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Statue Balinese figure of a seated Hindu priest
Located in Milano, IT
In the heart of Bali, amidst the lush tropical landscapes and the whispers of ancient traditions, stands a mesmerizing wooden statue that tells a tale of devotion and serenity. This ...
Category
Early 1900s Thai Anglo-Indian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Teak
Traditional Catalan Religious Virgin "La Moreneta" Wooden Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional Catalan religious Virgin "La Moreneta" wooden sculpture
Hand Made in Catalonia, 1990.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving...
Category
1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Wood Virgin Statue
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century traditional virgin statue made of wood.
Made in Spain, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and us...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Antique Wood Sculpture or Bust of a Woman or Madonna - Hand Carved and Bronzed
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This bronzed wood sculpture or bust is beautifully carved in a minimalist style that evokes a sense of serenity. Interestingly, this wooden sculpture comes from Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec -- formerly a 17th century French...
Category
18th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
Wooden Phrenology Head Advertising Store Display Model Folk Art Americana
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Carved and painted wooden phrenology head Store display advertising model. Phrenology bust by unknown wood carver, circa 1870. Perfect to decorate a Do...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Traditional Preliminary Sketch Wooden Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century hand-carved trial figure made of wood.
Made in Olot, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Paul Troubetzkoy "the Teenager" in Dark Wood, Signed
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful dark wood statue made in the 1920s by the great artist Paolo Troubetzkoy, fine Italian manufacture.
The statue is titled 'The Teenager' an...
Category
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Hand Carved Crib Figure Bust
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th century crib figure bust
A wonderful example of a mid-19th century Italian hand carved crib figure bust. Glass eyes and original paint still inta...
Category
1850s Italian Early Victorian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Pine
17th Century Spanish Carved Polychrome and Painted Bust of Christ on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Make a statement on your mantel, enfilade or tabletop with this antique "Haute Epoque" carved santo figure. Created in Spain, circa 1680, the bust is set ...
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Gesso, Walnut
Modernist Carved Ebonized Wood Female Bust, ca. 1950
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable modernist carved ebonized wood female bust, ca. 1950s with a proudly set head on an exaggeratedly elongated neck and hair flowing over the shoulders, immediately conj...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Pair of 17th Century Italian Reliquary Busts
Located in Lincoln, GB
Pair of painted carved wood and gesso, Italian, late 17th century, reliquary busts.
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Ms. Bubble by Daniel Meyer Wood and Acrylic Woman Sculpture
By Daniel Meyer
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a contemporary sculpture by American artist Daniel Meyer (1945), circa the 1990s-2000s. A Chicago native, Dan received experience at the renowned School ...
Category
1990s Modern Wood Busts
Materials
Acrylic, Hardwood, Lacquer
Pair of Reliefs in Marble Représenting the Virgin Mary and Christ after GIRARDON
By François Girardon
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Rare pair of white marble médallions, first part of the 18th century, after François Girardon (1628-1715)
The original model for these two profiles of the Virgin and Christ dates from 1691. These works were created to adorn the marble high altar...
Category
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Faience Frieze of Singers
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A detailed tin glazed earthenware plaque in a weathered hardwood frame. The very three dimensional plaque with a blue background featuring five singers with a scroll. The back marked...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Wood Busts
Materials
Faience, Hardwood
19th Century Italian Wooden Sculpture of Woman's Bust on a Base
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Italian wooden sculpture of a mid 19th century woman's bust with purfled base. High quality hand-crafted item.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
19th Century Thai Bronze Buddha Head on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning 19th century Thai bronze Buddha head on stand.
From circa 1860-80 and from South Eastern Asia, most likely Thailand.
...
Category
19th Century Thai Romantic Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Angel's Head Sculpture Handcarved in Wood
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Angel's head sculpture handcarved in wood.
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Biagio Romeo Wood and Bronze Sculpture
By Romeo
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful sculpture designed by Biagio Romeo in the 1960s, of fine Italian manufacture. The sculpture has a rectangular base made of polished black wood, ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Bronze
Wooden Head, Edo People, Benin Nigeria with Stand
Located in Hamburg, DE
Carved from reddish brown hardwood, the hollow form rises from a cylindrical neck, the lowest part being a rounded base, then surrounded by diagonal sections. The neck is surrounded by nine rows of coral beaded necklaces (odigba) that extend to a thread motif on the back of the head. Face in full relief with straight lips, flared, flattened nose and oval eyes with set shell (nut) for the pupils. Along the forehead are six frontal scars treated with rectangular cavities in which should have inserts nutshells. In this case there is only one left
Small ears on each side of the head, each C-shaped. A headband consisting of three rows of almost completely distroyed.
On the right side of the head, a single feather extends upward from a beaded rosette. Behind the ear, two long braids of hair hang down to the beaded collar and then become bows that reach the roots. The left side of the head has a long, single braid behind the ear that hangs down to the beaded collar and becomes a bow that ends at the base. On each side, three strands of hair appear at the temples under the headband. Featuring an open hole with a circular motif on the top of the head and a rectangular open slit down the back. Insect damage in different areas; very old worn finish showing a lot of age.
Very heavy insect damage in all areas; very old worn finish showing a lot of age.
“Wooden shrine heads were permitted to sit on the altars of chiefs and important figures, in contrast to the copper alloy heads used exclusively by the kings of Benin. (Frederic Backlar, Bonhams, New York, 2012, lot 172)
Osemwede (reigned 1816-1848) was the first Oba to decree that human heads could be carved for the altars of chiefs of royal lineage, rather than just wooden antelope and perhaps goat heads. Therefore, chiefs of blood enjoyed in Benin City (but not throughout the Kingdom of Benin, where antelope heads continued to be placed on the altars of their ancestors well into the 20s. Thus, the (wooden) human heads are said to be later than ca. 1816, but the actual age depends condition, insect damage, etc." (Fagg, William, Christie's, London, 1988, lot 206)
"Feathers were worn by chiefs as a sign of status. The heads have a hole at the top intended to hold a large carved ivory tusk...
Category
Mid-19th Century Beninese Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Hardwood
Set of Two Antique Hand-Painted Wooden Duck Figures circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two hand-painted antique figures of two ducks made of wood.
Made by unknown manufacturer in Barcelona, Spain, circa 1950.
In original cond...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Sculpture in Wood from Africa, Bust of a Woman, in a Black Color, circa 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is a bust of a woman, with it's traditional air cut. This is in wood, in a black color, and has been made in africa in the 1960,s.
Category
1960s African Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Portrait Bust
Located in Ross, CA
This portrait bust in relief of a French nobleman is mounted in the original gilt frame, though the subject’s identity and the artist remain a mystery. Beautifully sculpted, the bust...
Category
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Hand Carved Wood Memento Mori Skull Cane Walking Stick Handle
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic and wonderfully hand carved piece. This smiling, mischievous skull is carved in very fine detail. Would be the crown jewel of any walking stick collection once attached t...
Category
20th Century Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Pair of Figurative African Bookends Carved in Hardwood
Located in London, GB
Figurative bookends hand carved from hardwood circa African West-coast 1950's depicting a man and women.
Category
1970s African Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Hardwood
1950s Carved Wood Bust of Man in Glasses and Suit
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Carved wood man in glasses and suit.
Category
1950s Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Cold Painted Spelter Glamourous Figure, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Standing 36 cm is this very attractive Art Deco cold painted 'Hollywood' Figure. Just shows the normal age related marks to a period piece, nothi...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Wood Busts
Materials
Spelter
Pair of 17th Century Spanish Tall Ebonized Hand-Carved Wood Sculptures
Located in North Miami, FL
Behold an extraordinary pair of 17th Century Spanish ebonized wood sculptures that stand as a mesmerizing fusion of cultures and artistic mastery. These striking sculptures depict Eu...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Silver Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour
Located in Rochester, NY
19th century silver plate bust Menelaus mythological king of Sparta. A fine casting with rich patina. Ebonized wood base. Illegible hallmark. In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a king ...
Category
19th Century European Grand Tour Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Silver Plate
17th Century 'Baroque' Pair of Italian Carved and Polychromed Sculptures
Located in North Miami, FL
17th Century (Baroque) pair of Italian carved and polychromed figures. Each statue is holding a torchere and are mounted on their original turned wooden faux marble column.
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Paint
Hand-Carved Wooden Temple Sculpture Depicting a Thai Warrior Ready for Battle
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large hand-carved temple sculpture from the 19th century depicting a Thai warrior holding a sword and a trident, with great distressed appearance. Creat...
Category
19th Century Thai Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
20th Century African Ebony Male Bust
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautifully detailed African carved male bust in solid ebony. The figure has been expertly modeled by a master craftsman. The figures is expressive and nearly photographic. Ebony is ...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Wood Busts
Materials
Ebony
Anker Hoffmann, Green Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Young
Located in Kastrup, DK
Anker Hoffmann 1904-1985.
Sculpture in green patinated bronze depicting a portrait of a young woman. Mounted on a teak plinth.
Signed Anker Hoffmann...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Bronze
Academic Cast Depicting Laoconte Head, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Over the wooden black painted base is set the plaster cast of the young head of Laoconte with beard. Cast for drawing teaching in Academy, Italy circa1880.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Plaster, Fruitwood
Pair Of French Early 19th Century 1st Empire Period Bookends/Busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative pair of French early 19th century 1st Empire period patinated wood, giltwood, and faux painted marble bookends/busts. Each bookend is raised by a square mottled bas...
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19th Century French Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Golden Lacquered Buddha Head Ming Style
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Buddha head, gilded lacquered, 20th century. It is in the style of the imperial dynasty of China Ming (1368-1644).
China, 20th century.
Category
20th Century Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Hagenauer Carved Wood with Bronze Base Sculpture Head of African Woman, 1930
Located in Oakland, CA
Hagenauer wood sculpture Head of African Woman. This beautiful sculpture was designed and manufactured by Hagenauer in Vienna in the 1930s during the Ar...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Bronze
Antique Vintage Brown Beige Beech Linen Dummy Dressmaker Mannequin 1890, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique historicsm vintage mannequin tailor´s dummy from beech and linen manufactured circa 1890 Austria.
The vintage mannequin shows a circular bas...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Linen, Beech
Victorian carved walnut figure of Mark Tapley from the novel by Charles Dickens
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian carved walnut figure of Mark Tapley from the novel ‘The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit’ by Charles Dickens’, wearing a soft top hat, a tailcoat and a buttoned w...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Walnut
Set of Two Traditional Turned Preliminary Sketch Wooden Sculptures
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century turned trial figures of two girls made of wood.
Made in Olot, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful p...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
17th Century Processional Figur Mannequins Jesus Christus Carved Painted Wood
Located in Epfach, DE
An unusual and rare processional or lecturer figure from the 17th century, also called Mannequins. Carved from wood and of very good quality. A detailed and particular elaboration of...
Category
Early 17th Century German Baroque Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Set of French 19th Century Grand Tour Period Busts and Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative set of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Grand Tour period Walnut, marble, faux painted marble, and ormolu busts and pedestals...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Impressive Hand-Carved Wooden Buddha
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and impressive hand carved wooden (I beleive mahogany) Buddha from Thailand, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 11.75" W x 5" D x 20.5"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Traditional Wooden Pastoral Art Saint Joan Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional wooden Pastoral Art Saint Joan Sculpture.
Handmade in the Catalan Pyrenees, 1990.
Signed by Ll.Pujol
In original condition, with minor we...
Category
1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Vintage African Carved Bust's or Bookends Girl & Boy in Ebony, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A set of vintage African Busts; boy and girl, possibly Nigerian/Lagos. Hand-carved from Ebony wood. Very decorative with a strong 'dark' and stylish presence. Due to their weight the...
Category
1970s African Modern Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Ebony
Grand Tour Style Bronze Bust of Clytie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Style bronze bust of Clytie, after the antique, the nymph with downcast face and scantily draped, cupped in a large flower. Raised on a 6" sq...
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Wood Busts
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Ethnic Wooden Mask Depicting a Face, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Mid-century Ethnic wooden mask depicting a face, 1960s
Ethnic mask depicting a face, in hand-carved wood.
Good conditions, some signs of aging.
Measurem...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Child Dressing Mannequin, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Original child figure mannequin on a wooden fully adjustable stand in a very good original condition, France, 19th century. Beautiful children's mode...
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Monumental Pair of English Carved Walnut Wood Figures of Court Jesters, 18th C
Located in North Miami, FL
A very large and fine pair of 18th century carved figures, of Court Jesters. These gentlemen have been superbly carved in the finest detail, th...
Category
18th Century English Baroque Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Walnut
16th Century Polychrome Reliquary of a Monk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The monk is depicted with an oval face, marked with high and strong cheekbones, sunken cheeks, strong jawbones and a cleft chin. His almond shaped eyes are opened under very strong a...
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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Pair of English Carved Walnut Wood Figures of Court Jesters, 18th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
A very fine pair of 18th century carved figures, of Court Jesters These bearded gentlemen have been superbly carved in the finest detail, they original came from a piece of early 18th Century Furniture...
Category
18th Century English Baroque Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Art Deco Bedouin Head Bust Terracotta, Glazed Ceramic & Wood Table Lamp, 1950
Located in Miami, FL
One of a kind bedouin head bust table lamp.
Bust is handmade out of Terracotta and Ceramic and mounted on a black lacquered base.
Marked at the reverse.
Wired for Europe, can be m...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wood Busts
Materials
Brass
Indian Terracotta Sculpted Head Gupta Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fragment of Terracotta statue displayed on wood block stand from ancient Indian continent dated to the Gupta period (4th-6th century). The head of the...
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15th Century and Earlier Indian Archaistic Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Joan H. Shapiro Carved Stone Head Sculpture
By Joan Shapiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
This Joan H. Shapiro carved stone head sculpture, signed by artist Shapiro whose work was mainly consisted of paintings, drawings, sculpture and c...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Busts
Materials
Stone
Antique Polychrome and Gilded Wooden Statue, Late 18th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient wooden statue, hand-carved depicting a devotee, with hand-made polychrome and gilded lacquering, built in the late 1700s for a church in Italy.
Size cm W 45 x H 97 x T 27.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
19th Century Santos Head
Located in London, GB
19th Century Santos Head
We are proud to offer a rare example of a religious 19th Century hand carved Santos head. With polychrome paint still intact in...
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1850s French Edwardian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Pine
18th Century Italian Carved and Polychromed Reliquary of Pope Pius V
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th century Italian carved and polychromed Reliquary of Pope Pius V, realistically carved and painted bust of Pope Pius V (?) holding a relic.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Brass
1840s Plaster and Gesso Head of a Saint Italian
Located in San Francisco, CA
Plaster and Gesso head of a Saint Italian.
Rustic wooden base, with a wood post which in turns holds the post coming out from under the head.
Head is made of plaster and gesso, bl...
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1840s Italian Other Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Gesso, Plaster, Wood
Early 19th Century Pair of German Oak Caryatidal Figures Depicting Historicism
Located in North Miami, FL
These two carved wood pieces are of the finest quality. They were part of a very important German library room in an early 19th century Schlösser.
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Early 19th Century German Romantic Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Oak
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