Eileen Lane Antiques Decorative Objects

Handmade Crystal Pulegoso Murano glass blown vase with 16 multicolored butterflies attached with magnet. Modern vase ideal for a modern and rustic classic environment, for everyone...

Intricate pair of wood inlaid sconces - of golden birch with inlay of many exotic woods and pewter reflectors and candleholders. By renowned Swedish artist Birger Ekman...

Handmade Crystal Pulegoso Murano glass blown vase with 16 transparent multicolored butterflies attached with magnet. Modern vase ideal for a modern and rustic classic environment, ...

8-157 Italian gilt metal and wood 7-light candle sconce with foil details. Large size lends itself as an elaborate wall sculpture.

Pair of Hollywood Regenbcy sold brass sconces with a Tommi Parzinger influence. Brass backplate measures 3 3/8 inches in diameter.

Bertil Vallien Kosta Boda Minos Glass Vases, Sweden, 1984 Bertil Vallien's vases with a swelling body, and swirling white decor. It was traditionally mouth-blown, giving it a uniq...

Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon ceramics are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This vintage ce...

An expressive and masterfully crafted pair of candle sconces depicting tulip stems, realistically handwrought in painted metal.

Art Deco bronze silver plated and black patinated sculpture "Leda and the Swan" created in 1925 by the celebrated French painter and sculptor Marcel A. Bouraine. This piece was showe...

Rare Paavo Tynell Art Deco wall sconce for Taito Oy from the 1920s/1930s. Brass. Good vintage condition, minor wear consistent with age and use.

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY “Leda and the Swan” is by Reuben Nakian (1897 - 1986). He was an American sculptor and teacher of Armenian extraction. His works’ recurring themes are from Greek and Roman mythology. Nakian’s small bronzes achieve majesty and power which are not dependent on size and amplitude. With characteristic freshness, he has reinterpreted the classical subject of Leda and the Swan refining it in the Classical-Renaissance-Baroque tradition in a contemporary way. Dr. Robert P. Metzger gives us his aesthetic interpretation of this work which retells the myth in classical hedonism and freedom of expression showing Leda and the Swann prior to her being ravaged and during their first meeting. “The young virgin is fascinated with her new found friend and accepts him in a spirit of playfulness, contentment and wonder. She is dreamily available and shyly seductive as the deceptively tame swan snuggles up to her with its phallic-like neck.” Leda appears composed, placid yet open and available as compared to her more intense and passionate states in other of Nakian’s depictions on the same theme. This was cast at the "Renaissance Art Foundry" in 1978 and is so marked on the base being #5 of 7. It is believed that “no other sculptor of the twentieth century matched Rueben’s heroic renditions with the grand themes of Western Art. His erotic mythological figures exude a joyous energy of gesture and movement which place them among seminal sculptural achievements of the past one hundred years.” Nakian studied at the Independent School of Art in New York City previously known as the Robert Henri School … with Homer Boss...

A large pair of Wall Lights in the shape of a Cobra. Art Deco, 1920s-1930s. Scary but cool. Elegantly decorated in brass. Wear consistent with age and use.