Emperor Altars
Chinese Polychrome Jade Emperor Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th-century carved wooden figure likely depicts the Jade Emperor, the supreme monarch of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Flemish 1850 Carved Sculpture Triptych of Emperor Charlemagne Enthroned
By Flemish
Located in Miami, FL
A carved triptych of emperor Charlemagne.
Beautiful triptych sculpture from Flemish origin made in
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Antique Mid-19th Century Belgian Gothic Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
H 6.07 in W 3.61 in D 1.89 in
Rare Antique Monumental Japanese Imperial Carved Elm Altar Sideboard Console
Located in Dayton, OH
the Emperor of Japan or "chrysanthemum throne". During the Meiji period, no one was allowed to use the
Category
Antique 19th Century Meiji Sideboards
Materials
Elm
H 106 in W 85 in D 30 in
A Set of Four Large Porphyry Obelisks With Roundels of the Roman Emperors
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
form with a spiked orb finial and embellished with carved roundels of the twelve Roman Emperors in
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Obelisks
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
H 76.78 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Ancient Gloria Romanorum, Glory of the Romans, Coin Charm, 24K Gold & 0.06ct Dia
Located in Bozeman, MT
emperor was the whole Glory of the Romans. The same epigraph also appears on coins, not only of his sons
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2010s Turkish Classical Greek Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 24k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
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H 0.75 in W 0.75 in
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. When Emperor Maxence decided to organize an extraodrinary sacrifices ceremony dedicated to the pagan
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Antique 16th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Important Set of Four Large Porphyry Obelisks
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
form with a spiked orb finial and embellished with carved roundels of the twelve Roman Emperors in
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Porphyry
Church of St. Helena, Bethleham: Roberts' 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph
By David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
), near the altar. The church is located in Bethlehem, in the West Bank of Palestine. Roberts visited the
Category
1840s Realist Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Japan 1890 Meiji Period Rare Carved Okimono Of A Father And Son Playing Signed
Located in Miami, FL
or butsudan "Buddhist altar". It is an ornament or figure, especially one placed in a guest room. An
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 2.1 in W 5.1 in D 1.75 in
Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
By Bonifacio Bembo
Located in New Orleans, LA
the altar of the Chapel of San Nicola da Tolentino in the Church of Sant’Agostino in Cremona, Italy
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15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Japan 1890 Meiji Period Signed Okimono Sculpture of a Group of Skeletons Smoking
Located in Miami, FL
corresponded to the reign of Emperor Meiji. It was preceded by the Keio era and was succeeded by the Taisho era
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 7.75 in W 8.5 in D 5.03 in
Japan 1890 Meiji Period Signed Assembling of Okimono with a Group of Skeletons
Located in Miami, FL
relations. The period corresponded to the reign of Emperor Meiji. It was preceded by the Keio era and was
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 8.51 in W 14.15 in D 5.5 in
French Empire Ormulu Bronze Mantel Clock, Lepaute, Thomire, Paris, circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
barefoot and with crossed legs next to an altar, on which she is leaning with her left elbow. She
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
H 17.33 in W 14.18 in D 5.12 in
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, French Renaissance Carved Wood Sculpture, c. 1550
Located in New York, NY
believed to have been martyred during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian
Category
Antique 16th Century French Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 25.25 in W 7.75 in D 8.94 in
Antinoo, Testa Colossale - Etching by Giovanni Folo - 1821
Located in Roma, IT
sentimental and loving relationship with the Roman emperor Hadrian, who deified him after his premature death
Category
1820s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 23.51 in W 17.52 in D 0.04 in
Bust of Septimius Severus - Original Etching by G.B. Leonetti After B. Nocchi
Located in Roma, IT
of the Borghese's collection, the marble bust of the Roman emperor Settimio Severo represented in
Category
1820s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 23.23 in W 17.33 in D 0.04 in
Bust of Nero - Original Etching by P. Fontana After B. Nocchi - 1821
By Pietro Fontana
Located in Roma, IT
Emperor, Nerone, realized with neoclassical style and a wise touch
In excellent conditions with some
Category
1820s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 23.39 in W 17.33 in D 0.04 in
Testa Quasi Colossale di Marco Aurelio - Etching by P. Fontana
By Francesco Cecchini
Located in Roma, IT
the Roman philosopher and writer and one of the "good Roman Emperor" (according to Edward Gibbon
Category
1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 23.23 in W 17.33 in D 0.04 in
Regency Sisters, A Portrait of Two Children - Fredrick Yeates Hurlestone
By Frederick Yeates Hurlestone
Located in Lincoln, GB
Thomas Lawrence, and also, it is said, under Benjamin Haydon. His first original work was an altar-piece
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bust of Tiberius - Original Etching by P. Fontana After A. Tofanelli
By Pietro Fontana
Located in Roma, IT
of the Borghese's collection, the marble bust of the Roman emperor Tiberius represented in a
Category
1820s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 23.23 in W 17.33 in D 0.04 in
Antique Italian Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Sculpture of St Peter, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
, keeping it united in faith and in charity."
The wooden throne was a gift from Holy Roman Emperor
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Antique 1880s Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 7.09 in W 2.56 in D 3.35 in
The Martyrdom of the Santi Quattro Coronati
Located in New York, NY
, condemned to death in the third century AD by the Emperor Diocletian, are comparatively rare. Their images
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pen
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Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This extraordinary concert grand piano with 88 keys was made by the prestigious firm Steinway & Sons around 1894. The case's decoration was entrusted to the company Cuel & Cie and mo...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
PLAYBOY BUNNY
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Synthetic polymer drawing on paper. Unsigned. Warhol Foundation stamp on verso. Sheet size 31.5 x 23.5 inches. Custom framed as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Cert...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Polymer, Paper
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Over the years, British design company Linley has
developed expertise in creating scaled versions of famous
architectural buildings including the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, the R...
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2010s British Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Maple
Exceptional Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Bibliotheque
Located in London, GB
The overhanging foliate cornice above a frieze with reliefs of female and male figures surmounted by ribbon ties and flanked by foliage and laurel leaves, above two pairs of glazed d...
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Ancestor Portraits, Large Size, Framed
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nice pair of Chinese ancestor family group portraits, 19th century, on paper, framed in teak frames under glass. Twelve characters total in period attire with hats and crowns signi...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings
Materials
Paper
18th century oil sketches for a Baroque interior - a pair
Located in London, GB
A FEAST OF THE GODS WITH VENUS AND BACCHUS
Collections:
With Appleby Brothers, London, June 1957;
Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1961;
John and Eileen Harris, acquired from the abo...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels
by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti.
A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
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Antique 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Panelling
Materials
Wood, Pine
The Education of Achilles by Auguste-Clément Chrétien
By Auguste-Clément Chrétien
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron
Signed and dated "A.C. Chrétien 1861" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A masterpiece of French Neoclassical painting, this monumental oil...
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19th Century Academic Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fantastic Pair of Late 19th Century Vitrines by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic pair of late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted demilune vitrine.
By Paul Sormani.
Each with balustrade galleries and raised on spiral decorated legs ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Guan Type Celadon Yuhuchunging Vase, Late 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Chinese guan type celadon
Yuhuchunping vase,
Late 20th century.
Covered overall with a soft, bluish-green glaze with broad crackles,
shading to brown at the rim, unglazed...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Celadon
Sancai-Glazed Horse with Cut Fur Blanket
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Chinese, Tang Dynasty, Sancai-glazed, three colors of brown, green and creamy, sculpture of a horse with a cut fur blanket. This Chinese, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), glazed earthenw...
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15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Glaze
Important, Rare French Ormolu Sevres Style Porcelain Jewelry Box on Bronze Table
Located in New York, NY
A rare and important French ormolu/bronze and Sevres style turquoise porcelain jewelry box casket on matching French ormolu/bronze table with Sevres style porcelain plaques.
Of pala...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
H 20 in W 31 in D 18 in
Vintage Chinese Serpentine Sculpture, China, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Chinese serpentine sculpture is a traditional decorative object realized in china in the early 20th century.
Serpentine marble.
Made in China.
Good conditions.
A littl...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Serpentine
Chez le Satrape de Susiane
By Georges Antoine Rochegrosse
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Rochegrosse,
1859-1938, French
Chez le Satrape de Susiane, 1891
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Canvas : 17 3/4" high x 22" wide
Frame: 26 3/4" high x 31 1/2" wide
Ge...
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1890s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately detailed composition is a late-Qing dynasty ancestor portrait depicting several generations of a family's male ancestry. Originally accompanied by a matching portrai...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Chinese Polychrome Seated Ancestor Figure, C. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often featured painted ancestral portraits or tabletop ancestor figures. This early 19th-c...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
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Pair of Mexican Silver Plated Altar Candlesticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In the style of Maximilian I (Emperor 1832-1867)
Triangular bases with lion's paws
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Table Lamps
St Peter's Basilica, Rome
Located in Bristol, GB
to replace the aging Old St. Peter's Basilica, which was built in the fourth century by Roman emperor
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Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Victorian Antinous Vertumnus Shell Cameo Brooch
Located in London, GB
This is a Museum Quality and huge cameo depicting Antinous Vertumnus, favourite of the Emperor
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Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Brooches
Materials
15k Gold
Perfect Gift - Church of St. Helena Bethlehem
By David Roberts
Located in New York, NY
altar. Located in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, Palestine, the church was originally commissioned in 327
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1840s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pair of Ming Glazed Terracotta Temple Wall Tiles Depicting a Dragon
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
peasant named Zhu Yuanzhang seized control of China and founded the Ming Dynasty in 1368. As emperor, he
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Roman Griffin intaglio on Prasio "Emerald of the Emperors" 1st cent.AD Gold ring
Located in Roma, IT
emperors, mythological figures, or animals. Its origin is speculated to trace back to Cyprus, and ancient
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2010s Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings
Materials
18k Gold
18th-19th Century Girl Praying at the Foot of the Altar of Love Painting
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Milan, IT
18th-19th century, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
Girl praying at the foot of the altar of
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
H 53.15 in W 43.71 in D 1.97 in
Ancient Roman Portrait Bust of Empress Faustina Major from the Second Century AD
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Empress Faustina Major (100AD-140AD), Wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius.
The niece of Emperor Hadrian
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Marble
H 18 in W 9 in D 9 in
18th Century Tyrolean Wood Carving of St. Sebastian
Located in Kensington, MD
by the Emperor Diocletian in the 3rd century. One version of the story of his martyrdom has him
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Monumental Louis Revival Ormolu and Porphyry Candelabra 19th Century
Located in London, GB
altars, basins, and other objects are made from this stone.
Egypt's historical quarry
The porphyry
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Antique 1860s Candelabras
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
H 35.04 in W 13 in D 13 in
Antique Italian Bronze and Marble Sculpture of St Peter, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
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The wooden throne was a gift from Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Bald to Pope John VIII in 875. It has
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Antique 1880s Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine and Rare Italian Micromosaic Plaque of Sainte Philomene Rome, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Naples, and enshrined by the canon under the altar. In 1827 Leo XII presented the church with the three
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Decorative Art
H 19 in W 14.5 in D 2 in
Bust of M. Agrippa - by G. Foto After B. Nocchi - 1821
By Pietro Fontana
Located in Roma, IT
politician, military and architect but above all a friend of Octavian, the future Emperor Augustus and also
Category
1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 23.39 in W 17.33 in D 0.04 in
Regency Sisters, A Portrait of Two Children Victorian 19th Century
By Frederick Yeates Hurlestone
Located in Lincoln, GB
Thomas Lawrence, and also, it is said, under Benjamin Haydon. His first original work was an altar-piece
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Pair Pier Cabinets with Porcelain Plaques, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Emperor of France (1804), a new director was named for the Sevres Porcelain Manufactory. Alexandre
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Antique Late 19th Century English Cabinets
Antique French Card Table with Porcelain Plaques, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns
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Antique 1860s French Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Jesus Angel Saint 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
converted to Christianity. As a consequence, the Roman Emperor Diocletian ordered Sebastian’s fellow
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 11.75 in W 8.75 in D 0.5 in
Bust of Antoninus Pius - Original Etching by P. Fontana After A. Tofanelli
By Pietro Fontana
Located in Roma, IT
prints shows a precious piece of the Borghese's collection, the marble bust of the Roman emperor Antonino
Category
1820s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 23.23 in W 17.33 in D 0.04 in
View of the Pantheon in Rome Engraving Signed and Dated Luigi Rossini
By Luigi Rossini
Located in Roma, IT
Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). It was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
H 18.51 in W 13.39 in D 0.4 in
Christ of the Earthquakes (Señor de los Temblores)
Located in New York, NY
the Earthquakes was sent to Cuzco as a gift from Charles V (1500-1558), Holy Roman Emperor and King of
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Chinese Guangxu Altar Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
A northern provincial altar table with unadorned cylindrical legs joined by dual stretchers at each
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
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