3 Pcs Antique Bone China Ceramic Porcelain Figurine Mouse Family Long Tails CUTE

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3 Pcs Antique Bone China Ceramic Porcelain Figurine Mouse Family Long Tails CUTE:
$4.50

I am selling this adorable little ceramic or maybe porcelain or maybe Mouse family figurine set that I found at an estate sale.

They\'re are 3 pieces total. It looks like a a mommy and 2 babies and they are in pretty good shape, the faces of the babies seem to have some cracking or something. But all in all they look really cute. Just look at the photos well to see if you mind it .

They are really adorable. Too cute.

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Figurine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses of \"Figurine\", see Figurine (disambiguation).

Chinese porcelain blanc de Chine figure of Guan Yin, Ming Dynasty

A figurine (a diminutive form of the word figure) or statuette is a small statue that represents a human, deity or animal, or in practice a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many media, with pottery, metal, wood, glass, and today plastic or resin the most significant. Ceramic figurines not made of porcelain are called terracottas in historical contexts.

Figures with movable parts, allowing limbs to be posed, are more likely to be called dolls, mannequins, or action figures; or robots or automata, if they can move on their own. Figurines and miniatures are sometimes used in board games, such as chess, and tabletop role playing games.

Contents

1 Prehistory
2 History
3 Modern era
4 Gallery
5 See also
6 References

Prehistory

18th century Saint John Baptist pinewood polychrome figurine

In China, there are extant Neolithic figurines.[1] Prehistoric figurines of pregnant women are called Venus figurines, because of their presumed representation of a goddess, or some connection to fertility. The two oldest known examples are made of stone, were found in Africa and Asia, and are several hundred thousand years old. Many made of fired clay have been found in Europe that date to 25-30,000 BC, and are the oldest ceramics known.

In Minoan Crete terracotta figurines manifesting facial detail have been recovered from the Iron Age strata.[2]

These early figurines are among the first signs of human culture. One cannot know in some cases how they were used. They probably had religious or ceremonial significance and may have been used in many types of rituals. Many are found in burials. Some may have been worn as jewelry or intended to amuse children.

History

Prehistoric Venus of Willendorf figurine

Porcelain and other ceramics are common materials for figurines. There are many early examples from China where it originated, which drove the experimentation in Europe to replicate the process. The first European porcelain figurines, produced in a process mastered in Germany were known as Meissen ware after the city where it began. Soon the technique was copied in other cities, such as the one depicted from Dresden.

Genre figurines of gallant scenes, beggars or figurines of saints are carved from pinewood in Val Gardena, South Tyrol (Italy), since the 17th century.

Modern era

Modern figurines, particularly those made of plastic, are often referred to as figures. They can encompass modern action figures and other model figures as well as Precious Moments and Hummel figurines, Bobbleheads, Sebastian Miniatures and other kinds of memorabilia. Two companies which produce porcelain figurines are Royal Doulton, Lladró and Camal Enterprises.[3]

Figurines of comic book or sci-fi/fantasy characters without movable parts have been referred to by the terms inaction figures (originally used to describe Kevin Smith\'s View Askew figurines) and staction figures (a portmanteau of statue and action figures coined by Four Horsemen artists to describe Masters of the Universe figures).

There is also a hobby known as mini war gaming in which players use figurines in table top based games. These figurines are mostly made of plastic and pewter. However, some premium models are made of resin.

Gallery

For more images related for \"Figurine\", see Category:Figurines on Commons

Minoan pottery praying woman, 16th century BC
Franz Anton Bustelli, German porcelain group
The twelve Chinese zodiac figurines
Thai girl
Porcelain painter, Royal Copenhagen
Hummel figurine
Meissen porcelain (Dresden) figurine, c. 1750