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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1910s
Late 18th Century dancing couple figurine by Volksted
Located in Lisbon, PT
A charming translucent soft-paste german porcelain figurine of a dancing couple of the Volkstedt, Muller & Co, Dresden manufacturing of the late 18th century, mark on the base
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Tang Dynasty Museum Quality TL Tested Terracotta Fat Lady Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty painted terracotta fat lady tomb figure
China. Tang Dynasty Circa 618-907
Modelled in the form of a classically dressed fat lady, this terraco...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century Italian Angel Mounted with Fossil Agate Coral Wings on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angel with fossil agate coral wings and mounted aragonite.
The hand-carved angel was once part of a decorative, angelic depiction in a ...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By R. Krengel 1910s
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By R. Krengel 1910s Eupen Belgium
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)...
Category
1910s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Antique 18th Century Bow English Porcelain Figure of a Flute Player
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An antique English porcelain figurine.
By Bow.
In the form of a boy clothed in 18th century garb and holding a flute.
We've noted losse...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Wooden Sculpture of the Virgin Mary
Located in Madrid, ES
This exceptional sculpture, finely carved from solid wood and dating back to the 18th century, pays tribute to the devotion and artistic skill of its era. Depicting the Virgin Mary, ...
Category
1740s Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
17th Century Flemisch Madonna & Child Bone Carving
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
17th Century Flemisch Madonna & Child Bone Carving
Category
17th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Antler
Immaculate Conception Baroque Sculpture, 18th Century - Religious Art
Located in Lisbon, PT
A rare and unique baroque Spanish sculpture of the Immaculate Conception in polychromed chestnut carving wood and a silver crown, with a original wooden podium...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French 17th Century Baroque Carved Wood Figural Sculptures, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of French 17th Century Baroque carved wood figural sculptures. Amazing carving details with fabrics and faces being perfectly detailed. Each is made of solid wood in a...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Two Figurine of Seated Boys, Circa 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Reign
Located in seoul, KR
Wearing a blue-glazed short child's apron knotted around the waist, his hair drawn into one or two topknots
Period : Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period
Production Date : C 1725
Made in ...
Category
1720s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut G.Tart Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Liege Belgium by G.Tart.
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual design ...
Category
1910s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Antique 18th c. Italian Armor Mannequin c.1700s
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An original 18th century Italian armorer's model with glass eyes and articulating arms. Used to fit different types of battle armor. Shows signs of light wear and paint loss...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Neoclassical Bronze Doré Sculpture of Woman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A masterful large classical statue in cast bronze of a beautiful young woman in stride wearing a flowing ionic chiton. The exquisite casting of ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
J A Houdon france bronze 1790 "Diane" by Barbedienne founder.
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible J A Houdon bronze 1790 representing "Diane" with bow and arrow by Barbedienne founder.
Category
1790s French Empire Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Misericord. Carved wood. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Choir Mercy. Carved wood. Century XVI.
Carved wooden Misericordia that surely belonged to a choir stall (see the upper flat part, which acts as a seat), decorated with a figurative ...
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
2 Khmer Stone Mudra Hands
Located in Vosselaar, BE
These stone sculpture fragments can be dated between the 12th and 13th century. They were finely sculpted by the Khmer people. The Khmer culture flourished between the 8th and 15th c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Other Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Arrow on a Polished Calcite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century distressed Italian mecca arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base.
The arrow was once part of a decorative motif in an artistic depiction in historic Itali...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Gilt Arrow on a Polished Calcite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century distressed Italian mecca gilt arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base.
The arrow was once part of a decorative motif in an artistic depiction in historic ...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Wooden Madonna with Child Baroque Art Italy 17th Century with Export Certificate
Located in Madrid, ES
A Wooden Madonna with child Baroque art, Southern Italy, 17th century.
Measure: H: 71cm
Good condition for the time.
With Export Certificate to USA.
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut 1910s
By A. de Lambert
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Belgium by A. de Lambert. High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual design ...
Category
1910s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Derby Porcelain Figure of Female Ranelagh Dancer, Rococo 1759-1769
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a sublimely made porcelain figure of the female "Ranelagh Dancer", made by Derby between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The figure would originally have had a male ...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Baroque Brazilian Sculpture by Antonio Francisco Lisboa “Aleijadinho” 18th centu
Located in London, GB
A very rare Baroque wooden carved sculpture by the Brazilian sculptor Antônio Francisco Lisboa, known as “Aleijadinho” (1738-1814)
Original polychrome detailing
Circa 1790
Height 1...
Category
18th Century Brazilian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A 17th Century Mounted French Limestone Carving of a Winged Angel
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally part of a larger architectural from a French building in the 1600s, this hand-carved limestone fragment of a winged angel has been mounted more recently to a painted black...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Stone, Metal
The Infant St John the Baptist, a 17th Century Sevillian school Spanish Baroque
Located in PARIS, FR
The Infant St John the Baptist,
A first half of 17th century Sevillian School
Cercle of Juan de Mesa Velasco (Córdoba, 1583 - Séville, 1627)
Polychrome and carved wood
Height: 65 cm
...
Category
Early 17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Zwei geflügelte Engelsköpfe, Holz geschnitzt, Flandern, 18. Jh.
Located in Mönchengladbach, NW
Zwei geflügelte Engelsköpfe, Holz geschnitzt und einfarbig bemalt, Flandern, 18. Jh., alte Restaurierung
H 25 / 27 cm, B 30 / 34 cm, T 10 cm
Category
18th Century Belgian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Christ in walnut wood , France 17th or 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Large Christ on the Cross carved in the round in walnut wood.
With great realism, the sculptor has used the wood grain on the bust and to emphasise the shape of the legs.
The right p...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Baroque Angel with Scroll, Late 17th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large baroque wall sculpture in the shape of an angel with curly hair and a transfigured gaze. He holds a scroll in his hands and sits on a cloud. The polychrome paint is rubbed and ...
Category
Late 17th Century European Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Corpus Christi in limewood
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Corpus Christi in polychromed limewood.
Category
1710s European Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
CENTRAL ITALY SCHOOL Pair of Sculptures Louis XIV "Angels" late 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
CENTRAL ITALY SCHOOL Pair of Sculptures
from the Louis XIV era "Angels" late 17th Century
in carved and silver lacquered wood on contemporary bases lacquered with imitation red marb...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Japanese antique wooden small Buddha statue / Edo period / 17th to 18th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden Buddha statue made during the Edo period in Japan.
The material is cypress wood.
After that, it is painted white, then covered with black lacquer, and then painted o...
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cypress
Christo Carved Stone Sculpture, France, 15th Century: Museum-Quality Masterpiece
Located in Madrid, ES
Immerse yourself in the majesty of 15th-century France with this significant Christo sculpture carved in stone and polychromed, a masterpiece capturing the artistic essence of the er...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
SICILIAN MASTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY "Christ on the Cross" Hight : 97cm
Located in Madrid, ES
SICILIAN MASTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY "Christ on the Cross"
Wooden sculpture
Christ
Sculpture in carved and carved cypress wood
71 x 18 cm Height 97
good condition for the time
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Jade
17th Century Wooden Sculpture Depicting Saint James
Located in Firenze, IT
Wooden sculpture depicting Saint James the Greater.
Saint James was an apostle of Jesus and witnessed with Peter the Transfiguration, the resurrection of Jairus' daughter and the ni...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Etched Dogu-Style Terracotta Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately styled pair of terracotta figurines is sculpted in the style of Japanese Dogū sculptures of the Jōmon period (10th-4th century B.C.). Reminiscent of Pre-Columbian redware figures, Dogū ceramics are known for their primitive abstract rendering of the human form and decorative geometric etchings. This pair of ceramic figurines...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure, a hand carved and painted fruitwood figure for a Christmas Crèche or Krippe. Excellent and delicate details to the head and hands. The half figure stands on a dowel set into platform base, dressed in original fine linen robe...
Category
18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Fruitwood
FRENCH SCULPTOR 17TH CENTURY, Sculpture "Saint Mary Magdalene"
Located in Madrid, ES
FRENCH SCULPTOR 17TH CENTURY,
Sculpture "Saint Mary Magdalene"
Sculpture from the Louis XIV era in carved wood with a contemporary base
45 x 35 ...
Category
17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Colima Seated Redware Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully aged with a rich patina and pitted wear, this seated ceramic male figure is attributed to the Colima region of Western Mexico. The stylized form of this male figure follows the conventions of Colima pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of mother-of-pearl cameos
Located in Ramillies, BE
Pair of antique agate cameos on mother-of-pearl on horn in gilt brass Louis XIV style frame.
Provenance : Collection vente YSL
Category
18th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Brass
12th Century Indian Carved White Marble Figure of a Jain Tirthankara or Jina
Located in Austin, TX
A well carved Indian white marble Jain temple relief fragment featuring an image of a Jina, circa 12th century, Rajasthan or Gujarat, India.
The Tirthan...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a bust or full effigy figurine crafted in 400 A.D. Mesoamerica. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically in Teotihuacan, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate coiffure or headdress and ear spools...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century sculpture of a Roman Emperor
Located in Ramillies, BE
Standing Roman emperor
Germany, 17th century
Bronze and marble base
Category
17th Century German Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
louis XIV-style bust of a man in armor
Located in Ramillies, BE
Louis XIV style bust of a man in armor.
France, Late 17th century
Alabaster on a griotte red marble base
Base diameter 7 cm
Bust width 8.5 cm
Category
17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Griotte Marble
Peruvian Bolivian Colonial Painting Virgin Oil on Canvas 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th painting of the Virgin del Castillo's
South American Peru or Bolivia school 19th century
Signed Balbino Edo, Pinto 1859
Oil on canvas, 72 by 98cms. 36 x 27 inches
Con...
Category
Mid-18th Century Peruvian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paint
Romanesque capital with sirens - France 13th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Rare romanesque capital with sirens
France, XIII century
Limestone
25 x 28 x 22 cm
This finely carved Romanesque capital, executed in high relief from limestone, features four hyb...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Medieval Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Indian Carved Sandstone Frieze of Lakshmi, Central India, 10th-11th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Indian carved sandstone architectural frieze featuring a central image of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi flanked by two atten...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Medieval Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Chinese Carved Boxwood Figure of Guanyin, Mid-Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Chinese carved boxwood figure of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, called Guanyin in Chinese, mid-Qing dynasty.
The an...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
18th Century Italian Hand-Carved Angel Wing on Honey Calcite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved and painted angel wing with baroque pearls and mounted on honey calcite crystal.
The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic de...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Pre-Columbian Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a pre-Columbian bust or full effigy figurine. Earthenware figurines like this were made in great abundance throughout Mesoamerican history, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events across Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, or coiffure, and ear spools...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Niche In Gilt Wood From The 17th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
niche in gilded wood from the 17th century from Italy
Lovely niche with a carved wood in its center from the Italian Renaissance
Beautiful original gild wood
Dimensions excluding ba...
Category
17th Century French Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large 17th century French Hand Carved Limestone Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing and large handcarved limestone head with a stunning weathered look. Unique period piece from the 17th century now placed on a wooden pedestal.
France circa 1600-1700. Weather...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
A Very Rare and Important Marble Relief of the ‘Resurrection of Christ’
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare and Important Marble Relief of the ‘Resurrection of Christ’
Attributed to the Master of the Mascoli Altar
Marble
Venice, Italy
Second half of the 15th Century
SIZE: ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Nayarit Chinesco-Style Seated Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This seated ceramic figure is attributed to the ancient Nayarit region of Mexico and was likely used as a ritual or burial offering. The ceramic works of this style, known as Chinesc...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Virgin and Child in polychrome wood, Spain, 16th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Large painted and carved wooden Virgin and Child in the round, representing the Virgin and Child carrying the globe.
The theme of the Virgin and Child is the most represented in all ...
Category
1630s Spanish Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Pair Snowball Thrower & Girl, A. Koenig, c 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very charming Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurines:
Boy in dark blue jacket, under it a brown vest, striped pants and lace-up shoes, on his head a green cap with a wide brim, a white scarf around his neck, with his right arm reaching far back to throw a snowball at the girl, with his left hand holding more prepared snowballs to his chest. The boy is supported from behind by a small toboggan and is based on round snow base.
The girl in purple flowered dress...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Porcelain dancing couple figurine by Volkstedt
Located in Lisbon, PT
A charming Baroque translucent soft-paste porcelain figurine of a dancing couple of the Volkstedt, Muller & Co, Dresden manufacturing of the late 18th century.
Marked on the base.
Category
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Spanish Sculpture of Saint Jerome, Late 17th Century
Located in CH
A late 17th-century Spanish wood sculpture of a penitent Saint Jerome, possibly Seville, circa 1680.
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
15th century rare sculpture of Saint Barbara
Located in Firenze, IT
Rare polychrome wooden sculpture depicting Saint Barbara, 15th century, France.
Saint Barbara is a saint venerated in the Christian tradition, known for her history and legend. She ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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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