Bronze Decorative Objects

This exquisite Art Deco sculpture, titled “Élégante Aux Biches,” is an iconic work by Demétre Chiparus, one of the most celebrated artists of the period. Cast in detailed bronze and ...

An exquisite French crystal and bronze dresser box featuring a detached lid topped with a large, cut crystal finial. The box is supported by four charming bronze cherubs. Beautiful b...

The Surrealist Angel is a bronze sculpture inspired by Salvador Dalí, depicting an angel with elongated forms and stylized wings, representing the balance between the earthly and the...

A beautiful small antique bronze statue of a bulldog. The bronze is patinated in a beautiful green color. The statue is beautiful in shape and design, beautiful anatomy and posture. ...

This finely cast bronze sculpture, made in France in the late 19th century, is a striking representation of a classical Greek warrior — likely a hoplite — caught in the dynamic motio...

Graceful even when standing still the Bronze Cardinal on Marble Base is a striking addition to any setting. Using traditional lost wax casting methods the Bronze Cardinal statue...

Elevate your home decor with the exquisite fusion of artistry and function embodied in the Glass Dome Bronze and Porcelain Face Ansonian Crystal Palace Mantel Clock. This remarkable ...

Elegant Swedish Grace Bronze Box – A Timeless Piece of Scandinavian Design For lovers of refined craftsmanship and Scandinavian design, we present this stunning Swedish Grace bronze...

Antique French pair of candlesticks, beautiful finely chiseled ormolu (solid bronze gilt with fine gold) Louis XVI style pattern. Our model is richly ornamented with pearls, gadroons...

This signed Philippe Jamin bronze sculpture is a striking example of Mid Century Modern art, capturing the elegance and abstraction that defined the era. The composition depicts thre...

Very elegant pair of nickel plated silver patina hand sconces by Maison Arlus with white opaline glass shades coming from an apartment in Paris fully furnished with furniture and ite...

THE CAVALLO MAZZOCCHI (AFTER THE HERCULANEUM QUADRIGA HORSE) Italy, circa second half of the 19th century Verdigris patinated bronze, one foot raised on polished brass plinth, situat...

French Art Deco Mantel Clock Set in the Süe & Mare Style by G. Limousin, France, circa 1918–1920. Exceptional French Art Deco mantel clock set attributed to sculptor G. Limousin...

A silvered bronze vase with a frieze of prancing horses, bears incised monogram of French foundry Valsuani. Signed M Divani. Marcello Valsuani emigrated from Italy to France and wor...

Sculpture Gorilla Kong all in solid bronze. Limited edition of 8 pieces, numerated 8/8. By Richard Orlinski. Exceptional piece.

1930s Curt Schlevogt, Ingrid collection Bohemian Malachite glass dresser set Czechoslovakian moulded in deep relief Bohemian malachite glass dresser set by Curt Schlevogt from the...

Apollo Belvedere Grand tour Bronze "A Messina Roma" 19th Century Great Detail Used, Good condition, View all photos for the most accurate details on condition and appearance. Dimen...

This is an Art Nouveau Style Table Clock. It depicts a small balloon shape clock mounted in copper color metal. A standing young nymph is adorning the front of the case while holding its face. The white enamel round dial of the clock has Arabic numbers and is also decorated with a garland of roses and leaves around the center. The gold color metal hours and minutes hands are made of scrolls of leaves. At the bottom of the dial face is hallmarked New Haven Clock...

Graceful even when standing still the Bronze Panther on Marble Base is a striking addition to any setting. Using traditional lost wax casting methods the Bronze Panther is created in...

Superb movement for this bronze sculpture by J Duval Brasseur. The elegant curved lines and the shape of the base give a strong feeling of this flying eagle. Very unique piece by th...

This is an antique Edo period decorative planter. A Japanese, bronze jardiniere bowl, dating to the Victorian era, circa 1850. Graced with dashing relief and great tonality Displays...

Castilian Imports Bronze Column Candlesticks. 20th Century.

Beautiful solid Bronze double patina low relief décor catchall, footed bowl or videpoche. Stamped Bronze on the reverse and Artist Mark, M. Le Verrier. A French Art Deco Collector'...

A beautiful antique bronze letter opener dating to the 1920s or earlier, crafted by an unknown sculptor. This beautiful Art Nouveau piece displays graceful, flowing lines and subtle ...

Extraordinarily powerful, and very rare, this large bronze sculpture of a nude male figure by Arthur Dupagne shows him stretching and straining upwards,...

Midcentury abstract bronze sculpture. Stunning midcentury abstract bronze sculpture. This well cast abstract bronze has great patina and is perfect for a cocktail table, console tab...

Beautiful and rare Gothic Revival treasure box with bronze handle. If you are a collector of antique boxes and/or if you are looking for an extraordinary jewelry box to grace your credenza or side table then this unique and top quality made specimen in the Gothic style could be perfect. Gothic Revival boxes are very hard to find and we have never seen one with such prodigious carvings on all sides. The unique and cat-like dragon gargoyles (with fangs) that look like they are carrying this casket, are just some of the stunningly carved and detailed sculptures that make this antique rarity even more artistic and impressive. Another great feature are the peacock sculptures. In Christianity the peacock is the symbol of purity. Christians believe that once someone has passed their soul rises and goes to heaven. This is why in earlier times Christians would spread the feathers of a peacock over the deceased since it symbolized a pure soul that was immune to corruption. The peacock also represents immortality, resurrection, and the spiritual teachings of Jesus Christ and the Christian church. Have you also noticed the top quality details on both ends of the bronze handle on top? The quality of that ornamental work is of the absolute highest standard also. There are many more incredibly beautiful, hand carved details and together they show that no expense was spared to create one of the most amazing Gothic caskets...

An exquisite and rare pair of tall candlestick lamps by the renowned Tiffany Studios, New York, crafted circa 1910. These striking examples of early 20th-century American decorative ...

Art Deco Signed Bronze by Ary Bitter , French Sculptor ( 1883-1973 ) born in Marseille , passed away in Paris . salon des artistes Français Gold medal in 1924 . Two monumental Sculp...

A rare and beautiful Art Deco / Swedish Grace bronze vase with amazing patina. Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s. Good original condition, some light scratches and...

A small Etruscan bronze statue circa the 1970s made in Italy mounted in a black stone base the base shows a crack and repair it can easily be replaced...

A gorgeous antique French Repousse gilt bronze three-compartment dresser box, jewelry box, or decorative box In the manner of Tiffany & Co. France, Circa Late 19th Century Measure...

Vintage bronze sculpture depicts an infant girl standing on a cushioned stool, holding her left shoe in her hand while pressing one finger of her right hand to her lips. Beautifully...

A charming quality antique bronze figure of a seated Dachshund, possibly Austrian and dating from the second half of the 19th century. The sculpture is beautifully modelled and detai...

This magnificent 19th-century gilt bronze tabletop frame is a beautifully detailed decorative object that embodies the refinement and artistic exuberance of the late Victorian and Be...

A footed vase or cigarette holder fashioned from solid bronze. Made by Nordisk Malm in Denmark during the 1940s in a style reminiscent of Just Andersen. Measurements: H: 7.5 cm. Di...

French bronze dancers sculpture from the 1930s

A contemporary bronze sculpture depicting a bull, with dark patina. Created with the traditional technique of the lost-wax (à la cire perdue) that allows a great precision and finesse in the details, this small bronze sculpture depicts a proud bull firmly standing on its four paws resting on a shaped base. Placed anywhere in a home, on a commode, buffet or console table, this cast bronze bull...

A rare and very fine bronze corpus of Christ after a model by Michelangelo, cast ca. 1597-1600 by Juan Bautista Franconio and painted in 1600 by Francisco Pacheco in Seville, Spain. The present corpus reproduces a model attributed to Michelangelo. The best known example, lesser in quality, is one on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). The association of this corpus with Michelangelo was first brought to light by Manuel Gomez-Moreno (1930-33) who studied the wider circulated casts identified throughout Spain. The attribution to Michelangelo was subsequently followed by John Goldsmith-Phillips (1937) of the MET and again by Michelangelo expert, Charles de Tolnay (1960). While Michelangelo is best known for his monumental works, there are four documented crucifixes he made. The best known example is the large-scale wooden crucifix for the Church of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito in Florence, made in 1492 as a gift for the Prior, Giovanni di Lap Bicchiellini, for allowing him to study the anatomy of corpses at the hospital there. In 1562, Michelangelo wrote two letters to his nephew, Lionardo, indicating his intention to carve a wooden crucifix for him. In 1563 a letter between Lionardo and the Italian sculptor Tiberio Calcagni, mentions this same crucifix (a sketch of a corpus on the verso of a sheet depicting Michelangelo’s designs for St. Peter’s Basillica [Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille] may reproduce this). That Michelangelo was working on small corpora in the last years of his life is further evidenced by the small (26.5 cm) unfinished wooden crucifix located at the Casa Buonarroti, considered his last known sculptural undertaking. Michelangelo’s contemporary biographer, Giorgio Vasari additionally cites that Michelangelo, in his later years, made a small crucifix for his friend, Menighella, as a gift. Surviving sketches also indicate Michelangelo’s study of this subject throughout his career, most notably during the end of his life but also during the 1530s-40s as he deepened his spiritual roots. The occasional cameo of crucified Christ’s throughout his sketched oeuvre have made it challenging for scholars to link such sketches to any documented commissions of importance. All the while, in consideration that such objects were made as gifts, it is unlikely they should be linked with commissions. Nonetheless, a number of theories concerning Michelangelo’s sketches of Christ crucified have been proposed and some may regard the origin of the present sculpture. It has been suggested that the corpus could have its impetus with Michelangelo’s work on the Medici Chapel, whose exclusive design was given to the master. It is sensible smaller details, like an altar cross, could have fallen under his responsibility (see for example British Museum, Inv. 1859,0625.552). Others have noted the possibility of an unrealized large marble Crucifixion group which never came to fruition but whose marble blocks had been measured according to a sheet at the Casa Buonarroti. A unique suggestion is that Michelangelo could have made the crucifix for Vittoria Colonna, of whom he was exceedingly fond and with whom he exchanged gifts along with mutual spiritual proclivities. In particular, Vittoria had an interest in the life of St. Bridget, whose vision of Christ closely resembles our sculpture, most notably with Christ’s proper-left leg and foot crossed over his right, an iconography that is incredibly scarce for crucifixes. The suggestion could add sense to Benedetto Varchi’s comment that Michelangelo made a sculpted “nude Christ…he gave to the most divine Marchesa of Pescara (Vittoria Colonna).” Of that same period, two sketches can be visually linked to our sculpture. Tolnay relates it to a sketch of a Crucified Christ at the Teylers Museum (Inv. A034) of which Paul Joannides comments on its quality as suggestive of preparations for a sculptural work. Joannides also calls attention to a related drawing attributed to Raffaello da Montelupo copying what is believed to be a lost sketch by Michelangelo. Its relationship with our sculpture is apparent. Montelupo, a pupil of Michelangelo’s, returned to Rome to serve him in 1541, assisting with the continued work on the tomb of Pope Julius II, suggesting again an origin for the corpus ca. 1540. The earliest firm date that can be given to the present corpus is 1574 where it appears as a rather crudely conceived Crucifixion panel, flanked by two mourners in low-relief and integrally cast for use as the bronze tabernacle door to a ciborium now located at the Church of San Lorenzo in Padula. Etched in wax residue on the back of the door is the date, 27 January 1574, indicating the corpus would have at least been available as a model by late 1573. The Padula tabernacle was completed by Michelangelo’s assistant, Jacopo del Duca and likely has its origins with Michelangelo’s uncompleted tabernacle for the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Rome. The impetus for the Padula tabernacle’s Crucifixion panel begins with a series of late Crucifixion sketches by Michelangelo, depicting a scene of Christ crucified and flanked by two mourners (see British Museum Inv. 1895.0915.510; Ashmolean Museum Inv. 1846.89, KP II 343 recto; Windsor Castle RCIN 912761 recto; and Louvre Inv. 700). A faintly traced block possibly intended for sculpting the sketch of the crucified Christ on its recto was discovered by Tolnay on a version of the composition at Windsor Castle. The Windsor sketch and those related to it appear to have served as preparatory designs for what was probably intended to become the Basilica of St. Mary’s tabernacle door. Vasari documents that the project was to be designed by Michelangelo and cast by his assistant, Jacopo del Duca. Michelangelo died before the commission was complete, though on 15 March 1565, Jacopo writes to Michelangelo’s nephew stating, “I have started making the bronze tabernacle, depending on the model of his that was in Rome, already almost half complete.” Various circumstances interrupted the completion of the tabernacle, though its concept is later revitalized by Jacopo during preparations to sell a tabernacle, after Michelangelo’s designs, to Spain for Madrid’s El Escorial almost a decade later. The El Escorial tabernacle likewise encountered problems and was aborted but Jacopo successfully sold it shortly thereafter to the Carthusians of Padula. An etched date, 30 May 1572, along the base of the Padula tabernacle indicates its framework was already cast by then. A 1573 summary of the tabernacle also describes the original format for the door and relief panels, intended to be square in dimension. However, a last minute decision to heighten them was abruptly made during Jacopo’s negotiations to sell the tabernacle to King Phillip II of Spain. Shortly thereafter the commission was aborted. Philippe Malgouyres notes that the Padula tabernacle’s final state is a mixed product of the original design intended for Spain’s El Escorial, recycling various parts that had already been cast and adding new quickly finished elements for its sale to Padula, explaining its unusually discordant quality, particularly as concerns the crudeness of the door and relief panels which were clearly made later (by January 1574). Apart from his own admission in letters to Spain, it is apparent, however, that Jacopo relied upon his deceased master’s designs while hastily realizing the Padula panels. If Michelangelo had already earlier conceived a crucifix model, and Jacopo had access to that model, its logical he could have hastily employed it for incorporation on the door panel to the tabernacle. It is worth noting some modifications he made to the model, extending Christ’s arms further up in order to fit them into the scale of the panel and further lowering his chin to his chest in order to instill physiognomic congruence. A crude panel of the Deposition also follows after Michelangelo’s late sketches and is likewise known by examples thought to be modifications by Jacopo based upon Michelangelo’s initial sculptural conception (see Malgouyres: La Deposition du Christ de Jacopo del Duca, chef-d’oeuvre posthume de Michel-Ange). Jacopo’s appropriation of an original model by Michelangelo for more than one relief on the Padula tabernacle adds further indication that the crucifix was not an object unique to Jacopo’s hand, as few scholars have posited, but rather belongs to Michelangelo’s original...

A beautiful Art Deco / Swedish Grace bronze bowl with amazing patina. Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s. Good original condition. Some scratches and scuffs to the ...

A beautiful Art Deco / Swedish Grace bronze vase with amazing patina. Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s. Great condition, some light scratches and wear to the pati...

An exceptional and exceedingly rare Art Deco bronze sculpture titled “Lysis”, designed by Pierre Le Faguays under his well-known pseudonym Fayral, and cast by the Max Le Verrier foun...

apanese bronze tiger from the Meiji period, featuring a warm brown-red patina. The piece is crafted to a high standard, modelled with realistic proportions in a dynamic forward-movin...

An impressive pair of early 20th century candlesticks executed in hammered brass combined with contrasting patinated metal elements. The design is strongly architectural, with three ...

Graceful even when standing still the Bronze Horse on Marble Base is a striking addition to any setting. Using traditional lost wax casting meth...

Pair of circa 1930's bronze Chinese vases depicting dragons. Measurements: Height: 10" Diameter: 6"

A Greco Roman style bronze buste depicting a Spartan soldier on black wooden base. This Greco Roman style bronze bust, masterfully depicting a Spartan soldier, is a striking piece th...

An elegant brass vase, hand-crafted in Japan, Showa Period. The finish is Murashido, a centuries-old technique that consists in quenching the cast brass in hot oil and smoke it with ...

Green patinated bronze sculpture of an archer by Michel Decoux (1837-1924). This petite Art Deco sculpture beautifully captures the elegant formal language of the period. Crafted in ...

This impressive life-size bronze Bacchanal group, conceived after Clodion, captures the exuberant spirit, sensuality, and theatrical movement that define the finest French Neoclassic...

Sculpture panther in solid black bronze. With carved relief finish.   

A Wonderful French Ormolu Mounted Cut / Faceted Crystal & Bronze Jewelry Casket In The Style And Manner Of Baccarat Unfortunately The Back Lid Does Have A Chip In The Middle

A unique intricately detailed hand-hammered bronze of a fish. Bursting with character, this marine life mythical decorative object would enhance any shelf or tabletop. This object form is one of the best-known examples of Benin art, created from the thirteenth century onwards, by the Edo people, which also included other sculptures in brass, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces of art. Tribal African Art...

The iconic bronze Evase vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection. This is shown in the black patina. Each bronze is hand crafted in France and is signed. Can be used as vas...

A large and heavy solid Bronze Ashtray in the shape of a Crab. This piece is a compliment as a decorative piece and also has a hinged top to be used as an ashtray for your perfect sm...

Stunning French Art Deco Cubist Bronze Vase with Dinanderie Patina This exquisite French Art Deco vase is a masterful example of Cubist design, crafted from fine bronze and featurin...

A sculptural bronze floral French Candle holder designed by Pierre Casenove for Fondica. signed.

Very early, 206 BC to 220 AD, square shaped bronze fang hu bronze vessel would have functioned as a ritual container for the storage and transportation of sump...

Pair of large and finest quality exotic orientalist motif French 19th century figural gilt and patinated bronze Candelabras on original marble bases.

Bronze male sculpture signed. Fonderia Giorgio Sommer Calabritto Napoli Thomas, sculptor, lived and worked in the Naples area, and especially on Capri, from 1889 to 1906. Given this ...