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Philipp E. Hamburger Neo-Classical “The Wrestlers”
Philipp E. Hamburger Neo-Classical “The Wrestlers”

Philipp E. Hamburger Neo-Classical “The Wrestlers”

By Philipp E. Hamburger

Located in Palm Springs, CA

A wonderful Neo-Classical bronze of two wrestlers by the noted German Sculptor Philipp E. Hamburger.

Category

Early 1900s German Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Andrea Leoni The Wrestlers, after the Antique
Andrea Leoni The Wrestlers, after the Antique

Andrea Leoni The Wrestlers, after the Antique

Located in New York, NY

The wrestlers, after the antique Statuary Marble Signed dated Located "A Leoni di Firenze Fecit L'ano 1835".  

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Wrestling

Materials

Statuary Marble

19th Century Bronze Cherubs Wrestling, After Falconet
19th Century Bronze Cherubs Wrestling, After Falconet

19th Century Bronze Cherubs Wrestling, After Falconet

By Étienne Maurice Falconet

Located in Brighton, Sussex

An enchanting and classical late 19th century patinated bronze study of two cherubs wrestling over a heart, after Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791).

Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Carrara marble sculpture depicting two wrestlers - 20th century
Carrara marble sculpture depicting two wrestlers - 20th century

Carrara marble sculpture depicting two wrestlers - 20th century

Located in Madrid, ES

Carrara marble sculpture depicting two wrestlers - 20th century Beautiful Carrara marble sculpture depicting a pair of wrestlers.

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble

The Wrestlers, dated 1962  signed EE dates 1962
The Wrestlers, dated 1962  signed EE dates 1962

The Wrestlers, dated 1962 signed EE dates 1962

Located in Liphook, GB

The Wrestlers, dated 1962 signed EE dates 1962 - Large 1962 British Figurative School portrait of two male wrestlers, oil on board.

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Wrestling

Materials

Oil, Board

Lead group of two boys wrestling a dolphin
Lead group of two boys wrestling a dolphin

Lead group of two boys wrestling a dolphin

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Very fine and detailed lead sculpture of two boys wrestling with a dolphin .The boys are standing on a sea bed of shells, sand, and rocks, while one boy is holding onto the other one...

Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Wrestling

Materials

Lead

Late 19th Century Sketchbook – Caricatures, Wrestlers, Female Nudes
Late 19th Century Sketchbook – Caricatures, Wrestlers, Female Nudes

Late 19th Century Sketchbook – Caricatures, Wrestlers, Female Nudes

Located in NANTES, FR

**Late 19th Century Sketchbook – Caricatures, Wrestlers, Female Nudes – We have not been able to identify the author of these sketches; however, they demonstrate a skilled hand.

Category

19th Century French Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

Antique Engraving of Two Japanese Wrestlers Fighting, 1669
Antique Engraving of Two Japanese Wrestlers Fighting, 1669

Antique Engraving of Two Japanese Wrestlers Fighting, 1669

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print, titled: 'Japansche worstelaars.' - ('Japanese wrestlers'). Two wrestlers cautiously approach each other in the middle of a ring.

Category

1660s Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

Terra Cotta “Wrestlers” after 3rd Century BCE Greek Sculpture
Terra Cotta “Wrestlers” after 3rd Century BCE Greek Sculpture

Terra Cotta “Wrestlers” after 3rd Century BCE Greek Sculpture

Located in Kent, CT

Grand scale terra cotta after the Roman marble Wrestlers sculpture at The Uffizi. Wrestlers (also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers, or The Pancrastinae) is after the...

Category

19th Century Classical Roman Antique Wrestling

Materials

Terracotta

Boxing or Wrestling Dummy Original Leather Gym Equipment, 1930s
Boxing or Wrestling Dummy Original Leather Gym Equipment, 1930s

Boxing or Wrestling Dummy Original Leather Gym Equipment, 1930s

Located in Round Top, TX

This would have been used in a training gymnasium for wrestling or boxing practice. The surface shows authentic wear and a developed patina in accordance with age and use.

Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Antique Wrestling

Materials

Leather

EDWIN TOWNSEND 1930 VINTAGE MALE NUDE PHOTOGRAPH 'THE WRESTLERS'
EDWIN TOWNSEND 1930 VINTAGE MALE NUDE PHOTOGRAPH 'THE WRESTLERS'

EDWIN TOWNSEND 1930 VINTAGE MALE NUDE PHOTOGRAPH 'THE WRESTLERS'

Located in Glenford, NY

Townsend rare vintage original gelatin silver photograph titled “The Wrestlers” - alternatively known as “Wrestling Study” - early 20th Century male nude image from 1930, a quintesse...

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Early 19th Century Antique Wrestling

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Martin Brothers Rare Grotesque Arm Wrestling Monkeys Stoneware Dish
Martin Brothers Rare Grotesque Arm Wrestling Monkeys Stoneware Dish

Martin Brothers Rare Grotesque Arm Wrestling Monkeys Stoneware Dish

By Martin Brothers

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

An extremely rare and probably unique, dish applied with two open-mouthed quasi-simian creatures arm-wrestling created by Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers and dated 1884.

Category

1880s British Arts and Crafts Antique Wrestling

Materials

Stoneware

Drypoint Etching by Max Beckmann - Jacob wrestling with the Angel
Drypoint Etching by Max Beckmann - Jacob wrestling with the Angel

Drypoint Etching by Max Beckmann - Jacob wrestling with the Angel

By Max Beckmann

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950) Jacob wrestling with the Angel (Jakob ringt mit dem Engel), 1920.

Category

1920s German Expressionist Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

Antique Italian Marble Sculpture after Roman Original of the Wrestlers
Antique Italian Marble Sculpture after Roman Original of the Wrestlers

Antique Italian Marble Sculpture after Roman Original of the Wrestlers

By Eugenio Battiglia

Located in London, GB

The sculpture depicts the classical ‘The Wrestlers’, a now-lost Greek original known to us today through a Roman reproduction.

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble

Antique Print of Sumo Wrestlers at Yokohama in Japan, 1856
Antique Print of Sumo Wrestlers at Yokohama in Japan, 1856

Antique Print of Sumo Wrestlers at Yokohama in Japan, 1856

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print titled ‘Wrestlers at Yokuhama’. Lithograph of wrestlers at Yokohama, Japan.

Category

19th Century Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

Lifesize Plaster Cast Sculpture of The Wrestlers, Antique Nude Art
Lifesize Plaster Cast Sculpture of The Wrestlers, Antique Nude Art

Lifesize Plaster Cast Sculpture of The Wrestlers, Antique Nude Art

By Brussels Atelier de Moulages

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Antique Grand Tour Plaster Cast after Antonio Canova – Life-Size Figural Group This impressive, life-size antique plaster cast represents one of the most powerful figural composition...

Category

Mid-19th Century Academic Antique Wrestling

Materials

Plaster

Antique Copper Plate Engraving of a Sculpture of Two Men Wrestling
Antique Copper Plate Engraving of a Sculpture of Two Men Wrestling

Antique Copper Plate Engraving of a Sculpture of Two Men Wrestling

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Italian Copper plate engraving of a famous classical statue of two men wrestling, plate XXIX from the Roman publication of 1704, Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne, by Domenico de...

Category

Early 1700s Italian Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

Antique Okimono Japanese Sumo Wrestling Frogs Sculpture, 19/20th Century
Antique Okimono Japanese Sumo Wrestling Frogs Sculpture, 19/20th Century

Antique Okimono Japanese Sumo Wrestling Frogs Sculpture, 19/20th Century

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Lovely and very detailed piece. Unigned. Japan 19th or early 20th century. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Period: 18th century Japan D...

Category

19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wrestling

Materials

Porcelain

Large Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Sumo Wrestlers Lamp on Forged Bronze Base
Large Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Sumo Wrestlers Lamp on Forged Bronze Base

Large Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Sumo Wrestlers Lamp on Forged Bronze Base

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

A heavy, solid-cast Japanese bronze of two sumo wrestlers, finely detailed with taut musculature, expressive faces, and traditional mawashi belts.

Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Life Size 19th Century Italian White Marble Sculpture Titled "The Wrestlers"
Life Size 19th Century Italian White Marble Sculpture Titled "The Wrestlers"

Life Size 19th Century Italian White Marble Sculpture Titled "The Wrestlers"

Located in Tarzana, CA

This exceptional 19th century Italian hand carved marble group titled: 'The Wrestlers' was carved after a Greek original of the 3rd century BCE.

Category

19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Wrestling

Materials

Carrara Marble

Hand Painted Lacquer Camphor Wood Box with Wrestler Figures and Dovetail Joints
Hand Painted Lacquer Camphor Wood Box with Wrestler Figures and Dovetail Joints

Hand Painted Lacquer Camphor Wood Box with Wrestler Figures and Dovetail Joints

Located in Lomita, CA

The front panel features a vibrant folk art scene of two figures wrestling, a motif that often symbolizes strength, playfulness, and harmony in Chinese culture.

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wrestling

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Circle of George Chinnery, 19th Century, Chinese Sumo wrestlers in a landscape
Circle of George Chinnery, 19th Century, Chinese Sumo wrestlers in a landscape

Circle of George Chinnery, 19th Century, Chinese Sumo wrestlers in a landscape

Located in Harkstead, GB

A fascinating 19th century view of Chinese Sumo wrestlers in a mountainous landscape Circle of George Chinnery (1774-1852) Chinese wrestlers in a landscape Watercolour 6 x 8½ inches...

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Mid-19th Century English School Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Torso of a Wrestler or Boxer , 24 Inches
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Torso of a Wrestler or Boxer , 24 Inches

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Torso of a Wrestler or Boxer , 24 Inches

Located in Stamford, CT

19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze torso of a wrestler after an ancient Roman original, mounted on a wood base.

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

"Jacob Wrestling the Angel, " Art Deco Bowl with Male Nudes, 1927, Purple & Gold
"Jacob Wrestling the Angel, " Art Deco Bowl with Male Nudes, 1927, Purple & Gold

"Jacob Wrestling the Angel, " Art Deco Bowl with Male Nudes, 1927, Purple & Gold

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Boldly and energetically painted, this Art Deco bowl depicts two nude male figures -- Jacob and the angel -- wrestling during the night, as related in the book of Genesis.

Category

1920s American Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Ceramic

French 19th century Bronze & marble statue Battle of the Bulls, signed Clesinger
French 19th century Bronze & marble statue Battle of the Bulls, signed Clesinger

French 19th century Bronze & marble statue Battle of the Bulls, signed Clesinger

By Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The signed Bronze above showcases two stunning and intricately detailed wrestling bulls with their horns locked, while standing on a richly chased landscape with a Neo-Classical st. ...

Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Rouge Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

AR drachm, Thessaly, Larissa 420-400 BC
AR drachm, Thessaly, Larissa 420-400 BC

AR drachm, Thessaly, Larissa 420-400 BC

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: the hero Thessalos, chlamys and petasos trailing behind him, wrestling bull right Reverse: horse running right, trailing reins Weight: 5.96 g Grade: About extremely fine Mi...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Wrestling

Materials

Silver

Swiss Brienz carved walnut lidded chalice, circa 1880
Swiss Brienz carved walnut lidded chalice, circa 1880

Swiss Brienz carved walnut lidded chalice, circa 1880

Located in Central England, GB

The finial is particularly unusual, depicting two figures locked together in what is almost certainly a representation of Schwingen, the traditional Swiss Alpine wrestling sport, add...

Category

Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Wrestling

Materials

Wood

The Slap Game De Mura Pant 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italian school
The Slap Game De Mura Pant 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italian school

The Slap Game De Mura Pant 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italian school

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

The putti (childlike cupids or cherubs) abandon Baroque solemnity to become the protagonists of playful and comical scenes, engaging in carefree pastimes: they fly kites, blow soap b...

Category

18th Century Old Masters Antique Wrestling

Materials

Oil

Cape Elizabeth - Maine - American Realist Seascape Oil Painting by George Luks
Cape Elizabeth - Maine - American Realist Seascape Oil Painting by George Luks

Cape Elizabeth - Maine - American Realist Seascape Oil Painting by George Luks

By George Luks

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Group Exhibitions: 1965, Robert Henri and his Circle, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York 2003, Edward Hopper and Urban Realism, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Solo Exh...

Category

1920s American Realist Antique Wrestling

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Artist's Studio Thomas Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemisch
Artist's Studio Thomas Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemisch

Artist's Studio Thomas Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemisch

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

The setting is a capriccio of objects related to the art and culture of the time, skilfully displayed, including a Persian carpet on the desk, a beautiful celestial globe on a pedest...

Category

18th Century Old Masters Antique Wrestling

Materials

Oil

Maison Gossin Frères Terracotta Sculpture, Bacchanal Putti with Goat, Circa 1880
Maison Gossin Frères Terracotta Sculpture, Bacchanal Putti with Goat, Circa 1880

Maison Gossin Frères Terracotta Sculpture, Bacchanal Putti with Goat, Circa 1880

By Gossin Frères Manufactory

Located in Dallas, TX

By Maison Gossin Frères (signed on the side of the ground), the bacchanalian scene depicts two putti wrestling a goat.

Category

1880s French Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Terracotta

Ca. 1870 Léopold Oudry French Gilt Bronze Jewellery Casket with Stags, Signed
Ca. 1870 Léopold Oudry French Gilt Bronze Jewellery Casket with Stags, Signed

Ca. 1870 Léopold Oudry French Gilt Bronze Jewellery Casket with Stags, Signed

Located in Nottingham, GB

If neither animal retreats, the confrontation can culminate in the dramatic locking of antlers depicted on the lid of this casket. The stags push and wrestle for dominance, sometimes...

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Ancient Greek Gold Intaglio Ring Circa 4th Century BC
Ancient Greek Gold Intaglio Ring Circa 4th Century BC

Ancient Greek Gold Intaglio Ring Circa 4th Century BC

Located in Chicago, IL

The wrestling scene was interpreted by one scholar of ancient Greek art as “two wrestling Erotes, may personify the interior struggles and doubts of the bride…”.

Category

15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antique Wrestling

Twelve framed plaster casts for academic teaching purpose. Italy, 1870.
Twelve framed plaster casts for academic teaching purpose. Italy, 1870.

Twelve framed plaster casts for academic teaching purpose. Italy, 1870.

Located in Milan, IT

The face of Laocoon from the group of "Laocoon and His Two Sons Wrestling with Serpents," the original of which is a Greek sculpture from Rhodes from the 1st century AD.

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Plaster, Fruitwood

Italian 19th Carved Marble Figure of a Nude Young Bather Girl by Pietro Bazzanti
Italian 19th Carved Marble Figure of a Nude Young Bather Girl by Pietro Bazzanti

Italian 19th Carved Marble Figure of a Nude Young Bather Girl by Pietro Bazzanti

By Pietro Bazzanti

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Auctions: Another example of this sculpture, probably also Pietro Bazzanti but almost a foot shorter (Height 44¾ in. (113.5 cm), unsigned and without its pedestal, was sold at Chris...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

19th-century painted wooden ruler with decoration of men and horses, fencing and
19th-century painted wooden ruler with decoration of men and horses, fencing and

19th-century painted wooden ruler with decoration of men and horses, fencing and

Located in NANTES, FR

Some of the men are mounted on horses, while others are shown wrestling, boxing, or fencing. It appears to depict various sports from the late 18th to early 19th century.

Category

19th Century Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Wood

Monumental Italian Neo-Renaissance Carved Walnut Secretary Commode
Monumental Italian Neo-Renaissance Carved Walnut Secretary Commode

Monumental Italian Neo-Renaissance Carved Walnut Secretary Commode

Located in SEDLEC-PRČICE, CZ

The central drop-front panel features a breathtaking, highly detailed biblical scene depicting Jacob wrestling the Angel, framed by classical Corinthian columns.

Category

1880s Italian Renaissance Antique Wrestling

Materials

Walnut

Circle of Andrea Mantegna, Early 16th Century, Study of a Standing Male Nude
Circle of Andrea Mantegna, Early 16th Century, Study of a Standing Male Nude

Circle of Andrea Mantegna, Early 16th Century, Study of a Standing Male Nude

By Andrea Mantegna

Located in Paris, Île-de-France

Comparisons may be drawn with Mantegna’s Allegory of the Fall of Ignorant Humanity in the British Museum, as well as with the British Museum’s Hercules wrestling with Antaeus, attrib...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Antique Wrestling

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper

Pair of Greco Roman Tournament Posters of Oskar Schneider & Georg Lurich, Nude
Pair of Greco Roman Tournament Posters of Oskar Schneider & Georg Lurich, Nude

Pair of Greco Roman Tournament Posters of Oskar Schneider & Georg Lurich, Nude

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Oskar Schneider, a German masked wrestler, is credited with starting the masked wrestler craze in 1909.

Category

Early 20th Century Russian Sporting Art Antique Wrestling

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

1930s Art Deco Surrealist Leather Life Sized Throwing Dummies, Set of 2 (France)
1930s Art Deco Surrealist Leather Life Sized Throwing Dummies, Set of 2 (France)

1930s Art Deco Surrealist Leather Life Sized Throwing Dummies, Set of 2 (France)

Located in Round Top, TX

These would have been used in a training gymnasium for wrestling or boxing practice. The surface shows authentic wear and a developed patina in accordance with age and use.

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Leather

Large Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue & White Shi Shi Dog Group, Meiji Period
Large Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue & White Shi Shi Dog Group, Meiji Period

Large Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue & White Shi Shi Dog Group, Meiji Period

Located in New York, NY

Large Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue & White grouping of Shi Shi dogs playing, Meiji Period Modeled as a pair of shishi playfully wrestling, the group is fully sculpted in the r...

Category

1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Wrestling

Materials

Porcelain

French Bronze Silver Gilt Statue with Pair Putties Signed Falconet
French Bronze Silver Gilt Statue with Pair Putties Signed Falconet

French Bronze Silver Gilt Statue with Pair Putties Signed Falconet

By Étienne Maurice Falconet

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

Sculptural Mastery & Fine Details Cast in high-quality bronze with a rich, multi-toned silvered and warm patinated finish, this piece features two beautifully modeled cherubs (putti)...

Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Victorian Cast Iron Umbrella Stand, Hercules Design, 19th Century
Victorian Cast Iron Umbrella Stand, Hercules Design, 19th Century

Victorian Cast Iron Umbrella Stand, Hercules Design, 19th Century

Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight

Victorian Cast Iron Umbrella Stand This great piece shows the story of the young Hercules wrestling with a serpent, this forms the support for the umbrellas, the grassy base forms ...

Category

19th Century Victorian Antique Wrestling

Materials

Iron

Quality antique porcelain group by Karl Tutter
Quality antique porcelain group by Karl Tutter

Quality antique porcelain group by Karl Tutter

Located in Ipswich, GB

Quality antique porcelain group by Karl Tutter having a Hutschenreuther model of two cherubs wrestling a shaped gilded base. Stamp to base. D. 1930

Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Wrestling

Materials

Porcelain

Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Shikan - Woodcut Print by Masunao - 1847

Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Shikan - Woodcut Print by Masunao - 1847

Located in Roma, IT

From the series "Shukoku sekitori shu" (A collection with sumo wrestlers of all provinces). Half-length portrait of the actor Nakamura Shikan III as sumo wrestler Tetsugadake in a ma...

Category

19th Century Modern Antique Wrestling

Materials

Woodcut

Pair of Grand Tour Framed Paintings After Richard Dalton
Pair of Grand Tour Framed Paintings After Richard Dalton

Pair of Grand Tour Framed Paintings After Richard Dalton

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

Dating to circa 1770, these paintings depict the illustrations of the wrestlers Mercurius e Museo Mediceo and Servus cultellum acuens et aufcultans.

Category

Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Wood, Paint

Rare Collection of Four Pompeiian Erotic Etchings by Auguste Delvaux, 1836
Rare Collection of Four Pompeiian Erotic Etchings by Auguste Delvaux, 1836

Rare Collection of Four Pompeiian Erotic Etchings by Auguste Delvaux, 1836

Located in Chicago, IL

In this set: Bacchus wrestles playfully with a satyr in a moment of drunken abandon; a nude woman straddles a man in bed, rendered with tender intimacy; Apollo seizes a nymph, having...

Category

1830s French Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

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Hercules Wrestling Antaeus
Hercules Wrestling Antaeus

Hercules Wrestling Antaeus

Unavailable

H 73.23 in W 24.41 in D 26.78 in

Hercules Wrestling Antaeus

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Attributed to Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder (1669–1728) A fine large-scale early 18th century sculpture depicting Hercules wrestling Antaeus. Hercules, as legend describes, ...

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1710s Dutch Antique Wrestling

Wood carving of Wrestlers
Wood carving of Wrestlers

Wood carving of Wrestlers

Unavailable

H 28 in Dm 14 in

Wood carving of Wrestlers

Located in New York, NY

superb carving of a pair of wrestlers. Carved from a single piece of walnut. Wrestlers sit on their original marble base which swivels so that wrestlers can be turned 360 degrees.

Category

19th Century British Antique Wrestling

Materials

Wood

Monumental Italian Serpentine Marble Grand Tour "Uffizi Wrestlers"
Monumental Italian Serpentine Marble Grand Tour "Uffizi Wrestlers"

Monumental Italian Serpentine Marble Grand Tour "Uffizi Wrestlers"

Located in Hollywood, FL

The two figures are wrestling in a position now known as a "cross-body ride" in modern folkstyle wrestling.

Category

1840s Italian Grand Tour Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble

Okänd Konstnär, Swedish Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Wrestlers
Okänd Konstnär, Swedish Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Wrestlers

Okänd Konstnär, Swedish Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Wrestlers

By Okänd Konstnär

Located in New York, NY

Okänd Konstnär, Swedish patinated bronze sculpture of Wrestlers early 20th century Depicting two male wrestlers locked in combat.

Category

Early 20th Century Swedish Modern Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Bronze 19th Century, Signed Jef Lambeaux, 'the Wrestlers'
Bronze 19th Century, Signed Jef Lambeaux, 'the Wrestlers'

Bronze 19th Century, Signed Jef Lambeaux, 'the Wrestlers'

Unavailable

H 43.31 in W 33.47 in D 22.45 in

Bronze 19th Century, Signed Jef Lambeaux, 'the Wrestlers'

By Jef Lambeaux

Located in Brussels, BE

Bronze 19th century, signed Jef Lambeaux, 'the wrestlers', stamped 'usine de bronzes Bruxelles Robert de Baaz'.

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Wrestling

"the Wrestlers" 19th Century Bronze after the Antique
"the Wrestlers" 19th Century Bronze after the Antique

"the Wrestlers" 19th Century Bronze after the Antique

Unavailable

H 14.97 in W 17.33 in D 10.63 in

"the Wrestlers" 19th Century Bronze after the Antique

Located in Fremantle, W.Australia

"The Wrestlers" 19th century bronze, after the antique cast by the 'Societe des Bronzes.'

Category

19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

1898 Original Leather Gold and Silver Wrestling Champion Belt
1898 Original Leather Gold and Silver Wrestling Champion Belt

1898 Original Leather Gold and Silver Wrestling Champion Belt

Located in Reggio Emilia, IT

Original leather Wrestling champion belt with applied embossed silver plates and a central 9 ct gold England.

Category

1890s Antique Wrestling

Materials

Gold, Silver

Erotic Bronze of Two Men Wrestling By Carl Kauba
Erotic Bronze of Two Men Wrestling By Carl Kauba

Erotic Bronze of Two Men Wrestling By Carl Kauba

Unavailable

H 26 in W 12.5 in D 9 in

Erotic Bronze of Two Men Wrestling By Carl Kauba

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Bronze of Two Men Wrestling on Marble Base.

Category

19th Century American Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Yoshiharu Utagawa, Suikoden, Tattoo Design, Wrestler, Japanese Woodblock Print
Yoshiharu Utagawa, Suikoden, Tattoo Design, Wrestler, Japanese Woodblock Print

Yoshiharu Utagawa, Suikoden, Tattoo Design, Wrestler, Japanese Woodblock Print

Located in London, GB

This print shows Roshi Ensei, a wrestler whose skin was decorated at an early age by a master tattoo artist with an elaborate all-body design of peonies and Chinese shishi (leonine c...

Category

Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Wrestling

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

A Japanese Bronze Tokyo Okimono Of Boys Wrestling - Izumi Seijo
A Japanese Bronze Tokyo Okimono Of Boys Wrestling - Izumi Seijo

A Japanese Bronze Tokyo Okimono Of Boys Wrestling - Izumi Seijo

Located in Christchurch, GB

As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this Meiji period 1868-1912 , Tokyo school bronze okimono of two boys playfully wrestling, this captivating ...

Category

19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Italian Print Illustration of Two Men Wrestling, Copper Plate Engraving
Italian Print Illustration of Two Men Wrestling, Copper Plate Engraving

Italian Print Illustration of Two Men Wrestling, Copper Plate Engraving

Located in New York, NY

Italian copper plate engraving of a famous classical statue of two men wrestling, plate XXIX from the Roman publication of 1704 Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne, by Domenico de R...

Category

Early 1700s Italian Baroque Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

“Knife Wrestlers”, After  The Statue By J. P.  Molin, Stockholm 1867
“Knife Wrestlers”, After  The Statue By J. P.  Molin, Stockholm 1867

“Knife Wrestlers”, After The Statue By J. P. Molin, Stockholm 1867

Located in PARIS, FR

This version in black enamelled stoneware was produced by the Manufacture Hjorth at Bornholm island "Bältesspännare" - The belted Wrestlers - illustrate, in bas-reliefs on the 4 sid...

Category

1860s Academic Antique Wrestling

Materials

Sandstone

Rene Lalique opalescent Lutteurs vase C1914
Rene Lalique opalescent Lutteurs vase C1914

Rene Lalique opalescent Lutteurs vase C1914

Unavailable

H 5.4 in Dm 6.5 in

Rene Lalique opalescent Lutteurs vase C1914

By René Lalique

Located in Devon, GB

Rene Lalique opalescent Lutteurs vase, highlighted with black staining Quite an uncommon vase moulded with a continuous band of naked wrestlers appearing to hold the bowl section of ...

Category

1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Wrestling

Materials

Glass

Italian Painted Overdoor Panel
Italian Painted Overdoor Panel

Italian Painted Overdoor Panel

Unavailable

H 25 in W 59 in

Italian Painted Overdoor Panel

Located in Pasadena, CA

Shows a Baccanalian scene with wrestling putti done on a dome top panel.Mid to late 19th century.

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Wrestling

Family Record American Folk Art, dated 1826 Montgomery County, PA
Family Record American Folk Art, dated 1826 Montgomery County, PA

Family Record American Folk Art, dated 1826 Montgomery County, PA

Located in Hallowell, ME

An extraordinary piece of Americana folk art. Jacob Henry Wrestling's Family, 18" x 20" watercolor and ink on paper in the original frame.

Category

1820s Folk Art Antique Wrestling

Materials

Watercolor

Bronze Statue of Milos of Croton after Edme Dumont
Bronze Statue of Milos of Croton after Edme Dumont

Bronze Statue of Milos of Croton after Edme Dumont

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H 30 in W 15 in D 14.5 in

Bronze Statue of Milos of Croton after Edme Dumont

Located in Vancouver, BC

A French bronze model of the Milos of Croton, one of ancient Greece’s most illustrious Olympic wrestlers. This bronze interprets Milo demonstrating his strength by splitting a tree t...

Category

19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

LA LUTE POUR LA VIE. EDOUARD DROUOT (FRENCH, 1859-1945)
LA LUTE POUR LA VIE. EDOUARD DROUOT (FRENCH, 1859-1945)

LA LUTE POUR LA VIE. EDOUARD DROUOT (FRENCH, 1859-1945)

By Edouard Drouot

Located in New York, NY

CAST FROM A MODEL BY EDOUARD DROUOT, THE GROUP DEPICTS A YOUNG MAN WRESTLING WITH A TIGER. SIGNED "DROUOT", RESTING UNATTACHED ON A MARBLE BASE FITTED WITH A METAL PLATE INSCRIBED "L...

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair of Bronze Plaquettes with Putti, Signed Clodion, French, 19th Century
Pair of Bronze Plaquettes with Putti, Signed Clodion, French, 19th Century

Pair of Bronze Plaquettes with Putti, Signed Clodion, French, 19th Century

By Claude Michel Clodion

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the first plaquette the putti drink wine, eat grapes, make music and wrestle in a field with a round temple in the background.

Category

Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

The Vargueno That Ate Manhatten
The Vargueno That Ate Manhatten

The Vargueno That Ate Manhatten

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H 69 in W 47 in D 20 in Dm 46 in

The Vargueno That Ate Manhatten

Located in Pasadena, CA

This has the right out Of a Mizner look with masterwork elaborate hand wrought iron though out and early wormy walnut all set off by it''s over scale size.You would wrestle to throw ...

Category

19th Century Antique Wrestling

Harbour Scene by Frederich Kallmorgen
Harbour Scene by Frederich Kallmorgen

Harbour Scene by Frederich Kallmorgen

Located in Brooklyn, NY

I have enjoyed this gorgeous painting for close to 15 years and as I revamp my home I wrestle with parting with this gorgeous piece. Please reach out for more information.

Category

Early 1900s Abstract Impressionist Antique Wrestling

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled - A coach stranded in the snow.

Untitled - A coach stranded in the snow.

By Philip Louis Debucourt

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

While some men try to wrestle the coach free, the driver has made a fire in a nearby cave, to warm a woman and child travelling with them.

Category

Early 19th Century Antique Wrestling

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Plate 39: 'Lutteurs Japonois dans un lieu destine a la Lutte [...].

Plate 39: 'Lutteurs Japonois dans un lieu destine a la Lutte [...].

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

This print is showing Japanese wrestlers in a wrestling arena - The speed of the Japanese jockeys on the racetrack - The strange acts of the acrobats and jesters - Japanese beggars w...

Category

1720s Antique Wrestling

Materials

Engraving

Maria Sibylla Merian - J. Mulder - Cotton leaf Jatropha and Hawkmoth Nr. 38
Maria Sibylla Merian - J. Mulder - Cotton leaf Jatropha and Hawkmoth Nr. 38

Maria Sibylla Merian - J. Mulder - Cotton leaf Jatropha and Hawkmoth Nr. 38

By Maria Sibylla Merian

Located in EINDHOVEN, NL

It is Cocytius antaeus, the wrestler's nickname Antaios also indicates vitality.

Category

18th Century Dutch Other Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Koi Fish, Fairy Tale
Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Koi Fish, Fairy Tale

Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Koi Fish, Fairy Tale

By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Located in London, GB

Arguably, one of the most famous of Kintarō's exploits is his wrestling with a giant koi carp, demonstrating the extent of his physical ability.

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Wrestling

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Tragedy Bronze Figure After Francisque Joseph Duret
Tragedy Bronze Figure After Francisque Joseph Duret

Tragedy Bronze Figure After Francisque Joseph Duret

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H 37.5 in W 12.5 in D 10.63 in

Tragedy Bronze Figure After Francisque Joseph Duret

Located in New York, US

Other important commissions included France Protecting her Children (1855), two bronze atlantes at Napoleon's tomb in the Invalides, a monumental Christ in the church of the Madele...

Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

German Art Deco Punch Bowl Set
German Art Deco Punch Bowl Set

German Art Deco Punch Bowl Set

Unavailable

H 17.75 in Dm 12.5 in

German Art Deco Punch Bowl Set

Located in New York, US

Our set by Wilhelm von Eiff (1890–1943) includes a large bowl with frosted and carved horizontal bands with domed lid with silver mount, 17 3/4 by 12 1/2 inches, finial showing a you...

Category

Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Silver

Sensational Japanese Wood & Lacquer Octopus Group - Iki Ningyo
Sensational Japanese Wood & Lacquer Octopus Group - Iki Ningyo

Sensational Japanese Wood & Lacquer Octopus Group - Iki Ningyo

Located in Christchurch, GB

Museums in Europe and the USA were inspired to commission life size studies of people, including Samurai , with a pair of 224 cm high Sumo wrestlers now residing in the Sheffield mus...

Category

19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wrestling

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Russian Bodybuilder Postcard, circa 1900
Antique Russian Bodybuilder Postcard, circa 1900

Antique Russian Bodybuilder Postcard, circa 1900

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H 17.25 in W 13.25 in D 0.75 in

Antique Russian Bodybuilder Postcard, circa 1900

Located in New York, NY

Many of these strongmen sold photographs of themselves flexing and wrestling each other to make extra money. Some posed nude and wore face masks while showing off their bare or almos...

Category

Early 1900s Russian Sporting Art Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

Antique Russian Bodybuilder Postcard, circa 1900
Antique Russian Bodybuilder Postcard, circa 1900

Antique Russian Bodybuilder Postcard, circa 1900

Unavailable

H 17.25 in W 13.25 in D 0.75 in

Antique Russian Bodybuilder Postcard, circa 1900

Located in New York, NY

Many of these strongmen sold photographs of themselves flexing and wrestling each other to make extra money. Some posed nude and wore face masks while showing off their bare or almos...

Category

Early 1900s Russian Sporting Art Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

Apulian Red-Figure Pelike
Apulian Red-Figure Pelike

Apulian Red-Figure Pelike

Unavailable

H 14 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in

Apulian Red-Figure Pelike

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Between them hang a pair of weights, a symbol of the palaestra, or wrestling school. Again, the figures are flanked on either side by a palmette design, but the design of the upper r...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antique Wrestling

Materials

Terracotta

Art Nouveau gilt bronze figure Atalanta
Art Nouveau gilt bronze figure Atalanta

Art Nouveau gilt bronze figure Atalanta

Unavailable

H 37 in Dm 7 in

Art Nouveau gilt bronze figure Atalanta

By Karl Kowalczewski

Located in Elswick, GB

She later took part in the voyage of the Argonauts and defeated the hero Peleus in wrestling at the funeral games of King Pelias. When King Oineus (Oeneus) summoned heroes to destroy...

Category

Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Uffizi Wrestlers
Bronze Uffizi Wrestlers

Bronze Uffizi Wrestlers

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H 18.51 in W 24.02 in D 16.15 in

Bronze Uffizi Wrestlers

By J.D. Pietro 1

Located in London, GB

A bronze group of the Uffizi Wrestlers, after the Roman original, signed 'J.D.Pietro'.

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Antique Etching With Wrestlers
Antique Etching With Wrestlers

Antique Etching With Wrestlers

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H 13.59 in W 16.93 in D 0.4 in

Antique Etching With Wrestlers

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

ST/419/2 - Author: Johannes Episcopius (Amsterdam 1628- Den Haag 16719 ). Dutch painter and engraver of the golden Age. Signed plate etching with the monogram. beautiful impression...

Category

17th Century Dutch Other Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paper

Maurius Francois Laugier,  “The Wrestlers”
Maurius Francois Laugier,  “The Wrestlers”

Maurius Francois Laugier, “The Wrestlers”

Located in Sheffield, MA

“The Wrestlers” Bronze Sculpture Signed ‘F.

Category

19th Century French Antique Wrestling

Pair of Bronze Roman Wrestlers
Pair of Bronze Roman Wrestlers

Pair of Bronze Roman Wrestlers

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H 28 in W 16 in D 7 in

Pair of Bronze Roman Wrestlers

Located in Petaluma, CA

This most dramatic pair of bronze wrestlers was probably what is known as "Souvenir of the Grand Tour."

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

"Wrestlers" Bronze Sculpture by Jef Lambeaux
"Wrestlers" Bronze Sculpture by Jef Lambeaux

"Wrestlers" Bronze Sculpture by Jef Lambeaux

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H 26.5 in W 32 in D 16.25 in

"Wrestlers" Bronze Sculpture by Jef Lambeaux

By Jef Lambeaux

Located in Miami, FL

Impressive large bronze sculpture of two wrestlers, Signed Joseph (Jef) Lambeaux, 1852-1908, Belgium.

Category

Late 19th Century Belgian Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Alabaster Sculpture of the Uffizi Wrestlers
Alabaster Sculpture of the Uffizi Wrestlers

Alabaster Sculpture of the Uffizi Wrestlers

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H 13.39 in W 12.6 in D 5.32 in

Alabaster Sculpture of the Uffizi Wrestlers

Located in London, GB

An Itlalian nineteenth century alabaster sculpture of the Uffizi Wrestlers, after the Roman bronze, on plinth base.

Category

19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Wrestling

Materials

Alabaster

The Wrestlers (Illustration for Homer's Odyssey)
The Wrestlers (Illustration for Homer's Odyssey)

The Wrestlers (Illustration for Homer's Odyssey)

By François-Louis Schmied

Located in London, GB

Painted engraved wood, 20.5cm x 13.5cm, (41cm x 34cm framed). (Provenance: Félix Marcilhac, a French art historian who collected Art Deco objects; Sotheby’s, Paris, 11 March 2014) ...

Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Oil, Wood

Set of Five Edwardian Wrestling Pictures
Set of Five Edwardian Wrestling Pictures

Set of Five Edwardian Wrestling Pictures

Located in Culver City, CA

With antique book plates

Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Wrestling

After the Antique Two Wrestlers Stone Sculpture
After the Antique Two Wrestlers Stone Sculpture

After the Antique Two Wrestlers Stone Sculpture

Located in Astoria, NY

After the Antique, "The Two Wrestlers", Carved Stone Sculpture, The Uffizi Wrestlers, depicting two men in the midst of a wrestling match, marked "Ettore Zocchi / Sculpteur a Florenc...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Wrestling

Materials

Stone

19th Century Alabaster Sculpture After 'The Wrestlers'
19th Century Alabaster Sculpture After 'The Wrestlers'

19th Century Alabaster Sculpture After 'The Wrestlers'

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H 16.15 in W 21.66 in D 10.24 in

19th Century Alabaster Sculpture After 'The Wrestlers'

Located in London, GB

A late nineteenth century alabaster sculpture of two warriors wrestling, after the Roman marble sculpture The Wrestlers.

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Wrestling

Materials

Alabaster

Antique Sculpture of Two Wrestlers, Germany 1910
Antique Sculpture of Two Wrestlers, Germany 1910

Antique Sculpture of Two Wrestlers, Germany 1910

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H 9.26 in W 8.47 in D 3.35 in

Antique Sculpture of Two Wrestlers, Germany 1910

Located in Antwerp, BE

Sculpture of two wrestlers. Date:
 1910. Material: Patinated metal. 


Category

Early 20th Century German Romantic Antique Wrestling

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Bronze Sculpture "The Wrestlers" After Philippe Magnier
Bronze Sculpture "The Wrestlers" After Philippe Magnier

Bronze Sculpture "The Wrestlers" After Philippe Magnier

Located in Paris, FR

This sculpture represents two nude men on the ground wrestling. They rest on a oval base. The bronze is stamped with the Collas reproduction seal.

Category

1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Italian Grand Tour Bronze of the Wrestlers
Italian Grand Tour Bronze of the Wrestlers

Italian Grand Tour Bronze of the Wrestlers

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H 10.25 in W 12 in D 7.25 in

Italian Grand Tour Bronze of the Wrestlers

Located in Hudson, NY

This nicely cast bronze after the antique is a common grand tour collectable object.The modleing of the face and hands is good and the color and patina are all orginal. It's scale is...

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Bronze Study of the Two Wrestlers
19th Century Bronze Study of the Two Wrestlers

19th Century Bronze Study of the Two Wrestlers

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H 15.75 in W 18.9 in D 11.03 in

19th Century Bronze Study of the Two Wrestlers

Located in Brighton, Sussex

The wrestlers also known as the two wrestlers, The Uffizi wrestlers or the Pancrastinae is a famous Roman marble sculpture after a lost Greek original of the third century BCE.

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Damoxenos Greek Wrestler Marble Sculpture After Antonio Canova
Damoxenos Greek Wrestler Marble Sculpture After Antonio Canova

Damoxenos Greek Wrestler Marble Sculpture After Antonio Canova

By Antonio Canova

Located in New York, NY

Our Grand Tour period Italian marble sculpture after Antonio Canova depicts the Greek wrestler, Damoxenos. 15.5 in (39.3 cm) height and apparently unsigned, this is one of the finest...

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble

Damoxenos Greek Wrestler Marble Sculpture After Antonio Canova
Damoxenos Greek Wrestler Marble Sculpture After Antonio Canova

Damoxenos Greek Wrestler Marble Sculpture After Antonio Canova

By Antonio Canova

Located in New York, NY

Our Grand Tour period Italian marble sculpture after Antonio Canova depicts the Greek wrestler, Damoxenos. 15.5 in (39.3 cm) height and apparently unsigned, this is one of the finest...

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Greek Wrestlers
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Greek Wrestlers

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Greek Wrestlers

Located in New York, NY

Finely sculpted and cast bronze Grand Tour figures of two neoclassical Greco-Roman wrestlers, known as the Uffizi Wrestlers, after the ancient original attributed to Lysippos.

Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Study of Wrestling Male Nudes by Waano Gano
Study of Wrestling Male Nudes by Waano Gano

Study of Wrestling Male Nudes by Waano Gano

By Joe Waano-Gano

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This strong drawing was executed by Joe Waano Gano, an important Native American artist with a prestigious career in California in the 1930s and 1940s. Boldly drawn with pencil on a...

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Wrestling

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Sumo Wrestlers Fighting' 1920s
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Sumo Wrestlers Fighting' 1920s

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Sumo Wrestlers Fighting' 1920s

Located in Paris, FR

This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1920s. This netsuke was made by a netsuke artist 'Matsuyama' (you can find his signature on the bottom of this netsuke.) ...

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Wrestling

Materials

Wood

Large Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture of Wrestling Putti
Large Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture of Wrestling Putti

Large Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture of Wrestling Putti

Located in New York, NY

Italian 19th century marble statue of wrestling cherubs. Apparently unsigned.

Category

Late 19th Century Neoclassical Revival Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble

Creamware Obelisk Hercules Wrestling a Lion England, Circa 1800
Creamware Obelisk Hercules Wrestling a Lion England, Circa 1800

Creamware Obelisk Hercules Wrestling a Lion England, Circa 1800

Located in Katonah, NY

It features a central medallion depicting Hercules wrestling the Lion of Nemea in one of his twelve Labors, the first of his impossible tasks.

Category

Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Pearlware

Antique Japanese Wooden Nestuke 'Sumo Wrestler' 1900s Meiji Era
Antique Japanese Wooden Nestuke 'Sumo Wrestler' 1900s Meiji Era

Antique Japanese Wooden Nestuke 'Sumo Wrestler' 1900s Meiji Era

Located in Paris, FR

This netsuke was made by a netsuke artist 'Hironaka' (you can see his signature on the right feet of this sumo wrestler.) Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th centu...

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wrestling

Materials

Wood

"Inazuma vs Abumatsu on the Dohyo" Sumo Wrestle Triptych
"Inazuma vs Abumatsu on the Dohyo" Sumo Wrestle Triptych

"Inazuma vs Abumatsu on the Dohyo" Sumo Wrestle Triptych

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Houston, TX

Intricate Japanese woodblock print triptych of a sumo match between the wrestlers Inazuma and Abumatsu in the the dohyo, or sumo ring, by the popular artist Utagawa Kunisada in the 1...

Category

1840s Edo Antique Wrestling

Materials

Woodcut

Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne
Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne

Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne

By Ferdinand Barbedienne

Located in Rochester, NY

Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or The Pancrastinae is a famous Roman marble sculpture after a lost Greek original of the th...

Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Sumo wrestler' Edo Era, 1800s
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Sumo wrestler' Edo Era, 1800s

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Sumo wrestler' Edo Era, 1800s

Located in Paris, FR

This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Edo period 1800s. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on ...

Category

Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Wrestling

Materials

Wood

Umbrella/Stick Stand Depicting a Young Hercules Wrestling a Serpent
Umbrella/Stick Stand Depicting a Young Hercules Wrestling a Serpent

Umbrella/Stick Stand Depicting a Young Hercules Wrestling a Serpent

Located in Charleston, SC

19th century English cast iron painted umbrella stand by Edwin & Theophilus Smith depicting the baby Hercules wrestling with the snake that the jealous Hera sent to destroy the child.

Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Wrestling

Materials

Iron

19th Century Grand Tour Marble Sculpture after the Antique Uffizi Wrestlers
19th Century Grand Tour Marble Sculpture after the Antique Uffizi Wrestlers

19th Century Grand Tour Marble Sculpture after the Antique Uffizi Wrestlers

Located in Baambrugge, NL

A 19th century Grand Tour Marble group, after the Roman antique of "The Uffizi Wrestlers" which was made after the lost original Greek statue from the third century BC.

Category

Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Wrestling

Materials

Carrara Marble

Pair of Gilt Iron Wrestlers from the Police Gazette Building NYC
Pair of Gilt Iron Wrestlers from the Police Gazette Building NYC

Pair of Gilt Iron Wrestlers from the Police Gazette Building NYC

Located in New York, NY

Outstanding cast iron relief of a pair of wrestlers locked in a bearhug, from the National Police Gazette Building ca. 1880.

Category

19th Century American Antique Wrestling

Materials

Iron

"Wrestling the Lion, " Rare Nude Male Sculpture by Fritz Behn
"Wrestling the Lion, " Rare Nude Male Sculpture by Fritz Behn

"Wrestling the Lion, " Rare Nude Male Sculpture by Fritz Behn

By Fritz Behn

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A superb example of Fritz Behn's mastery of scenes showing fierce struggles in the wild, this bronze depicts a strong male figure pulling open the jaw of a lion in his attempt to ove...

Category

Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

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"Youths Bathing in the Bay of Algiers, " Monumental Painting by Ortega, 1934
"Youths Bathing in the Bay of Algiers, " Monumental Painting by Ortega, 1934

"Youths Bathing in the Bay of Algiers, " Monumental Painting by Ortega, 1934

By José Ortega

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Brilliantly painted in tones of turquoise, Mediterranean blue, aqua, sky blue and a range of rich browns, tans and grays, this view of three young men bathing in the bay of Algiers i...

Category

1930s French Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paint

Late 19th Century Pair of Bronze Atlas Sculptures with Globe & Armillary Sphere
Late 19th Century Pair of Bronze Atlas Sculptures with Globe & Armillary Sphere

Late 19th Century Pair of Bronze Atlas Sculptures with Globe & Armillary Sphere

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

This pair of bronze sculptures of Atlas with Globe & Armillary Sphere are of high cast quality. Pairs have sold for over 700,000 Euro. Their condition is excellent for age and ha...

Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes
"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes

"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Monumental and quite extraordinary, this utopian scene -- all cast in a lovely, warm glow -- depicts a wide range of nude figures, mostly male, in a grassy river valley between mount...

Category

1920s British Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Paint

Outdoor Italian Stone Sculpture of Classical Torso with Base
Outdoor Italian Stone Sculpture of Classical Torso with Base

Outdoor Italian Stone Sculpture of Classical Torso with Base

Located in Rome, IT

This reproduction of a classical Hellenistic sculpture, a timeless piece for interior and a garden decoration. Measurement: Torso cm 100 base cm 70.

Category

1980s Academic Antique Wrestling

Materials

Limestone

French Terracotta Sculpture of a Classical Male
French Terracotta Sculpture of a Classical Male

French Terracotta Sculpture of a Classical Male

$2,650

H 22.75 in W 8.5 in D 7.75 in

French Terracotta Sculpture of a Classical Male

Located in Houston, TX

French terracotta sculpture of a classical male. This stunning French terra cotta sculpture of a classical Roman male is expertly executed with beautiful draping and mounted on a woo...

Category

1920s French Classical Roman Antique Wrestling

Materials

Terracotta, Wood

20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cage, Hand-Painted Metal & Wood
20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cage, Hand-Painted Metal & Wood

20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cage, Hand-Painted Metal & Wood

Located in Queens, NY

Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Antique Wrestling

Materials

Metal

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus

$5,507

H 25.6 in W 9.45 in D 9.45 in

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A very good quality Grand Tour patinated bronze figure of Narcissus, dating from the last quarter of the 19th century. Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology and he was disting...

Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Gaddi Torso Marble Sculpture
Gaddi Torso Marble Sculpture

Gaddi Torso Marble Sculpture

$68,565 / item

H 33.86 in W 25.99 in D 13.39 in

Gaddi Torso Marble Sculpture

By Raffaello Romanelli

Located in Milan, IT

A sculpture in precious white Carrara marble reproducing the Torso Gaddi, the famous fragmentary sculpture displayed in the Uffizi Museums in Florence, which inspired many great arti...

Category

2010s Italian Antique Wrestling

Materials

Carrara Marble

Italian Stone Garden Sculpture of Roman Mythological Subject Bacchus
Italian Stone Garden Sculpture of Roman Mythological Subject Bacchus

Italian Stone Garden Sculpture of Roman Mythological Subject Bacchus

Located in Rome, IT

Finely carved mythological roman subject of Bacchus or Dionysus in limestone. Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Measurements: Statue cm 180, base cm 85. Price is not inc...

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Limestone

Magnificent Life-Size Marble Sculpture from Italy 180 CM
Magnificent Life-Size Marble Sculpture from Italy 180 CM

Magnificent Life-Size Marble Sculpture from Italy 180 CM

$47,310

H 70.48 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in

Magnificent Life-Size Marble Sculpture from Italy 180 CM

Located in Madrid, ES

Add a touch of classical elegance to your collection with this magnificent life-size marble sculpture, masterfully crafted from the finest Italian marble. This exceptional piece, met...

Category

Late 20th Century Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble

Antique Neoclassical Statuary Marble Statue
Antique Neoclassical Statuary Marble Statue

Antique Neoclassical Statuary Marble Statue

$34,424

H 39 in W 15 in D 10 in

Antique Neoclassical Statuary Marble Statue

Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland

A beautifully carved antique statuary Carrara marble statue of Adonis. The male figure is depicted in the nude leaning against a tree. Adonis was the mortal lover of the goddess Aph...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Carrara Marble

Monumental Fireplace Signed by Jules Allard and Louis Ardisson
Monumental Fireplace Signed by Jules Allard and Louis Ardisson

Monumental Fireplace Signed by Jules Allard and Louis Ardisson

$2,011,722

H 179.93 in W 90.95 in D 24.02 in

Monumental Fireplace Signed by Jules Allard and Louis Ardisson

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

Located in the hall of a ballroom, this exceptional fireplace welcomed the 80 guests of Edward Julius Berwind's luxurious New York home in the Louis XV style. It attests to the true ...

Category

Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble

Fabulous Italian Neoclassical Marble Sculpture of Hermes
Fabulous Italian Neoclassical Marble Sculpture of Hermes

Fabulous Italian Neoclassical Marble Sculpture of Hermes, 1890

$6,626Sale Price|20% Off

H 33.47 in Dm 17.72 in

Fabulous Italian Neoclassical Marble Sculpture of Hermes

Located in Rome, IT

19th century French finely chiseled bronze figure of Hermes . Signed Pigalle G . Cuspinera Hermes , the messenger of the gods, is sitting on a rock, ready to leap up. He is att...

Category

19th Century Academic Antique Wrestling

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture Signed “S.Melani”, circa 1930
Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture Signed “S.Melani”, circa 1930

Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture Signed “S.Melani”, circa 1930

$4,023 / item

H 17.72 in W 25.01 in D 7.68 in

Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture Signed “S.Melani”, circa 1930

By Salvatore Melani

Located in Beirut, LB

This sculpture by Salvatore Melani depicts a dynamic and muscular warrior in an intense battle-ready pose. The figure is lunging forward with one leg stretched out, while the other i...

Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Antique Wrestling

Materials

Terracotta

Statuary Marble Sculpture of The Dying Gaul After the Antique
Statuary Marble Sculpture of The Dying Gaul After the Antique

Statuary Marble Sculpture of The Dying Gaul After the Antique

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

A mid 19th century statuary marble sculpture of the ‘Dying Gaul’ after the antique. This marble sculpture is a scale depiction of the larger Dying Gaul marble statue, currently loca...

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Marble, Statuary Marble

Antique York Stone Sculpture of Caractacus
Antique York Stone Sculpture of Caractacus

Antique York Stone Sculpture of Caractacus

$52,290

H 101.19 in W 36.03 in D 25.99 in

Antique York Stone Sculpture of Caractacus

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

An antique York stone statue of King Caractacus. Signed Morton, South Street, this over life size statue displays a powerful stance and characterful weathering. It certainly is a im...

Category

Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Wrestling

Materials

Stone

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Antique Wrestling For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique wrestling for your home. An antique wrestling — often made from metal, bronze and stone — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique wrestling — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each antique wrestling bearing Neoclassical, Art Deco or Baroque hallmarks is very popular. A well-made antique wrestling has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by A. Dressler, Pietro Bazzanti and Eugenio Battiglia are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Wrestling?

Prices for an antique wrestling start at $65 and top out at $125,500 with the average selling for $4,500.