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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Chinese Carved Wood Emperor
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese carved wood emperor with bone carved eyes. Carved wood restoration to top of hat and some splits to the wood due to age.
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1890s Chinese Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bone, Wood

19th Century White Marble Sculpture “La Baigneuse” inspired by Falconet
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming white marble sculpture depicting a young maiden preparing to bathe, inspired by the famous marble “Nymphe qui Descend au Bain” (also known as “La Baigneuse”), by Etienne-M...
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

18th Century Monumental Marble Sculpture Representing Neptune
Located in Marbella, ES
18th Century Monumental Marble Sculpture Representing Neptune
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18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures, 'Turkish / Persian Lady & Gentleman'
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures, Turkish / Persian Lady & Gentleman. circa 1755 Both designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Rare and early examples of both models.
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1750s German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

19th Century French Infant Bronze Busts After Jean Antoine Houdon
Located in New York, NY
Antique patinated bronze figures of laughing and crying infants after the original models by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). Each in good condition with chip losses to the circular...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Two Saints In Polychrome Wood, Portugal, 17th Century, human-sized
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Two Saints In Polychrome Wood, Portugal, 17th Century Size 1:1
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17th Century Portuguese Louis XIII Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Carrara Marble Bust Sculpture Signed H. Moreau, France, circa 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble bust sculpture signed H. Moreau, France, circa 1890.
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Carrara Marble

19th Century Wood Antique Religious Madonna French Sculpture, 1850s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French wooden sculpture from the mid-19th century. Work carved in pear wood (dark mahogany-colored patination) depicting a religious subject, the Madonna, of good quality. Sculpture ...
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1850s French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Gilded Bronze Sculpture by Felix Charpentier, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilded bronze sculpture by Felix Charpentier, 19th century, Napoleon III period. A Napoleon III period sculpture by Felix Charpentier of a draped woman in gilt bronze. h: 40cm, w: 1...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Plateau with two breasts, attribute of Saint Agatha - 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Plateau with two breasts, attribute of Saint Agatha Southern Italy, 17th century Polychrome and gilded wood 20 x 14,5 x 15 cm Born into a noble lineage, Agatha came into the world ...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Gothic crowned Head - Île de France, 14th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Head of a crowned Virgin Île-de-France, first half of 14th century. H26 x 14 x 14 cm Provenance : - Private Collection, Paris France (1960) - Private Collection Tuscany, Italy (19...
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15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

19th Century Italian Marble Figure Of A Nude, Adolfo Cipriani (1880-1930)
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Crafted in the mid-19th century, this antique Italian marble sculpture portrays a graceful nude lady draped with flowers. Delicately holds up a small flower in one hand, while the ot...
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19th Century Italian Other Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Meissen 19th Century Porcelain Figure "Gentleman"
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Meissen 19th Century Porcelain Figure "Gentleman" Beautiful porcelain figure representing a man of the time, in white and blue with gold details with a bowl, was manufactured in a fa...
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19th Century German Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Antique 19th Century Italian Marble Figure Emblematic Of Africa c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Crafted in the mid-19th century, this antique Italian marble sculpture portrays a graceful African lady draped in robes. Crowned with an elephant head, she delicately holds up a smal...
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1880s Italian Other Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Antique Hand-Carved Gothic Style Quasimodo / Hunchback of Notre Dame Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Very rare, 19th century statuette of Victor Hugo's famous novel character. If you are a collector of rare novel and/or famous movie characters then this 19th century sculpture of Quasimodo, better known as the Hunchback of Notre Dame...
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Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Gaulish Chef On Horseback In Bronze, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Bronze with a brown patina representing a Gallic chief on horseback, pulling a woman taken prisoner This bronze is not signed, yet great care has been taken with the details, numero...
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19th Century European Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Sculpture Signed Moreau, Napoleon III Period, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze sculpture signed Moreau, Napoleon III period, 19th Century. Sculpture in patinated bronze signed Moreau, 19th century, Napoleon III period. H: 25cm, d: 11.5cm
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Rare Bronze Sculpture “Charles VII, The Victorious” by Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE French, 1796-1875 "Charles VII, The Victorious" Sand-cast dark-brown over medium-brown patinated bronze signed "BARYE", cold-stamped underside "43" "00" and pu...
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, 'Piedmontese Bagpiper'
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Piedmontese bagpiper. Modelled by J.J. Kändler after an engraving by Jacques Dumont, wearing a black hat with brown feather, fur-lined white...
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1740s German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine, 'Pair of Gardeners', Model No 1584
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines, Pair of Gardeners. Model 1584. A couple of gardeners, designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, with flowers and vegetable basket, sitting / s...
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1750s German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Victorian Sterling Silver King Charles I Ornamentation Birmingham 1864 Elkington
Located in London, GB
Mid 19th Century Antique Victorian Sterling Silver King Charles Ist Ornamentation Birmingham 1864 Elkington & Co Fabulous and extremely rare large sterling silver historical sculpt...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Silver

Antique Bronze Marble Sculpure by Carl Kauba Circa 1890
Located in London, GB
A superb antique bronze and marble sculputure group titled "The Betrothal" by Carl Kauba (1865-1922), circa 1890 in date. The bronze features a classical youth placing a ring on the...
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19th Century English Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Colonne Vendôme XIX
Located in Brussels, BE
French antique model in gilded bronze Grand Tour de la Vendôme column, dating from around 1880. This splendid bronze thermometer (Celsius and Fahren...
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1880s French Empire Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Early 19th century matched pair of hand carved angel statues
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century matched pair of hand carved angel statues A matched pair of late 18th early 19th Century hand carved angel winged figures. Polychrome painted over gesso and cons...
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Early 1800s Unknown Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

19th Century Orientalist French Bronze Statue of Arabian Warrior
Located in New York, NY
Large patinated bronze figure of a proud Middle Eastern male. Signed in the cast, Koenig with Patent 1888 Paris. Apparently designed as a stick stand.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

English Traditional Staffordshire Figurine
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Staffordshire figure depicting 2 characters. A great traditional accent! A collectors dream.
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

G Bareau, Falconer, Signed Bronze, Late 19th Early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large bronze with a brown patina of a young falconer, signed G Bareau and bearing the initials HE (probably the founder) Wear of time with the patina Georges Bareau (1866-1931) is ...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Italian Carrara Marble Nymph Figure
Located in Newark, England
Fine Italian Carrara marble of a Nymph. The figure stood upon a rocky plinth partially nude with a draped robe seen pouring water from a large urn as she looks on. The beautiful carv...
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Late 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Carrara Marble

Memento Mori chain seal, Saint Petrsburg, Russia, second half of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Chain seal in silver and jet. The seal features a rectangular silver plate with a carved noble coat of arms representing a two-headed eagle. The matrix is crowned by a frame with a w...
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1860s Russian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Silver

Thai Bronze Buddha's Hand, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century Buddha's hand sculpture from Thailand is finely cast of bronze with lifelike features and a beautiful dark patina. The hand is held upwards in abhaya mudra, the ges...
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Mid-19th Century Thai Minimalist Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Orientalist arab Bronze Sculpture After Couderc (Joueuse de Mandoline)
Located in New York, NY
Female mandolin player, Joueuse de Mandoline, after the French sculptor, Couderc, active late 19th to early 20th century.
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1890s French Romantic Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian hand carved and painted wood Madonna statue depicts the virgin Mary in contemplative prayer, and poised in triumph over evil. Orig...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

French 18th Century Baroque Hand Carved Gilt-wood Standing Lion On Curl
Located in Buisson, FR
Gorgeous hand-carved wooden lion with its original weathered gilding. France circa 1750 Weathered, small losses and old repair . Measurements include the wooden base. H:37,5cm W:28...
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18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Giltwood

After Bertel Thorvaldsen 19th c. Terracotta Venus Sculpture by P. Ipsen
Located in Richmond, VA
After the renowned neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish, 1770-1844) comes this terracotta reduction of his "Venus with The Apple of Paris" (1805), by P. Ipsen (Danish, 18...
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Late 19th Century Danish Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Italian, 18th Century Carved White Marble Winged Double Angel Head Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and unique handcarved white marble winged double angel head ornament. Italy, circa 1750. Weathered . Measurement includes the wooden base. H:24cm W:23cm D:10cm
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Antique German Meissen Continental Porcelain Parrot Bird Green Gilt 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Stylish German Meissen Glazed Porcelain Parrot of exceptional quality, last quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Naturalistically modelled and perched on a tree stump above a roc...
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19th Century German Late Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery

19th c French Children's Mannequin with Wooden Feet and Attachments
By Seigel
Located in Savannah, GA
This rare 19th century free-standing child's mannequin is probably from Siegel & Stockman, a Paris, France company that made tailor's dummies, window bustforms, mannequins and access...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Fabric, Wood

Silvered Bronze Sculpture by Louis Kley, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Silvered bronze sculpture by Louis Kley, 19th Century, Napoleon III period. Napoleon III period sculpture, circa 1877 by Louis Kley, representing an Angelot in silvered bronze, red ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

18th Century Italian Crucifix with Malachite, Calcite, and Raspberry Garnet
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix mounted on green malachite, calcite with fluorite, and raspberry garnet. The piece is adorned with Carnelian pebbles and garnet. The minerals are from a...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Carnelian, Malachite

Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Boy Holding Jugs Signed by Italian G. Borriello
Located in North Miami, FL
Patinated bronze sculpture of boy holding jugs signed by italian G. Borriello By: G. Borriello Material: copper, bronze, metal Technique: cast, molded, patinated, metalwork Dimensio...
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Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze, Copper

Aphrodite on a wooden plinth, Naples, 2nd half 19th century
Located in Greding, DE
Small Italian bronze of Aphrodite or Venus on a patinated wooden base. Size of the statuette: 23 cm.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Altar Crucifix Detailed Silvered Bronze Sculpture of Christ & Monstrance
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique table crucifix and a wonderful work of religious art. For us the most powerful statement will always be 'the truth will set you free'. It is what we have learned most from th...
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Mid-19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Silver, Bronze

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood and Polychrome Musician Cherub Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique cherub figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand carved cherub depicts a putti with wing and playing the guitar; the sculpture is very expressive in his movement...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Giltwood

Sculpture depicting baby Jesus
Located in Firenze, IT
Beautiful carved wooden sculpture with traces of polychrome, depicting baby Jesus. Peculiarity in the eyes that are made of glass. Extremely refined is the carving. 18th century, so...
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18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

French Late 18th Century Neoclassical Grey Marble Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and wonderful hand carved grey marble angel head, France, circa 1780-1800. Beautiful weathered. Measurement includes the wooden base.
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Black Crucifix with Tourmaline in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix adorned with tourmaline and mounted on tourmaline in a crystal matrix from Brazil. The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and c...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Tourmaline

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 ...
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Early 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Antique Signed Vasili Grachev Russian Bronze Sculpture of a Bulgarian Centry
By Vasily Yakovlevich Grachev
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sculpture was done by the well known Vasily Grachev of Russia and dates to approximately 1880 and done in his signature style. The sculpture is done in a very ornately c...
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Late 19th Century Russian High Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

E Frémiet, Pan And Oursons, Signed Bronze, Late 19th Early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pan and cubs: bronze sculpture with brown patina, on a green marble and bronze base The young faun is lying on his stomach and teases with 2 cubs Signature of the artist Emmanuel F...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture "Fille au Puits" by Auguste Moreau
Located in London, GB
A very fine late 19th Century Art Nouveau bronze figure of a young girl sat upon a well feeding a small bird, exhibting excellent rich brown variegated patina and very fine hand fini...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Crucifix with Selenite Sunrays and Apophyllite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix with selenite in matrix and adorned with gem beading around the cross. The selenite in matrix creates the sunrays around the crucifix. The pi...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Rock Crystal

'The Arab Falconer' Antique Painted Bronze Sculpture After Pierre-Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
'The Arab Falconer', antique painted bronze sculpture after Pierre-Jules Mêne French, 19th Century Height 80cm, width 71cm, depth 31cm After the celebrated French animalier sculpto...
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Sculpture "Ariadne" Model by Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
By Johann Heinrich von Dannecker 1
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Bronze sculpture model "Ariadne" by Johann Heinrich von Dannecker Beautiful sculpture that shows the goddess of hunting half-naked on a panther, in patinated bronze with a marble bas...
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19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

A pair of Art Deco Gilt Bronze and Marble Base Sphinxes Bookends
Located in CABA, AR
These art deco bronze gilt and marble base sphinxes bookends are a stunning example of the elegance and sophistication of the art deco era. Crafted with meticulous attention to detai...
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Early 19th Century European Art Deco Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Marble Sculpture of a Nymph, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Marble sculpture, probably depicting an undressed nymph with curly hair and bracelets around her upper arms. She is leaning against a pillar and disturbing the surface of the water i...
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19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Large Venetian sculpture depicting Saint Paul, from the 1600s, carved in Walnut
Located in Cesena, FC
Sculpture of Saint Paul, an ancient statue Ancient statue of Saint Paul from the 17th century Large sculpture depicting Saint Paul, from the 1600s, carved in solid Walnut wood. Or...
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Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Superb Maya Iguana Deity(Itzamna) Relief w/ Pre-1970 UNESCO-Compliant Provenance
Located in Culver City, CA
A superb relief-carved panel depicting the Maya Deity Itzamna, appearing as an Iguana, stretched out on a platform with long-toed limbs splayed
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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

True Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Giltwood And Terra Cotta Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood and Terra Cotta dog statues. Each statue is raised by an oval shaped Giltwood pedestal with mottled edges and a den...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta, Giltwood

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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