High Relief Representing Battle Skull -""Memento""

High relief representing battle carved on white Carrara marble dimensions 28.5 x 22 x 4 cm weight 6" kg very good condition

Battle between Centaurs and Lapites high relief in Carrara white marble Late 19th century Measures: Height 40 cm Width 142 cm Thickness 5 cm Weight 75 kg Material white Carra...

Important Marble High Relief "BOAR HUNT" 18th Century 55x123x7 cm approx. Performed for the Grand Tour. good condition for the age

High relief in white Carrara marble, Representing the scene of the Rape of Proserpina by the god Pluto. Dimensions: 83 x 46 x 5cm. Weight kg 5...

ROUND STONE RELIEF OF HADRYAN Late 19th Century This roundel is part of a series of roundels inspired by the wonderful classical ancient Greek and Roman coins. Freely reproduced from a gold coin (gold) of the emperor Hadrian. Roman, A.D. 134-38. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Dép. des Monnaiies, Musee et Antique...

Terracotta bas-relief Athena Minerva end 19th century Height 26cm Width 18cm Thickness 3cm Weight 2kg Material terracotta Very good condition.

Antique 18th century fruitwood carved Memento Mori Skull. The skull of petrified display powerfully carved in the form of a human skull consisting of the cranium, upper and lower jaws, the cadaverous face with deliberate missing tooth in brown wash patination throughout. Stood upon a small marble base with the skull attaching via a dowel fitting. The Skull probably from German origin. Notes  From approximately the sixteenth century, skulls were commonly used to remember death as they symbolise the transience of human life. Memento Mori literal Latin translation means remember that you [have to] die. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and appeared in funeral art and architecture of the medieval period. Memento Mori jewellery...

Marble Roman relief representing a Christogram Roman relief - 4th century 25 x 22 x 8 cm Provenance : Collection of the Château de B. À Nevers by Georges C.S., scholar born in 1833 and deceased in 1909 The entire castle and its collections were acquired in 1938 by the current owners of the estate A christogram is a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abreviation for the name of Jesus Christ. This rare fragment combines chi (X) and rho (P), the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek and it is one of the oldest and most popular early christian symbol. The monogram of Christ, or chrismon, is also a powerful symbol of imperial victory: it appeared to Emperor Constantine the Great before his battle against Maxentius in ad 312, promising victory in the name of Christ. In Plato's Timaeus, it is explained that the two bands which form the "world soul" (anima mundi...

Italian Memento Mori skull Marble North of Italy, 17th century H 9 x L 7 x P 14 cm At the turn of the 16th century, they were the height of fashi...

A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer, depicting a skull, plaster cast covered with butterfly wings, applied to the crown-shaped skull and to the mosaic-type wooden base. The year 1874 is...

Ancient high relief in Siena yellow marble. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND QUOTE FOR SHIPPING COST CAN BE REQUEST BY SENDING AN EMAIL, ULTERIORI FOTO, INFORMAZIONI SUL...

A fantastic and wonderfully hand carved piece. This smiling, mischievous skull is carved in very fine detail. Would be the crown jewel of any walking stick collection once attached t...