Indonesian Hand Carved Heron Sculpture with Purple, Orange and Black Tones

A large antique hand carved tribal 19th century sculpture from the Batak People, northern Sumatra, called a Singa Singa with painted accents. Attracting our eye with its charismatic presence, this large hand carved shield from the Indonesian island of Sumatra is one of the most iconic images of the Batak tradition. Called a Singa Singa, it was placed in the exterior corners of the traditional houses adorned with boat-shaped roofs, to disperse fear. Presenting a high forehead and angular traits, this Singa Singa sculpture is accented with faint traces of black for the eyes and a nicely distressed patina revealing its life spent outdoors. The back is flat with a small hole. Perfect to decorate any wall or perhaps to be mounted on a base depending on your needs, its riveting presence and delicate scrolling décor will make this Batak Singa...

A 19th century Indian sphinx hand-carved stone sculpture, probably intended to adorn and protect a temple. The Indian stone sculpture features a...

A 19th century Indian sphinx hand-carved stone sculpture, probably intended to adorn and protect a temple. The Indian stone sculpture features a...

A 19th century Chinese Ming dynasty hand carved stone monkey sculpture. This Chinese sculpture features a monkey figure, sitting on a rock formation, holding a square item, perhaps a...

A Thai carved wooden temple dragon sculpture from the 19th century, mounted on a custom base. Created in Thailand, this abstracted wooden dragon sculptur...

A Chinese vintage hand carved wooden floral and animal carving from the mid-20th century, with arched silhouette. Handcrafted in China and mounted on a custom base, this wooden sculp...

A sculpture of a male torso in traditional attire, hand carved from a single piece of sandstone. From Thailand. Mounted on a wood / metal stand. Size: 27 inches high.

Wonderful, unique hand carved wood and polychrome pair of Indonesian Balinese devotional figures/ statues from the island of Bali. This pair, likely from the early to mid 20th ce...

A wonderful pair of hand-crafted tiger statues from the island of Java. With a mixture of hand-painted and hand-carved detailing. They also feature glass marble inlaid eyes. They dif...

Stunning and unique pair of matching horse sculptures. With a combined experience of almost 30 years in the antiques trade, we were thrilled to once again find beautifully hand-crafted and decorative antiques that we had never seen before. From the density and the weight we can see and feel that these highly decorative horse sculptures are made of a tropical hardwood. Like, for example, with antique mirror frames or church sculptures these horses too were first covered with a mixture of chalk and glue so that the paint would hold longer. And, as so often is the case with antiques, the colors that were used for painting these horses are so much more beautiful than anything you find in this day and age that they truly are an absolute joy to look at. From the colors, the wear, the materials and the techniques that were used to create these horses we can see that these are 19th century antiques. However and unfortunately we lack the knowledge to be able to tell you from which country these highly decorative and sizeable works of art originate. We just can't find matching style horse sculptures anywhere on the worldwide web. They could be Chinese or Nepalese, but they could also be Persian or Arabian. We just have not been able to find out. What we do know is that they are definitely antique, they are in beautiful condition (with some wear, consistent with their age), they are highly decorative, probably unique and they have a look and feel that will instantly change the atmosphere of the room they are in. Mind you, our sharp price for this wonderful pair of horse sculptures...

A table-top sculpture of a torso in traditional attire, hand carved from a single piece of sandstone. From Thailand. Contemporary. Mounted on a wood / metal stand. 28.5 inches high,...

Vintage hand carved hard wood elephant sculpture. Large heavy ebony dark wood hand carved Anglo Indian elephant sculpture. Gorgeous vintage black hand carv...