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Artist: Unknown
French School "Mother and Child" Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
French School "Mother and Child" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, cast with a standing female figure clutching a child on a circular plinth, illegibly signed. 28.5" H x...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,250 Sale Price
29% Off
Têtes de Maures
Located in PARIS, FR
Moorish heads decorated in the Sicilian tradition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$3,527
Pair of Exceptional Italian Sphinx Limestone Statues
Located in Rome, IT
Designed as entrance guardians, this pair of mythical lady sphinx statuary display the head and chest of a neoclassical woman and the body of a recumbent lion on a rectangular stone ...
Category
2010s Baroque Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Ceremonial Figure w/Vessel For Offering. Nigeria-Yoruba
Located in Milwaukee, WI
African
Wood
c1930
Ceremonial Figure w/Vessel For Offering. Nigeria-Yoruba
32 1/2 x 16 x 10"
Category
1930s Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Tribal Guardian Dog Wood Statue BALI
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Rare Guardian Dog Figure, Kalimantan Island 19th Century, this figure was carved from one piece of very strong and hard Ironwood. The statue of a dog was to protect the house agains...
Category
19th Century Tribal Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$2,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Ancient, Roman Marble Bust of a Boy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sensitively carved, solid marble bust of a young boy mounted on a custom, Lucite base. Carved fully in the round, though originally the figure was pa...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Leather
Pair of Italian Baroque Angels 17th Century Sculptured Lacquered and Gilded Figures
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of Angels, Tuscan Sculptures with Cornucopias from the 1600s hand-carved from stone pine wood, lacquered and gilded from Central Italy, from a private villa in Siena; they are...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Lacquer Wood Buddhist Monks
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Pair of Lacquer wood Buddhist Monks
Burmese wood and lacquer and gold, color glass decoration. Figures in a praying tranquil position. They are wearing jeweled robes with inlay an...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
"Idgo Nigeria Female Standing, " Wood Statue with Blue & White Pigment
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Idgo Nigeria Female Standing" is a wooden statue with blue and white pigment created in Nigeria circa 1930. This figure stands up right with arms out slightly in front of her. A st...
Category
1930s Tribal Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Mali woman bronze sculpture
Located in Three Oaks, MI
These cast figures and objects express status, prestige, and power. This cast metal figure exhibits the technical skill and artistry that Dogon blacksmiths brought to their work. Mad...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large romanesque sculpture depicting Saint Lucy. Northern Spain.
Located in PARIS, FR
Large romanesque statue of Saint Lucy of Syracuse is dated from the 12th century. The saint is represented veiled and diademed, she wears a long dress, with an important tie. Stone s...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
"Golek Puppet (Male), " Wood & Cloth created in Indonesia circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek Puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 22" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be c...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Female bust in white marble - 19th century
Located in Como, IT
Sculptor active in Italy
Marble sculpture depicting study of female beauty
Second half of the 19th century
Measurements: 46x26 cm - height 74 cm
Great state of conservation
We ship ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
'Creation' original verdite Shona stone sculpture by Newton, figure mask
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Creation' is an original verdite stone sculpture by an unknown Zimbabwean sculptor. Though all that is known of the artist is the name "Newton," the sculpture shows clearly the skil...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Flat Wooden Shadow Puppet, " Wood & Leather created in Indonesia in the 19th C
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. This shadow puppet, 20" high and 8" wide with movable, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows.
Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art found in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, wherein a dramatic story is told through shadows thrown by puppets and sometimes combined with human characters. The art form celebrates the Indonesian culture and artistic talent; its origins are traced to the spread of Hinduism in the medieval era and the arrival of leather-based puppet arts called Tholu bommalata from southern India.
Wayang refers to the entire dramatic show. Sometimes the leather puppet...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
"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 23" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be comp...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
Early Renaissance Wood Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An evocative, 14th century, carved wood statue of a seated Mary with the Christ child in her lap. The piece with a beautiful patina featuring polychrome paint traces. Now mounted on ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Wood
Mexican Mid-XXst Century Sculpture In Rosewood "Maternity"
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautifull Mexican Modernist Madonna and Child ;
Maternity Midcentury wood sculpture. Probably caribbean rosewood characteristic of the ext...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Antonio de Fillipo Bronze Sculpture, Great Dane
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This wonderful bronze by Antonio de Fillipo (1900-1993) depicts the regal Great Dane.
It bears a warm, satiny patina and is in excellent condition. The dog stands 10" high x 13" long...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Hl. Hieronymus
Located in Wien, Wien
St. Jerome
347 Stridon, Croatia - 420 Bethlehem
Around 1500/20
Limestone
Remains of the original polychromy
Height 45 cm
The man with the holy name!
347 Stridon, Croation – 420 Be...
Category
16th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
$28,800
Modernist Carved Sandstone Sculpture Mythical Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Sinuous modern carving of a Mesoamerican. Aztec? Mayan? Striated sandstone, circa mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Statuetta francese figurativa mitologica in terracotta del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Questa piccola terracotta raffigura una scena mitologica, probabilmente una scena da un baccanale o un "ratto". Si vede infatti un centauro al centro sollevare una ninfa nuda, i due ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Hand-Carved Indonesian Wooden Finial with Decorative Base, " Carved Painted Wood
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This wooden finial figure was carved from wood by an unknown Indonesian artist. This figure stands on a carved decorative base, also created in Indonesia. The sculpture is a red and ...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
'Sitting Ballerina' Cast Bronze Figure on Granite Base
Located in Toronto, ON
Bronze sculpture of a ballerina taking a rest. Her leotard is patinated to a lovely green shade to contrast with the bronze colour of the rest of her figure. Ballet slippers are visi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Ganesha Statue with 24 Carat Gold Handcrafted by Lost Wax Process
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
This statue is handcrafted by lost wax process which is one of the ancient process of metal craft. Ganesha is seated on lotus with one leg folded and another slightly extended outwar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
"Maternity-Bacongo, Zaire, " created in the Democratic Republic of Congo c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Maternity-Bacongo, Zaire," is a carved wood and glass sculpture created in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo circa 1940. The nude, woman figure rests on her knees. In her...
Category
1940s Tribal Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
18th Century, Marble Cherubs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of rare, early 1700’s, Roman, beautifully hand–carved, solid Carrara marble cherubim singing in adoration. Each with feather embellished robe fragments. Both mounted on custo...
Category
18th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
1950's Wabi Sabi Daisy Duck
Located in Vancouver, CA
This Wabi Sabi Daisy Duck sculpture, carved from a single piece of wood, offers a charming and unrefined representation that reflects the straightforward creativity of its time, like...
Category
1950s Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set 6
Located in New York, NY
Six Vintage Stainless Steel Sculptural Dining Chairs Sculpture Mid-Century Set
Kings and Queens could feats on these sculptures, this stunning set of six dining chairs. They are art...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"N'Tadi King - Zaire, " Carved Cothe Stone Sculpture created between 1800-1850
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This sculpture was created out of cothe stone to represent the king of the N'Tadi tribe in Zaire. This tribe is now called Pende. The sculpture stands 15 1/2" x 6" x 5 1/2".
The Pe...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Antique Buddhist High Priest Polychrome Wood Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Buddhist High Priest in sitting position on lotus flower,
Polychrome Wood Sculpture
Rare early 19th-Century Balinese wood sculpture of the ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Bobo Mask Burkina Fasso-Upper Volta, " Carved & Painted Wood created c. 1945
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bobo Mask Burkina Fasso-Upper Volta" is a wood carved sculpture with painted details. It features the image of an abstracted face with a large almost elepha...
Category
1940s Tribal Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"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 27" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be comp...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
Design made in Italy duckboard bar cabinet in marple wood, fine details
Located in Milan, IT
The sideboard made by experienced contemporary Italian cabinetmakers is made of solid maple. Every finish is taken care of down to the smallest detail, from the duckboard on the four...
Category
2010s Realist Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The complete mini Buddha set (9 mini buddha statues)
Located in New York, NY
These colorful meditating Buddha silhouette statues are laser cut Plexiglas and acrylic hand painted.
They can stand alone, or come in couples, trios or more...
This is a unique statue that will start off a conversation and will bring a stylish decoration into your home/ office/ studio or business.
It's the perfect gift to someone you love, or when you want to leave an impression.
The meditating Buddha statue...
Category
2010s Contemporary Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
"Dolpo Shamanic Figure, " Carved Wood created circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This shamanic figure was created by the Nepalese Dolpo people. It depicts a man with arms at his side.
11 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2" figure
Dolpo is a region in Nepal. The Dolpo peopl...
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bacongo Queen on Turtle (Ruler of the Tribe)-Zaire
Located in Milwaukee, WI
15 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2"
Bembe wood
Category
20th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Toma Mask, Guinea, " Carved Wood from Africa created circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Toma Mask, Guinea" is a carved wooden mask from Africa and created in c. 1900. The painting has worn away, but around the eyes the painting is easier to see...
Category
Early 1900s Tribal Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Mask, Baga Guinea, " Carved Wood c. 1920
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mask, Baga Guinea" is a carved wooden mask created c. 1920. Where a face would go in the mask is actually the body of a woman figure. There are two breasts above a hole for the mask wearer...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"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 24" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be comp...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
"Dolpo Shamanic Figure, " Carved Wood created circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This shamanic figure was created by the Nepalese Dolpo people. It depicts a figure with arms in a possible gesture of prayer.
10 1/2" x 2" x 1 3/4" figure
Dolpo is a region in Nepa...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Catalan School of the 13th century. Wooden Bishop
Located in PARIS, FR
Catalan School of the 13th century. Bishop statue in polychrome wood.
Large polychrome wooden statue representing a holy bishop carrying a crosier and ma...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Flat Wooden Puppet (Woman with Comb & White Face) Wayang Klitik, " Leather
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. This shadow puppet, 25" high with movable arms, was used in Indonesian Wayang Klitik puppet shows.
Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather
"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 1/2" 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
"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 29" 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
"Flat Wooden Puppet (male), " Wood & Leather created in Indonesian in the 19th C
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. This shadow puppet, 16" high and 5" wide with movable, 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Indonesian Mask with Dark Face and Gold Accents, " Painted Wood 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This mask, created by an unknown Indonesian artist, features dark sin, gold and red eyes, teeth, and hair. It is approximately 7" tall by 5 1/2" wide.
Category
19th Century Folk Art Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Panel
Hans Schork "The Sower" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Hans Schork (Austrian, b.1849) "The Sower" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, after the model by Louis-Oscar Roty (French, 1846-1911), the stan...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alabaster temple with mythological figurative bronze figure from the 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Alabaster temple with Corinthian capitals, palmette decoration runs along the rim. On the front, two swans are carved on the base, while there are five rosettes at the top.
In the ce...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Panther and Hare Bronze Sculpture
Located in New Orleans, LA
This 17th-century bronze sculpture, likely hailing from southern Germany, depicts a scene of life-and-death struggle in nature — a hapless hare caught in the claws of a mighty panthe...
Category
17th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Late 18th C. French Neoclassical Bronze Figural Statues
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Pair of Neoclassical bronze Bacchus and Bacchante figures cast in a dark patinated bronze. The pair rest on on white marble bases set with relief cast gilt plaques.
18th C...
Category
Late 18th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century, Heralding Angel Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An iconic, hand carved, gessoed, painted, and parcel-gilt, Italian polychrome sculpture of tousle curled angel in windswept drapery. Beautiful expression and patina. Now mounted on a...
Category
1730s Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Wood
Napoleon Bust
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork:
Bronze
Category
19th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,825
RARE PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRA PAESINA COLUMNS, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
RARE PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRA PAESINA COLUMNS, Italy, 19th Century
Pietra Paesina
H 70 x Diam 9.5 cm
H 27 1/2 x Diam 3 3/4 in
Category
19th Century Unknown Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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