Antique Portuguese Church Plaque Adorned with Rays and Dove at Center

A South Indian (Kerala) wooden boat prow from the mid-20th century. This hand-carved boat prow from Kerala is adorn with curling volute and cut metal bandi...

A South Indian (Kerala) wooden boat prow from the mid-20th century. This hand-carved boat prow from Kerala is adorn with curling volute and decoratively cu...

A leather and wooden gaming paddle from the mid-20th century. This vintage game paddle from India features a wooden handle and droplet-shaped body which has been wrapped in stretched...

An Italian 19th century gilded wood richly carved altar stand. This Italian giltwood altar stand features exquisite cloud motifs in its top part with radiating sun-rays draping the back wall of the piece. The polygonal shape is decorated with mirrored panels and alternates mirrored ionic pillars...

Black Americana boy with straw hat tobacco leaf plaque, realistically cast with the boy in the straw hat breaking through a tobacco leaf.

"Jeune femme aux colombes" "young woman with doves" By Armand Godard. Beautiful sculpture with beautiful patina Art Deco period representing a woman sitting feeding birds on oval terrace in black marble. Very fine work. Signed. France,  circa 1930 Armand Godard made many chryselephantine statuettes in bronze and ivory in the Art Deco style, especially for the foundry Edmond Etling. In the 1920s and 1930s, he exhibited in Paris in the salons of the Society of French Artists. During the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris, he showed a monumental statue 4.5 meters high and a patinated plaster sculpture.

Beautiful, early 1800s, wooden sculpture of a Holy Mary with child Jesus on her arm. This stunning church relic is another great example of the quality of 19th century, European craftsmanship and we are grateful for it to have found its way to our gallery. Also, because we are certain we will make a private collector or someone's congregation very happy with it. From the amazing body posture, the wonderfully serene facial expressions and the superb manner in which Her draped clothes are hand carved, one can see that this antique and sizeable Virgin Mary statue is the work of a master sculptor. This rare antique statue is made of solid oakwood and can be enjoyed on the floor, on a table, on a wall bracket or even mounted on your wall (via the sturdy antique metal hook...

Impressive and all handcrafted, early 1900s sculpture of Christ suffering. Just like in the days when Christ lived on our planet, the truth (about who we are and how to best live o...