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Self-portrait of Sarah Bernhardt in the form of monstrous chimera.Thiebaud Frere
Located in Leuven , BE
A fabulous discovery—this bronze chimera represents a self-portrait by the famous Sarah Bernhardt in the form of a monstrous chimera! A bronze reduction...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Male anatomical model in painted stuccoed fiber. First half of the 20th century.
Located in Leuven , BE
Male anatomical model in painted stuccoed fiber. First half of the 20th century. Beautiful patina. Height: 30 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber, Parchment Paper
Ceremonial pectoral plastron in the form of a half moon, Tibet, 19-20th C
Located in Leuven , BE
Old large pectoral necklace in the shape of a breastplate, originating from Tibet. Magnificent color work with a mixture of turquoise stones, red beads, silver and copper. The suppor...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Ceremonial hardwood Skeleton from a single piece of wood, Nigeria.
Located in Leuven , BE
An uncommon form, the abstract teeth filled mouthed figure standing straight on an integral base.
Category
20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Eyeglasses in nicely decorated Case, China Circa 1900
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique Eyeglasses in nicely decorated Case, China Circa 1900. The core is in wood and the case in shagreen, tinted with copper oxide. Shagreen is s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects
Materials
Glass
Tibetan Left turn Conch Shell Trumpet with Silver Mounted decorations.
Located in Leuven , BE
Tibetan Left turn Conch Shell Trumpet with Silver Mounts
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Tibetan Metalwork
Materials
Shell
Seated terracotta Figure with nose-ring, Quimbaya culture, 17th C
Located in Leuven , BE
Seated terracotta Figure with nose-ring, Quimbaya culture, 17th C
Category
Antique 17th Century Colombian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Nepalese ritual Large Lingzhi Fungus Terai Mushroom Mask.
Located in Leuven , BE
Nepalese ritual Large Lingzhi Fungus Terai Mushroom Mask. Important and rare mask carved in wood fungus, of the tinder fungus type (fomes fomentarius), of rounded triangular form, wi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Nepalese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Organic Material
Ethnographic Fish Scale Hat Handmade Molucca, Indonesia.
Located in Leuven , BE
Ethnographic Fish Scale Hat Handmade Molucca, Indonesia.
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Antiquities
Materials
Animal Skin
Chancay original Mummy Bundle Mask
Located in Leuven , BE
A hand-carved funerary mask meant to attach to a larger mummy bundle. The plank-form mask is painted with a broad red face accented with white, diamond-shaped eyes, a rectangular mou...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Peruvian Native American Objects
Materials
Textile, Wood
Mexican colourful Bat dance mask, hammered in copper, Nahua people, 19-20th C
Located in Leuven , BE
Rare and spectacular bat dance mask from Mexico. Crafted in the late 19th to early 20th century, with later retouches to the polychromy. This type of mask is made of hammered copper ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Unusual Filipino representation of Saint Roch in a Spanish colonial style.
Located in Leuven , BE
Unusual representation of Saint Roch in a Spanish colonial style. A Filipino work in exotic wood from the period of evangelization under the Spanish Crown. The type of wood used and ...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Philippine Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Exceptional allegory of death, carved bone, Southern Germany, Tyrol, 18th-19th
Located in Leuven , BE
Exceptional allegory of death in carved bone. Depiction of a leper wrapped in a stole. Southern Germany, Tyrol, 18th-19th century. Superb quality of carving, showing no signs of mech...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Rare Chinese opium smokers kit, including a pillow-box and a pipe.
Located in Leuven , BE
Rare Chinese opium smoker's kit, including a lacquered boiled cardboard pillow-box and a pipe showing signs of intensive use. The pipe fits perfectly inside the box. The curved shape...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plywood
Very mysterious bronze sculpture depicting a mythical giant, half-man, half ape.
Located in Leuven , BE
Very mysterious and imposing bronze sculpture depicting a mythical giant, half-man, half-ape, armed with a club and about to devour a dinosaur held in his left hand. Most likely of A...
Category
20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful set of early 1900s surgical instruments, including an amputation saw s
Located in Leuven , BE
Beautiful set of early 1900s surgical instruments, including an amputation saw stamped A. GOUGEON and a complete Renault trepan with its accessories (rare). Overall in good condition...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Interesting pre-Columbian terracotta frog transformed into a piggy bank
Located in Leuven , BE
Interesting pre-Columbian terracotta frog that appears to have undergone a curious transformation into a piggy bank at some point in its history. Elega...
Category
Antique 18th Century Colombian Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Mother and Child , Cameroon, Mabea, 1920-1930, Provenance R. Caillois-P.Ratton
Located in Leuven , BE
Standing Fang Mabea Maternity of Museum quality, holding a pestle with both her hands. The mother's head is slightly turned to the left, while the child, which she carries on her bac...
Category
Vintage 1920s Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th C, Portrait, Follower of Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of a Fine Lady
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Leuven , BE
The artist portrayed an upper-class lady who has some facial features of Reynolds' Mrs Andrews. More specifically, the long, straight nose and the large eyes. Her head resting on her...
Category
Antique 18th Century British Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Mountain Gorilla 1 - Contemporary Unique Handmade Sculpture, Portrait
Located in Leuven , BE
Designed and sculpted in France by a regional artist, each Gorilla head is meticulously crafted from clay. This process brings forth a piece that embodies both dynamic movement and a...
Category
2010s Belgian Natural Specimens
Materials
Clay, Paper
A handmade wooden sculpture, study of a Barracuda head with open mouth
Located in Leuven , BE
A handmade wooden sculpture, study of a Barracuda head with open mouth
Category
20th Century Belgian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Architectural hardwood Ornament (Singa) from the Toba Batak people, Sumatra.
Located in Leuven , BE
The central image in Toba Batak art is the singa, a supernatural creature whose likeness protects individuals, homes, and communities from malevolent supernatural forces. The name singa derives from the Sanskrit word meaning lion. However, the Toba Batak singa...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indonesian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Female Kifwebe Mask with old collection label, Luba-Songye People, DR Congo
Located in Leuven , BE
Traditionally, Kifwebe masks were created and worn by members of the secret masking society, Bwadi Bwa Kifwebe, of the Luba and the Songye People living in the central part of the Co...
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon.
Private Collection Bordeaux
The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colour...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Beads
Beaded Royal Headress with Leopard Figure, Bamileke People, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
The Beaded Royal Headdress is made of a palm tree fibre structure, enfolded with burlap cloth embroided with European glass beads that cover the entire object with geometric symbolic...
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Ethnodesign collection of 12 old Dogon wooden Grannery locks fon stand from Mali
Located in Leuven , BE
These door locks were generally used to protect houses and granaries.Bamana doorlocks range from the abstract and symbolic to representations of ancestors. They are usually larger an...
Category
20th Century Malian Mounted Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Carved Twin figure Ibeji Yoruba People, Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
A finely carved significant Yoruba Male Ibeji figure with a tall headdress, expressive eyes, original bead belt and heavy wear and polish from native use. Areas of encrusted camwood ...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Didactical dancing Dolls Songye People - DR Congo
Located in Leuven , BE
Two Songye dolls, reductions of the ritual costume of the masked dancers, painted wooden head and body covered with animal skin, feathers and braided fibers.
Private collection Brus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Anatomical Cut of Human Skull Papier-maché, Didactical Collectables, Dr.Auzoux
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Leuven , BE
Anatomical cut of a human skull composed in natural painted papier-maché, with numbered labels on the different elements
Category
Antique 19th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper, Plaster
Anatomical Model of Human Eye Papier-maché, Scientific Collectables, Dr.Auzoux
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Leuven , BE
Anatomical cut of one eye, composition in natural painted papier-maché, with numbered labels on the different elements / the opening eyeball to cover the removable pute. Pen annotati...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper, Plaster
19th Century Unusual Balinese Hanuman Mask in Polychromed Light Wood
Located in Leuven , BE
Unusual Balinese monkey mask-most probably a representation of Hanuman
Here is some more info from Ubud. Mask-making is one of the oldest art-forms in the world. In Bali, masks (t...
Category
Antique 19th Century Balinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Zela Caryatide Stool held by a Female sculpture covered with with scarifications
Located in Leuven , BE
The stool represented here is a typical Caryatide stool of the Zela people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The stool is carved out of wood and is held up by a kneeling woman cov...
Category
20th Century Congolese Stools
Materials
Wood
Bariba People, Benin, Rare Terracotta Ceremonial Vessel
Located in Leuven , BE
This piece of a pottery vessel, embellished with high relief figures, was made by women of the ethnic group of the Bariba (or Baatonu) in the northern provinces of Benin. The Bariba potters passed their trade from mother to daughter. They didn’t make their vessels on a pottery wheel...
Category
20th Century Beninese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
17th C Polychromed Fruitwood Carved Statue Depicting Madonna, France
Located in Leuven , BE
An exceptionally beautiful antique French wood carving, made in the 17th century. It depicts Madonna standing with open offering arms .The...
Category
Antique 17th Century Belgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th C, Southern France, Madonna and Child, Carved and Polychrome Wood
Located in Leuven , BE
Although the 18th century, the period of the Enlightenment in France, spawned thinkers who criticised the privileges of the clergy and the truthfulness of certain dogmas, the Roman Catholic faith was very much present in everyday life. Since king Louis XIV had issued the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, Protestantism was banned. This Madonna with child illustrates the daily practice of faith. Like many 18th-century Madonna statues...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th C Polychromed Fruitwood Carved Statue Depicting Maria Magdalena, Germany
Located in Leuven , BE
Hard wood with rests of polychromy.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
20th C, Attributed to Louis François Decoeur, Farming Family on a Sunday Morning
Located in Leuven , BE
The Namur painter and engraver, Louis Decoeur (1884-1960) became a member of “L’Effort” around 1910. This artist’s association provided a free studio for painters in Brussels, on the first floor of a building located at Quai au Bois à Brûler number 31. Here innovative artists who the official salons did not appreciate were given a forum. The members of “L’Effort” opposed academism. Some names of artists who have worked in the studio spaces of "L'Effort" are: Jean Brusselmans...
Category
20th Century French Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Ashanti People, Ghana Asipim Chair
Located in Leuven , BE
Ashanti People, Ghana Asipim chair, outstanding item.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Chairs
Materials
Wood
$5,722 Sale Price
40% Off
Selection of Authentic Kongo Knives
Located in Leuven , BE
The knives were handmade with heavily decorated Forged Iron blades with embellished wooden handles. They would use brass or leather wrappings and tacks that turned their weapons into...
Category
Vintage 1930s Congolese Antiquities
Materials
Metal
$12,399 / set
Yoruba-Egba couple of Ere Ibeji Twin Figures signed by Akinyode, Yoruba People
Located in Leuven , BE
Yoruba Egba, couple of Ere Ibeji Twin Figures signed by Akinyode ,Yoruba People, Nigeria Abeokuta
Provenance
Monique Lancée (Maastricht '80)
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Headrest Stool Carved Wood Tribal Art Ghana Africa
Located in Leuven , BE
Ashanti Headrest Stool Carved Wood Tribal Art Ghana Africa
Carved from a single piece of wood, the African Ashanti head rest, Ghana, has a curved top raised on a pedestals depicti...
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Eight Antique Chinese Tobacco Pipe Holder Antrophomorphic Subject, Tobacco Curio
Located in Leuven , BE
Eight Antique Chinese Tobacco Pipe Holders with Antrophomorphic Subject, made of the Wood of Fruit Trees.
French Private Collection.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Asian Water Pipe Yellow Copper, Tortoiseshell Scale, Tobacco Collectible
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique Chinese Water Pipe in Yellow Copper, decorated with Tortoiseshell Scales. The Rectangular Base gives this Object its Elegance.
French Private...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Copper
Pair of Decorative Figures ScuIptures Ibeji Twin Figures, Yoruba people Nigeria
Located in Leuven , BE
A pair of female ‘ibeji’ twin figures of the Yoruba people. From south-west Nigeria . Both ‘ibeji figures’ wear a high plaited coiffure, coloured blue by m...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Asian Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, Snuff Box Floral Motif
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Floral Motifs and Interior Scenes
French Private Collection
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Antique Asian Chinese Opium Box Cloisonné Enamel, Tobacco Snuff Box Floral Motif
Located in Leuven , BE
Old Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Vases and Flowers.
French Private Collection
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Antique Asian Decorated Storage Bowl with Lid, Carved Out of Coconut Shell China
Located in Leuven , BE
Old Chinese carved bowl with Lid, made of Coconut Shell and decorated with Auspicious Symbols.
French Private Collection.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Nineteenth Century Chinese Water Pipe in Paktong
Located in Leuven , BE
Nineteenth century Chinese water pipe in Paktong (= an Alloy of Zinc, Copper and Nickel). The Base - elaborated in Enamel Cloisonné - is decorated with a Phoenix on an Ultramarine Bl...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Copper, Zinc
Very Rare and Old Chinese Tubular Water Pipe, Made from the Root of a Bamboo
Located in Leuven , BE
The bamboo water pipe has a cylindrical shape. The upper part is half sawn open. The water reservoir is located at the bottom of the cylinder.The Ends of the Rootlets are finished wi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Still Life with Vase by Jean-Jacques Foulon 'Kraainem, 1923 - Kraainem, 1980'
By Nicolas-François Foulon
Located in Leuven , BE
Very vivid Still Life Jean Jacques Foulon was a Belgian painter. He was born in 1923 in Kraainem and died in Brussels in 1980. J.J. Foulon was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in...
Category
20th Century Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Giant life-size Teddy Bear wearing the famous Tower of London guards’ uniform
Located in Leuven , BE
Originally known as 'Yeoman Warders', the guards of the Tower of London were first formed in 1485 by Henry VII. Today, they are more commonly known as 'Beef...
Category
20th Century British Animal Sculptures
Materials
Organic Material
Monumental Clock on a Polychromed Panel with Hands in Golden Metal
Located in Leuven , BE
Monumental early 19th century clock on a polychrome panel with clock-hands in golden metal, fixed on a tin sheet. The hands are attached to the back of the panel with a clock system,...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
Marc Le Rest, Samurai Tomoe, Oil on Canvas, Framed, Signed and Dated
Located in Leuven , BE
About the artist.
Born in 1970, Marc Le Rest is a French born artist who turned his back to a promising career within the Holy Church to dedicate himse...
Category
2010s French Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Massim Ceremonial Pig with Inlaid Shell, Trobiand Islands, Papua New Guinea
Located in Leuven , BE
Nice composition in Dense Bunukwa rainforest hardwood, inlaid shell and lime. Carved wooden pig, standing, tail straight and protrudes backwards with rows of carved zig zag...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Animal Sculptures
Materials
Shell, Wood
Austrian Terracotta Buste Attributed to Friedrich Goldscheider
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Leuven , BE
Polychromed statue of Russian Dandy.
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique 20th C Handmade Crocodile Travel Overnight Suitcase
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique early-20th century British made crocodile overnight travel case, with original cotton lining and small document holder on the inside. The case is oozing style and elegance, t...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Leather
Selection of Three Yaka/Suku Monocyclic Ceremonial Drinking Cups, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
Yaka community leaders have a number of items that form part of their royal collection. One of these items is the kopa ceremonial cup (also called koopa...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Comedia dell' Arte Scene.Cucuba teasing Captain Babeo-style of Jacques Callot
Located in Leuven , BE
Commedia dell'arte,also known as "italian comedy" was a humorous theatrical presentation performed by professional actors who traveled in troupes throughout italy in the 16th C.
Category
20th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Decorated Wooden Backrest Sculptured in One Piece
Located in Leuven , BE
These backrests were exclusively used by Dignitaries of the Mongo people in DRC. The diamond design on the seat can also be found on the Kuba tissues called "Velours du Kasai.".
Category
Vintage 1940s Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A couple of concrete Red Vintage Garden Mushrooms shaped stools with patina.
Located in Leuven , BE
This pair of 1950s South West France red mushrooms seats are made of concrete, frost resistant and very sturdy. In addition, it is equipped with a continuous hole, which ensures the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Concrete
