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Artist: Unknown
PAIR of 19th C French Ormolu & Rock Crystal Wall Sconces, antique, gold toned
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This matched pair of wall sconces consist of one upright candle cup above three graceful flowing arms each fitted with three candle cups above shaped and molded bobeches. Each of the...
Category
19th Century French School Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Facing Pair of Early to Mid-20th Century Regal, Majolica Lion Figures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A pair of very regal seated Majolica lions, a white glaze over a terracotta base, great condition, with some of the terracotta showing through the glaze,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta, Glaze
Sitting Madonna
Located in Wien, Wien
Sitting Madonna
Central Italy/Tuscany or Marche
Around 1420
Poplar wood carved
Original version
Height 31 cm
Charming Madonna sculpture from the heyday of the Soft or International...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$12,000
Pair of White Terracotta Lion Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical pair of Italian midcentury terracotta male and female lions with a white glaze and painted details. Although hardly ferocious these seated big ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Glaze
"Indonesian Garuda Head, " Carved Wood created circa 1920
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This carved wood sculpture, a "Garuda Head," was made by an unknown Indonesian sculpture. The face sculpture is 12 1/2" x 9". The Garuda is a legendary bird or bird-like creature in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythology. He is variously the vehicle mount (vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu, a dharma-protector and Astasena in Buddhism, and the Yaksha of the Jain Tirthankara...
Category
1920s Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Indonesian Loro Blonyo 19th Century Wedding Figures (Pair)" Hand-carved Painted
Located in Milwaukee, WI
These two figures were created by an unknown Indonesian artist using carved, painted wood. The bride and groom figures were to be used at a traditional wedding in Indonesia. The Loro Blonyo...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Italian Stone Garden Sculptures of Roman Mythological subject of Apollo
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Vicenza limestone of Apollo in Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Timeless decoration for your interior or garden.
Measurements: St...
Category
20th Century Academic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Abstract Fish Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
A striking metal sculpture of a fish. Iron with gold gilt decoration. Probably Asian.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Four Season Extraordinary Set of Italian Stone Caryatids Sculptures
Located in Rome, IT
Four Caryatids sculptures with classically draped figures and their distinguishing symbols. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Measures: Height wi...
Category
20th Century Academic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Marble Bust Sculpture Dante Alighieri 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze and marble bust of Dante Alighieri, circa 1880.
The bronze is most likely Florentine and mod...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Female Torso"
Located in Southampton, NY
Rosa Portugal marble torso of a woman. Unsigned. Late 20th century. In excellent condition. American School. 18.5 inches high by 10 wise by 7 inche...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$1,950 Sale Price
53% Off
Decoration - Carved wooden tribal mask
Located in PARIS, FR
Carved wooden tribal mask
7 x 20 x 10 cm
height with base: 38 cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Marble Sculpture of Roman Mythological subject Apollo
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in white Carrara marble of Apollo head .
Category
20th Century Academic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
$6,988 Sale Price
25% Off
Roman Marble Bust
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully hand carved Roman marble bust of an Emperor or Senator. The richly draped robe features a relief of a face.
Category
Late 18th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$37,500
Signed and Dated, Abstract Wall Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A solid, 1974 abstract, incised glazed ceramic plaque by listed Italian artist, Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011). Select public collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Bro...
Category
1970s Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Marble head of Roman Emperor Tiberius
Located in New York, NY
Antique marble head of the roman emperor Tiberius. 43cm without the base.
Category
18th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Unknown woman
Located in Täby, SE
Inspired by the head of Apollo by Antoine Bourdelle. A woman with strong firm but still vulnerable expresson.
Category
1980s French School Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Flemish Oak Statue of a Putto
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-carved, oak statue of a putto holding a flowing tapestry and a shield mounted on a custom, Lucite base.
Category
18th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Lucite
ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL MARBLE BAS-RELIEF PLAQUE
Located in Milan, IT
ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL MARBLE BAS-RELIEF PLAQUE Italy, 19th Century
marble
22 x 29.5 cm
8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Maurice Bouval Gilt and Silvered Bronze Art Nouveau Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Maurice Bouval
French Art Nouveau Gilt and Silvered Bronze Figural Vide Poche
Cast from a model by Maurice Bouval, cast by Jollet & Cie., Paris, circa 1900
Modeled as a maiden in a ...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Clio by Studio of Romanelli
Located in New Orleans, LA
Studio of Raffaello Romanelli
Early 20th Century Italian
Clio
Inscribed "Executé sous la Direction du Prof. Romanelli" (on base)
Marble
Clio, the muse of history from Greek mytho...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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 th...
Category
1850s Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Bronze bust of Seneca or Pseudo-Seneca Italy Naples late 18th-early 19th cent
Located in Pistoia, IT
Bronze bust with brown patina depicting the pseudo-Seneca, Italy, early 19th century.
The Pseudo-Seneca is a Roman bronze bust from the late 1st century B.C.. discovered in 1754 in ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian School Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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.
Measurements: Statue cm 160, ba...
Category
20th Century Academic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
ANCIENT CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A VOTARY, ARCHAIC PERIOD LATE 6TH CENTURY
Located in Milan, IT
PROVENANCE
Louis de Clercq (1836-1901), Paris
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner
LITERATURE
A. de Rid...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
19th Century Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus or Naked Aphrodite
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus or Naked Aphrodite
Bronze with dark patination
22.5 x 13 x 11 inches
The Crouching Venus is a Hellenisti...
Category
19th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Whimsical Hand Made Glazed Terracotta Sheep
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A whimsical pair of glazed terracotta sheep with a textured white and black glaze.
Both are indistinctly signed and the small appears to be dated.
The price listed is for the pair.
L...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Putto in legno dorato reggi candela barocco italiano
Located in Florence, IT
One flame candle holder putto made of gilded wood.
Those kind of objects were present in churches or noble villas, specially during the Baroque times.
The base is not coeval.
Category
17th Century Baroque Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Untitled Sculpture by Sterling Allen, 2020
Located in Orange, CA
Untitled Sculpture by Sterling Allen, 2020
Additional information:
Dimensions: 8.5 × 10.5 × 9.5 in (21.6 × 26.7 × 24.1 cm)
About Artist: Sterling Allen holds a BFA from the Univers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sculptures
Tall Decorative Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Decorative pottery, mimicking barnacles. Surface has a nice texture and color.
Category
20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Clay
One on a chariot Medieval Tile Gypsum Cast
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Gypsum cast - medieval tile, from Central Europe. Adjusted in a frame, ready to hang or install.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Gesso
Charming French Art Deco Bronze Nude by F. Trinque, 1930
Located in Dallas, TX
French Art Deco bronze sitting nude by F. Trinque, 1930. A gorgeous Art Deco woman stretching her arms and drying her back with a towel possibly after a swim or bath with a rich gold...
Category
1930s Art Deco Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gallo-Roman Bronze Applique Bust Figure of a Man, 3rd/4th Century A.D.
Located in Milan, IT
PROVENANCE
Herbert A. Cahn (1915-2002), Kunst der Antike, Basel, 1988
Private Collection, Paris
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alabaster Bust of a Roman Empress
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A petite 19th c. hand-carved alabaster bust of Empress Domitia Longina (c. 50-126, CE) in an elaborate hairstyle of the period. Sitting on a raised base of the same alabaster. Inscri...
Category
19th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
ANCIENT BRONZE HEAD OF AN ELEPHANT, ROMAN EMPIRE 2ND CENTURY AD
Located in Milan, IT
This beautiful cast bronze elephant head is a protome, which in ancient art was a decorative element consisting of a head - sometimes with part of the bust - of a human, animal, or f...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kabuki Dancer Custom Framed Wall Tapestry
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5068 Japanese Kabuki dancer hand made wall tapestry
signed Eva
Set in a custom made frame
Category
1980s Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Fabric
ANTIQUE ITALIAN PORPHYRY MORTAR
Located in Milan, IT
ANTIQUE ITALIAN PORPRHYRY MORTAR
Rome, 16th/17th Century
Porphyry
19 x 23 x 23 cm
7 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in
Provenance:
Sotheby Parke Bernet Florence, 21 October 1976, page 36, lot 5...
Category
16th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Figurative bronze with a literary mythological theme from the early twentieth century
Located in Florence, IT
Early 20th-century Art Nouveau decorative bronze depicting a smiling mermaid carried by a wave above a fountain with a mask.
The reference is to the fairy tale by writer Hans Christ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage White Figurative Westmoreland Milk Glass Bowl
Located in East Quogue, NY
Whimsical white vintage 1960s Westmoreland milk glass bowl with figure-shaped lattice detail.
Size: 4" tall x 8" diameter
Great vintage condi...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Glass
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 28" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be compared to European and North America: most performances revolve around Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses who fight against evil, mystical, beings to (usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
Side by Side in Glass, 2021
Located in Orange, CA
Side by Side in Glass, 2021
Additional information:
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: 40 x 12 x 4 in
Heidi Schwegler explores a wide range of materials in the service of her subject matter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Glass
HEAD - STUCCO AND WAX ANATOMICAL MODEL
Located in Milano, IT
Rare anatomical head made of stucco and wax, of 18th-century German workmanship. Fascinating study model used in academia at the time, a fascinating piece of scientific art.
The piec...
Category
18th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Chalk, Wax
Limestone Relief With Saint Georges, France 15th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Relief with saint Georges
France, 15th Century
limestone 26 x 20 cm (10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in) without base
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Large Brass Sculptures of Herons
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant pair of brass heron sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
Category
1990s Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Burled Maple Sculpture Nude Woman with Arms Over Head and Stone
Located in Soquel, CA
Burled Maple Sculpture Nude Woman with Arms Over Head
Beautiful burled walnut sculpture of a nude woman. The woman stands with her arms stretched over her head. Behind her a dark st...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Original Marble Sculpture - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Portrait go Giuseppe Garibaldi is an original decorative marble sculpture realized in Italy by Italian manufacture during the end of the XIX century.
The alabaster marble sta...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
14th Century Italian Marble Mortar with Animals depicted on the sides
Located in Milan, IT
Unusual 14th Century Italian marble mortar with animals depicted on the sides
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Vestal with Jug - Sculpture - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vestal with Jug is an original modern sculpture realized by an italian Artist of the early 20th Century.
Bronze sculpture and marble base.
Signature on the basement.
Decor your sp...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Four Season Extraordinary Set of Italian Stone Term Figure Sculptures
Located in Rome, IT
Four Term Figure sculptures with classically draped figures and their distinguishing symbols in carved Vicenza stone. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Measures: Height with squar...
Category
20th Century Academic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Vintage Alabaster sculpture - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Alabaster sculpture is an original design object realized by Artist of the Late 20th Century.
A very elegant sculpture realized in alabaster and base in olive wood.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Vintage Asian Wooden Toy Horse, red, orange
Located in San Diego, CA
Asian vintage wood horse, with chain and opening in center. This piece shows signs of the years gone by and we feel the time worn feel adds more character. Period is an estimate, not...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Trio of Hand Woven Suspended Textile Sculptures by Fiber Artist Barbara Coburn
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a collection of hand woven textile sculptures by fiber artist Barbara Coburn created in the 1970s and designed to be suspended from the ceiling....
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Fabergè follower - 19th/20th century Russian marble precious stone sculpture
Located in Varmo, IT
Small sculpture in different marbles and semiprecious stones - Seated old man. Probably Russia, 19th-20th century.
7.5 x 8 x h 13.5 cm the sculpture, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
$1,397 Sale Price
69% Off
Bronze Art Déco Représentant Une Oie, Les Ailes Déployées
Located in ROUEN, FR
Bronze Art Déco représentant une oie, les ailes déployées. Il est à fine patine brune. Socle en marbre vert. Signé de LUC. H.31 L.21.
Category
1920s French School Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled X
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Ukrainian conceptual artist Dunja Jankovic focuses her work on screen printing, which serves as her primary method of production. She begins with paper that has been treated with wax...
Category
2010s Abstract Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$407
Southeast Asian Soap Stone Buddha Head Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, CA
This sculptural head, crafted from heavy soapstone —a naturally occurring metamorphic rock —depicts a serene Southeast Asian-style figure with softly closed eyes, arched brows, and a...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Matte Multi-color Ceramic Plate
Located in San Diego, CA
This multi-color unglazed ceramic plate caught our attention for its delicate look. We like that the clay looks like a fresh box of color chalk. Signed at bottom, but we cannot deter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Clay
$255 Sale Price
21% Off
AFRICAN BRONZE AND HORN BAMILEKE SCULPTURE
Located in Three Oaks, MI
A beautiful African cast bronze and carved horn sculpture with a patina. Horns were used by the Bamileke tribe of Cameroon as status symbols for ...
Category
1960s Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$950 Sale Price
50% Off
Abstract Cityscape Sculpture, Mid 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abstract Cityscape, c. 1950-60
Painted mixed metal
19.25 in. h. x 19.5 in. w. x 11.5 in. d.
Category
1950s Abstract Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
ANCIENT ROMAN RED JASPER APPLIQUE OF TRAGIC ACTOR
Located in Milan, IT
ROMAN RED JASPER APPLIQUE OF TRAGIC ACTOR
Rome, 1st Century A.D.
5.5 x 4.2 cm the mask
2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
Provenance
Penicuik House, Midlothian, acquired by either Sir John Clerk, 2nd...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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