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Pair Qing Dynasty Carved Fluorite Lions of Fo
Located in London, by appointment only
Superb Pair Qing Dynasty Carved Purple Fluorite Imperial Buddhist Lions of Fo. These exquisite male and female Lions are similarly carved on double platforms, the gemstone in both ex...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Leda and The Swan Marble Bust
Located in London, by appointment only
Leda and the swan carved in white marble, Italian, Risorgimento, late 19th century.
Stock Number: 33150
Leda and the Swan: A Mythological Tale Immortalised in Marble
The mythology ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Dance The Blues I & II - Mark Houghton - Flocked Steel
Located in London, by appointment only
Dance the Blues I & II
MARK HOUGHTON
DANCE THE BLUES I & II, 2023
Steel, flocking
70 58 35 cm
75 48 35 cm
Stands as shown (if required) 90 x 34 x 37cm
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
19th Century Grand Tour Carved Marble
Located in London, by appointment only
Sculpted from one of the rarest and most visually stunning coloured and figured of stones.
Exceptionally Rare 19th Century Carved Breche Sanguine & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella. This magnificent marble masterpiece is a work of art, a variation on the ancient sculpture of a Roman Galley...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Grand Tour Mounted Objects
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, Bronze
Alabaster Polar Bear, Early 20th Century
By Achille Collas
Located in London, by appointment only
Early 20th Century Alabaster Polar Bear
A fine early 20th century carved alabaster sculpture of a polar bear.
Additional information:
Origin: France
Period: Circa 1925, 20th Centu...
Category
Early 20th Century French Adam Style Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Marble Bust of a Girl, 18th Century
By Achille Collas
Located in London, by appointment only
Italian 18th Century Marble Bust of a Girl
Late 18th century bust of a girl, in the manner of Luigi Valadier
Son of Andrea Valadier, a Prove...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour Bust of Julius Caesar, 19th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
19th Century Grand Tour statuary marble portrait bust of Julius Caesar 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC
Bust of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was a...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Marble
Carved Wood Figure of a Komodo Dragon Lizard, Indonesia, 20th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Realistically carved wood Komodo Dragon, with green and yellow-painted scales
Size: 14cm high; 126cm long.
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Teak
Lorenzo Bartolini Neo Classical Statuary Marble Snake Handled Tazza and Column
Located in London, by appointment only
This elegant marble urn was almost certainly made by Lorenzo Bartolini, who rose to prominence in the early 19th century as sculptor to Napoleon’s sister Elisa Baciocchi, who was Gra...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Mounted Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Lysippos Apoxyomenos Style Black Basalt Torso 'The Scraper' Statue
Located in London, by appointment only
An exceptional and well-studied large-scale carving of a torso in black basalt after the Roman antique. Depicted life-sized, standing in contrapposto with his weight on his left leg,...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Giltwood Carved Eagle on Verde Antico Fluted Marble Column
Located in London, by appointment only
A superb and richly carved giltwood eagle perched on rocks with open wings, the eagle's head looking to its left and fitted with a separate giltwood wreath...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century Statuary Marble Bust of the Braschi Antinous as Dionysus, Signed
Located in London, by appointment only
19th century statuary marble bust of the Braschi Antinous as Dionysus, Signed Puge
19th century statuary marble bust of Antinous as Dionysus, Sig...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Statuary Marble
Bronze Sculpture Bird of Prey Fighting a Serpent
Located in London, by appointment only
19th century bronze bird of prey fighting a serpent mounted on a white marble pedestal.
Dimensions: Height 15.75? x width 13? x depth 8?.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Life-Size Cast Iron Classical Female Lamp Stands by Val D'Osne
By Val D'Osne Foundry
Located in London, by appointment only
Pair of life-size Classical female cast iron statues standing contrapposto and holding opaline globe lanterns. Almost life-size.
By Val D'Osne, France, second half of the 19th cen...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
17th Century Bone 'Flaming Torch' Hearth Brush
Located in London, by appointment only
A very rare carved and turned bone 17th century Flemish hearth brush. Each section made from turned elements, taking the form of a flaming torch.
Low co...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Dutch William and Mary Fireplace Tools and Chi...
Materials
Bone
Pair 18th Century Louis XV Silvered Bronze Figures
Located in London, by appointment only
Beautiful pair of 18th century Louis XV silvered bronze musical cherubs on columns. The silvering on these delightful and elegantly sculpted pair exhibits the most wonderful aged col...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Henri Michel Chapu "La Jeunesse" Bronze Statue by Barbedienne H 46.5 inches
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu
Located in London, by appointment only
A very large parcel-gilt bronze figural sculpture: “La Jeunesse”
By Henri Michel Chapu (1833-1891)
Signed Chapu, F. Barbedienne Foundeur Paris, Seal Achi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Statuary Marble Statue of a Child Personifying Music
Located in London, by appointment only
Seated on a tree stump, a young child is playing the cymbals, carved from a single piece of statuary marble. This is for sure an impressive carving, the hands hold the cymbals with a...
Category
Antique 1860s French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Massive Cast Iron Scallop Shell Attributed to the Val D'Osne Foundry
By Val D'Osne Foundry
Located in London, by appointment only
A very large-scale early 19th century naturalistically cast iron scallop shell, France, circa 1820. Attributed to the Val d'Osne factory.
Measures: Wid...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Mounted Objects
Pair of Bronze Cherubs on Marble Bases
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine pair of mid-18th century French bronze cherubs standing contrapposto, one playing an instrument and the other holding a knife opening a oyster shell. Both standing besides tre...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Figurative Sculptures
20th Century Biscuit Porcelain Gorilla Skeleton by James Webster
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine biscuit porcelain gorilla skeleton naturalistically cast.
James Webster 2014
Measures: Height 16in,
width 20in,
depth 9in.
Raised on a steel base and concrete plinth...
Category
2010s English Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Classical Faux Marble Roundel with a Mask
Located in London, by appointment only
An extremely well-made copy of a classical mask after the antique, the face shown in high relief within a dished background and a border of Greek Key with discs to the four sides. No...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Roman Mounted Objects
Materials
Resin
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Ruben Nakian Bronze Figurine "Leda and the Swan" Limited Edition
By Reuben Nakian
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
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“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...
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Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Bamboo HeHe ErXian Group, 19th Century
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18th Century White Marble Bust of Queen Marie-Antoinette
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful 18th century marble bust of Marie-Antoinette, wear and losses consistent with age and use.
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18th Century Italian Grand Tour Pair Of Classical Busts Apollo Belvedere & Diana
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Elegant Pair The Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Classical Greek God And Goddess Apollo And Diana Decorative Alabaster Busts For A Wonderful Library Desk
Depicting Apollo Belvedere ...
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Marble Bust of The Roman God Janus
Located in Southall, GB
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