Carrara Marble Decorative Objects

Bust of the young emperor Nero (37 – 68 A.D.) Rome, first half of the 18th century Carved from white carrara, sicilian jasper and bigio morato marble 50 cm high 33 cm wide Provenanc...

Late 19th Century Italian Arabesque Style Carrara Marble Sculpture Signed Pugi. Offered is a beautifully executed late 19th century carved Carrara marble seated Arab male on a thick ...

A Highly Important and Very Rare Pair of Italian Life-Sized Carrara Marble Figures of Dancer Sculptures: Danzatrice con le Mani sui Fianchi & Danzatrice col Dito al Mento ( Danci...

A refined and unique sculpture, crafted from carved wood and gilded with pure gold leaf. It depicts a young man running while holding a blown Murano glass cornucopia, which branches ...

Venus de Milo is an original Carrara marble sculpture realized in 1820 by French sculptor manufacture. The beautiful sculpture represents a copy of the famous Venus De Milo, the a...

An exquisite and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu Portique clock, signed "Tiffany'. Raised by a marble base with ormolu topie shaped supports. Above are two columns decorated by finely chased floral ormolu mounts. The columns are flanked by two fluted tapering ormolu design elements. The enamel dial has a foliate garland at the center and ormolu pendulum. At the top crown is an ormolu floral basket with two lovebirds...

A large (almost life-sized) antique Carrara marble statue of a Roman legionary. Dressed in typical Roman soldier costume and with sword and shield in ...

Sculpture called "Pro Ingenio" made by Émile Lois Picault (1833-1915), made of Carrara marble, a gilt bronze harp and ivory laurels. The sculpture represents Jupiter and eagle. Signe...

Small Marble Table Sculpture. Very nice form, no signature or markings. W 6.5 x D 3 x H 5 in

White Carrara Italian Marble Candle Holder Contemporary Minimalist Design Gift. This White Carrara marble candle holder features a refine...

A Very Impressive Early 20th Century Italian Marble, Onyx and Alabaster Figural Sculpture Lamp by Professor Libero Gremigni The beautiful Art Deco figural lamp depicting an Egyptian...

A beautiful French 19th century white Carrara marble bust of Marie Antoinette. The bust is raised by an fine circular mottled socle pedestal....

Pietro Bazzanti 19th Century Italian Carrara Marble Bust of Roman Woman Dimensions : 31" Tall X 24" Wide X 10" Deep This gorgeous marble bust was made by Pietro Bazzanti (1842-1881...

A very fine and exceptionally carved Italian 19th-20th century Baroque Revival style whimsical white Carrara marble wishing wellhead, raised on an octagonal two-step marble base. The intricately carved marble relief circular wellhead depicting carved figures of dancing and cheerful children (Putti) among vines, flowers and fruits, dancing and playing musical instruments with a backdrop of castles, landscapes, forests and wreaths, Florence, circa, 1900. Note: We have part II video of this amazing Wishing Wellhead. Please feel free to request a copy. Literature: A similar wellhead was sold by Jan's & Co. Fine French Antiques, Inc. in 1999, provenance the Atkinson/Kirkeby Estate and it is illustrated in "The Estates of Beverly Hills" by Charles Lockwood and Jeff-Hyland, page 150. Another similar is currently on display at the gardens of "The Elms" mansion a public museum part of the Newport Mansions by The Preservation Society of Newport County in Newport, Rhode Island. Yet another similar wellhead carved with frolicking putti with musical instruments and a dentil molded rim is located at Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and is illustrated in B. Israel, Antique Garden Ornament...

This astonishing early 20th century Orientalist sculpture is one of the finest of its kind, full of movement, sensuality and effortless charm. The work of celebrated Italian sculptor...

Exceptional pair of vases in the shape of a cantharus. From a foot with overlapping moldings like strips, woven ribbons and acanthus leaves, a smooth stem rises, tapering towards t...

A magnificent and very unique and high quality French 19th century white Carrara marble statue, signed E. Damé, 1892. A nude sea nymph rising out of the ocean waves. Her arms elegant...

An Impressive 19th Century Italian Hand-Carved Carrara Marble Model of The Three Graces, Originally by Antonio Canova. The carving on this piece is exceptionally well done. The faces, hair, hands and draped clothing...

A very fine Italian 19th century Carrara marble life-size marble sculpture of "Hebe and The Eagle"; depicting a young maiden seated on a rocky outcrop holding an urn over her shoulder and serving water from a bowl to a thirsty eagle, raised on a circular base by Aristide Fontana (Italian 19th Century - Active 1870-1890), Carrara, Inscribed to the reverse; "Aristide Fontana Sc./Carrara", circa 1870-1880. Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth, was the daughter of Zeus and Hera and was the hand-maiden and cup bearer of the gods and the symbol of youthful beauty and chastity. She is often depicted as a temptress tantalizing the eagle of Jupiter with a cup of ambrosia and her body. In her role as cup-bearer she offered nectar and ambrosia and here she holds the cup before the eagle, Zeus' messenger. This sculpture subject matter resembles Bertel Thorwaldsen's, marble sculpture of Ganymede and the Eagle, circa 1817 and currently at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. The most notable difference between both sculptures is that, unlike in Thorwaldsen's work, this sculpture depicts a figure of a young semi-nude maiden bearing a pearl necklace centered with a charm engraved with the letter "S". This sculpture subject matter can also be attributed to Psyche, perched on a Stygian rock and threatened by dragons, is rescued from her task by Jupiter's eagle, who brings her a lekythos filled with the river's water. Although Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche had been a common theme in European art since the Renaissance, the particular incident of Psyche rescued by Jupiter's eagle was seldom illustrated. Comparable to themes in mythology, Old Testament figures and heroines in particular were popular subjects of artworks in the mid-19th century. Several scenes from the Biblical (Gen. 24) story of Rebecca's meeting with Eliezer, and subsequent marriage to Isaac, were depicted in the 19th century. The most frequent representation shows Rebecca at the well with a pitcher. Other examples of the subject include those by the Italians Cesare Lapini, Giovanni Battista Lombardi and Domenico Menconi and American sculptors Brown, Mozier, and Chauncey Bradley Ives...

"Metamorfosi Dei Sensi" (Metamorphosis of the Senses) stands as an extraordinary testament to the artistic genius of Carrara, Italy's own, Oriano Galloni. This exquisite sculpture is...

Pair of 19th century doré bronze 7-light marble base candelabras mounted as lamp. Each having bronze sabots leading to a white Carrara marble pedestal...

Exceptional vase in the shape of a cantharus. From a foot with overlapping moldings like strips, woven ribbons and acanthus leaves, a smooth stem rises, tapering towards the top, w...

A Carrara Marble Bas-Relief depicting Apollo Italy, 18th Century 30,5 x 16,5 cm very good condition.  

Sculpture, Female torso, classical art, Greek art, Roman art, Torso, white Carrara marble, classical sculpture, ancient torso, Greek torso, Venus torso Sculpted female torso on whit...

A wonderful Silver cup with a brass band detail on a marble or granite base. The cup, while perfectly suited for a small gathering of flowers or to store pencils on a desk, is actually a small trophy. While it isn't prominent, a small brass icon...

A beautiful colorful decorative box with a lid created from Carrara marble and inlaid with a variety of semi-precious stones. The sides are inlaid with a variety of stones in abstrac...

A sensational and monumentally scaled French mid 19th century white Carrara marble statue. The most impressive and statement making statue ...

A Monumental Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture of "Flora's Embrace", By Professore F. Galli. Flora's Embrace, an exquisite marble sculpture by the esteemed Professore Fortunato G...

A lovely early 20th century Italian Carrara marble sculpture of two sisters by Affortunato Gory Depicting two little girls reading, one with a b...

An impressive and high quality Italian turn of the century white Carrara marble statue of Michelangelo's David. This iconic and world renowned statue is supported on a square mottled...

This sculpture is beautifully carved from carrara Marble and is made to fit the marble pedestal It is signed Carusi at the base. She is holding her Dog and has a finger held to her ...

This heavy white marble box with some gray veining is a great desk accessory or cocktail table addition.It is modern and more contemporary. Great for a man or woman. It has never b...

A wonderfully unique Meiji Bronze Wave - the details and techniques are very intricate. There are no missing pieces or damage. the piece is in very...

Each sconce is meticulously carved from marble and depicts a robust cherub holding a shield with intricate carvings. The cherubs showcase exquisite craftsmanship, with realistic deta...

An elegant and most decorative pair of French mid 19th century Ormolu, Bronze and Carrara marble candlesticks. This stunning pair are each raised on circular white Carrara marble bas...

Elegant 19th century Carrara marble sculpture depicting Euphrosyne, one of the Three Charities (or Three Graces) of Greek mythology, traditionally representing joy, mirth, and celebr...

The perfection in the carving technique makes this sculpture very Special. It is carved from a fine carrara white marble with artistic Perfection. The folds in her gown and drapin...

Sea monster Carrara marble mouth fountain Italy, late 16th century It measures 13.8 x 31.5 x 18.9 in (35 x 80 x 48 cm) State of conservation: some small evident gaps and widespread signs of wear due to outdoor exposure. The gray marks crossing it do not come from restoration, but are rather the natural veins of the marble. This work has some morphological characteristics typically associated with the iconography of the sea monster: an elongated muzzle, sharp teeth, protruding eyes, elongated ears, and a coiled serpent's tail. An in-depth series of studies on artistic depictions of the sea monster attempted to verify how this symbol evolved in antiquity in the European and Mediterranean contexts and how it gradually changed its image and function over time. The iconography itself is mutable and imaginative and its history is rich with cultural and artistic exchange, as well as the overlapping of ideas. This occurred so much that it is difficult to accurately pinpoint the "types" that satisfactorily represent its various developments. However, we can try to summarize the main figures, starting from the biblical Leviathan and the marine creature that swallowed Jonah (in the Christian version, this figure was to become a whale or a "big fish", the “ketos mega”, translation of the Hebrew “dag gadol”). Other specimens ranged from the dragons mentioned in the Iliad (which were winged and had legs) to "ketos” (also from Greek mythology), the terrifying being from whose Latinized name (“cetus”) derives the word "cetacean". See J. Boardman, “Very Like a Whale” - Classical Sea Monsters, in Monsters and Demons in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds, in Papers presented in Honor of Edith Porada, Mainz am Rhein 1987, pp. 73-84). In Italy the monster underwent yet further variations: it can be found in Etruscan art on the front of some sarcophagi representing the companion of souls, while among the Romans we find the “Pistrice” (cited by Plinio in Naturalis Historia PLIN., Nat., II 9, 8 and by Virgilio in Eneide: VERG., Aen., III, 427), which appeared in the shape of a stylized hippocampus or a very large monstrous cetacean and evolved into a hideous being with a dragon's head and long webbed fins. During the Middle Ages, the sea monster was the object of new transformations: at this time, it is often winged, the head is stretched like a crocodile, the front legs are often very sharp fins - sometimes real paws - until the image merges with dragons, the typical figures of medieval visionary spirituality widely found throughout Europe (on this topic and much more, see: Baltrušaitis, J., Il Medioevo fantastico. Antichità ed esotismi nell’arte gotica, Gli Adelphi 1997). In Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries, the revival of classicism - representative of the humanistic and Renaissance periods - led to a different reading of these "creatures". Indeed, the sea monster was also to find widespread use as an isolated decorative motif, especially in numerous fountains and sculptures where dolphins or sea monsters were used as a characterizing element linked to water (on this theme see: Chet Van Duzer, Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps, London, The British library, 2013). From the morphological point of view, the "sea monsters" of this period are mostly depicted as hybrid figures, in which the body of a mythological or real being (a hippocampus, a sea snake, a dolphin), is joined to a head with a rather indistinct appearance. It was usually characterized by large upright ears, an elongated snout, sharp teeth and globular, protruding eyes; a complex and indefinite figure, both from the symbolic point of view and from that of its genesis. The work we are examining is placed as a cross between the medieval sea serpent and the Renaissance dolphin, with stylistic features which recall the snake as often used in heraldry (such as the "snake" depicted in the coat of arms of the Visconti - the lords and then dukes of Milan between 1277 and 1447 - and which, for some, may be derived from the representations of the “Pistrice” that swallowed Jonah). In the search for sources, Renaissance cartography and in particular woodcuts should not be neglected. See for example the monsters of Olaus Magnus, from the editions of the “Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus” (“History of the peoples of the north”) and the natural histories of Conrad Gesner, Ulisse...

Magnificent "Dorso Masculino" sculpture in Carrara marble from the 20th century. Italy Measures: H. 108cm x 37cm Perfect conditions.

A most decorative and finely detailed Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue, signed G.F. Lapini. This wonderful statue is raised on an oval marble base where the boy is st...

A very fine and large Italian 19th-20th century Carrara marble group "Allegory to Music" depicting five Bacchic putti musicians playing various instruments. The finely carved Palatia...

Nicely carved bust of a Roman patrician. a 19th century copy of an ancient Roman image. Socle base.

An impressive and near life size Italian 19th century Carrara marble and Ormolu statue of Lady Justice. The stunning Justice is standing above a square platform wearing sandals and ...

Carrara marble sculpture signed A. Batacchi, Italy, Florence, late 19th century.

This amazing pair of Louis XVI / Directoire period candelabra are of the finest quality. The figures are modeled as Roman Vestal Virgins issuing three scrolling acanthus leaf candle ...

Modern Monique Marble Column, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Monique marble column, carved from exquisite Calacatta Cremo marble, embodies timeless sophisticati...

The organically shaped Ovum basin symbolizes tribute to the perfection within Nature. Although geometrical, the softness of the edges combines with the water surface to create an egg...

An elegant and high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Glass, Ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras. Each stunning three arm candelabra is raised on a white ...

This elegant quatrefoil shaped white marble plaque depicts a kneeling angel in high relief mounted on a bespoke steel stand. Intricately carved, the angel is left facing, kneeling on...

Pair of figural bronze paperweights over cararra marble bases. circa early 19th century; models of "Il Porcellino" and "Wounded Stag" Item # C104009 A superb pair of 19th century p...

A 19th century French Sèvres biscuit porcelain figurine of a couple seated in the garden. The gentleman is feeding grapes to the lady, whose l...

A Louis XVI period mantel (fireplace) clock by Bruel of Paris Constructed in Carrara marble and ormolu, rising from an ormolu dressed elliptical base supported by bronze toupie feet, the figures of Psyche and Cupid rest on a rocaille ground, housing the eight day twin train clock...

A Very Fine Italian 19th century Greco-Roman style carved Carrara marble bas-relief Frieze, after the antique. The finely carved white marble frieze in r...

Pair antique French Carrara marble and bronze D'ore candelabra, Circa 1880.

Exceptional, hand carved all the way around, 17th century, Carrara marble bust of Athena in a helmet surrounded by a laurel wreath. Fabulous expression,...

An extremely well carved pair of Statuary Carrara marble busts on marble pedestals, by important sculptor Odoardo Fantacchiotti.  Odoardo Fantacchiotti (11 May 1811–4 June 1877) was an Italian sculptor of the late-Neoclassic period. He was born in Rome, but his family moved to Florence. In 1820, he enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. At the Academy, he studied under S. Ricci, and first started exhibiting in 1828. Gaining the patronage of the Grand Duke, he continued his studies, following the ideas of Aristodemo Costoli of depicting the "bello naturale". In 1839 at the Academy, he exhibited the work of the Massacre of the Innocents. In 1840 he was named professor at the Academy. Among his public works are the statue of Boccaacio and dell'Accorso for the ground floor niches of the courtyard of the Uffizi, medallions commemorating Francesco Redi and the bust of Ferdinando II de Medici for the Museo della Specola, a statue of Sallustio Bandini (now at the Accademia dei Georgeofili, but initially planned for the loggia of the Uffizi. A marble Virgin...

A phenomenal pair of 19th century french white marble vases with quality gilt bronze ormolu mounts including a beaded rim to base, acanthus leaf supports, artfully crafted foliate an...

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19th-century white Carrara marble sculpture "Bathing Venus." This sculpture depicts the goddess Venus in a pose of modesty as she covers her pubis with a cloth, caught in the act of...

A stunning and extremely high quality Italian 18th century white Carrara marble statue of Diana and her dog. The statue is raised by an impressive thick square base with a wonderfull...