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A Han Dynasty Terracotta Figure of a Cow
A Han Dynasty Terracotta Figure of a Cow

A Han Dynasty Terracotta Figure of a Cow

Located in Chicago, IL

It was likely part of a larger barnyard diorama. Provenance: The John D. Nichols collection of ancient Chinese tomb pottery.

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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Diorama

Materials

Terracotta

An Eastern Han Pottery Model of an Agricultural Milling Shed
An Eastern Han Pottery Model of an Agricultural Milling Shed

An Eastern Han Pottery Model of an Agricultural Milling Shed

Located in Chicago, IL

The open structure incorporates miniature representations of livestock, storage vessels, and milling elements, offering insight into rural agricultural practices and domestic economy...

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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Diorama

Materials

Terracotta

A Han Dynasty Terracotta Model of a Farm Courtyard
A Han Dynasty Terracotta Model of a Farm Courtyard

A Han Dynasty Terracotta Model of a Farm Courtyard

Located in Chicago, IL

A seated human figure and several birds were placed along the perimeter, though it is hard to determine if they were originally part of the diorama or not. Models of this type symbol...

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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Diorama

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Mexican Folk Art Shrine Religious Box, Hand-Painted, Early 20th Century
Antique Mexican Folk Art Shrine Religious Box, Hand-Painted, Early 20th Century

Antique Mexican Folk Art Shrine Religious Box, Hand-Painted, Early 20th Century

Located in St. Louis, MO

Two door alter box has interior floral painted doors, exterior of box is plain. Keywords : Diorama box, Retablo or Niche Box Estate of Joan Conway Crancer, daughter of the famous ...

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Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Diorama

Materials

Clay, Wood, Paint, Paper

Pair of Large Fox Hunting-subject Wax Pictures By Samuel Percy
Pair of Large Fox Hunting-subject Wax Pictures By Samuel Percy

Pair of Large Fox Hunting-subject Wax Pictures By Samuel Percy

Located in Downingtown, PA

Each scene is built up with remarkable inventiveness entirely in the wax medium: the foreground a molded ledge of green wax, the figures, horses, and hounds modeled in the round and ...

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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Diorama

Materials

Other

Large Abalone and Mother of Pearl Icon Depicting the Last Supper
Large Abalone and Mother of Pearl Icon Depicting the Last Supper

Large Abalone and Mother of Pearl Icon Depicting the Last Supper

Located in London, GB

Large abalone and mother of pearl icon depicting the Last Supper Jerusalem, Late 19th Century Icon: Height 78cm, width 75cm, depth 13cm Case: Height 86cm, width 83cm, depth 20cm Thi...

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Late 19th Century Israeli Antique Diorama

Materials

Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Scaled model of Chinese Ceramic workshop with 17 polychromed figures.End 19th C
Scaled model of Chinese Ceramic workshop with 17 polychromed figures.End 19th C

Scaled model of Chinese Ceramic workshop with 17 polychromed figures.End 19th C

Located in brussel, BE

The Diorama was in a private collection for more than 20 years and is said to have been exposed at the China Exposition 1902 in Copenhagen.This group of Chinese polychromed-decorate...

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Late 19th Century Antique Diorama

Materials

Terracotta

+ LEGENDARY LI BAI / ZHUXI LIUYI CHINESE EXPORT SILVER DRAGON-HANDLED FLAGON l
+ LEGENDARY LI BAI / ZHUXI LIUYI CHINESE EXPORT SILVER DRAGON-HANDLED FLAGON l

+ LEGENDARY LI BAI / ZHUXI LIUYI CHINESE EXPORT SILVER DRAGON-HANDLED FLAGON l

Located in Galveston, TX

In contrast to the common village vignettes & violent battle scenes typically found on similar vessels, we are instead treated here to a sophisticated diorama of the most elevate...

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Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Diorama

Materials

Silver

Collection of 19th Century Beetles in Shadow Boxes
Collection of 19th Century Beetles in Shadow Boxes

Collection of 19th Century Beetles in Shadow Boxes

Located in East Hampton, NY

5 Dioramas or shadow boxes of 19th Century beetles.... odd and interesting....

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Late 19th Century Antique Diorama

Materials

Glass

View of the Bay of Naples with Vesuvius, at Sunset

View of the Bay of Naples with Vesuvius, at Sunset

Located in London, GB

In executing his vedute, Achenbach employed a number of expressive methods discovered in the nineteenth century: photography, panoramas and dioramas. Such instruments offered the mea...

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19th Century Antique Diorama

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century French Nautical Musical Automaton, circa 1860
19th Century French Nautical Musical Automaton, circa 1860

19th Century French Nautical Musical Automaton, circa 1860

Located in Nantucket, MA

Antique French Nautical Automaton, likely from Marseilles, circa 1860, a glass domed diorama with windmills and cottages on hillside, overlooking harbor with ship rocking on waves to...

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1860s French Folk Art Antique Diorama

Materials

Clay, Glass, Paper

Connor's Brook, Maine, 19th Century New England Landscape
Connor's Brook, Maine, 19th Century New England Landscape

Connor's Brook, Maine, 19th Century New England Landscape

Located in Beachwood, OH

In 1846, while he was supporting himself by working locally as a diorama painter, Sonntag exhibited a landscape of Kentucky at the American Art-Union, New York, marking the first tim...

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Mid-19th Century Antique Diorama

Materials

Oil

OSWALD SCHIMMELPFENNIG 1890 Table Lamp With Childrens In a Water Pump
OSWALD SCHIMMELPFENNIG 1890 Table Lamp With Childrens In a Water Pump

OSWALD SCHIMMELPFENNIG 1890 Table Lamp With Childrens In a Water Pump

Located in Miami, FL

The antique lamp has been masterfully crafted as a diorama recreating four childs playing around the town water pump under an architectural canopy in the shape of a four-sides roof w...

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1890s German Victorian Antique Diorama

Materials

Bronze, Spelter

Early 20th Century German Feather and Down Processing Machine Model
Early 20th Century German Feather and Down Processing Machine Model

Early 20th Century German Feather and Down Processing Machine Model

Located in London, GB

Early 20th Century German Feather and Down Processing Machine Model An incredibly detailed diorama of a feather and down processing machine.

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Early 1900s German Victorian Antique Diorama

Materials

Metal

Chinese 19 th C Workshop-Scaled model with 17 polychromed figures.World exhibit
Chinese 19 th C Workshop-Scaled model with 17 polychromed figures.World exhibit

Chinese 19 th C Workshop-Scaled model with 17 polychromed figures.World exhibit

Located in Leuven , BE

The Diorama was in a private collection for more than 20 years and is said to have been exposed at the China Exposition 1902 in Copenhagen.This group of Chinese polychromed-decorate...

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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Diorama

Materials

Terracotta

Golden Eagle in Mountain Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Signed
Golden Eagle in Mountain Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Signed

Golden Eagle in Mountain Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Signed

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

He also shared a studio with Auguste Baud-Bovy, collaborating on significant projects like the famous diorama of the Blümlisalp. His artistic achievements culminated in contributions...

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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Diorama

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A rare mid-19th century French Louis Philippe musical automaton framed wall cloc
A rare mid-19th century French Louis Philippe musical automaton framed wall cloc

A rare mid-19th century French Louis Philippe musical automaton framed wall cloc

Located in London, GB

Dimensions in inches: H 24” x W 26” x D 7” Age: mid-19th Century Origin: France Condition: Good This item shows natural wear and aging with faded surfaces paint and lost detail but...

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1880s European Early Victorian Antique Diorama

Materials

Wood, Paper

Clarkson Stanfield: The Gulf of Salerno
Clarkson Stanfield: The Gulf of Salerno

Clarkson Stanfield: The Gulf of Salerno

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Once home, he resumed theatrical scenery painting and was famous for his ‘moving dioramas’, unrolling land and seascapes, some twenty feet high.

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Mid-19th Century English Antique Diorama

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Overlooking the Sea
Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Overlooking the Sea

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Overlooking the Sea

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

He exhibited throughout his career in various Parisien galleries, receiving many commissions including one for an immense diorama of over 400 square metres to decorate the Cote d'azu...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Diorama

Materials

Oil

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Beautiful River Landscape
Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Beautiful River Landscape

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Beautiful River Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

He exhibited throughout his career in various Parisien galleries, receiving many commissions including one for an immense diorama of over 400 square metres to decorate the Cote d'azu...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Diorama

Materials

Oil

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Crashing Waves Rocky Coast
Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Crashing Waves Rocky Coast

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Crashing Waves Rocky Coast

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

He exhibited throughout his career in various Parisien galleries, receiving many commissions including one for an immense diorama of over 400 square metres to decorate the Cote d'azu...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Diorama

Materials

Oil

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Sunlit Woodland Meadows
Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Sunlit Woodland Meadows

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Sunlit Woodland Meadows

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

He exhibited throughout his career in various Parisien galleries, receiving many commissions including one for an immense diorama of over 400 square metres to decorate the Cote d'azu...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Diorama

Materials

Oil

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Dusky River Landscape
Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Dusky River Landscape

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Dusky River Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

He exhibited throughout his career in various Parisien galleries, receiving many commissions including one for an immense diorama of over 400 square metres to decorate the Cote d'azu...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Diorama

Materials

Oil

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Rocky Coastline Beach Sea
Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Rocky Coastline Beach Sea

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Rocky Coastline Beach Sea

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

He exhibited throughout his career in various Parisien galleries, receiving many commissions including one for an immense diorama of over 400 square metres to decorate the Cote d'azu...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Diorama

Materials

Oil

19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store
19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store

19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store

Located in London, GB

Size: H 11” x W 18” x D 11” Completely solid in structure and form, this is a super fragile model, being made from paper and being encased in this diorama display has meant the agin...

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1890s Indian Folk Art Antique Diorama

Materials

Paper

Calvary of the Holy Sepulchre

Calvary of the Holy Sepulchre

By David Roberts

Located in London, GB

After working for a while at the Coburg Theatre, Roberts moved to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane to create dioramas and panoramas. By 1829 he was working full-time as a fine artist,...

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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Diorama

Materials

Lithograph

Jo Mora's 1928 "Carte" of San Diego, Very Rare Pictorial Map
Jo Mora's 1928 "Carte" of San Diego, Very Rare Pictorial Map

Jo Mora's 1928 "Carte" of San Diego, Very Rare Pictorial Map

By Joseph Jacinto Mora

Located in Phoenix, AZ

His contributions to public sculpture and architectural decorations, which are numerous and diverse, gaze calmly at the world from buildings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salinas, S...

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1920s Other Art Style Antique Diorama

Materials

Lithograph

Rare Large Chinese Export circa 1900 Shoushan Stone Sculpture Pandas Crane Birds
Rare Large Chinese Export circa 1900 Shoushan Stone Sculpture Pandas Crane Birds

Rare Large Chinese Export circa 1900 Shoushan Stone Sculpture Pandas Crane Birds

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare original Chinese Export circa 1900 Shoushan stone carving of mountain lions on rocks I have two Shoushan stone carving...

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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Diorama

Materials

Stone

Massive 1880 Antique Ormolu Bronze Enameled Automaton Musical Bracket Clock
Massive 1880 Antique Ormolu Bronze Enameled Automaton Musical Bracket Clock

Massive 1880 Antique Ormolu Bronze Enameled Automaton Musical Bracket Clock

By Winterhalder and Hofmeier

Located in Danville, CA

The arched door with beveled glass opens to the clock face topped by an iridescent bird automaton within a painted diorama framed by an enameled bronze facade of tree foliage and acc...

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Late 19th Century German Antique Diorama

Materials

Bronze

SEM circa 1910s Folio
SEM circa 1910s Folio

SEM circa 1910s Folio

By Georges Goursat (Sem)

Located in Bristol, CT

In 1909, he exhibited with the painter Auguste Roubille, first in Paris, then in Monte Carlo and London. a diorama, composed of hundreds of wooden figurines "of all the merely Paris ...

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1910s Antique Diorama

Materials

Lithograph

Monte Carlo SEM circa 1910s Folio
Monte Carlo SEM circa 1910s Folio

Monte Carlo SEM circa 1910s Folio

By Georges Goursat (Sem)

Located in Bristol, CT

In 1909, he exhibited with the painter Auguste Roubille, first in Paris, then in Monte Carlo and London. a diorama, composed of hundreds of wooden figurines "of all the merely Paris ...

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1910s Antique Diorama

Materials

Lithograph

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Find many varieties of an authentic antique diorama available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, glass and paint, every antique diorama was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique diorama — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique diorama made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique diorama that is appealing in its simplicity, but F. Carlson and Hermann Steiner produced versions that are worth a look.

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Prices for an antique diorama can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $275 and can go as high as $74,500, while the average can fetch as much as $2,200.