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Dionysus Sculpture

Dionysius Marble Sculpture, 19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Large head of Dionysus sculpture in white marble, 19th century.  
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Antique 1870s Italian Busts

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Marble

Dionysius Marble Sculpture, 19th Century
Dionysius Marble Sculpture, 19th Century
$9,575 Sale Price
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H 30.32 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Dionysus Group as Garden Sculpture, 20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Cast stone group of a dancing Bacchante dancing around the bust of Dionysus on a stele. This is
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20th Century European Figurative Sculptures

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Cast Stone

Dionysus Group as Garden Sculpture, 20th Century
Dionysus Group as Garden Sculpture, 20th Century
$6,224
H 76.78 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
19th Century French Small Bronze Sculptures Dionysus & Ariadne
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century French Small Bronze Sculptures Dionysus & Ariadne
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century French Small Bronze Sculptures Dionysus & Ariadne
19th Century French Small Bronze Sculptures Dionysus & Ariadne
$720 Sale Price / set
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H 5.5 in W 2.25 in D 2.25 in
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Satyr With Infant Dionysus
Located in Bradenton, FL
Italian 19th century Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Satyr With Infant Dionysus. The Satyr, often
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Meissen Biscuit Figure of Dionysus
Located in New York, NY
dionysus, beardless, holding grapes and staff. Meissen, Marcolini period (1774-1814). The Meissen
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Antique 18th Century German Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Meissen Biscuit Figure of Dionysus
Meissen Biscuit Figure of Dionysus
$6,000
H 8 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in
Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Dionysus
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Grand Tour bronze statue of the ancient Greek Dionysus. Dionysus also known as Bacchus
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Dionysus
Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Dionysus
$1,060
H 11 in W 4 in D 4 in
Dionysus On The Shoulders Of A Satyr
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Dionysus on the shoulders of a satyr, bronze after the antique on a yellow base from Siena marble
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Antique 19th Century Italian Greco Roman Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Dionysus On The Shoulders Of A Satyr
Dionysus On The Shoulders Of A Satyr
$3,112
H 13.59 in W 7.29 in D 3.55 in
Italian Figural Walnut Centrepiece of Dionysus, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
Italian Figural Walnut Centrepiece of Dionysus 19th Century Provenance: Private Australian
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

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Walnut

Fine Quality Signed Bronze Of Silenus With Dionysus
Located in Southall, GB
A mid-19th Century French Bronze finely crafted and signed, of Silenus with the child Dionysus
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Fine Quality Signed Bronze Of Silenus With Dionysus
Fine Quality Signed Bronze Of Silenus With Dionysus
$7,148 Sale Price
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H 23.63 in W 14.57 in D 9.06 in
19th CENTURY AUGUSTE MOREAU'S BRONZE STATUETTE DIONYSUS CHILD
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Firenze, FI
Important lost wax cast bronze sculpture with dark patina depicting Dionysus as a child. The god
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Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bust in the Grand Tour Style of Greek God Dionysus
Located in Memphis, TN
An Exceptional Large grand Tour Style Hellenistic Bust Of Greek God Dionysus. Highly detailed
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Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Busts

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Marble

Antique Pair Italian Bronze Busts of Dionysus and Ariadne 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique pair of Italian Grand Tour solid bronze busts of Dionysus  and Ariadne
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts

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Marble, Slate, Bronze

Antique Pair of Italian Bronze Busts: Dionysus and Ariadne, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Tour era, featuring depictions of Dionysus and Ariadne inspired by the renowned sculptor Clodion
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Antique 1880s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Neo Classical Grand Tour Bronze of Satyr and infant Dionysus Bacchus
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A Large Neo Classical Bronze Grand Tour Sculpture depicting a Faun and Pan perhaps. I’ve seen this
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Early 20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

A Timber Group of Sleeping Silenus and Youth, Probably Dionysus, 17th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Timber Group of Sleeping Silenus and Youth, Probably Dionysus, 17th Century Provenance
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Antique 17th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Grant Tour 19th Century Bronze Statue of Silenus Cradling the Infant Dionysus
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century Grand Tour bronze statue of Silenus cradling the infant Dionysus
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Monumental French 19th Century Cast-Iron Bust of 'Head of Antinous as Dionysus'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antinous as Dionysus' Wearing a Wreath of Ivy - Roman Bacchus, God of the Wine, after the Greek models of
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Antique 19th Century French Greco Roman Busts

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Iron

20th Century French Vintage Wall Plaster Relief of the Greek God Dionysus
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Dionysus. In the Ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus also known as Bacchus, he is the god of wine
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Early 20th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Plaster

20th Century French Plaster Wall Relief of the God Dionysus & Princess Ariadne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage French wall relief in plaster depicting the Greek God Dionysus and the Greek princess
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20th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Plaster

Have one to sell? Sell now CAS Vietri Dionysus Bacchus Wall Mask Plaque Vintage
Located in Wilton, CT
Vintage Ceramiche Artistica Solimene Dionysus/Bacchus wall mask/plaque. Heavy majolica pottery in
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1990s Italian Greco Roman Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Pottery

Classical 1990s Aged Macael White Sculpture of Dionysus God of Wine
Located in Marbella, ES
Classical 1990s Spanish aged Macael white sculpture of Dionysus, Roman god of the grape-harvest and
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Late 20th Century Asian Statues

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Marble

"Sprites with Amphorae, " Rare Pair of Art Deco Bronze Candlesticks with Nudes
By Edward McCartan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
sculptures, most notably a life-sized, gilded sculpture of Dionysus with a lion cub that is prominently
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

POMPEI FAUN - TERRACOTTa
Located in Madrid, ES
, or wild followers of the Greek god of wine and agriculture, Dionysus. It is purely decorative
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Vintage 1940s Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

POMPEI FAUN - TERRACOTTa
POMPEI FAUN - TERRACOTTa
$4,524
H 27.56 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in

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Fine Quality 19th Century Carrara Marble Sculpture of ‘Young Dionysus’ ‘Bacchus’
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine quality late 19th century Italian Carrara marble sculpture of ‘Young Dionysus’ (or Bacchus
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

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Carrara Marble

Roman Marble Janiform Herm Representing Dionysus-Bacchus, 2nd Century AD
Located in Paris, FR
Dionysus are a common type. A youthful Dionysus with idealized features, as here, is less common, and this
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Busts

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Marble

Neoclassical Bronze Sculpture
Located in Florence, IT
Satyr And Dionysus. A bronze sculpture with dark patina. Antique and very rare porphyry and white
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20th Century Italian Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Neoclassical Bronze Sculpture
Neoclassical Bronze Sculpture
H 27.96 in W 13 in D 8.67 in
19th Century Statuary Marble Sculpture Cherub Bacchus
Located in PALERMO, IT
Sculpture in white statuary marble finely carved in every single detail. The sculpture represents
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

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Statuary Marble

French Bronze Candelabras Infant Bacchus & Satyr after Michel Claude Clodion
Located in Chicago, IL
infant Dionysus (Greek god of wine and joy - Roman name Bacchus), crowned with ivy leaves and grapes. The
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Antique 19th Century French Rococo Candelabras

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

Neoclassical Marble Statue of Dionysus
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian carved marble sculpture of Dionysus, shown wearing a panther pelt and holding grapes in his
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Sculptures

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Carrara Marble

French Patinated Plaster Bust of Dionysus
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning large French patinaed plaster bust sculpture of Dionysus on a faux marble socle. This
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Vintage 1920s French Classical Greek Busts

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Plaster

Paul Manship 1930 Medallic art Dionysus medallion Magic Grape
By Medallic Art Company, Paul Manship
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Manship one of the most important American art deco sculptors. This medallion depicts Dionysus and is
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Vintage 1930s American Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze of Narcissus or Dionysus
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Late 19th Century Neapolitan Grand Tour patinated bronze of Narcissus or Dionysus. After the
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Grand Tour Busts of Dionysus and Antinous, Paris, Dated 1867
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of bronze busts as grand tour objects of the youthful antinous as dionysus after the Lansdowne
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Antique 1860s French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

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Stone, Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Italian Gilt Bronze Bust of Antinous as Dionysus
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Gilt Bronze Grand Tour Bust of Antinous as Bacchus or Dionysus. Antinous was the lover of Roman
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Statuary Marble Bust of the Braschi Antinous as Dionysus, Signed
Located in London, by appointment only
19th century statuary marble bust of the Braschi Antinous as Dionysus, Signed Puge 19th century
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts

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Statuary Marble

Grand Tour Objects of Dionysus, So-Called Narcissus of Pompeii, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small bust of Dionysus, so-called Narcissus of Pompeii on cylindrical yellow marble pedestal with a
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Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Busts

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Marble

Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Dionysus of the Villa of the Papyri
Located in Essex, MA
scrolls discovered in 1750. Dionysus was the Greek god of nature.The nicely cast bust with a Siena marble
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Grand Tour Busts

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Siena Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Bust Of Dionysus of the Villa of the Papyri
Located in Essex, MA
scrolls discovered in 1750. Dionysus was the Greek god of nature. Also the god of wine-making, etc. The
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts

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Siena Marble, Bronze

British Museum Plaster Cast of Young Dionysus from East Pediment of Parthenon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
British Museum plaster cast of young Dionysos from the east pediment of the Parthenon. Dionysos is known as the good of wine. Art Schools used casts from the British Museum for teach...
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Antique 1860s English Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Bronze "The Sleeping Ariadne" Also Called "Cleopatra" after the Antique
Located in Paris, FR
was re-awakened by the arrival of Dionysus, who married her. The sculpture is a copy of a 2nd century
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Antique 19th Century French Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Rare Miniature Very Early Bronze Statue of the Dancing Faun Grand Tour Piece
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
of the Greek god of wine and agriculture, Dionysus. It is purely decorative sculpture of a high order
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Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus Narcissus Statue Grand Tour Decorative
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Dionysus Narcissus Statue Grand Tour Grand Tour bronze sculpture of Narcissus after the original found in
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Antique 19th Century European Grand Tour Busts

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Stone, Bronze

Plaster Dionysus/Bacchus Head on Virginia Soapstone Base Steven Strumlauf
Located in Richmond, VA
Dionysus plaster sculpture mounted on a Virginia Soapstone base. Cast by Steven Strumlauf. Dionysus
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Soapstone

Italian Grand Tour 19th C. Bronze Statue of Silenus Cradling Infant Dionysus
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Italian Grand Tour 19th Century Bronze Statue of Silenus Cradling the Infant Dionysus Very fine
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"Drunken Bacchus, " Rare Bronze of Sleeping Dionysus, God of Wine & Ecstasy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and beautiful bronze depicts Bacchus or Dionysus, his limbs all akimbo, asleep atop a
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Pair Italian Bronze Busts Dionysus and Ariadne by Clodion 18th Century
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique pair of Italian Grand Tour solid bronze busts of Dionysus and Ariadne by
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Antique 1790s Italian Busts

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Bronze

Classical Marble Bust of Hermes Holding Dionysus after the Antique by Praxiteles
Located in Shippensburg, PA
holding in his left arm the infant Dionysus as the infant balances himself with his right hand on the
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Early 20th Century Busts

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Carrara Marble

Monumental Plaster Bust of Antinous as Dionysus
Located in London, GB
as Dionysus the Greek wine god. The inspiration from fifth century BC Greek sculpture is clear.
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20th Century German Busts

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Plaster

Patinated Bronze Bust of Antinous in the guise of Dionysus
Located in Markham, ON
Favourite in the guise of The Greek God Dionysus.
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Antique 19th Century Busts

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Bronze

Spectacular Neoclassical Pair of Rare Limestone Plaques of Bacchus and Dionysus
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Great Neoclassical style pair of rare Bacchus and Dionysus limestone plaques, circa 1900. Very good
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Limestone

20th Century White Marble Sculpture Grand Tour of Hermes of Praxitele
By Praxiteles 1
Located in Roma, IT
an ancient Greek sculpture of Hermes and the infant Dionysus discovered in 1877 in the ruins of the
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20th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Huge Metal Sculpture Standing Lamp of "Dionysus"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Huge 55" sculpture of "Dionysus" as standing lamp, cast metal with bronze finish and glass grapes.
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Antique Late 19th Century European Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

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Art Deco cabinet by De Coene - 1925 1930s
Art Deco cabinet by De Coene - 1925 1930s
$7,780
H 35.83 in W 43.51 in D 16.15 in
19 C Cast Plaster Bust of Moliere with Limestone Socle on Plaster Pedestal
Located in Hudson, NY
This large and impressive bust cast in plaster and then placed on a carved stone socle is truly a great decorative object. This figure is after the model produced by Caffieri and dep...
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Antique 19th Century French Busts

Materials

Plaster

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Pair 19th Century French Monumental Obelisks
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Pair 19th Century French Monumental Obelisks
Pair 19th Century French Monumental Obelisks
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19th Century Bergman Bronze Arab Sitting on Marble Base
19th Century Bergman Bronze Arab Sitting on Marble Base
$7,561
H 7.49 in W 10.63 in D 12.21 in
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Lamborghini Carbon Speaker
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Dionysus Sculpture For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of dionysus sculpture on 1stDibs. Frequently made of stone, marble and bronze, every piece of dionysus sculpture was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for an item from our selection of dionysus sculpture, we have 12 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the choice in our collection of dionysus sculpture you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. An object in our assortment of dionysus sculpture made by Neoclassical designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular.

How Much is a Dionysus Sculpture?

Prices for a piece of dionysus sculpture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $475 and can go as high as $22,650, while the average can fetch as much as $4,400.

Finding the Right Sculptures for You

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A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.

Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?

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