20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Pair of light lavender Jade Figures of a Queen and King 20TH CENTURY Carved as a standing queen dressed in lavish traditional attire and adorned with elaborate jewelry her face rend...

Important Esa Fedrigolli Italy by Esart Italy for Spirale arte design bronze vase with acid work year ’70 signed

Showa Period (1926 - 1989) sculpture of a duck resting with its head tucked into its wings. Dry lacquer, or kanshitsu, is a process of layering and manipulating lacquer soaked cloth ...

A fabulous little Boho carved votive holder. A sweet little bird with a primitive detail. A great gift. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Small antique bronze bust of Buddha head on solid wood base. The head is heavily distressed and patinated showing significant age; rear of the head has some minor losses but nothing ...

Italian marble sculpture which represents half woman bust with a transparent square base. Made in Italy 1950s.

A fantastic vintage Boho sculpture. Monumental in size and drama. Matte plank powder coating over steel. Sculpture is able to spin on the plinth. Acquir...

Pair of bronze rabbits running, their legs forming a round shape. Made by Hiroharu Hiramatsu (1896 Hyôgo prefecture – 1971, Fukushima,平松宏春). Specialized in metal art, he is a counci...

This Old Wood Carving Three Chinese Little Monks Statues Set a delightful and culturally rich collection. These statues embody significant Buddhist te...

The soapstone carving, with its smooth and polished surface, unfolds a scene of movement and journey across the warm, earthy tones of the stone. The composition centers around a grou...

A fantastic vintage Boho original clay sculpture. A chic Abstract composition of stacked noses. It’s a little surprise that you can only see upon close inspection. So great. Acquired...

The soapstone carving, with its smooth and polished mustard yellow surface, serves as a canvas for a scene that exudes life and detail. In the foreground, three villagers are expertl...

In Indian Buddhism, Avalokiteshvara is a male Bodhisattva, however in Chinese Buddhism he takes the form of the female Bodhisattva, Guanyin - ‘The One Who Hears the Cries of the Worl...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare pair of original hand carved from solid walnut J Rozec signed portraits of a fisherman and his wife A very good looking and high...

Robert Lee Morris "Mobile" 1980's Nickel rectangular panels supported on a black rectangular base (Signed Verso).

Robert Lee Morris , "Large Double Stack" 1980's, Hammered brass, Signed Verso.

Vintage Asian Carved Ornate Wood Statue on Base - 2 Piece This carved wood sculpture depicts four men on four horses in the throws of battle. The figures rest on a wooden base. This...

Italian (Venetian) Group of 3 rare, incredibly detailed and refined Oriental figurines, 3 males one in coral pasta glass, another in burgundy glass and the third in black glass. Standing on a black round bases with wave motif, they are perfect in every detail and show the excellence of Nason’s technique. They are all signed and dated.? Ermanno Nason was born in Murano in 1928, from one of the oldest families of glassmakers on the island and appeared at his father Italo’s furnace at the age of ten. Ermanno left elementary school spending his time between the furnace and the school for Apprentices Masters “Abate Zanetti” (managed by Professor Vittorio Zecchin) and made his first experiences in more realities, including Pinzan & Cimarrosti where he was proclaimed Master at age of eighteen. In his youth, Ermanno also worked at the Mazzega I.V.R. collaborating on the great project of Egidio Costantini...

Artist/Designer: Monden Kogyoku (Japanese, b. 1916) Additional Information: Item includes the original box and packing cloth (both marked with the artist’s seal). Provenance: Tai Ga...

Chinese Jadeite hardstone oval bowl.

Antique Chinese carved teak sailing boat centerpiece, Circa 1900.

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare original Chinese Export circa 1900 Shoushan stone carving of mountain lions on rocks I h...

Chinese Spinach Jade Brush Washer Depicting an asymmetrical rectangular rock pond, with blossoming lingzhi branches. Height 1 in. (2.54 cm.), Width 6...

Small Antique Chinese Red Elm Ancestral Shrine This hand carved and crafted antique Chinese shrine is used to place fruits and flowers offerings, usually use...

Carved from a solid piece of stone, this weight was originally used by a Shoemaker to press down large pieces of leather. Surrounded by intricate scrollwork and peony blossoms, a gua...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely handmade in Ireland green pedestal stand with Victorian lady picture A good looking and decorative pi...

Antique hand carved teak chair from Sumatra with lovely angel wings and “ Take A seat " carved in the back rest. C 1950. This chair was sou...

Sculpture in regulates Jockey and his horse 1930 of dimension height 41 cm for a length of 41 cm and a depth of 15 cm. Additional information: Material: Metal & wrought iron.

Abstract sculpture from the 1950s signed Raris or Rarus, 65 cm high, 40 cm wide and 17 cm deep. Additional information: Material: Earthenware & Ceramics.

A small Chinese carved Lapis-Lazuli figure of a water buffalo Naturalistically carved as a muscular buffalo sturdily standing on four cloven feet, the raised head turned to the righ...

Exceptional pair of colored panels,SULAWESI,Indonesia nice black and red old patina these panels come from old Sulawesi houses in Indonesia

Pair of Chinese carved jade winged horses Measures: Height 4 in. (10.16 cm.), Width 7 in. (17.78 cm.)

This exquisite large Chinese soapstone sculpture is a testament to the intricate artistry and rich cultural heritage of China. The piece, meticulously carved from a single block of v...

Bamboo wood sculpture depicting a fisherman with oriental features, with a long beard and wearing a headdress, while holding two fish in his hand. The lower part is embellished with an elaborate carved fishing net. The work is of Chinese provenance...

Grand, crème glazed terracotta, Han-style, braying stallion sculpture.

The lavastone Stupa from Indonesia is a remarkable piece that embodies the spiritual and cultural traditions of the region. Crafted from lavastone, this Stupa stands tall at 93 cm in...

A petite square brass nail sculpture.?

From Steck's 'Desert Flower' series, this table top sculpture exhibits, per an America House advertisement in Craft Horizons January/February 1965 (which illustrates this sculpture),...

An elegant bronze sculpture of a nude female subject, signed E. Mellon.

A metal sculpture consisting of a thin rigid wire with folded, fortune-cookie-shape pieces of naturally patinated brass slipped onto the rod and stacked vertically. The rod is set in...

A petite round brass nail sculpture.?

Claude Viseux est un peintre, sculpteur et graveur aquafortiste et lithographe français né le 3 juillet 1927 à Champagne-sur-Oise et mort le 9 novembre 2008 à Anglet. 'est dans les années 1959-1960 que la sculpture de Claude Viseux, qualifiée de « protéiforme, onirique, fantastique » — ami de Max Ernst, Man Ray, Francis Ponge et Henri Michaux, il ne désavoue pas une parenté avec le Surréalisme9 — se substitue à la peinture, ses premières réalisations étant les objets trouvés en bord de mer qu'il pétrifie dans la cire10 d'une part, les empreintes de pierres et d'algues coulées en bronze d'autre part. En 1960, il signe le Manifeste des 121 titré « Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie ». En 1961, ses expérimentations s'orientent vers les corps organiques, notamment avec sa série Ostéales constituée d'assemblages d'os fossilisés qu'il patine ou au contraire décape, qu'il visse, scie, assemble et plastifie. Les Concrétudes ou Coulées directes qui suivent en 1961-1962 sont obtenues à partir de coulées de métal en fusion dans le sable, générant des reliefs qu'il soude sur des plaques d'acier. Il va cependant adopter rapidement l'acier inoxydable — qu'il est avec Pol Bury parmi les premiers à employer en sculpture — comme matériau de prédilection. « Il assemble divers rebus industriels — tuyaux, écrous, boulons, cuves… — pour créer des sculptures à mi-chemin du mécanique et du biologique » restitue ainsi Sophie Serra11. Claude Viseux, qui fréquente alors Jean Tinguely, Piotr Kowalski, Michel Guino, Takis et César, confirme : « Ma récupération de l'élément industriel s'élargit vers les aciers spéciaux, avec un essai de vocabulaire formel : des barres, des profilés, des sphères, des rotules, des fonds de cuves, des chambres à combustion de Boeing, des tubulures, des soupapes de navire »9. « L'artiste entre au cœur de la réalité industrielle, prospecte dans les chaînes de montage de Renault et rôde dans les terrains vaques autour des usines », restitue donc l'encyclopédie Les Muses : « il récupère ferrailles, pièces détachées, débris de voitures, vieux châssis, toute une série d'éléments devenus inutiles. Ils les assemblent, tels quels, sans les modifier. Des créatures agressives ou pathétiques vont surgir de ce combat physique et dialectique que l'artiste livre avec la matière et entrer dans le domaine d'une poétique étrange, surnaturelle5 ». Dans les années 1967-1970, Les « structures actives » en acier inoxydable procèdent ainsi de la production industrielle de série. Elles se répartissent en familles de formes combinatoires composées par addition, soustraction, multiplication, division. Il confirme : « le monde industriel est ma nature, mon bouillon de culture, où je cherche des corps, des familles de corps, des genres, des espèces, dans un aller-retour de l'artificiel au naturel pour confondre les règnes, pour en inventer d'autres selon une géométrie organique qui féconde les différents types de structures, qui aménage la forme concernée par la forme à venir »9. En 1968, Claude Viseux s'installe à la villa Baudran à Arcueil, atelier qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1992. Si des corps imaginaires naissent ainsi des pièces mécaniques que Claude Viseux emprunte à l'automobile, à l'avion et au bateau, en 1972, « la symétrie de ces formes pures en inox », constate Lydia Harambourg, « l'amène à s'interroger sur la notion d'équilibre instable »12. Ses Instables sont de la sorte exposés à la Biennale de Venise en 1972 où, rappelle encore Lydia Harambourg, une salle entière est consacrée « aux dessins qui reprennent son vocabulaire mécanique identitaire de sphères, toupies, hélices, anneaux, astrolabes et balanciers »12. Les Instables sont de même, en 1973, présentés à la galerie Le Point cardinal à Paris où Claude Viseux avait déjà exposé en 1968 avec Henri Michaux et Joaquin Ferrer...