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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Ragazza Hawaiana Ronzan 40 cm in ceramica dipinta a mano anni 50
Located in Catania, IT
Bellissima ceramica dipinta a mano che raffigura una ragazza Hawaiana
Manifattura firmata Ronzan anni 50 in ottime condizioni
come raffigurato nelle foto che evidenziano la manifatt...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian 18th Century Louis XVI St. Rock Crystal And Giltwood Obelisk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stately and most unique Italian 18th century Louis XVI st. Rock Crystal and Giltwood obelisk. This wonderful obelisk is raised on an octagonal mottled base decorated by finely carv...
Category
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Sculpture of the Infant Jesus as Salvator Mundi - School of Mechelen, 15th-16th
Located in Madrid, ES
Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of this sculpture of the Infant Jesus as Salvator Mundi, an exceptional piece originating from the renowned School of Mechelen of the 15th-16t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bone
18th Century French Wooden Sculpture of Jesus on Metal Stand
Located in High Point, NC
This 18th Century French Wooden Sculpture of Jesus on a Metal Stand is a profound piece of religious art that exudes a sense of history and devotion. Carved with reverent detail from...
Category
18th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
18th century Spanish santos figure ...
Located in Brecht, BE
a very elegant spanish polychromed wood santos figures with articulated hands ...
pure poetry ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Softwood
16th Century Madonna and child wood carving
Located in Bakewell, GB
16th Century Madonna and child wood carving, retaining some original polychrome decoration
sizes 67 cms high, 30cms wide and 25 cms deep
Category
16th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18/19th Century Bodhisattva
Located in Stockholm, SE
Bodhisattva, a religious sculpture, probably made in India 1750-1850.
The sculpture has been painted and gilded, but with very little remains.
Bodhisattva, in Buddhism, is one who s...
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Folk Art Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bambara puppet figurine, African tribal art, circa 1950
Located in LYON, FR
TRIBAL ART
Large traditional puppet figurine with articulated arms. Polychrome hardwood resting on its steel base.
A favorite for this old puppet figurin...
Category
1950s Malian Tribal Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ebony
1950s Modern Brutalist Bronze Sculpture
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Bronze sculpture of man sitting
Category
1950s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Putti Cherub Wall Sculpture Holding Grapes
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique cherub figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. Hand carved, the putti carving is shown holding a bunch of grapes in his hands. The cherub is expressive in it's movement...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Early 16th Century English oak panel with applied carved head of a Tudor lady
Located in Bakewell, GB
Early 16c English oak panel with applied carved head of a Tudor lady
size 38 cms x 29cms deep and 3cms deep
Category
16th Century English Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Mid 20th Century Marble Sculpture on Wood Base
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Unique perspective
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Gupta Empire Torso of Vishnu
Located in Chicago, IL
A mesmerizing Gupta Empire (mid-3rd century BCE - 543 AD) mounted terracotta torso of a standing Vishnu. Vishnu is the preserver god, which means he p...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Bangladeshi Hellenistic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Musician Cherub Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
These charming antique putti carvings were crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand carved figures depict two musicians cupids sited on a pillow form stool; one playing the flute, the ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Colin Melbourne Ceramic Glazed Cow Sculpture for Beswick
By Colin Melbourne, Beswick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Colin Melbourne Ceramic Glazed Cow Sculpture for Beswick
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
17th century carved limewood figure of St Michael
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 17th century carved limewood figure of st michael circa 1640.
Beautiful floor standing figure of the st michael the dragon slayer, also known as archangel michael. Michael ha...
Category
Mid-17th Century Belgian Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
A Rare Mid Century Italian Salviati Murano Fish with Mermaid Sculpture
By Salviati
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A rare Salviati Murano had blown fish and mermaid sculpture with internal gold fleck and bullicante design.
Since 1859, Salviati has been researching new vernaculars languages of M...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Late 18th Century traveling couple figurine by Capodimonete 1771 - 1834
By Capodimonte
Located in Lisbon, PT
A charming translucent soft-paste porcelain figurine of a traveling couple with suitcases, a delicate piece in excellent condition.
The woman wearing a clover etched jacket.
Capodim...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
A Large Saliati Murano Glass Fish with Gold Flecks Mid 20th Century
By Salviati
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A large and impressive Murano glass fish with bullicante controlled bubbles attributed to Salviatt and Co. The elegant form with the fish tail curved upward with a sturdy round glas...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Polychrome Cherub Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
These charming antique putti carvings were crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand carved figures depict two chubby cupids resting on a knee and holding a arm up; each sculpture featu...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Eastern Indian Brass Figure of Venugopala, 17th-18th Century
Located in Kensington, MD
Standing with his legs crossed, his right foot resting on a naga hood, a gada supporting his right knee, two Nandi bulls on the square base, the god's two l...
Category
18th Century Indian Tribal Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Colonial 1800 Saint Joseph Filigree Reliquary .900 Silver Gold & Emerald
Located in Miami, FL
A Spanish colonial reliquary with St. Joseph.
A very rare early Spanish colonial large pendant in the shape of a reliquary, created in the Americas back in the late 18th century. It...
Category
Late 18th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Silver
A TRIBAL Ritual VOTIVE BOARD SCULPTURE Upper SEPIK, Papua New Guinea, 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
An old and authentic votive board representing the spirit of water, Shamanic, Primitive Arts, Tribal Art, Brutalist, Shabby-Chic, in carved wood and painted with patina due to use, c...
Category
1950s Papua New Guinean Tribal Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Italian Copper Wine pitcher 18th Century Venetian Venice European
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian Copper Wine pitcher 18th Century Venetian Venice European
A fine example of Italian copperwork from the 1700s, with fine embossed decoration including Fish, Leav...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Early Gucci Gun Shaped Foldable Boot Jack, Italy 1950s
By Gucci
Located in Milan, IT
Unusual and early Gucci gun shaped foldable boot jack, Italy 1950s
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
Penitent St. Jerome, high relief in lacquered wood
Located in Salò, IT
St. Jerome the Penitent, high relief in lacquered wood, Lombard sculpture from the late 15th century/early 16th century, maximum dimensions 76x60 cm, maximum thickness about 19 cm.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wooden angel possible French Rococo
Located in Lugo, IT
Wooden angel should be French 1700/800s
Not perfect condition, missing and broken
Thank you
Category
Mid-17th Century French Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 17th Century Carved Cherubs on Stands
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Pair ofSeventeenth Century French carved putti on stands. Charming and beautifully detailed. Found in Provence. 13.25” h. x 8” w x 2” d. The stand base: 8 5/8 x 4 ¾
Category
17th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
C1600 wood carving of a cardinal
Located in Bakewell, GB
C1600 wood carving of a cardinal with good original polychrome decoration
Category
16th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A TRIBAL Ritual SCULPTURE MASK TUNIC Middle SEPIK, Papua New Guinea, 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional, old and authentic, adornment or tunic or mask -full!- of Oceanian ceremony, with a double or split figure, on its very beautiful contemporary base in raw steel, Shama...
Category
1950s Papua New Guinean Tribal Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of candle-bearing angels, Carved and gilded wood, 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
18th 18th Century
Pair of candle-bearing angels
Carved and gilded wood, 28 x 71 cm
The item is in good condition
Category
18th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Covered Sugar Box in Blue Jasperware. Adams C1790.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine sugar box in 'Adams Blue' jasperware.
William Adams was apprenticed to Josiah Wedgwood, and helped with the development of jasperware. He later founded his own, very success...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Grand Santon Napolitain en terre cuite, aux yeux de verre - Pêcheur - 18ème
Located in TOULON, FR
Grand Santon Napolitain en terre cuite, aux yeux de verre églomisé
Pêcheur
Italie 18ème siècle
signé Chanato, Porto (quartier de naples) sous le socle
32 cm
1,3 kg
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Empire Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Spanish Latin Polychromed Carved Wood Figure Madonna and Child Statue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 32" Spanish Latin Polychromed Carved Wood Figure Depicting Madonna and Child. Item features is a tall impressive form, hand carved details with weathered gilt polychromed fin...
Category
18th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique German hand carved wooden church decoration
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
Antique hand-carved church decoration from the end of the 18th century in the Baroque Style
Wonderful solid object made from oak wood
Beautiful old wooden patina - very decorative
...
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Pair of Modernist Carved Abstract Figural Scuptures by Stella Popowski, C. 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
A rare pair of carved mahogany abstract figures circa mid-1950s by the modernist jeweler and painter Stella Popowski (1931-2008). Popowski was active in both Los Angeles and San Fra...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Chinese Ming Dynasty Iron Standing Guanyin Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
This Ming Dynasty iron-standing Guanyin sculpture from China in the 16th century is a masterpiece of cast iron with a rustic patina wear and a faded washed gold leaf finish. Perfect ...
Category
16th Century Asian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf
Antique Bronze Children W/ Unmbrella Garden Fountain Signed
Located in Pasadena, CA
Antique Bronze Children W/ Umbrella Garden Fountain Signed. Boy and girl holding umbrella shielding them from the water as is comes down. This is a fun fountain/statue. The umbrella...
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Wooden Sculpture
Located in High Point, NC
This 18th Century Italian Wooden Sculpture captivates with its rustic allure and storied past. Carved with a delicate yet masterful hand, it portrays the figure of a cherub, a timele...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Pair Italian 18th Century Polychrome and Giltwood Cherub / Angels
Located in Bradenton, FL
Quite a stunning pair of Italian standing cherub or Angel carvings from the 18th century. Standing at almost 4 feet tall, the pair are quite large and realistic. Very impressive. Wit...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Mid-century female sculpture with silk black, turquoise, gold shade by Izsépy
Located in Budapest, HU
Mid-century silk black female figure. Fired, hand-painted, silk-glazed matte ceramic sculpture with silky black glazed and gold decoartion around neck. It was made in the 50s. A real...
Category
1950s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Friar (St. Anthony), polychrome and gilded wood sculpture, 16th century
Located in Brescia, IT
Friar (St. Anthony), polychrome and gilded wood sculpture, 16th century
St. Anthony standing, caught in the act of preaching.
Talar dress consisting of a tunic decorated in gold,...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Italian Holy Water Late 18th Century Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful late 18th century marble stoup
Copy of the stoup located in the Romanesque church of the first century AD. of San Clemente in Rome.
Body wit...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
A Beethoven Sculpture Mask, 1950s
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Investing in this Beethoven Sculpture Mask, reminiscent of the style of Franz von Stuck and dating back to the 1950s, offers a unique opportunity to own a piece of timeless artistic ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Mid-Century American Folk Art Wood Articulated Man Figure
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a Folk Art wooden articulated man, circa the 1950s. This nearly 5-foot tall, handcrafted piece, epitomizing Mid-century American craftsmanship, is made ...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Scent, or Perfume, Bottle, in Pale Blue Jasperware, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver lid.
Decorated with Venus and Cupid, as allegories of Night - the one shedding poppies, the other drawing the veil of s...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Medieval English Alabaster Statue
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A medieval English alabaster statue, possibly dating as far back as the late 14th / early 15th century, mounted on one of our exclusive large display plinths. Well weathered over the centuries, this 600-year-old statue depicts a medieval cloaked figure, possibly a monk, offering a glimpse into English architecture and sculpture of the Middle Ages.
This sculpture is possibly made from Nottingham alabaster. During the 14th and 15th centuries, Nottingham was the centre of alabaster carving and painting. Alabaster works were mostly made as small alabaster models with religious themes. During the 16th century Reformation, many alabaster carvings were destroyed under King Henry VIII's rule, making any surviving examples even more significant.
Provenance
From the collection of Peter Hone (b. 1941). A master plaster caster, he is an expert and experienced collector, building up an extraordinary, museum-worthy collection of items in his one-bedroom flat in London W11...
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15th Century and Earlier English Medieval Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Magnificent Aztec Eagle Head with pre-1970 UNESCO-compliant provenance
By Plateria Azteca
Located in Culver City, CA
Magnificent Aztec Basalt Eagle head, with powerful hooked beak, piercing
eyes, and a fully-feathered head.
The sculptor Highlighted the power of the head by finely burnishing the b...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Beautiful Pair of Grand-Tour Style Polished Onyx Obelisks
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful Pair of Grand-Tour Style Polished Onyx Obelisks
5x5x19h
Category
18th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx
16th century polychrome wood sculpture
Located in Firenze, IT
Important 16th-century polychrome and gilded wood carving depicting Saint, Italy.
The work features exceptional gilding on the dress and hair. Extremely important is the size of th...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Carved Wooden Winged Cherubs from Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally from 18th-century Italy, this pair of winged cherubs were hand-carved from wood as reflections of each other, meaning that their bodies are orientated as mirror images. Bo...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
A.Giannelli Sculture “testa di moro” 1950 Mable Resin 1950 Italy
By Giannelli
Located in Milano, IT
A.Giannelli sculture “testa di moro” 1950 Marbre resin 1950 Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Savage or folk story figure in bronze.
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A savage or folk-art figure in bronze on a (recent) bluestone base.
The figure with his long pointed beard is wearing a cape with hood.
In front is a cross. In his hands he holds a ...
Category
Late 18th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Indo-Portuguese sculpture "Lady Conception" 17th century, H 147cm
Located in Madrid, ES
Indo-Portuguese sculpture "Lady Conception" 17th century, H 147cm.
Our Lady Conception Indo-Portuguese teak wood carving from the 17th century.
Upholstered and polychrome . T
he ...
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17th Century Portuguese Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wooden baroque sculpture of a saint made around 1630
Located in Aachen, DE
Vollplastisch geschnitzte Heiligenfigur des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts, polychrome originale Farbfassung.
Höhe 83cm, Farbe bereichsweise stark blättrig bzw. fehlend. Ausdrucksstarker G...
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Early 17th Century German Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronzeskulptur 2 Fußballspieler um 1950
Located in Aachen, DE
Zeittypische Bronzeskulptur der 50er Jahre, 2 Fußballspieler, die um einen Ball kämpfen, darstellend. Starke dynamische Darstellung in der zeittypischen Formensprache der Mid-Century...
Category
1950s German Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Figure with Instrument" by Joseph J. Greenberg Jr.
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
"Figure with Instrument" by Joseph J. Greenberg Jr. American, circa 1950.
Plaster sculpture with a bronzed green patina on a blackened wood stand by Sculptor Joseph J. Greenberg Jr....
Category
1950s American Minimalist Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Pair of French 18th Century Bronze Soldiers Signed ' H. Dumaige'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fine 18th Century bronze figures of a military drummer and a soldier loading his musket. Both bronzes are placed on a square shallow plinth base with titled ...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique, New and Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor.
Realistic representation in visual art has a very long history. And while figurative artists, whether figurative painters or sculptors, find inspiration in humans, animals and real-life objects, good figurative sculptures can make us think differently about how the real world should look. Just as figurative paintings might include Photorealistic human likenesses, they can also include elements of Surrealism and can suggest a creative and alternative reality. Figurative sculptures aren’t always realistic impressions of our world — depictions of the human form in classical Greek sculpture, for example, might emphasize beauty and physical perfection.
There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.
When decorating your living room, dining room, home office and study areas with figurative sculptures, don’t be afraid to choose bold colors to inject brightness into neutral spaces. Texture is another factor to consider when purchasing figurative sculptures. A highly textural work of ceramics or wood will catch the eye in a sleek modern space, whereas a smooth, flat glass sculpture can offer an often much-needed contrast in a room that already has many textures.
On 1stDibs, find antique, new or vintage figurative sculpture or other kinds of sculpture for your home decor today.
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