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Period: 16th Century
Lion Stone Sculpture Architectural Garden Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This sculpture has taken on a different character over time as it has weathered and the detailing has softened.
Time has given it a pared down, minimalist quality juxtaposing the R...
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English Renaissance Antique 16th Century Statues
Materials
Limestone
Pair of Sandstone Temple Guards
Located in Kastrup, DK
A rare pair of carved sandstone Burmese temple guards. Originates from paragode in Burma c. 15-17th century.
Handcarved with fine details. Each guard ...
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Burmese Other Antique 16th Century Statues
Materials
Sandstone
Rare 16th Century Sculpture in Precious White Marble of Carrara, Mary with Child
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare antique sculpture in italian white Carrara marble. Great artistic quality, not signed. This rare sculpture can be dated to around the middle of the 16th century in the Renaissan...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Statues
Materials
Marble
Element of an Outdoor Carved Woodwork Showing a Salamander from a Normand House
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This carved oak woodwork was probably placed on the facade of the house, close to the roofing framework of a Norman house. The sculptor had depicted the salamender frontview in a sty...
Category
French Gothic Antique 16th Century Statues
Materials
Oak
Saraswati Hindu Goddess Sandstone Statue
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare 500-600 year old sandstone relief statue of Saraswati, the goddess of speech, arts, music, knowledge and mind power.
Original in three parts mou...
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Burmese Other Antique 16th Century Statues
Materials
Sandstone
China Antique Pair "Spirit Path" Horse Sculptures, Ming Dynasty 500 Years Old
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a monumental pair (2) of 500 year old lime stone “Spirit Path” Equine horse head sculptures.
Ming dynasty, (1368-1644 CE).
A pair of near life size and robust head sections with fine, wavy combed manes, well defined mouths, ears, nostrils, and ornamental bridles, all carved in a medium to dark gray limestone with considerable weathering to surfaces. The smaller head with a later inscription on bottom and signed “Zhuang”.
Formerly exhibited “Treasures from Asia”, Shelburne Vermont, Shelburne Art Center, 2006. Originally found in the vicinity of the village of Chuan near Luoyang City, Henan Provance, China.
Each mounted on a custom iron display stand.
Dimensions:
A the smaller 32.5cm, 13” high and 62.5cm, 25” in length and with display stand, 60cm, 24” high;
b the larger 37.5cm, 15” high and 67.5cm, 27” in length and with display stand
65cm, 26” high.
Please view additional photographs from our Chinese antiquities catalog 35 Years Collecting 35 Treasures, page 60.
History:
Placing stone animals and human figures along spirit paths in front of important tombs can be traced back at least to the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE), some two thousand years ago. In ancient times, stone animals and human figures placed before imperial tombs symbolized royal power and
privilege in addition to decorative functions. Life size “spirit path” stone horse sculptures are known and can be viewed from Ming dynasty tombs including thirteen imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over an area of forty square kilometers in Changping District to the northwest of Beijing.
The first Ming tomb...
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Chinese Ming Antique 16th Century Statues
Materials
Limestone
Pair of Early 16th Century Granite Ram Garden Sculptures
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of early 16th century granite ram garden sculptures.
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Korean Antique 16th Century Statues
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Granite
16th Century Marble Statue of a Robed Figure
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fine, hand-carved, Carrara marble, robed figure from central Italy modeled in the Classical, contrapposto pose. The inscription fragment on the base reads "..under the auspices of...".
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Italian Antique 16th Century Statues
Materials
Marble
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Pope Alexander VI
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circa 1580.
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16th Century Carved Sleeping Buddha Garden Sculpture
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