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Artist: Unknown
Roman Warriors pair
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Cast iron wall plaques of Roman Warriors
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Iron

ITALIAN MARBLE FIGURE OF A GRIFFIN, 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
ITALIAN MARBLE FIGURE OF A GRIFFIN Italy, early 19th Century marble 87 x 54 x 20 cm 34 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 7 3/4 in
Category

19th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble

A Painted and Patinated Metal Palm Tree Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful tall painted and patinated antique metal palm tree sculpture, with great patina. A few scratches etc. consistent with age.
Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Large Romanesque Cistercian marble capital. Northern Italy.
Located in PARIS, FR
Large romanesque capital with water leaf in red Verona marble. This type of capital is typical of 12th century Cistercian abbeys and represents a tr...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Medieval Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Pair of Black Murano Glass Heron Birds
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Pair of large and black heron glass sculptures, original handmade in Venice Murano Italy.
Category

2010s Contemporary Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Antique French Art Nouveau Iron Palm Plant Sculpture on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout 19th Century French La Belle Époque life size plant sculpture handcrafted in iron having a palm plant on a distinctive Art Nouveau style wrought iron base, all with a time e...
Category

19th Century Art Nouveau Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Gandharan Frieze with Scenes from the Life of Buddha
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A schist stone carving from 2nd/3rd Century Gandhara depicting scenes from the life of Buddha. Provenance: Spink and Sons LTD, 1985.
Category

15th Century and Earlier Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Superb Neoclassical White Marble Bust of Flora France 1850 '
Located in Rome, IT
Superbly carved white statuary Carrara marble bust of Flora, the goddess of flowers. Flora was often associated with the coming of spring and the fertility of the land. She also sy...
Category

1850s Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Pair Italian Limestone Garden Sculptures with Cornucopia
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in limestone with Cornucopia associated with the harvest, prosperity, or spiritual abundance. Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Measur...
Category

20th Century Academic Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Mid-Century Tropical Glass Bead Toucan Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Amused and amusing bird sculpture crafted with glass beads on a metal frame and sitting on a wood perch supported by a brass rod on a Lucite base.
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Brass

Graceful, Alabaster, Architecture Model
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully carved, Grand Tour period architectural model featuring fluted columns surmounted by Corinthian capitals and a relief carved pediment above a raised base inset with a fl...
Category

Early 1900s Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster, Marble

Pair of Antique Polychrome Wood Geese Sculptures
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Pair of large Chinese wood geese. Rare early 20th Century hand carved exotic wood and polychrome, heavy geese sculptures with beautiful earthy colors. ...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

"Jokwe Maternity, Angola, " Carved Wood created in Africa circa 1910
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Jokwe Maternity, Angola" is a wood sculpture from Africa created circa 1910. The figure kneels on the ground holding a baby in her arms. Her eyes are closed and she is wearing a com...
Category

1910s Tribal Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Polychrome Virgin of the Annunciation - Catalonia
Located in PARIS, FR
Large catalan Virgin of the Annunciation in polychrome wood. Our Virgin is represented in the phase of the Conturbatio, Mary expresses her amazement a...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Gothic Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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 Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Terracotta Statue of Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena
Located in New Orleans, LA
Terracotta Statue of Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena Circa 1825-1840 This exceptional terracotta statue of Napoleon Bonaparte on St. Helena stands as one of the earliest known depict...
Category

19th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Vintage Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Tiger
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking mid century tiger sculpture crafted in terra cotta, hand decorated in vivid colors and glazed. Stamped Italy on the bottom.
Category

Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta, Glaze

Large Italian Grand Tour Granite "Medici" Lion 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
19th century grand tour carving of the "Medici" lion. Carved green porphyry granite. This is an unusually large size. Pieces carved porphyry granite are uncommon. It's hardness makes...
Category

19th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Granite

Leon Bonduel "L'Alerte" Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Leon Bonduel (French, 1857-1928) "L'Alerte" [The Alert] Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1889, depicting reclining nude man rising from sleep with a sword in hand, on a naturalistic base ...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Allegorical mythological figurative bronze from the 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Marble-based bronze statuette depicting Cupid, holding an arrow in his hand, walking caressing a lion's mane, lowered in the act of affectionately licking his little foot. The subjec...
Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Altorilievo in Marmo della Montagnola Senese Profilo Siena XIV secolo
Located in Pistoia, IT
Altorilievo in marmo della Montagnola Senese raffigurante un profilo femminile a mezzo busto, Siena, XIV secolo. L'altorilievo, nella tradizione senese del XIV secolo, si caratter...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Medieval Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Orientalist Figural Cold Painted Bronze Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique orientalist bronze with an impressive composition depicting a female warrior with a spear, a parrot on a tree stump, and a monkey with a fruit bowl all with the original cold...
Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Whimsical, Polychrome Wall Plaques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming, early 19th century, hand carved, gessoed, and 22-karat gold gilded, polychrome wall plaques featuring nature spirits surrounded by foliate wreaths. Each with wonderful, mis...
Category

Early 1800s Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Oil, Wood, Gesso

Sheath In Sea Green And Red Marble From Caunes-minervois Nineteenth
Located in ROUEN, FR
"Sheath In Sea Green And Red Marble From Caunes-minervois Nineteenth" Marble green sea for the central part and surrounded by a red of Caunes-Minervois XIXè. Provenance:GalerieParisi...
Category

16th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble

ANTIQUE ITALIAN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS WITH CHIMERAS
Located in Milan, IT
ARCHITECTURAL RELIEFS WITH CHIMERAS Central Italy, 16th Century green marble 26 x 25 cm 10 1/4 x 9 3/4 in
Category

16th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Half-Mask, Round eyes, big nose "pistachio red", 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Indonesian mask Barong, or a masked figure, is an important part of traditional Indonesian dances. Native tribes still perform traditional masked dances to represent nature or ances...
Category

19th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Important Sculpture
Located in ROUEN, FR
"Important Sculpture IMPORTANT SCULPTURE representing Saint Floran de Lorch in polychrome wood in its beautiful old polychromy. He is represented ...
Category

16th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Pair of Large Vintage Glazed Terra Cotta Parrot Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking pair of parrot sculptures or figures perched on bases with leaves and berries, crafted in terra cotta in large scale, hand decorated and glazed.
Category

Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta, Glaze

Pair of Mid-Century Silvered Ostrich Sculptures Constructed with Ostrich Eggs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fanciful pair of Mid-Century ostrich bird sculptures constructed with ostrich eggs and silvered metal. Wearing a quizzical expression that seems to be ask...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Maurice Bouval Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Maurice Bouval (Fr. 1863-1916) Art Nouveau sculpture. French Art Nouveau Gilt-Bronze Figure of a Woman Cast by E. Colin & Cie., Paris, circa 1900 Possibly Pandora, modeled rising ou...
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

American Craft Studio Handmade Sculpture Welded Bronze Kinetic Vessel Op Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Great studio piece. It does not appear to be signed. Welded bronze an openwork vessel or vase Verdigris patina, might be suitable for outdoors Dimensions: 18 X 16 X 9 inches Provena...
Category

20th Century American Modern Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Dan Mask Ivory Coast, " Wood, Hair, & Mud created in African in c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dan Mask Ivory Coast" is a mask sculpted out of wood with hair and mud. Slit eyes and an opened mouth with a heart shaped face. 6" x 9" x 2" Da...
Category

1940s Tribal Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects

ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF WINGED EROS RIDING A DOLPHIN, 2ND CENTURY AD
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze figure of a young Eros, caught in the pose of riding a dolphin. Attractive green patina, some fingers and right foot are broken. Separately worked left wing is missing. Right ...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

20th Century Carved Exotic Wood Oriental Sculpture Fisherman and Fish, 1960s
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Oriental sculpture from the mid-20th century. Finely carved and crafted exotic wooden object depicting a fisherman with fish, of good quality. Sculpture made from a single wooden blo...
Category

1960s Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Elegant Brass Sculptures of Greyhound Dog
Located in Rome, IT
Fine gilt bronze Greyhound dog sculptures. The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting. Excellent condition.
Category

1990s Contemporary Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Large Head with Horns - Nigerian, Ekoi People, " Carved Wood created circa 1950
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This carving is of a large head with three horns. This piece is made of wood and skin by the Ekoi people of Nigeria. Ekoi people, also known as Ejagham, are an ethnic group in the ex...
Category

1950s Folk Art Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood

Polo Player Bookends in Bronze
Located in Brookville, NY
Polo Bookends in bronze for the sporty library. These were purchased from the collection of a polo player on Long Island who had a beautiful library of sporting books. He also owne...
Category

1960s Academic Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Harriet Frishmuth 1923 Bronze Of The Vine
Located in Dallas, TX
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) The Vine, 1921 Bronze with brown and green patina Height: 11.5 inches (29.2 cm) high on a 3/4 inches (1.9 cm) high marble base Inscrib...
Category

1920s Art Deco Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pop art Mondrian pills red white yellow contemporary (wall hanging or lays flat)
Located in New York, NY
"ART DISEASE Pillsbox" Acrylic, glass, Capsules 24x18x2" - (wall hanging or lays flat)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Plastic, Plexiglass, Acrylic

Vintage Jerusalem Sculpture Wall Plaque 1930's Palestine Israeli Bezalel School
Located in Surfside, FL
Repousse sculptural plaque from the original Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. This is marked "Made in Palestine" as it is from the British Mandate period. It is in an Orientalist des...
Category

20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Glass Beaded Parrot Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Glass beaded parrot sculpture ambitiously crafted with glass beads and perched on a custom wood, brass, and Lucite stand.
Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Artista fiorentino del XVII secolo da Verrocchio putto fontana in terracotta
Located in Florence, IT
Questa statua in terracotta in eccellente stato conservativo considerata l'età e la fragilità del materiale, raffigura un putto nell'atto di soffiare, colto in una posa di intenso p...
Category

17th Century Renaissance Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Neoclassical Terracotta Bust of Emperor Caracalla and Cicero
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of 19' century Italian Marble imitation painted Terracotta . Bust of Emperor Caracalla and Cicero . Measurements : cm 71 H x 60 Available also a pair marble imitation colum...
Category

1870s Academic Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Girl and Bird Ceramic Sculpture by artist Howard Pierce, gold color, red
Located in San Diego, CA
Girl with bird ceramic by artist Howard Pierce. The bird is H2.75 inches, W 1.75 inches wide, D 2.75 inches. Not signed or dated.
Category

20th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Sculpture of Lion "Marzocco" Green Marble Grand Tour Italian Florence 20th
Located in Roma, IT
Carved in the green marble know as verde prato, by a Florentine sculptor of the XX century this grand tour version of the Leone "Marzocco" is an exquisite example of elegance and her...
Category

20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Signed, Cast Bronze Tiger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tigre- A striking, vital, patinated cast bronze tiger by listed French artist, Joachim Costa (1888-1971). The piece is stamped with it's foundation locat...
Category

1920s Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Mid Century Scandinavian Giraffe Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Stand out pair of mid century giraffes one standing and one grazing with a unique construction of shaved reed bundles and having carved wood heads,...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Vasili Grachev Troika Passage
Located in Dallas, TX
Vasili Grachev, 1831-1905. A patinated chocolate brown bronze grouping of horses pulling a troika with figures. A Classic Russian bronze grouping of three horses tearing through the ...
Category

1870s Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Antique Vishnu Riding Dragon Serpents Carved Polychrome Wood
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Antique Balinese Wooden Sculpture Vishnu Riding Dragon Serpents. Rare late 19th century Balinese Temple sculpture, wood polychrome paint, four detachabl...
Category

19th Century Symbolist Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Head of Avalokiteshvara, KHMER, Cambodia, Bayon Style
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A gray sandstone head of Avalokiteshvara, Khmer, Cambodia, Bayon Style from the 13th century. The artwork is unsigned. Provenance: Charles Craig, Privat...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Large Italian Neoclassical Marble Sculpture Allegory 18th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Impressive neoclassical Carrara marble sculpture depicting the Allegory of Friendship and Loyalty, second half of the 18th century. The sculpture depicts Friendship as a classical ...
Category

Late 18th Century Italian School Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble

KONGŌRIKISHI
Located in Milano, IT
This magnificent pair of boxwood sculptures, 22 cm high, depicts the Kongōrikishi, also known as Niō, the protective guardians of Japanese Buddhist temples. These towering figures, a...
Category

18th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Large, Cast Bronze Roman Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of large, detailed cast bronze Roman figures of a senator (likely Julius Caesar) and possibly an emperor. Each in cascading drapery with beautifully rendered facial expression...
Category

1910s Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

'Circus Gymnast' 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Circus Gymnast, 19th Century by Unknown (French) creator.
Category

19th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Female), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 26" tall. Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be comp...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Wood

"Indonesian Triangular Wooden Tray, " Painted with Yellow, Blue & Red
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This triangular wooden tray was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. It features intricate painted patterns of yellow, blue, and red. It was created in the 19th Century. Holds ri...
Category

19th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Enthroned Madonna and Child.
Located in PARIS, FR
Large Virgin and Child in carved wood, carved back. Sitting on a throne bench, Mary carries Christ seated on her left knee. The Virgin has a face with stylized features with semicircular eyebrow arches, almond-shaped eyes with protruding eyeballs. Marie is wearing a belted dress with a simple neckline and a coat with a flap that goes back to the front. Tiny traces of polychromy. Romanesque influences are still present. With her protruding eyes, she can also be compared to the statuary of Lake Constance. Our Virgin, rare for its size, nevertheless presents strong analogies with the Italian Sedes Sapientiae...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Medieval Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Murano Glass Peacock
Located in Austin, TX
20th Century Venetian Murano Glass Peacock HxWxD: 16" x 3" x 10.5" Base Width: 5.5"
Category

20th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Midcentury Brass and Copper Pelican Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Amusing mixed metal pelican sculpture crafted in brass, copper, and silvered metal in a distinctive and captivating composition that combines technique ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper

20th Century Wood Oriental Sculpture, 1940
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Oriental sculpture from the mid-20th century. Finely carved and crafted exotic wooden object depicting a warrior on horseback and a character (behind him), of good quality. Sculpture...
Category

1940s Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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