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Pair French Neoclassical Gilded Bronze Putti Cherub Candelabras
Pair French Neoclassical Gilded Bronze Putti Cherub Candelabras

Pair French Neoclassical Gilded Bronze Putti Cherub Candelabras

Located in Toledo, OH

Cherub Putti central figures hold baskets of flowers on the their heads playing double flute instruments. Decorative bases with bun feet.

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Vintage 1910s European Art Nouveau Candelabras

Materials

Bronze

Meissen Porcelain Revelry Groups
Meissen Porcelain Revelry Groups

Meissen Porcelain Revelry Groups

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in New Orleans, LA

First modeled by the renowned Johann Joachim Kändler on bases by Peter Reinicke, circa 1767, these joyous groups depict musicians making merry by playing the French horn, flute, guit...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu centerpiece/urn
French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu centerpiece/urn

French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu centerpiece/urn

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The handles on each side are decorated with interlocking Ormolu dolphins that present the seat for the patinated Bronze satyr as he plays an Ormolu flute. The patinated Bronze body i...

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Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Art Nouveau Pewter Pond Ashtray
Art Nouveau Pewter Pond Ashtray

Art Nouveau Pewter Pond Ashtray

Located in Queens, NY

Art Nouveau-style (German) pewter ashtray in the form of a pond with a frog sitting on the edge playing a flute (Stamped with hallmarks: ACHILE GAMBA).   

Category

20th Century Art Nouveau Ashtrays

Materials

Pewter

Itinerant Players Lithograph by Marc Chagall, Modern, 1957, Unframed
Itinerant Players Lithograph by Marc Chagall, Modern, 1957, Unframed

Itinerant Players Lithograph by Marc Chagall, Modern, 1957, Unframed

By Marc Chagall

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Published by André Sauret in 1963 and printed by Mourlot, the artwork presents a captivating scene of three musicians, one holding a guitar and another playing a flute. The monochro...

Category

1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1989 Hopi-Tewa Painted Pottery Canteen by Jean Sahme Nampeyo with Kokopelli
1989 Hopi-Tewa Painted Pottery Canteen by Jean Sahme Nampeyo with Kokopelli

1989 Hopi-Tewa Painted Pottery Canteen by Jean Sahme Nampeyo with Kokopelli

Located in Denver, CO

Created in 1989, the polychrome ceramic canteen features intricate hand-painted black and white slip designs, showcasing a dynamic series of Kokopelli figures—the iconic flute-playin...

Category

Vintage 1980s American Native American Tribal Art

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Original Fratin Bronze Pair of Satyrs Candelholder 19th Century
Original Fratin Bronze Pair of Satyrs Candelholder 19th Century

Original Fratin Bronze Pair of Satyrs Candelholder 19th Century

By Christophe Fratin

Located in Paris, FR

These candlesticks are adorned with three satyrs playing musical instruments: one plays the drum, another the Pan flute, and the third the aulos, all surrounded by intricate vegetal ...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Romantic Candelabras

Materials

Bronze

18th Century French Rococò Painting
18th Century French Rococò Painting

18th Century French Rococò Painting

By Jean Raoux

Located in Roma, IT

In the foreground, a young noblewoman (the patron?) plays a flute with rare elegance, flanked by her lady-in-waiting and in the presence of a dishevelled nobleman, perhaps the Maesto...

Category

Early 18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Oil

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Statues
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Statues

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Statues

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Above are the charming richly chased cherubs, one kneeling and the other seated on a rock, both draped in flowing fabrics. One is playing an ormolu flute while the other is playing a...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Cast Iron Statue of a Young Boy, Signed ‘A. DURENNE, Paris’
French 19th Century Cast Iron Statue of a Young Boy, Signed ‘A. DURENNE, Paris’

French 19th Century Cast Iron Statue of a Young Boy, Signed ‘A. DURENNE, Paris’

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A charming and highly detailed French 19th century cast iron statue of a young boy playing the horn and holding a flute, signed 'A. DURENNE, Paris'.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Statue
Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Statue

Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Statue

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The two cherubs at the right are holding hands while the central one plays a pan flute. The jovial cherubs at the left are dancing and holding flowers.

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble

Set of 3 Antique Greek Architecture and Ornament Prints from 1887, Neoclassical
Set of 3 Antique Greek Architecture and Ornament Prints from 1887, Neoclassical

Set of 3 Antique Greek Architecture and Ornament Prints from 1887, Neoclassical

Located in Langweer, NL

It includes various border patterns used on vases and amphorae, as well as a central image of a classical Greek woman playing the aulos (double flute). The surrounding decorative ban...

Category

Antique 1880s Prints

Materials

Paper

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany & Blue Turquin Marble Commode
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany & Blue Turquin Marble Commode

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany & Blue Turquin Marble Commode

By Jean-Henri Riesener

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The outer drawers are decorated with similar wonderfully executed scrolled foliate and vine designs with charming Bacchanalian cherubs sitting playing the Horn with a pan fluted and ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 18th Century Louis XV Period Cartel Clock and Barometer
Pair of French 18th Century Louis XV Period Cartel Clock and Barometer

Pair of French 18th Century Louis XV Period Cartel Clock and Barometer

By Julien Le Roy

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The young man stands above the young maiden playing a flute while she sits below reading the sheet music.

Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Lovely Chinese Export circa 1920 Antique Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Table Lamp
Lovely Chinese Export circa 1920 Antique Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Table Lamp

Lovely Chinese Export circa 1920 Antique Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Table Lamp

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare hand painted and lacquered Chinese Export circa 1920s Chinoiserie table lamp with hand painted finish of a chap playing a flute T...

Category

Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps

Materials

Wood

Louis XVI Style Parcel Gilt and Painted Trumeau Mirror
Louis XVI Style Parcel Gilt and Painted Trumeau Mirror

Louis XVI Style Parcel Gilt and Painted Trumeau Mirror

Located in Montreal, QC

The painting is larger than the mirror. The countryman plays his flute for the young woman and the child as they sit in a pastoral landscape.The mirrorplate is distressed, and gilt ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Paint, Wood

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain Lamps
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain Lamps

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain Lamps

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A man is sitting beside her, courting her while playing a flute. The lamp to the right depicts a young man and a young lady sitting on a tree trunk with a bird cage on his knee while...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Celestial being(Apsara) Stone Statue, Northern Wei-Tang Dynasty
Celestial being(Apsara) Stone Statue, Northern Wei-Tang Dynasty

Celestial being(Apsara) Stone Statue, Northern Wei-Tang Dynasty

Located in seoul, KR

The apsara is captured in a dynamic pose, perhaps once part of a larger tableau, playing a flute-like instrument. The facial features are serene yet expressive, with faint traces of ...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier East Asian Tang Antiquities

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Large Chinese Style Cabinet in Black, Red and Gold Lacquered Wood, circa 1880
Large Chinese Style Cabinet in Black, Red and Gold Lacquered Wood, circa 1880

Large Chinese Style Cabinet in Black, Red and Gold Lacquered Wood, circa 1880

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Central door leaf adorned of an oculus with a red lacquered background with gilt decoration of flowers, foliage and Chinese figures: a woman holding a flower on one side and a man pl...

Category

Antique 1880s European Chinoiserie Cabinets

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Chinese Lapis Lazuli Carved Group of Figures Sculpture
Chinese Lapis Lazuli Carved Group of Figures Sculpture

Chinese Lapis Lazuli Carved Group of Figures Sculpture

Located in Guaynabo, PR

`It depicts two young ladies very well dressed in southern and northern dynasty clothes with traditional Chinese hair styles standing up between a tree trunk. The shorter one is play...

Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Lapis Lazuli

Apsara Carved Limestone Stele with Extremely Rare 'Oolitic silica', Wei Dynasty
Apsara Carved Limestone Stele with Extremely Rare 'Oolitic silica', Wei Dynasty

Apsara Carved Limestone Stele with Extremely Rare 'Oolitic silica', Wei Dynasty

Located in seoul, KR

The apsara is captured in a dynamic pose, perhaps once part of a larger tableau, playing a flute-like instrument. The black stand was made in Hong Kong at the time of the acquisitio...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier East Asian Han Antiquities

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Pair of porcelain vases mounted in gilt bronze, circa 1890
Pair of porcelain vases mounted in gilt bronze, circa 1890

Pair of porcelain vases mounted in gilt bronze, circa 1890

By Charles Labarre, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

She's closely observing two little angels dancing with each other while another is playing transvers flute on the side. On the other side, we discoter an allegorical scene depicting ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Musical Figural Bookends by Emile Carlier, France 1925
Art Deco Musical Figural Bookends by Emile Carlier, France 1925

Art Deco Musical Figural Bookends by Emile Carlier, France 1925

By Émile Nestor Joseph Carlier 1

Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos

Art Deco Bookends by Emile Joseph Nestor Carlier, French, c 1925, cast in silvered metal as a man clad in a loin cloth playing the pans flute and a similarly clad woman playing the c...

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends

Materials

Metal

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