17th Century Italian Carving of Scholar

Not sure of origin. Most likely this head has been removed from its original body. From a great Los Angeles collection.

Italian late 17th c. Carved Wood and Silver Leafed Cherubs. Silver Leaf believed to be original. Mounted on new Lucite Bases. The Wing Span length measures 22 inches.

Finely hand carved rock crystal.

17th c. Italian Carved Walnut Female Figure on original Giltwood base. The sculpture is 2 pieces. The base measurement is 2.5 inches H and 8.5 inches L.

Late 18th c. Italian Scholar Silver Leaf Statue in Papier Mache and Wood. The base diameter measurement is 7.5 inches.

A Very Fine and Rare Pair of 17th c. Italian Allegorical Figures carved in Limewood. The Large Italian Marble Pillars are 19th c. The height of the Pillar only is 57.5 inches and it...

Beautifully carved and painted polychromatic religious figure that resembles St. Francis. Right hand is missing. Figure is bearded and is wearing a monk's cloak. St. Francis is the f...

Pair of Late 17th/Early 18th Century carved and polychrome Italian angel figures. Now mounted in modern stands. Wonderful baroque carving and retain original paint   

Late 17th century wood carving. C1690 carving of putti in a playing position on a original rocky base great patination and colour size 60cm...

Pair of Gustavian 17th century carved antique Swedish Gustavian gilt tassels. The tassels are hand carved and thus different, but similar. Origi...

A Memento Mori in wood with Chrismon, monogram of Christ. Valuable sculpture in fruit wood in almost true-to-life measurements, sculpted with art and finished with a wealth of details. The wood was covered with a thin layer of pellet and finished in color. Immediately above the forehead, in correspondence with the anterior neonatal fontanel, the CHRISMON is painted in purple red. The monogram of Christ or Chi Rho (or CHRISMON) is a combination of letters from the Greek alphabet, which form an abbreviation of the name of Christ. Solar in nature, often inscribed in a circle with multiple rays reminiscent of the cosmic wheel deriving from the ancient solar emblems of Egypt. The symbol consists of two large overlapping letters, the 'X' and the 'P'. They correspond, respectively, to the Greek letter '?' ('chi', which reads kh, aspirated) and '?' ('rho', which reads r). These two letters are the initials of the word '???st??' (Khristòs ), the name of Jesus, which in Greek means "anointed" and translates the Hebrew "messiah". On the sides of these two letters, there are very often two others: one 'a' and one '?', alpha and omega...

Primitive religious carving oak panel 1631 This rare piece comes from France, the somewhat Primitive carving shows the Madonna and Child sitting on the Devil who is depicted as a li...