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Wax Anatomical Model

Wax Anatomic Model Depicting an Human Organ Thyroid, Germany 1780
Located in Milan, IT
Colored wax anatomic model depicting a human organ: Thyroid mounted on black painted wooden base
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Antique Late 18th Century German Scientific Instruments

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Metal

Antique Half Relief Anatomical Model Head in Wax, Germany c.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A German wax dissected model of the head, circa 1910, showing nerves, arteries, veins and
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Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures

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Wood, Glass

Anatomical Model of Gorilla by Dr. Louis Auzoux Plus Unique Handwritten Booklet
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Haarlem, NL
’ at MOA in The Netherlands The story of a remarkable 19th century anatomical model created just four
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Antique 1860s French Models and Miniatures

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Paper

Early 19th c.Medical Teaching Device- Shadowboxed Wax Fetus Models c.1800-1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Two early 19th century British wax models of a fetuses with attached placenta. Used as a
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Antique Early 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures

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Wood, Velvet

Anatomical Model in Wax from the 18th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Anatomical model in wax from the 18th century Extraordinary didactic anatomical model in wax. The
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Antique 18th Century French Baroque Busts

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Other

19th C Wax F.Ziegler Anatomical Models Studies Embryo Plant Scientific Medical
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare pair of wax studies by F.Ziegler taken from the imagery of F.Keibel We believe the larger
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Antique 1890s German Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Bronze Sculpture Lioness / Roger Godchaux Jewish Artist & Susse Lost Wax Bibelot
By Roger Godchaux
Located in West Hollywood, CA
with Godchaux’s distinctive surface modeling where the flesh is left textured like a wax model on the
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Early 20th Century French Animal Sculptures

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Stone, Bronze

Late 19th Century Animalier Sculpture entitled "Alert Hare" by Alfred Dubucand
By Alfred Dubucand
Located in London, GB
prize pupils of Antoine-Louis Barye. Dubucand made his debut at the 1867 Salon with a wax model of a
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Antique Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

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Handmade Folk Art Articulated Wooden Figure, 1950s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting wooden mid-century Folk-Art human form from the American east coast. Teaching model illustrating how to properly life a heavy item. Handmade from pine and chipboard with ...
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Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
By Societé anonyme francaise
Located in Perpignan, FR
Designed in 1972 by architects Michel Hudrisier and M. Roma for Studio Rochel, the Nova House came to fulfill the fantasy of those dreaming of living in space. While that type of arc...
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Architectural Elements

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Metal, Aluminum

1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
H 157.49 in W 255.91 in D 314.97 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Crocodile Specimen (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
This sculptural stone specimen features an extraordinarily rare crocodile (Borealosuchus wilsoni), who ruled as the apex predator in the ancient lake known to scientists today as Fos...
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2010s American Decorative Art

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Limestone

Kilgore Authentic Anatomical Preparation Human Skull
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Prepared by legendary medical supply company Kilgore International, this is an advanced anatomical reference human skull! An exceptional authentic vintage example, this human sku...
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Vintage 1950s American Models and Miniatures

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Bone

Pyrite Skull from Peru
Located in New York, NY
Peruvian pyrite bust of a human skull. Pyrite was given the name "Fool's Gold" by prospectors having mistaken it for gold in the 19th century. Its current namesake is derived from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Organic Modern Busts

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Pyrite

Pyrite Skull from Peru
Pyrite Skull from Peru
H 3 in W 3.75 in D 2.25 in
Seldom Seen Authentic Exploding Skull, Medical, After Claude Beauchêne
By Claude Beauchene
Located in Buffalo, NY
Authentic Exploding Skull Originally created by Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (ca.1780-1830), a French anatomist and surgeon, developed this disarticulation method to comp...
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Early 20th Century French Industrial Scientific Instruments

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Metal

1800s Veterinarians Horse Gag and Cutaway Skull
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is an early medical school demonstration model. The horse skull on its own very interesting. It shows a professionally done cutaway of the skull showing the teeth below the gum ...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments

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Bone

Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames - Neuhart - 1994
By Ray Eames, Marilyn Neuhart, John Neuhart
Located in London, GB
First edition, third printing, published by Harry N. Abrams, 1994. Text by John & Marilyn Neuhart and Ray Eames. From a partnership that started with modest beginnings exploring the...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Books

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Paper

18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Christ
Located in Buisson, FR
Very beautiful wooden Christ figure with a strong expression and traces of its original color, Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses, old repairs. Measurement is inclusive ...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Christ
18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Christ
H 27.56 in W 18.51 in D 4.14 in
Pair of Antique 19th C French Dioramas of Taxidermy Birds and Animals
Located in Leuven , BE
A pair of Antique 19th C French Dioramas of taxidermy birds and animals, variously perched on branches and groundwork set within their original ebonised display cabinets. Taxidermy d...
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Antique 19th Century French Taxidermy

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Organic Material, Wood

Mushroom Botanical Scientific Specimen Model Europe, 1950s or older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This rare vintage model of a botanical scientific specimen depicts a mushroom native to Central Europe. This kind of items are used as teaching material in German schools or as showp...
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20th Century Czech Folk Art Scientific Instruments

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Wood, Paper

21st Century Home Design White Calacatta Marble Bath Holds 5 People
Located in Carrara, IT
The organically shaped Ovum basin symbolizes tribute to the perfection within Nature. Although geometrical, the softness of the edges combines with the water surface to create an egg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bathroom Fixtures

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Carrara Marble

19th C Anatomical Didactic Model of a Torso with Removable Organs
Located in Leuven , BE
The German sculpture Franz Josef Steger (1845-1938), under the guidance of Professor Wilhelm His (1831-1904) and based on the designs of anatomist Carl Ernst Bock (1809-1874), revolu...
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Antique 19th Century German Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Taxidermy Composition with Rare Exotic Birds in a Large Bowed Glass Case
Located in Leuven , BE
A wonderful glass case with a selection of 20 rare exotic birds in a natural environment of tree branches and grass. The case has a rare bowed front glass and is in good condition fo...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Taxidermy

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Organic Material

Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
KING OF THE MUSEUM Since we started, we always wanted to make a very large crocodile. Wishful thinking, we thought it was. But now we were able to do so. We were lucky we could obta...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Taxidermy

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Animal Skin

Vintage Human Body Educational Model / Anatomical Model, circa 1940s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Fantastic looking vintage anatomical model of a full human body on a black granite base. The height of the model with base (4 cm) is 82 cm. Unfortunately, removable parts are missing.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

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Granite

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Late 19th Century German Anatomical Model of a Liver on Stand, circa 1890
By Bock Steger
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The cast and moulded polychrome painted didactic model of the human liver on a turned ebonized
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Antique 1890s German High Victorian Models and Miniatures

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Plaster

Pair of 19thC French Black Painted Pine Mannequin Legs
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
assembled composition. The articulated human figure made of wax or wood has been a common tool in
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Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Models and Miniatures

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Pine

Oversized Wax Anatomical Model - 1800s
Located in Peekskill, NY
This highly detailed model looks to be two times normal scale. These wax models were the first
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Industrial Scientific Instruments

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Wood, Wax

20th Century Flemish Wunderkammer Anatomical Human Eye Model, Plaster and Glass
By Laméris Utrecht Instrumenten
Located in Milan, IT
decomposed. Art of modelling wax for anatomic preparation increased in Bologna during the first half of
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Models and Miniatures

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Glass, Plaster, Beech

antique teaching aid wax anatomical head model
Located in Berghuelen, DE
an antique highly detailed wax model of a sliced human head in a glass case. used as teaching
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Early 20th Century German Industrial Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Wood, Wax

Large 19th Century Dr. Auzoux Paper Mache Model of Brain
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Peekskill, NY
to the fast rate of decomposition, and also illegal. And the wax anatomical models available at the
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Industrial Scientific Instruments

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Paper

Antique Half Relief Anatomical Model Head in Wax German circa 1900
Located in London, GB
A very special ( and also rather gruesome ) anatomical model, diameter of the head with teeth, eye
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Early 20th Century German Victorian Scientific Instruments

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Glass

1800s Dr. Auzoux papier-mâché Skull
Located in Peekskill, NY
centuries, anatomists and artists made their anatomical models using wax. While wax models could reproduce
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Antique 19th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities

1800s Dr. Auzoux Papier-Mâché Fetal Skull
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Peekskill, NY
modelling techniques. In previous centuries, anatomists and artists made their anatomical models using wax
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Antique 19th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities

“Moroccan Donkey” French Bronze Sculpture by Jules Edmond Masson
By Jules Edmond Masson 1
Located in Shippensburg, PA
, this intricately detailed model was presented in wax at the 1891 Salon des Artistes exposition on the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Rare German Bronze Sculpture "Greek Girl” by Hermann Joachim Pagels ca. 1910
Located in Shippensburg, PA
curves with anatomical exactness rather than the idealized modeling of antiquity. Cast by the Heinz & Co
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20th Century German Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Guglielmo Della Porta Workshop, Christ Crucified
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Guglielmo della Porta workshop Christ crucified Rome, 1570-1575 Bronze, lost wax 39.5 x 35 cm
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Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century French or Italian Wood Mannequin, circa 1850
Located in Milano, IT
mannequin is sculpted in a very realistic manner, with the musculature of the well-modelled torso and
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Antique 1850s French Other Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Teaching Aid Wax Anatomical Model Human Teeth
Located in Berghuelen, DE
antique handmade and highly detailed wax model about the human teeth in a showcase. the model shows
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Vintage 1930s German Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Wood, Wax

19th C Wax Anatomical Models Human Heart Growth Scientific Medical F.Ziegler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very rare and compete collection of ten labeled wax models of the human heart, showing the fetal
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Antique 1890s Scientific Instruments

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Brass

19th Century Dr. Auzoux Papier Mâché Model of Head
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Peekskill, NY
. And the wax anatomical models available at the time were both fragile and expensive.
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Industrial Scientific Instruments

Germany 1950s Anatomical Wax Model Depicting the Aftermath of Toes Freezing
Located in Milan, IT
Pathological wax model, 1950s, refined workmanship depicting the aftermath of toes and fingers
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Vintage 1950s German Scientific Instruments

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Wood

Early 20th Century France Female Life-Size Mannequin, circa 1920
Located in Milano, IT
was intended for an atelier and to serve as a model and basis for anatomical studies: it had to be
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Early 20th Century French Other Models and Miniatures

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Beech

1800s Bock Steger Lips Anatomical Model of Head and Skull
By Bock Steger
Located in Peekskill, NY
University of Leipzig to produce models for the instruction of students. These were either direct casts or
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Industrial Scientific Instruments

1900s Didactic Anatomical Torso with Removable Organs Scale 1:1 A. Fumeo Milano
Located in Milan, IT
today anatomic models, both in plaster or in wax, have an important scientific value. Art of modelling
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Antique Early 1900s Scientific Instruments

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Plaster

Antique French Bronze Sculpture of Setter Retriever Dog by Jules Moigniez
By Jules Moigniez
Located in Shippensburg, PA
precise model with attention to details shown in every aspect of the cast - the long and chaotic hair of
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Antique 19th Century French Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century French Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Renard” by Alfred Dubucand
By Alfred Dubucand
Located in Shippensburg, PA
never Romantic, his animals are anatomically exacting and the present model is no exception. It is a
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Antique 19th Century French Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

"Lionne Marchant" French Bronze Sculpture by Roger Godchaux & Susse
By Roger Godchaux, Susse Freres
Located in Shippensburg, PA
textured like a wax model on the artists bench, still being formed and tooled. Godchaux’s animal work is
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Early 20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

20th Century Italian Life-Size Mannequin, circa 1920
Located in Milano, IT
the face. The mannequin is sculpted in a very realistic way, with well-modelled torso musculature
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Vintage 1920s Italian Other Figurative Sculptures

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Walnut

“Jaguar Standing” Bronze Sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
distinctive block type BARYE. A relatively early model with exquisite detailing in the cast, the surface
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Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Two Late 19thC German Anatomical Models of Tongues by Bock Steger c.1890
By Bock Steger
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The cast and moulded polychrome painted didactic models of tongues, one having the brass plate for
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Antique 1890s German High Victorian Models and Miniatures

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Plaster

Anatomical Wax Model of Skull and Eye, 1880-1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Italian work from the late 19th century. This 1-scale model is made entirely of wax, including
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

A Fine 19th Century Anatomical Model of the Eye
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine 19th century anatomical model of the eye in papier-mâché by Dr Louis TherouxLouis Auzoux
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Antique 19th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities

Original Wax Sculpture from a Skinned, Between 1900-1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Very detailed wax work with different shades after anatomical models from the 19th century. The
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20th Century Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Marcel Warmenhoven Artwork, Portret III, Metal Sculpture
Located in Amstelveen, Noord
anatomical muscle models used in medical science education. In smooth lines, the artist builds large human
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Sculptures and Carvings

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Metal

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