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What are the sculpture relief types?
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There are three types of relief in sculpting: high, sunken and bas. The difference between the type of reliefs is how deeply carved the figures are on the surface. Shop a wide range of collectable sculptures on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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20th Century Painted Cream Beige Console Table with Ornamental Carved Relief
Located in Miami, FL
20th century painted cream beige console table with ornamental carved relief in the front.
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Console Tables
Pair 19th Century Carved Relief Panels
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A pair of carved wood relief panels depicting winged cherubic figures in high relief with classical motifs including urns, torches, garlands, and hanging censers.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Wood
$3,800 / set
Oringinal Wood Carved Relief of a Man Fishing
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand carved early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
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Wood
19th Century Pair of Carved Relief Limewood Shadow Boxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of carved limewood shadow boxes
Finely carved in high relief, and depicting two famous scenes of an eagle attacking a man, and a poacher being shot, housed within rectangul...
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Shadow Boxes
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Wood
Danish Mid-Century Black Ceramic Vase with Hand-Carved Relief, 1950s
By Michael Andersen & Son, Søholm Stentøj, Hegnetslund
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Simplistic, classic Danish midcentury modern black ceramic vase with sharp edges and hand-carved cream white curvy relief lines.
Beautiful vintage condition.
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic, Pottery
$234 Sale Price
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Large Carved Relief Depicting the Annunciation Archangel Gabriel and Virgin Mary
Located in ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE, Malaga
Germany, 19th Century
An impressive and finely carved wooden relief depicting the Annunciation, the sacred moment in which the Archangel Gabriel appears before the Virgin Mary to an...
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Gothic Revival Figurative Sculptures
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Wood
