Sculptures
Sculptures For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Color: Gray
16th Century Stone Classical Roman Style Torso
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A wonderful 16th century draped female torso in classical style. Made in France under Italian Renaissance influence this female torso is finely sculpted with great detail to the stol...
Category
16th Century French Renaissance Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Large Polished Ocean Jasper Bowl (7 Inches Tall, 54.8 lbs.)
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful one-of-a-kind, free-form ocean jasper bowl from Madagascar. This will make a beautiful centerpiece to complement your home and polished to ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Venus Pudica (Medici-type) - 18th century, Italy
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Monumental sculpture representing the Venus Pudica (Medici-type)
18th Century
Italian (Rome)
White marble
Based on a model from Antiquity, the Medici Venus, currently in the Uffizi ...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Rare Tabletop Amethyst Formation with Calcite Goethite & Quartz
Located in London, GB
A very rare and exquisite table-top amethyst formation. The long fromation preserves a prominent golden calcite crystal on a bed of deep purple amethyst and is particularly sculptura...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Pair of Large 395 Million Year Old Fossilized Orthoceras Marble Finish Statues
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning pair of fully polished limestone circa 395-million-year-old Fossilized Orthoceras statues
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a gui...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Swedish Other Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
An 18th century or earlier statuary marble head of Venus
Located in London, GB
A large 18th century or earlier statuary marble head of Venus, goddess of Love. Life-size and beautifully carved with superb detail to her hair & face. Probably Italian and an early ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Basalt Portrait Medallion, Tiberius Augustus, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine large self-framing portrait medallion of the Emperor Tiberius Augustus, second emperor of Rome.
Unmarked, as were many of these medallions.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Large Gogottte
Located in London, GB
A rare Gogotte formation – a millions-of-years old naturally shaped sandstone concretion, consisting of tiny quartz fragments held together by cal...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Antique Sculptures
Materials
Quartz
Benitoite on Natrolite, California State Gem Mine, California
Located in New York, NY
Benitoite on Natrolite, California State Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
3.5 cm tall x 7 cm wide
Benitoite is a very rare species, discovered in 1906 i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
COSTA Rica Jade Avian Axe God Celt Pendant Pre Columbian, 500 Ad-1500 Ad
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine Costa Rican Jade Axe God, Guanacaste-Nicoya region, circa. A.D. 1-1500. Of a celt form depicting the mythical part human- part avian bird figure, with cir...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Fluorapatite (bi-color) with Cleavelandite, Afghanistan
Located in New York, NY
Fluorapatite (bi-color) with Cleavelandite, Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
6 cm tall x 7 cm wide
Fluorapatite is found in several colors, purp...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Callipygian Venus - Italian, 19th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Callipygian Venus
19th Century
Italian (Naples or Rome)
White marble
After the Antique: Naples Archaeological Museum (IT)
Roman version of a Hellenistic 3rd Century B.C. model
Height: 62 cm
Width: 22 cm
H 24 1/2 x W 8 2/3 inch
The Callipygian Venus, also known as the Aphrodite Kallipygos or the Callipygian Venus, all literally meaning “Venus of the beautiful buttocks”, is an Ancient Roman marble statue...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Polished Agate Cathedral with a Tangerine Crystal Point
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Polished agate cathedral with a tangerine crystal point.
Agate is characterized by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. These slabs are clas...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Organic Modern Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Rock Crystal, Quartz
17th Century English Carved Stone Horse & Unicorn
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Dating from the 17th century, these English carved stone horse and unicorn statues are architectural fragments from history. Over 350 years old, they li...
Category
Mid-17th Century Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Limestone
17th Century Sandstone Gargoyle on Stand
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A early 17th century French Gargoyle. Gargoyels were originally intented as waterspouts for churches and castles but soon were used as ornamentation. A...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
RENAISSANCE COAT OF ARMS in White Carrara Marble Italy 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RENAISSANCE COAT OF ARMS in White Carrara Marble Italy 17th Century
finely carved with roccaille inside reserve crowned heraldic coat of arms
Ital...
Category
17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Chinese Early Qing Pair Blanc de Chine Porcelain Hawk Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very finely made pair antique Chinese porcelain blanc de chine figures of hawks dating from the early qing period and from the 18th century, possibly from the Kangxi reign. The fig...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Scultura, Ercole Farnese - 72 cm - Marmo - Inizio XX secolo
Located in Rome, IT
Scultura, Ercole Farnese - 72 cm - Marmo - Inizio XX secolo. Marble sculpture , early 20th century. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION CAN BE REQUESTED BY EMAIL. Indicative shipping ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large onyx canoe bowl with craquelet effect
Located in London, GB
An exceptional, large bowl of canoe-like shape, carved from a single piece of Mexican onyx and polished to reveal the gorgeous translucence and banding that have made the stone desir...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Sculptures
Materials
Onyx
White quartz with green & watermelon tourmaline
Located in London, GB
An unusual sculptural arrangement of two clear quartz crystals, punctuated and adorned on all sides with dark green tourmaline, watermelon colour in cross section.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Tourmaline
Lion Marble sculpture from the 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
XVII Century
Lion
Marble, 30 x 43 x 25
The object under consideration is configured as a marble sculpture referable to the 17th century, characterized by a strong, visceral langua...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large columnar agate and amethyst formation
Located in London, GB
Striking large vertical presentation displaying vibrant purple amethyst bordered by a thick agate layer. One of a group of four impressive specimens. Pieces such as this are hard t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Genuine Trilobite Fossil (Ptychopariida) on Matrix (345.2 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Ptychopariida is a large, heterogeneous order of trilobite containing some of the most primitive species known. The earliest species occurred in the second half of the Lower Cambrian...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Other
Large columnar agate and amethyst formation
Located in London, GB
Striking large vertical presentation displaying vibrant purple amethyst bordered by a thick agate layer. One of a group of four impressive specimens. Pieces such as this are hard t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Large columnar agate and amethyst formation
Located in London, GB
Striking large vertical presentation displaying vibrant purple amethyst bordered by a thick agate layer. One of a group of four impressive specimens. Pieces such as this are hard t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Large columnar agate and amethyst formation
Located in London, GB
Striking large vertical presentation displaying vibrant purple amethyst bordered by a thick agate layer. One of a group of four impressive specimens. Pieces such as this are hard t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Cross-Section from an Exceptional Lunar Meteorite
Located in London, GB
A piece of the moon - superb lunar meteorite gadamis 004 - Anorthosite
4.5 Billion y/o
Among the rarest substances to be found on Earth, thi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Libyan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Genuine Asaphus intermedius Trilobite in Matrix from Morocco (341 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Large, natural trilobite in its original fossil matrix. The Asaphid trilobites include some of the most extreme trilobite adaptations known, and the group produced some of the larges...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Other
Stone Head Sculpture, United Kingdom, XVIIth Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Sculpted stone head on a modern base, of a mustachioed man
According to the 1983 sales certificate, it would be a 17th century sculpture, even before, of United Kingdom or Ireland o...
Category
17th Century British Medieval Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Sculptures White Marble Italy Late 18th/Early 19th Century
Located in SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, FR
ITEM: SCULPTURES
ORIGIN: ITALY
PERIOD: LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Dimensions:
The figure: 74 ¾ in. (190 cm.) high
The marble pedestal: 31 ¾ in. (65x75x83 cm.) high
The scul...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Small amethyst cluster
Located in London, GB
A small amethyst cluster with interesting sprinkling of creamy calcite crystals.
Polished at the edges.
This piece was legally and ethically sourced directly in the prestigious mine...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Small floral formation
Located in London, GB
A small formation consisting of a white quartz stalactite on a bed on lilac
amethyst.
This piece was legally and ethically sourced directly in the prestigious mines of Uruguay, Sout...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Italian Marble Bust of a Girl, 18th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Italian 18th Century Marble Bust of a Girl
Late 18th century bust of a girl, in the manner of Luigi Valadier
Son of Andrea Valadier, a Prove...
Category
18th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
17th Century Architectural Stone Capital
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare fragment is from the 17th century and would have stood atop a column. It's backside was affixed to the building and it most likely supported molding or an arch which were seen throughout the medieval period buildings and into the early 1600s. Rare and beautiful medieval treasure.
Category
17th Century Medieval Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Antique Large Quartz Crystal Cluster Specimen
Located in Rochester, NY
Very large quartz rock crystal cluster specimen with clear and semi-clear spire formations. Overall beautiful naturally aged antique condition. Look at all pictures and read conditio...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Prehistoric Antique Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz
Septarian on Custom Made Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
Cut and polished to reveal internal calcite and aragonite structures, supported on fitted custom stand.
Septarian nodules or clay spheres occur be...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Azurite Milpillas Mine, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
Azurite, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Measures: 8 cm tall x 7.5 cm wide
This Azurite was found in the most important pocket, the Electric Blue...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
18th Century Personification of the Day Alabaster Sculpture
By Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in Milan, IT
18th century
Personification of the Day
Alabaster, cm 11.5 x 17.5 x 5
With base cm 14.5 x 20,8 x 11.7
Il Giorno is a marble sculpture (160x150 cm) that Michelangelo mad...
Category
18th Century Antique Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Incredible Trilobite Wallicerops Trifurcat
Located in Funchal, PT
This strange organism is an outer skeleton in the form of armor adorned with numerous spines. The circumference is decorated with thorns, including two large ones on either side of the body as well as three frontal thorns. The specimen is curiously adorned with an outgrowth at the end of the head in the form of a three-pointed fork. This specimen is presented in a directional plexiglass display case.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Late 18th Century, Alegory of Friendship, Bas-relief in Carrara Marble
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful bas-relief in white Carrara marble depicting the allegory of Friendship. It features three sculpted putti holding hands.
Slightly protruding base.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Large Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Shrapnel
Located in London, GB
Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Shrapnel, Iron, Coarsest Octahedrite
“This chunk of twisted metal shows the extreme force of the low altitude air burst which exploded the main mass, causing shockwaves which collapsed chimneys, shattered windows and uprooted trees. Sonic booms were heard more than 300 kilometres away and a 33-kilometre long smoke trail persisted in the sky for several hours.” - Dr Alan E. Rubin, PhD Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA
Dating back to the formation of the solar system, some 4.55 billion years ago, Sikhote-Alin meteorites are the best preserved of all known iron meteorites. This extremely aesthetic specimen is a beautiful example of the so-called shrapnel type. It is the result of a powerful secondary explosion which occurred close to the ground, producing a wonderfully scarred and sculptural appearance, with torn and jagged edges and delicate flow lines. On the morning of 12 February 1947, an enormous iron meteor passed through the Earth’s atmosphere, exploding over the Sikhote-Alin mountains in South-eastern Russia...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Russian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Iron
French Architectural Fragment Wood Panel Boiserie Wall Art
Located in Palm Springs, CA
18th century French architectural fragment painted wood and gesso Boiserie relief panel.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Sculptures
Materials
Gesso
Cross Section of Exceptional Lunar Meteorite
Located in London, GB
“This 149-gram slice of the Gadamis 004 lunar meteorite contains a wide variety of sizes of light-colored angular anorthositic clasts. These silicate c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Libyan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Amethyst Geode Specimen Gem Fragment
Located in New York, NY
Large amethyst geode specimen fragment, with a large and fine display of amethyst crystals with unfinished stone exterior. Measures: 13" H x 16" ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Other Antique Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst
Natural Gogotte Formation
Located in London, GB
A magnificent example of a gogotte formation composed of thick swirls and folds of sparkling sandstone. Discovered in the Oligocene sand dunes of Fon...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Large 17/18th Century Italian Carved Carrara Marble Baroque Angel Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered marble baroque angel.
Italy 17/18th century. Weathered, losses and old repairs.
More pictures are available on request.
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Purple Amethyst Crystal Cluster Slab Calcite Hematite Spike
Located in Forney, TX
A large brilliant natural amethyst specimen that displays large crystal terminations, rich inclusions and calcite formations throughout, and a single large hematite spike.
Dimensi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst
Quartz with Inclusions, Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
One of our specialties is inclusions. We have handled many of the world's finest known examples. I have never seen anything like this before. Normally you would find a single crystal...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Other
Double Romanesque Capital, France, 13th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Double romanesque capital decorated with two fantastic animals
France, 13th century
Measures: 26,5 x 38,5 x 14,5 cm.
This rare double cap...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Medieval Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Pyrite on Quartz, Fengjiashan Mine, China
Located in New York, NY
Pyrite on Quartz, Fengjiashan Mine, Edong Mining Dist., Daye Co., Huangshi Pref., Hubei Prov., China
Measures: 16 cm tall x 18 cm wide.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Amethyst with Quartz Pseudomorph Anhydrite, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Amethyst with Quartz Pseudomorph Anhydrite, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Superb bright Amethyst surrounded by an explosion of bladed Quartz after Anhydrite crystals.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Quartz, Penas Blancas Mine, Vasquez-Yacopi Dist., Boyaca Dept., Colombia
Located in New York, NY
Quartz.
Penas blancas mine, Vasquez-Yacopi dist.,
Boyaca Dept., Colombia.
Measures: 45 cm tall x 7.6 cm wide.
At least 12% of the earth's crust is quartz, making it one of ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Colombian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Other
Fossil Agate Coral with Iridescent Ammonites
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Fossil agate coral adorned with iridescent fossil ammonites.
The grey piece of fossil agate coral is cut and polished and adorned with the iridescent...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Organic Modern Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral
Basalt Portrait Medallion, William of Orange, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A self-framing portrait medallion of William of Orange. The mixed-vase mark dates this example firmly in the 1780s. Wedgwood produced a number of co...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Ceratarges Spinosus Trilobite from Morocco, '452.1 Grams'
Located in New York, NY
Trilobites, an early arthropod relative of spiders, horseshoe crabs, and scorpions, preserved in this level of detail only occurred as a result of very sudden underwater landslides c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Sculptures
Materials
Other
Agate Slice on Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
Agate is a largely translucent and variety of quartz and subvariety of chalcedony.
Agate consists mainly of chalcedony and sometimes in combination with variants of quartz. Think ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate
Prehistoric Ammonite Fossil or Natural Specimen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Prehistoric fossilized ammonite is likely from Madagascar and thousands of years old. This fossil is free standing and could be used as a unique design element as a natural specimen...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Prehistoric Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Polished Amethyst Egg Geode Surrounded by Agate and Quartz
Located in London, GB
Colors fuse together in this uniquely beautiful piece, presenting the viewer with a small geode polished in the round.
At the heart of the piece we can see intense deep purple am...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
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.
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