majolica is also reported to have been used widely in Iran or the Middle East since the 9th century.
Faience and delftwares (Majolica, faience, and delftware are terms that describe glazed earthenware objects) are offshoots of the majolica wares exported to Italy. They are very similar tin-glazed ware. Faience wares (first produced in the Italian town of Faenza) and later wares produced in the town of Delft have a slightly different visual flavor from Mediterranean majolica. Faience was traditionally produced on a very pale earthenware clay, while Delft is a very distinctive blue and white tin-glazed pottery that was produced in the Netherlands in around the 16th century. Sometimes the work was known as istoriato wares, which means 'painted with stories'.
