Aurora Art & Antiques

Wishing all of you a Christmas filled with the wonder of that first holy night! auroraartandantiques

Getting ready for Christmas with a home-baked Shortbread Nativity scene. A little bit of magic is always good! ✨🍪⭐️

The Little Town of Bethlehem lives on. So happy to have my full Lenox Nativity collection displayed for the season. This is the retired series, which makes finding each piece a true labor of love. I’m so grateful to have these treasures—they are the perfect centerpiece for a peaceful Christmas.
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AVAILABLE 🛒 - Unique Jean Luce French Art Deco Period Porcelain Cup.

Unique Jean Luce French Art Deco Period Porcelain Cup.

Rare Antique MEISSEN Blank with Dresden Crown Mark studio Leaf Dish (c. 1890s). This luxurious dish features a stunning yellow ground and skilled hand-painted Deutsche Blumen.
The porcelain body (the “blank”) was made by the Meissen Manufactory, confirmed by the impressed technical code ‘50’ and the deliberately rubbed-out but still visible factory mark. Decorated by the top Dresden studio (typical of the high quality from the Richard Klemm studio. A must-have piece of German porcelain history!

Rare Vintage Maissen Plate

Outside, it’s November. Inside my jasmine is blooming 🌸❤️

The “Red Dragon”, known today as the “Red Court Dragon” or “Ornate Dragon”, was one of the early Oriental Paintings around 1730. The inspiration was found in Japanese porcelain, enriched with numerous symbols of East Asian culture and initially applied to tableware. While the first version with the iron-red dragon and golden details was intended exclusively for the Saxon court, different colored versions of the decoration in black, blue, yellow, green, purple and violet were also produced for the public from 1858 onwards. It was only with the shifts in political power around 1918 that this exclusivity was completely lifted and the decoration was made available to all lovers of Meissen craftsmanship in the iconic red.

ART OF TRAVEL - The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan - home to one of the world’s finest collections of Asian porcelain. A temple of timeless elegance for those who find grace in delicate perfection