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White Alabaster Sculpture Bust portrait of Miguel de Cervantes Grand Tour 20th

after 1900

an elegant pair of grand tour sculptured obelisks, carved in a warm and elegant green marble with two squared three orders bases carved in a Siena Yelllow Marble. The two marble used...

An impressive stone sculpture of Buddha In the style of the Tang and Wei Dynasties hand carved. The figure of Bhudda, in mudra Abhayamudrā carved in standing position as a teacher wi...

A portrait head of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, carved in Carrara marble, with deeply cut curls and detailed classical roman accents in the hair and in the shave; the carefull...

a superb scale size of the Venere italica, the famous and notable sculpture carved by Antonio Canova in the 19th century standing on circular Carrara marble base. At the top of his ...

A rare and important Italian alabaster bust sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1860 A modeled bust of Holy Christ wearing a crown of thorns, exceptional...

Large alabaster sculpture depicting the Satyr with cymbals, 19th-century Volterra workshop. The satyr with cymbals is a Roman marble sculpture preserved in the Uffizi Museum in F...

Provenance: Private Collection, Spain. Known as Peruvian alabaster for its translucency and workability, Piedra de Huamanga is a highly prized material from the province of Ayacucho in Peru. In the 17th and 18th centuries, local craftsman in the town of Huamanga began to specialize in the production of small-scale, polychrome religious sculptures made from this distinctive stone. Huamanga sculptures are among the most accomplished examples of carving from the Spanish Americas, where polychrome wood sculpture was a far more common sculptural medium. These works, which were created as independent sculptures or as sculptural groups—such as our three Magi—were intended for ecclesiastical as well as domestics settings. Our three figures likely formed part of a larger Nativity group—a New World variant of the tradition of the Neapolitan Crèche...

Large Saint Sebastian finely carved in alabaster. The saint is attached to a column surmounted by a capital, beautiful soft features and superb hair wi...