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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Regency
Style: Tibetan
Set of Two Tibetan Tsa Tsa
Located in Chicago, IL
This stack of two molded ceramic tsa tsa bricks depict Buddhist deities. Each was a meditation created in a monastery by a Buddhist monk in training. They were...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Vintage Regency Cast Concrete Pineapple Statues - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add a touch of Americana charm to your outdoor space with this pair of vintage Regency cast concrete pineapple statues. Symbolizing hospitality and warmth, these timeless pieces evok...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Vintage Regency Glazed Ceramic Foo Dogs - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Elevate your decor with a touch of classical elegance with our Vintage Regency Glazed Ceramic Foo Dogs. Inspired by traditional Asian motifs and reimagined with American flair, this ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of English Regency Cast Lead Whippet / Greyhound Dogs Garden Figures C 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English Regency life size cast lead Whippet / Greyhound dogs garden figures, Early 19th Century
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Lead
Sridevi East Asian Hindu Deity Goddess bronze Figurine Antique 18th-19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Fantastic Hinduism masterwork was discovered in our stock: attractive sculpture stood for decade on our shelf pleasing an eye and raising some questions. Finally, we were able to sep...
Category
Early 19th Century Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Vintage Regency Italian Glazed Ceramic Tiger
Located in west palm beach, FL
Channel the wild elegance of vintage Regency with this Italian Glazed Ceramic Tiger, a majestic statement piece exuding timeless American flair. Crafted with Italian artistry and boa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Regency Solid Brass Ducks - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Elevate your décor with this charming pair of Vintage Regency Solid Brass Ducks, embodying quintessential American craftsmanship and timeless appeal for a touch of classic elegance i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Regency Cast Cement Greyhound
Located in west palm beach, FL
Embrace timeless elegance with our Vintage Regency Cast Cement Greyhound. This majestic piece exudes American sophistication, capturing the grace and poise of the iconic greyhound. C...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A ‘FANTASTICALLY’ RARE, EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY and MUSEUM QUALITY Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes.
Made in Englan...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Shell, Glass, Mahogany
Vintage Hand Blown Murano Glass Rooster
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Discover the charm of Post-Modern craftsmanship with this Vintage Hand Blown Murano Glass Rooster. Each aspect of this colorful rooster is meti...
Category
20th Century Italian Regency Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Ascending Leather Wrapped Giraffe Sculptures - Set of 3
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elevate your decor with this exquisite set of three Vintage Ascending Leather Wrapped Giraffe Sculptures. Each piece is artfully wrapped in lea...
Category
20th Century Regency Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Antique Tibetan Praying Crowned Buddha
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Tibetan Praying Crowned Buddha
This buddha sits in a seating lotus position a triangular base. His many hands fan out behind his back. Two hands...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of Antique English Brass Ball Finials
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of large antique English cast brass ball finials, salvaged from a stables in Newmarket, England.
With their bold brass colour and highly polished finish, this impressive pair...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Regency Blanc De Chine Cockatoo
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Regency large Cockatoo. A chic Blanc de Chine bird in a beautiful low pose. Made in Italy and marked on the bottom. Acquired fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Anglo-Indian Regency Carved Marble Sculpture of Seated Long Hair Terrier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Anglo-Indian Regency Carved Marble Sculpture of a Seated Long-Hair Terrier
Anglo-Indian for English Market, 19th Century
A whimsical Anglo-Indian Regency Carved Marble Sculpture o...
Category
19th Century Indian Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Bronze Tibetan Yab-Yum Statue
Located in Ferndale, MI
Yab-yum statue symbolizing a union of wisdom and compassion, masculine and feminine, active and passive, compassion and insight necessary for enlightenment. Has significant weight to...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Tibetan Carved Wood Phurba 15th-16th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
A large carved wooden purbha sculpture
Tibet 15th - 16th Century
With the triangular blade issuing from the mouth of a makara, the grip with stylized endless knot, the finial with t...
Category
16th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Regency Patinated Plaster Agusta Rodin “The Thinker” Bookends - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic pair of vintage Regency bookends. A reproduction of Auguste Robin’s “The Thinker”. A patinated bronze finish over plaster. Marked in back. Acquired from a Miami estate.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Regency Brass Deer - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A gorgeous set of vintage Regency brass deer. A beautiful set of one buck and one doe. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate
Category
Early 17th Century Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Regency Glazed Ceramic Foo Dogs - Set of 2
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous pair of vintage Regency Foo dogs. A chic glazed ceramic in a brilliant Emerald green. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Regency Brass Sitting Deers- a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Regency pair of deer. Beautiful engraved couple with a heavy brass body. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Regency Terra Cotta Elephant Obelisks - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A handsome pair of vintage Regency obelisks. A cast terracotta with a cerused finish. Happy elephants with their trunks up for good luck. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Petite Goddess Mahapratisara Charm
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite brass sculpture is of the eight-armed goddess Mahapratisara, worshipped in Tibetan Buddhism as a protecting and prosperity granting Bodhisattva. She is considered to be a...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of Antique Terracotta Corbels on Stands
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Corbels are conventionally used as an architectural fixture. However, this pair of antique corbels are simply too beautiful to be mounted to a ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Steel
A large English Antique Plaster " Fidelity" Statue
Located in London, GB
An almost 4.5ft tall Plaster Fidelity Statue from the English Regency/ Victorian period. Good form and scale with some Historic restoration over the years, however as seen in the ima...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Hayagriva with Consort Vajravarahi, circa 1800, Tibet
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic and powerful Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva and his consort Vajravarahi, created in Tibet for the Chinese market, 18th/19th century, Tibet.
The wrathful...
Category
Early 1800s Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Regency Life Size Brass Tigers - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
An incredible pair of vintage Regency tigers. Chic life size cats in solid brass. Powerful creatures in a great pose. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair English Salt /Glazed Spaniels, c. 1830
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an imposing pair of stoneware saltglaze spaniels that were made at the Briddon Pottery in Brampton Derbyshire circa 1830. They are a unique design and historically significan...
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Regency Banjo Barometer in Mahogany with Swan Neck Pediment, England ca. 1820
Located in Atlanta, GA
Regency Banjo Barometer in Mahogany with Swan Neck Pediment, England ca. 1820
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Regency period bronze figure of Crouching Venus
Located in London, GB
A well-cast early 19th Century bronze Model of crouching Venus kneeling on shell supported on Sienna marble base.
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique pair of 19th century bronze hounds on red marble bases.
Located in London, GB
A fine quality pair of early 19th Century Regency period well-cast bronze Models of Greyhounds, having engine-turned gilt-brass collars, on moulded edged red marble bases.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Derby Porcelain Figurine of William Shakespeare Model No. 305
By Derby
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain figurine.
By Derby.
In the form of William Shakespeare.
Depicting a Shakespeare that leans onto ...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Regency Greek Revival Gilt Carving of a Sphinx
Located in Chicago, IL
From the 1700s through the early 1800s, European aristocrats developed a fascination with ancient Egyptian culture and design that culminated in a full Egyptian Revival. Prominent figures such as Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned rooms decorated with Egyptian motifs. This cultural moment reflects a fascination with a sophisticated civilization of great artists and pharaohs. The Regency era possessed very little knowledge of the Great Pyramids or hieroglyphics, a quality that lent Egyptian art interpretation a compelling air of mystique.
This English Regency period gilt carving depicts a popular figure of borrowed Egyptian motif: the Sphinx. Recognized among educated circles as a symbol of brilliance in the ancient past, the Sphinx was well-known as a mythological creature who destroys those who failed to answer her riddle. Such a piece as this, excellent in detail and craftsmanship, may have once graced the mantle of a gentleman’s study or been exchanged as a gift between British scholars. The beautiful gold surface has been achieved by an artful combination of gilt and gesso; the art enthusiast will appreciate the intricate texture realized in the carving’s hair and tail as well as the delicate detailing of the saddle.
Borrowing from the Egyptians, the Greeks had their own interpretation of the Sphinx. Greek mythology chronicled the Sphinx as being the daughter of Orthous and Chimera or Laius and attributed the riddles, which she proposed, as having been taught to her by the Muses. Crowned with a Grecian diadem and having a refined expression, she evokes an ancient yet reserved intellect.
For the modern-day enthusiast of classical Greek art...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Regency Glenda Goodacre Attributed Bronze Bust of Man
Located in west palm beach, FL
A striking vintage Boho bronze bust of man. A chic profile of a handsome young man. Attributed to the artist Glenda Goodacre. Unsigned. Acquired fro...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Massive Staffordshire Pearlware Pottery Figure of Ceres or Plenty, circa 1815
Located in Downingtown, PA
Massive Staffordshire Pearlware Pottery Figure of Venus,
circa 1810
The extremely large figure depicts Venus, Aphrodite of the Classical Greek legend. This model is of great rarity. Venus, is superbly painted, depicted in purple robes with green edging as she rise from the foam of the sea The condition is excellent. Only one other example is known- see below.
Dimensions: 24 1/4 inches high x 8 1/2 inches wide x 8 inches deep
See: Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840, Family, Friendship, Play, & Classical Subjects, Vol 4, Page 186, Figure 194.37 from the Collection of Arnold and Barbara Berlin, although this example is plainly decorated with a white dress with scattered flowers and a Greek Key border to the plain base.
History of Venus
Venus is the Roman goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Venus was born from the foam of the sea after Uranus, the sky god, was castrated by his son Cronus. She was carried to the island of Cythera by seashells and then to Mount Olympus, where she became the wife of Vulcan, the god of fire.
Venus in Art
Venus has been a popular subject for artists since ancient times. She is often depicted as a beautiful woman, nude or partially clothed, and is often accompanied by symbols of love and beauty, such as doves, roses, and apples. Some of the most famous depictions of Venus include the Venus de Milo, a marble sculpture from the 2nd century BCE, and the Venus of Urbino...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pearlware, Pottery
Thomas Messenger and Sons 'Atlas' Sculpture Bronze Lamp Base, England circa 1835
By Thomas Messenger
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Thomas Messenger and Sons 'Atlas' Sculpture Silvered Bronze Lamp Base, England circa 1835.
English William IV period, bronze table lamp by the Birmin...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Regency Polished Brass Horse After Maitland Smith
Located in west palm beach, FL
A stunning vintage Regency brass horse. A chic composition in a high polished finish. Unmarked. He had a tag, then I sent him out to be polished and they removed it. Acquired from a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Tibetan Repoussé Traveling Shrine, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Tibetan traveling shrines, known as Gau, were believed to offer protective powers and were used to hold and carry sacred objects during long journeys....
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Tibetan Ceremonial Silver Studded Conch with Semi-Precious Stones
Located in Miami, FL
Tibetan ceremonial silver studded conch with semi-precious stones, used in Tibetan Buddhism prayer rituals. Invokes water and rain, and is also used t...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Tibetan Patinated Bronze and Brass Buddha Bust
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Tibetan bronze figural bust of the Buddha with a natural green patina, resting on an oval polished brass plinth.
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Gilt Copper Tibetan Statue of Teacher Padma Sambhav
Located in Somis, CA
A wonderful 6.7 lb gilt copper statue of the great teacher, Padmasambhava, also called Guru Rinpoche. He is considered the founder of Tibetan Buddhism's oldest school. Seated on double lotus throne, he is wearing a peaked crown with upturned ear flaps, and a long robe with richly embroidered cloud pattern and Tibetan boots. In his right hand he holds a vajra to bring enlightenment, in the left a kalasa that contains elixir of wisdom. The face full and youthful, with furrowed, lifted brows and wide, almond-shaped eyes, the ears adorned with long foliate earrings...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Framed Tibetan Flint Striker, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such st...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Silver
Vintage Tibetan Orange and White Porcelain Buddha Statue
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Tibetan porcelain statue depicting a seated Buddha, with hand painted orange detail.
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills Swan Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills
Pair of Unique Swan Sculptures
Featuring Aluminum Beaks
Black Lacquer body with tan & black Lacquer Accents
...
Category
1880s North American Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Regency Glazed Ceramic Elephants - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous pair of vintage Regency Elephants. A glazed ceramic finish with hand painted detail. Perfect for your orchids or glass of wine. You decide. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Regency Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Paint
Set of 2 Ornate Terracotta Corbels Mounted on Stands
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Though corbels are conventionally used as an architectural fixture, this pair of antique corbels are too beautiful to simply sit on a wall or ceiling. Instead, they have been repurposed as sculpture, brought to life on bespoke steel stands to allow the intricacy of their design to be enjoyed and observed up close on a table, shelf or column. Dating from the late 19th century, these large corbels...
Category
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Antique French Grand Tour Ormolu Bronze Dore Marble Urn Vase Centerpiece 19thC
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb Example of French lidded grand tour ormolu & bronze cast heavy duty model of a two handled Urn of Museum quality. First quarter of the Nineteenth Century, possibly Regency per...
Category
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage Regency Brass Caravan Temple Toys - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A striking pair of vintage Boho temple toy caravans. Incredible detail on an all brass body. Moveable wheels. Perfect to add a little drama to any coffee ta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Regency Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair Meissen Porcelain Pug Dog Figures With Pup After J.J.Kaendler
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A beautiful pair of heavy Meissen porcelain figures of Pug Dogs with gilt bell collars on blue ribbons.The larger Pug with attached pup. Exquisitely hand-painted with realistic tones and colors. Each Pug is wearing a vibrant blue color ribbon collar...
Category
20th Century Regency Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Nepalese Durga Relief Stone Sculpture, circa 1900
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An arch shaped piece with high relief carving of a multi-armed deity standing on a winged feline and wielding several weapons. A small figure appears below right.
The fierce female demon buffalo slayer carved in openwork with her principal two hands holding...
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Tibetan Flint Striker, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such strikers would hang from one's belt and often doubled as a small pouch for flint and tinder. The finest strikers were finished with precious metals and decorated with repoussé and inlaid stones.
This leather flint pouch is decorated with silver and gold plated metalwork and three large beads of turquoise and red coral. The mechag hangs from a simple leather strap and three decorative leather beads hang below. The pouch contains two Tibetan prayer flags...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Gold Plate, Steel, Metal
Large Vintage Nepalese Gilt Bronze Vajrasattva Buddha, Mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive vintage gilt bronze figure of the tantric Buddha Vajrasattva, the Diamond Thunderbolt, mid 20th century, Nepal.
Crafted of cast and richly gilt bronze, Vajrasattva sits in vajrasana, or full lotus position, his torso slightly bent at the waist. He holds an upright vajra scepter in one hand, raised at heart level. His other hand, resting on his hip, would originally have held a a ghanta, or bell, which is now missing.
He is festooned in jewelry, including a five pointed crown, earrings, necklaces and armlets, all studded with coral and turquoise beads. His long hair falling in elegant tresses around his shoulders, the rest tied up in a high chignon topped by a vajra.
Vajrasattva wears a dhoti covering his lower half. The dhoti intricately cast and carved with a scrolling vegetal design, and featuring images from the Ashtamangala, or Eight Auspicious Emblems, including the conch, endless knot, and double fish. Scarves billow out around his arms.
The tantric Buddha sits upon a tall double lotus throne, the back with more intricately cast decorations of dragons and lotus blossoms against dense vegetal scrolls. The base sealed with a dented copper plate inscribed with a visvajra, or double vajra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Antique French Bronze Figure Male Ice Skater Sienna Marble, 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine quality well cast dark olive green patinated bronze of a young male Skater of generous size, complete with its original well grained Sienna Marble Circular Stepped Base.
Thi...
Category
19th Century French Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Tibetan Mechag Flint Striker, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such st...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Brampton Rare Salt Glazed Stoneware Model of Two Saddled Horses
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming unusual and rare antique English Brampton salt glazed model of two saddled horses dating from around 1830/40. The stoneware model shows the horses standing closely alongsi...
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Silvered Bronze Tibetan Tsongkhapa Statue
Located in Somis, CA
A fine silver bronze statue of the Tibetan teacher Tsongkhapa. Je Tshongkhapa is the teacher of Tibetan Buddhism whose activities formed the Gelug sch...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tibetan Flint Striker with Leather Strap, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such strikers would hang from one's...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Gold Plate, Brass
Over Life-Size Tibetan Gilt Bronze Arm of a Bodhisattva, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive larger than life-size cast and gilt bronze left hand and arm of a bodhisattva, late 19th century or earlier, Tibet.
The over-sized arm and hand of graceful proportions. The arm tapering down to a slender wrist embellished with a simple bracelet hiding the join between the hand and arm. The hand and arm richly gilt. The join to the elbow visible and exposed.
The hand heavily cast, with nice detail to the fingernails and cuticles. The palm with simple incised lines. The hand, with the pointer and pinky fingers raised, and the middle and ring finger folded down touching the thumb, performs the gesture known as karana mudra, the gesture of dispelling evil. (Here in Texas we refer to this gesture as "Hook'em Horns!")
Karana mudra is often associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, known in Tibet as Chenrezig, and in China as Guanyin.
The hand and arm would originally have been part of a much larger sculpture. Unfortunately many Tibetan Buddhist sculptures...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique, New and Vintage Sculptures
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
Get started on decorating with sculpture now — find figurative sculptures, animal sculptures and more on 1stDibs today.
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