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Artist: Unknown
Rosenthal Clear Crystal Glass Calla Bowl
Located in East Quogue, NY
Elegant large Rosenthal Crystal Glass Calla Pedestal Bowl. Crafted in Slovenia, this bowl is a work of art that combines high-quality materia...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$196 Sale Price
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Italian Mid Century Mod Large Brutalist Welded Copper Enamel Sculpture Wood Base
Located in Surfside, FL
Welded, brazed, copper (based on the weight, this might be iron or bronze) with colorful inset enamel plaques on a painted wood base. A studio handmade Brutalist sculpture in a mann...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel
Polychrome Green And Yellow Marble Grand Tour Style Obelisks Sculptures 20th
Located in Roma, IT
an elegant pair of grand tour sculptured obelisks, carved in a warm and elegant green marble with two squared three orders bases carved in a Siena Yelllow Marble. The two marble used...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Bronze Statue of Prince Albert Edward as a Sailor Boy
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
This statue is of Prince Albert Edward, eldest son of Queen Victoria, Prince of Wales, future King Edward VII (1841-1910) dressed in a sailor suit. After a very popular painting of the young prince done in 1846 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) that is in the collection of the British Royal Family.
Category
1890s Victorian Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Outsider artist singular virgin and child art brut sculpture mother and child
Located in Norwich, GB
An extraordinarily moving piece by an outsider artist who must have spent many a day conceiving, cutting, hammering, soldering and welding this stunning metal group made of tin and iron. The result is something completely individualistic, which at the same time recalls early medieval...
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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
Rare Large Abstract Expressionist Welded Assemblage Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Abstract Expressionist Welded Assemblage Sculpture. it appears unsigned. it is on a found wood original base. it has a Brutalist quality to it. It commands a lot of presence
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bert Schwartz Brutalist Sculpture "Prometheus and Pandora" in Aluminum & Steel
Located in Dallas, TX
Brutalist abstract sculpture in steel and aluminum by renowned Israeli sculptor Bert Schwartz titled "Prometheus and Pandora". The sculpture was exhibited at the Brooklyn museum in N...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Lidded Ceramic Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully lidded ceramic vase. Blue flowers complement the earthen brown.
Category
1980s Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Clay
$220 Sale Price
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Gilt Porcelain Apple
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large sculptural apple crafted in porcelain and decorated with textured gold leaf with metal leaves.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
20th Century Continental School Bronze Figure of Europa and the Bull
Located in Beachwood, OH
20th Century Continental School
Europa
Bronze on stone base
11 in. h. x 8.5 in. w. x 4.5 in. d., overall
Inspired by the Greek myth Europa and the Bull
Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus...
Category
20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Guatemala. Maschera di Baila de la Conquista. Inizio XX secolo
Located in Firenze, IT
Questa maschera guatemalteca del inizio del XX secolo, scolpita in legno e utilizzata per la danza della Riconquista (Baila de la Conquista) , raffigura vividamente un uomo europeo, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Intaglio
$232 Sale Price
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Yellow Tigre Dance Mask Zitlala Guerrero, Mexico
Located in Morton Grove, IL
A VERY rare Tigre (TIGER) Dance Mask Zitlala Guerrero, Mexico.
Anonymous Deep Yellow Tigre Dance Mask.
Early 20th C. Zitlala Guerrero, Mexico.
Painted leather and fur.
Museum-quality...
Category
Early 20th Century Outsider Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Acrylic
Collection of Antique Hand-Carved Japanese Noh Masks
Located in New Orleans, LA
A collection of five hand-made Japanese Noh drama masks, four of them hand-carved wood, and one (the largest, the one that's black and red on one half and w...
Category
20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Papier Mâché
$2,800 Sale Price
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Marurn VI
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Marurn VI
The vases from are made of ceramic and glazed and fired in different ways. The black case is fired Rau and on the lid is printed batik stamp. Each lid has its own theme - ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Textile
$407
Very Large Bronze Elephant Sculpture, Near Life Size
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable elephant sculpture expertly crafted in bronze with a lush patina, ambitious attention to detail, and a dramatic near life size scale.
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Mod Judaica Chrome Eiffel Tower Star of David Candle Holders France
Located in Surfside, FL
20th Century Charming Metal Eiffel Tower Star of David Judaica Candle Holders
9.5" X 2.5" X 2.5"
These are unmarked. Not sure of the country of origin. ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Brutalist Metal Rat
Located in San Diego, CA
Brutalist metal cat, made of pipes and wire. The sculpture has a nice weight to it and shiny black finish.
Category
20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$204 Sale Price
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Silver Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour
Located in Rochester, NY
19th century silver plate bust Menelaus mythological king of Sparta. A fine casting with rich patina. Ebonized wood base. Illegible hallmark. In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to the Iliad...
Category
19th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Hand-Carved Iron Wood Swordfish Sculpture
Located in Plainview, NY
A large late 20th Century sculpture of a jumping swordfish. Made of Ironwood, the sculpture shows fine details. An elegant coastal decor to elevate the style of any room or interior....
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Glazed Terra Cotta Dachshund or Dog Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Italian terra cotta dachshund or doggy with a white glaze and realistic form ready to be rescued.
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Glaze
Pair of 18th century Renaissance style bronze sculptures - Lions
Located in Varmo, IT
Pair of small bronze sculptures - Grotesque lions. Italy, 18th-19th century.
10 x 5 x h 17 cm.
Made entirely of patinated bronze in Renaissance style. Depicting two seated grotesqu...
Category
Late 18th Century Baroque Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Neapolitan busts of Aristocratic couple. Plaster. Circa 1820
Located in Firenze, IT
Two 19th century busts.
Charles X period, ca. 1820.
Material: plaster. It depicts two portraits, modeled by a sculptor in the late Empire era, which depict two aristocrats from Sou...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Chalk
Pair of Carved Wood Lions from Minas Gerais
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable pair of mid century lions in repose hand carved, in a stylized modern form, from the Cammatillo tree or Kingwood grown in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood
'Eared Owl with Prey ' Large Bronze Sculpture. circa 1950's.
Located in Frome, Somerset
A Reniassance style piece of Animalier. bronze cast sulpture.
'Eared Owl with Prey'. circa 1950's.
The manner in style is exaggerated /grotesque in the 19th C French style of animali...
Category
1950s Renaissance Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ceramic Pot - Mossi, Burkina Fasso (Farmer's Water Jug), " created in Africa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This ceramic pot was made by an unknown Mossi artist in Burkina Fasso. It was used as a farmer's water jug. The Mossi are a people in central Burkina Faso, living mostly in the villa...
Category
1930s Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with Carved, Painted Wood and Fabric
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 comp...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
"Penguin" - Steatite Stone Hand Carved Sculpture, St. Lawrence Island Eskimo Art
Located in Soquel, CA
"Penguin" - Steatite Stone Hand Carved Sculpture, St. Lawrence Island Eskimo Art
Dynamic steatite stone sculpture of a standing penguin. The sculpture prop...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$2,120 Sale Price
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Wall Sculpture with Golden Top (and opening)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Unknown Artist
Wall Sculpture with Golden Top (and opening)
Porcelain, Glaze, Gold Luster
Year: Unknown
Size: 9.5x2.5x2in
Ref.: 24802-1740
*could also be used a single stem wall-moun...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain, Glaze
$355 Sale Price
39% Off
"Horse Carriage, " Hand Carved Jaguar Jade from China during the 20th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Horse Carriage" is hand covered Jaguar Jade created in China during the 20th Century. Intricately carved horse carriage with four horse and a driver. Made to look like the Terracotta Army...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
Native New Mexico Pink Alabaster Sculpture of a Corn Man
Located in Houston, TX
A lovely Native New Mexico sculpture of a corn man delicately sculpted in a beautiful translucent pink alabaster. Attached to a dark wooden base which compliments the beautiful pink ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
LARGE MARBLE SKULL
Located in Milano, IT
Evocative and rare 17th-century carved marble skull from Lombardy, Italy. The work bears an engraved inscription on the back that reads "Carestia grandissima II2 LVIO 1630," a clear ...
Category
17th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Polished Chrome L-Shaped Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
This large chrome sculpture is whimsical in design yet strong in construction. The reflective surface allows the observer to become apart of th...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
14th-century Gothic gargoyle in limestone
Located in Milano, IT
Fascinating limestone gargouille (or gargoyle) from the region of Avignon, France, dating from the 14th century. A rare and striking hand-carved piece that perfectly embodies the med...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French School Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Stone
3 Faces Cast in Bronze Relief, mid century mystery artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist
Untitled, 20th century
Bronze with wood and acrylic mounting
Overall: 19 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.
Bronze plate: 17 5/8 x 5 3/4 in.
Numbered lower left: 7/30
Initialed l...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Italian Glazed Terra Earthenware French Bulldog Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Italian French bulldog statue or sculpture crafted in terra cotta with a white glaze and glass eyes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Glaze
Baule Colonial Figure Ivory Coast
Located in Milwaukee, WI
African.
Baule Colonial Figure Ivory Coast, c. 1910
Wood, 24 1/2" x 5 1/2 inches.
Category
19th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Pair of Terra Cotta Orientalist Busts of a Woman and a Man
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout pair of 19th century French Orientalist busts crafted in terra cotta and expertly paint decorated with a striking realism.
Left: H: 19 W: 12 D: 8
Right: 19.5 W: 13 D: 8
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ceramic Wall Hanging or Centerpiece with Engravings, Sticks, and Thread
Located in Soquel, CA
Ceramic Wall Hanging or Centerpiece with Engravings, Sticks, and Thread
Balanced abstract sculptural piece by an unknown artist (20th Century). This sculpture is composed of various...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Thread, Wood
Pair of Midcentury Metal Sea Fan Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Dramatic pair of midcentury cast metal sea fans with their iconic form finished in gold leaf and presented on black glass bases.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Women in the Garden, Porcelain Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painted porcelain vase is of Chinese origin. Women can be seen socializing in an ancient Chinese garden. The analogous color scheme creates a serene and comfortable design.
Or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Italian gothic sculpture from the Altounian collection. Marble relief.
Located in PARIS, FR
Small marble head representing a bearded man in profile, an apostle or a prophet. This sculpture comes from the Joseph Altounian collection dispersed...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Fisherman & his Catch
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Inuit carvings, created by the Inuit people living in or near the Arctic Circle, are a kind of sculpture (done with bone, ivory, wood or stone) depicting their traditional way of lif...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$160 Sale Price
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"Nkondi Bakongo Fetish - Zaire, " Wood, Cloth, Nails, & Twine created in c. 1930
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Nkondi Bakongo Fetish - Zaire" is a sculpture created out of wood, cloth, nails, and twine in circa 1930. This statue is large and formidable. The figure's limbs are wrapped up in a...
Category
1930s Tribal Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Other Medium
"Shadow Puppet Wayang Purwa, " Leather created in Indonesian in the 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This shadow puppet, 14" high with movable arms, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows. This puppet is an archer.
Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Leather
Saint Jerome the Penitent
Located in Milano, IT
Fine 16th-century polychrome wax sculpture depicting Penitent Saint Jerome, one of the most evocative subjects in the Christian tradition. The work, created with extraordinary skill,...
Category
16th Century Italian School Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Organic Material, Wax
Pair Of Terracotta Children Italian Romantic Busts Late 1800s
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of Fragments Of Late 1800s Romantic Sculptures, Pair of Terracotta Busts of Children probably part of a fountain, of a larger sculptural group. These are busts of a child with ...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Large Bird Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Secretary Bird Life Size
43H x45L x 11D Marble Base 24x16 inches Bronze sculpture indoor or outdoor.
Vintage Modern life size bronze sculpture...
Category
1990s Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Larger Than Life Extravagant Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Outrageous larger than life piece of Folk Art painstakingly composed of found objects such as sea shells, beads, toys, vintage jewelry buttons, and bottle caps (to name a few). There...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin Bronze
Located in San Francisco, CA
Emile Guillemin: 1841-1907. Very important and well listed French sculptor. He has auction results over 1.2 million dollars. This little bronze gem of a possible cook or some other c...
Category
19th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Running Heart, gold, bronze, sculpture Valentine heart shoes cartoon humor love
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Running Heart, gold, bronze, sculpture Valentine heart shoes cartoon humor love
Bronze Running Heart sculpture
gold patina
wood base
Category
2010s Contemporary Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Resin
19th Century Bust of Napoleon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French, marble bust of a young Napoleon done in the style of Caesar. Head sits on the detached base.
Category
19th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Shadow Puppet Wayang Purwa, " Leather created in Indonesia in the 19th century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This shadow puppet, 18" high with movable arms, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows.
Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Leather
Carrara Marble Head of a Cherub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand carved Carrara marble head of a cherub's face surrounded by wings. Later mounted on metal base.
Category
Early 19th Century Baroque Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Tall Incense Urns (Censers)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Origin: Chinese
Artist: Unknown
Dates: Early-Mid 20th Century
Title: Pair of Cloisonne Tall Urns
Medium: Enameled Copper on Carved Wood base
Size: 56 in. x 26 in. x 26 in. (142.24 cm...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Enamel
"Baule Colonial Sculpture Ivory Coast, " Carved Wood Statue created circa 1910
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This sculpture was created by an unknown Baule artist from Ivory Coast. It depicts a man in a suit with a white hat. He stands with his hands in his pockets.
18 1/2" x 6 1/4" sculpture
The Baule or Baoulé are an Akan people and one of the largest groups in Côte d'Ivoire. The Baoulé people are talented in African art. Their sculptures are renowned for their refinement, form diversity and the labor they represent. The sculptures do not only include face masks and human figurines...
Category
1910s Folk Art Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Lucite Pyramid Modern Decorative Centerpiece
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautiful rare tall magnificent modern Lucite Pyramid Modern Decorative Centerpiece midcentury
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$650 Sale Price
50% Off
Marshall Cunningham Large Scale Abstract Constructivist Sculpture in Steel TEXAS
Located in Dallas, TX
Abstract modernist steel sculpture produced by Texas artist Marshall Cunningham. This sculpture was a private commission for the Norman V. Kinsey family of Shreveport LA. It is about...
Category
1980s Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Jose Cardona Ferro Bronze Sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jose Cardona Ferro: 1878-1923. Well listed Spanish artist also known as just Jose Cardona. He has had auction prices over $4000. This charming bronze of a...
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Buddhist Monk Antique Asian Wood Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Buddhist Monk Antique Asian Wood Carving
18Th Century or earlier possibly Japanese wood sculpture of a Buddhist Monk resting on lotus blossom on newer...
Category
18th Century Edo Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
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