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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 1990s
Bing & Grondahl after Thorvaldsen. Figure of Pharisee in biscuit. 1870/80s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grondahl after Thorvaldsen. Figure of Pharisee in biscuit. 1870/1880s
First factory quality.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: H 30.0 x D 10.0 cm.
Category
1870s Danish Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Late 19th Cent. Kuba Drum W Honey Brown Patina - Harry Franklin Collection
Located in Culver City, CA
A tall and elegant wood pedestal drum with a fully-carved face on the side, and two registers of incised linear designs above and below. It has an absolutely gorgeous honey-brown pa...
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antoine-Louis Barye '1795-1875' Signed Bronze of Lion Crushing a Snake ca. 1870
Located in CH
Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris, 1795-1875). Lion crushing a Snake. Bronze with a brown patina signed Barye on the left hand side of the base. The bronze sculpture is sitting on a black m...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Two Antique Greek Terracotta Antefix Ornaments
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This 19th century pair of antique Greek terracotta antefix ornaments would have once decorated a tiled roof. Also known as ‘akrokeramo’, antefix such as these were often used by the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Greek Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix Alabaster Sculpture After Antonio Canova
Located in New York, NY
Very finely hand carved 19th century Italian Pauline Bonaparte as Venus victrix alabaster sculpture after antonio canova.
Measure: 16.5 inch height in...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Decorative Ewer Form Ornaments
Located in London, GB
The body of each ewer is beautifully embellished with a three dimensional design of grapevines following up to the handle. The handle part forms as a satyr, possibly representative o...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Decorative 19th Century Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
Large decorative 19th century sculpture
Large decorative 19th century sculpture. In very good condition with no repairs. Measurements: 50x37x25 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
1990s Painted Plaster Male Torso on a Painted Plaster Base
By Alva Studios
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1990s Painted Plaster Male Torso On A Painted Plaster Base
In the style of Alva Studios "Male Torso" 1991 Painted Plaster Sculpture
Signed on back (as ...
Category
1990s Unknown Greco Roman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Nude Woman - Murano Glass Sculpture by Vetrerie Schiavon - Italy 1993
By Vetreria Schiavon
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a glass sculpture representing a woman's body joining in a circle. Realized by Vetrerie Schiavon, Murano in 1993..
Dated at the base 12-31-93. Signature in acid on botto...
Category
1990s Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Beautiful Iron Statue from a Small Boy, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Nice iron statue from a small boy.
Recuperated from a mansion near Brussels.
Category
1880s Belgian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Large Royal Dux Cup, Art Nouveau Period
Located in Paris, FR
Large Royal Dux cup crafted in porcelain biscuit. The biscuit is partially enameled, and highlighted with polychrome accents. The cup features two nymphs climbing a shell on waves. O...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Sculpture Attributed to Vaclav Szczeblwski
By Vaclav Cigler
Located in Palermo, IT
Bronze sculpture attributed to Vaclav Szczeblwski
(Poland, 1875 - 1901).
Category
1890s Polish Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Sculpture Dancing Cupids in Terracotta Signed L Livi
Located in Buxton, GB
Absolutely Beautiful Sculpture by L Livi a French Artist
The Statue is named Dancing Cupids
In Terracotta with nice Patina
French Origin
Beautiful Carved Details
Uniqu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
'Bohemienne' Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Emmanuel Villanis, circa 1890
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'Bohemienne' An Art Nouveau bronze sculpture by Emmanuel Villanis (1858-1914), depicting an elegant young woman holding a lyre with her other arm raised behind her head with robes fl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze and Marble of Mercury
Located in Stamford, CT
An finely cast 19th century Italian bronze depicting the Hermes, the Greek god, (the god Mercury in Roman mythology) seated on carved gray marble. Afte...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Stoneware Commedia Dell’arte Mask by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
Located in Chicago, US
Exploring new firing and glazing techniques and their myriad effects on traditional forms was an exciting approach for many experimental turn-of-the-century ceramists. Here the acid ...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Royal Vienna Porcelain Figurine of Rape of Europa
Located in New York, NY
Our porcelain figurine depicting Europa riding a bull is a depiction of the legendary tale of the Rape of Europa from Metamorphoses by Ovid.
It tells of the abduction of Europa by...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Cunha Palissy Majolica Lizard Wall Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jose A Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall figure which features a lizard. Colouration: green, brown, pink, are predominant. The piece bears maker's mar...
Category
1890s Portuguese Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
"Garden Song" Porcelain Figure by Lladro Spain. Depicts Young Girl with Parasol
By Juan Huerta, Lladro
Located in Incline Village, NV
This was a limited edition hand painted porcelain made in 1992 and retired in 1995; manufactured by Lladro in Spain. Designed and sculpted by world renowned artist, Juan Huerta, it i...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Robert Burns Tam O' Shanter Staffordshire Figure Decorative Scottish Antiques
Located in London, GB
A charming large antique staffordshire flat back pottery double figure of Tam O`Shanter and Souter Johnny from the world famous poem by Robert ...
Category
1880s British Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Swiss Black Forest Eagle Carving 'Taking Flight'
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
Fine Swiss Black Forest eagle carving of substantial size. The eagle beautifully carved with exceptional detail throughout perched upon a rocky outcrop w...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
1892-1904 Chinese Elder Figure With Staff
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1892-1904 large Chinese mud man figure, an elder with staff in flowing green & yellow robe. Stamped "China". Apparent losses to feet, but possibly from kil...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
"Emerald Dream" Bronze Sculpture by Jiang Tie Feng, '1991'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Limited edition "Emerald Dream" Chinese sculpture by Jiang Tie Feng made with patinated bronze depicting a woman flying on top of a bird. Signed in cast...
Category
1990s Chinese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Relief Bronze Plaque of Jesus Christ
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Well crafted with a beautiful patina, 1890's bronze relief plaque of Jesus from Italy measuring 10" x 7.5" x .75".
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Mr Punch Doorstop, English, Cast Iron, Figure, Door Keeper, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Mr. Punch doorstop. An English, cast iron figurative door keeper, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880.
Originating in the c...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Bertil Vallien for Kosta Boda Glass Head
Located in Delft, NL
Bertil vallien for Kosta Boda glass head.
Category
1990s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Late 19th Century Bronze Group, Cupids Playing Music
Located in Paris, FR
Patinated bronze allegorical group featuring three putti on a cliff strewed with wheat. Two of them are playing the drum and the bagpipe whereas the third one is dancing. He is weari...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Meissen Porcelain Figurine of Bull with Boy and Girl
Located in New York, NY
Our charming figurine from Meissen depicts a boy and girl with work bull. With blue underglaze mark of Meissen and impressed model number R78 and smaller impressed number 131.
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French Patinated Bronze Sculptures of "Night and Day", circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
The model after Michelangelo. Both incised F. BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR, with A. Collas Reduction Mecanique pastille. Height of stand - 4.75"
Category
1890s French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Signed Mahogany Nautical Hand-Carved Mermaid Sculpture Statue
Located in Miami, FL
Charming one of a kind, late 19th Century large Mahogany Mermaid Sculpture hand carved out of one piece of solid wood.
Very detailed the Hair and Tail textured carvings, and the sen...
Category
Late 19th Century American Spanish Colonial Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Pair of 19th Century Polichrome Busts by Louis Hottot
By Louis Hottot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This charming 19th century pair of Polichrome metal figures by Louis Hottot depict a young woman and a young man. Rendered in lifelike detail, these busts seem to show the pair in co...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
19th C Carved and Jointed Wood Artist Mannequin
Located in Hudson, NY
19th C Carved and Jointed Wood Artist Mannequin
Amazing quality. Handsome.
Category
1890s Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Orientalist Royal Worcester Porcelain Figures of Water Carriers
Located in London, GB
These two refined Orientalist figures represent a male and female in Eastern dress, each holding a ceramic water jug. The pair was modelled by British ceramic designer James Hadley, ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
'Seated Minstrel' a Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture by Emile Boisseau
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'Seated Minstrel' A late 19th century bronze sculpture by Emile Boisseau (1842-1923) depicting a seated Troubadour in traditional costume playing the lute. Rich light brown patina. S...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Porcelain Figurine Depicting Rape of Europa
Located in New York, NY
Our porcelain figurine from Meissen depicts Europa riding Jupiter, disquised as a bull, depicting the Rape of Europa from Ovid's Metamorphosis.
It tells of the abduction of Europ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Bronze Sculpture of Children Playing Music
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century French bronze sculpture of children playing music
19th Century French bronze statue of a girl and a boy playing th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Narcissus" Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture After the Antique
Located in Montreal, QC
A late 19th century / early 20th century bronze figure of Narcissus, after the Antique, He wears a wreath in his hair and carries a goat skin wine sack and stands on a circular base....
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Late 19th Century Neo Gothic Gilded Metal Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful gilded metal saint statue with beautiful expression.
France, circa 1880-1900.
Weathered. Measurements include the wooden base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Royal Copenhagen, Biscuit Sculpture After Berthel Thorvaldsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, biscuit sculpture after Berthel Thorvaldsen.
Portrait of Berthel Thorvaldsen.
Approx. 1870s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In excellent condition, burning cra...
Category
1870s Danish Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Alabaster Marble Sculpture Woman's Head and Shoulders
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
This is a late 19th century bust of a young lady. Carved from Alabaster marble.
The figure has been beautifully modelled in sections of contrasting alabaster.
Excellent exampl...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Garniture of Bronze Figures by Franz Xaver Bergman
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Garniture of bronze figures, depicting a scene of hunters with an elephant with a dead tiger strapped securely on top of it, accompanied with one hunter and another at his side with ...
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carrara Marble Sculpture by Antonio Frilli, Firenze, circa 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble sculpture by Antonio Frilli, Firenze, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Statue of Christ, France, circa 1870
Located in Culver City, CA
Statue of a Saint, France, circa 1870
Cast plaster sculpture of a saint, weathered surface
Measures 15.5”w x 13”d x 49.5”h.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Gilt Bronze Statue After Claude Michel Clodion, French Sculptor, 1738-1814
Located in Houston, TX
Fine gilt bronze statue “Bacchanale” after Claude Michel known as
clodion. He was a French sculptor born in 1738. It depicts two dancing
Bacchantes with a tambourine with a child s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Botanic Model Brendel, Germany, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Triticum Vulgare N.11A (Gramineae). The round base in ebonized wood holds the botanical model which reveals the fl...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Old Rare Wooden Sculpture "Sleeping Chinese Baby"
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Enjoyable wooden statue with a smiling sleeping Chinese baby, with the head resting on a pillow.
This was used as a head rest for elaborate hairstyles of...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Meissen Porcelain Figurine Depicting Rape of Europa
Located in New York, NY
Our porcelain figurine from Meissen depicts Europa riding Jupiter, disquised as a bull, depicting the Rape of Europa from Ovid's Metamorphosis.
It tells of the abduction of Europ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Bronze Winged Sphinx Statuette Red Griotte Marble
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique small bronze sculpture of a winged Sphinx, on a red "Griotte" marble plinth.
The statue is quite refined, with a nice golden color and old patina.
Decorative piece that a...
Category
1880s French Egyptian Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Patinated Bronze Chinoiserie Figures on Marble Plinths, ca. 1875
Located in New York, NY
The male figure playing a sitar and the female figure with an unfolded fan covering her smile.
Category
1870s French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of 5 Antique Wood Buddha Statues
Located in Somis, CA
A rare collection of 5 antique wood statues of Chinese Bodhisattvas. All seated in horseshoe round back chairs, the collection features Celestial E...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Antique Metal Sculpture, The Noble Man by L. Hollot
By L. Hollot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A statuary by L. Hollot French Sculpturor ( 1836 – 1897 ) representing a standing noble man with umbrella, in good condition. Created of Zamak with a very detailed craftsmenship and details. The sculpture is positioned onto a hand carved limestone pedestal...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Metal
Bronze Statue of Arlequin by Charles-René de Paul de Saint-Marceaux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Bronze Statuette of Arlequin by Charles-René de Paul de Saint-Marceaux.
Cast by Barbedienne.
The mischievous Harlequin, arms crossed in contemplation, wearing a grin and a mask, treading the boards of the stage, as befits his leading place in the Commedia dell'arte. Signed by the fondeur, Ferdinand Barbedienne, having the foundry cachet, and dated 1879, and the sculptor's name, St. Marceaux.
French, Circa 1880.
Paul de Saint-Marceaux (1845-1915) Son of a Reims wine merchant, entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris under the tutelage of Jouffroy, exhibiting at the Salon of 1868, studying later in Italy. Considerable success followed, and he was awarded gold medals at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889, having been elected as a Chevalier to the Legion d'Honneur in 1880, and later becoming an officer. His public Parisian works may be seen in the Champs-Elysees (Alphonse Daudet the noted novelist) and Alexander Dumas...
Category
1870s French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sweet 19th Century Bronze of a Seated Cherub 'Putto'
Located in London, GB
A sweet 19th century bronze of a seated cherub (putto) playing a pair of cymbals, an overflowing basket of grapes stands at his side with more scatter...
Category
Late 19th Century French Regency Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Hand Carved Distinguished Gentlemen Sculptures
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Delve into the realm of exquisite craftsmanship and timeless artistry with this remarkable pair of hand-carved distinguished gentlemen. Each bust, unique in its depiction, captures t...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Summer Stroll" Porcelain Figurine by Lladro, Spain, "Young Girl with Umbrella"
By Juan Huerta, Lladro
Located in Incline Village, NV
This was a limited edition hand painted porcelain made and retired in 1991 by Lladro in Spain. Designed and sculpted by world renowned artist, Juan Huerta, it is entitled "Summer Stroll...
Category
1990s Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Bergman Bronze Arab Sitting on Marble Base
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A late 19th cold painted Bergman bronze statue of a seated Arab holding a helmet, with a Tigers skin wrapped around him. Sitting on the edge of a wonder...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Gilt Bronzed Lamp Sculpture “Boy with Flute”, Signed Moreau.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th Century French Gilt Bronzed Sculpture “Boy with Flute”, Signed Aug. Moreau.
Large sculpture of a young boy with an aulos (double flute), created...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Postmodern Black Murano Glass Decorative Item of a Couple, Italy, 1990s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1990s.
This black Murano glass couple with a cyan detail in her ponytail looks like it's floating on a transparent glass ball.
It is...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
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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