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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
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Amazone zu Pferde, Bronze Equestrian Statue after August Kiss 'German, 1802-1865'
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Amazone zu Pferde is an 1841 bronze equestrian statue by August Kiss, installed outside the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany. It was based on a smaller clay model which August Kiss first built in 1839. Amazone zu Pferde stands opposite its companion statue, Löwenkämpfer. A bronze copy, cast in 1929, sits in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Zinc copies also exist in England, Italy, and elsewhere in Germany August Kiss (1802-1865) August Kiss was trained at the Ironworks in Paprotzan and the Royal Iron Foundry Gleiwitz. He further took lessons in chasing and drawing at the Academy under Leonhard Posch. From 1825 he worked as a student and later as assistant in the workshop of Daniel Rauch. In 1830 Kiss received a teaching position at the Königlichen Gewerbeinstitut in Berlin. He also repeatedly collaborated with his friend and colleague Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The marble version of the fighting Amazone sculpture, one of his masterpieces, is nowadays to be found in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Moreover Kiss designed the tombs of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Christian Daniel Rauch.
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19th Century German Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Chinese Porcelain Blanc De Chine Figural Group, Circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Depicting a seated Guanyin surrounded by two attendants and two musicians all set onto a gnarled boat or raft above turbulent waves, a branch of blossom...
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1880s Chinese Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Set of Four Spelter Plaques by Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Set of four spelter plaques by Ferdinand Barbedienne French, late 19th century Measures: Height 45cm, width 12cm, depth 0.5 cm This set of four pla...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Spelter

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Sancai Glazed Terra Cotta Tomb Guardian
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb guardian figure seen in its typical stance of one foot higher than the other as it rests on an anima...
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20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Bactrian Camel Terra Cotta Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a Bactrian camel, the main form of transport over the Silk Road, with its head tilted back and mouth open to the sky, we...
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20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terracotta Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terracotta tomb figure of a man with his fists raised, wearing a hat or a head wrap and boots, and standing on a faceted...
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20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Antique Russian Bronze Group of Cossack Soldiers After Lieberich
By Nikolai Ivanovich Lieberich
Located in London, GB
Antique Russian bronze group of Cossack soldiers after Lieberich Russian, 1884 Measures: Height 29cm, width 43cm, depth 30cm This wonderful...
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1880s Russian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Lolita" Patinated Bronze Sculpture by Francoise Abraham
By Françoise Abraham
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This beautiful sculpture entitled "Lolita" by Francoise Abraham reflects an original and unique perspective on the human form in movement. Born in 19...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Early 20th Century American Bronze Figurine of a Jewish Businessmen
Located in New York, NY
Bronze figurine of a self-satisfied, disapproving Jewish businessman with the caption: Now! Vot about it? (an imitation of the Jewish accent), heavy, cast bronze figurine...
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Early 20th Century American Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Collection of Lomonosov Porcelain Figurines with Winter Sports Subject
Located in London, GB
These delightful porcelain figurines were created in Russia in the 1950s. Included in this set are two models depicting a boy and girl holding skis, and a small figure of a boy playing ice hockey. These three figurines...
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Mid-20th Century Russian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Early Shinto Carving of Figure Referred to as Father Japan
Located in Hudson, NY
Shinto carving of figure referred to as Father Japan. Heian period (794 to 1185) sculpture made of hinoki wood in single piece construction called ichiboku...
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15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Fine Victorian Alabaster Figure of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine Victorian alabaster figure of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, powerfully modelled with one arm across his chest holding a scroll and the ...
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1870s English Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Alabaster

5 Atamante Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
5 Atamante vase is in blown glass, and originally designed in 1986 by Ettore Sottsass. Signed on the base, for further information please see authenticity info below. Ettore Sott...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Glazed Ceramic Sculpture of a Helmsman by Spanish Maker Lladró
Located in London, GB
Glazed ceramic sculpture of a helmsman by Spanish maker Lladró Spanish, 20th Century Measures: Height 55cm, width 38cm, depth 20cm This fine ceramic sculpture depicts a helmsman...
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20th Century Spanish Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Meissen Biscuit Porcelain Figure of Goethe, Dated 1828
Located in New York, NY
Marked with blue crossed swords. Modelled standing in a long coat, the base impressed "Goethe 1828".
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1820s Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Man and Horse Terra Cotta Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a man dressed in dark gray robes, with one fist raised in the air, sitting atop a red saddle, on a horse that is painted...
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20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

German Porcelain Figure of Hussar on Horseback, Meissen, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
German Porcelain Figure of Hussar on Horseback, Meissen, circa 1880.
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1880s German Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Kneeling Camel and Woman Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a woman in a green dress sitting on a kneeling yellow and red Bactrian camel with ...
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20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Victorian Bronze 16th Century Man
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze figure of a 16th century man holding a quill and book with a guitar on base (signed).      
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16th Century French Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Alioth Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Alioth Glass Vase was designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis in 1983. The Venetian glass vase features blue fusions and black threads. Signed on the base. Ettore Sottsass was b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

34 Agelada Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Agelada Glass Vase with pendant was originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1986 for Memphis. It's part of the “Vetri Glass” collection. Made in blown Murano glass, and signed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

Under the Influence VII, a Unique Glass, Copper & Rope Sculpture by Chris Day
Located in London, GB
Under the Influence VII is a unique sculpture by the British artist Chris Day created from handblown & sculpted glass with micro bore copper pipe, copper wire and rope. About ‘Under...
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2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Copper

Meissen Porcelain Summer and Fall Figural Group
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful Meissen Porcelain figure entitled Summer and Fall is part of the company's beloved Seasons series. The putti rest upon a rocaille-formed base holding representations o...
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Late 19th Century German Other Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Large Napoleon III Period Bronze Sculpture by Jules Bertin
Located in London, GB
Large Napoleon III period bronze sculpture by Jules Bertin French, 1879 Measures: Height 140cm, width 58cm, depth 58cm This exceptional sculpture is by Jules Bertin, a leading F...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Early 20th Century Bronze of Boy with a Goose, after the Antique
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 20th century bronze of boy with a goose, after the antique. Signed, Musee du Louvre. A young boy with a goose, one of many Roman copies of a Hellenistic bronze original (160 B...
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Early 20th Century French Edwardian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Renato Anatra Scavo Glass Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large Murano sculpture after Michelangelos' David Beautiful surface and a large presence.
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1970s Italian Vintage Figurative Sculptures

Altair Glass Flower Vase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Altair Glass Flower Vase was designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1982. Signed on the base, please see below for further information. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

German Pewter Mushroom Gnome
Located in New York, NY
Continental German (19/20th cent) pewter small figure of a gnome holding a mushroom with a perferated top (toothpick holder) and standing on a stylized round base (WMF).      
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19th Century German Other Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Pewter

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Woman and Kneeling Camel Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terracotta tomb figure of a woman in a gray dress sitting on a kneeling Bactrian camel with its head tilted back and mout...
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20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Under the Influence VIII, a Unique Glass, Copper & Rope Sculpture by Chris Day
Located in London, GB
Under the Influence VIII is a unique sculpture by the British artist Chris Day created from handblown & sculpted glass with micro bore copper pipe, copper wire and rope. About ‘Unde...
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2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Copper

Italian Bronze Sculpture by Marcello Pietrantoni
By Marcello Pietrantoni 1
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Italian bronze sculpture by Marcello Pietrantoni, 1980 ca. The sculpture is signed on the base. Marcello Pietrantoni was born in Bresci...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Japanese Haniwa Terracotta Head of a Warrior
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Haniwa terracotta head of a warrior, Haniwa figures are Japanese terracotta funerary figures that accompanied the dead buried in early Japan, ...
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15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

11 Erinna Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Erina vase is blown glass, originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1986. The vase is part of the “Vetri Glass” collection. Made in Murano, its hand blown with techniques from m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

Pair of Bronze Indian Sculptures of 'War and Peace', by Carl Kauba
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Bronze Indian Sculptures of 'War and Peace', by Carl Kauba (1865-1922).
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Sculpture "The Arab Falconer" by Pierre Jules Mene
Located in London, GB
"The Arab Falconer" by Pierre Jules Mene The finely cast and planished bronze, depicting a falconer walking on a naturalistic ground, with a hare ...
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

French Gilt Metal Sculpture on Neoclassical Pedestal by Ernest Rancoulet
Located in London, GB
French gilt metal sculpture on Neoclassical pedestal by Ernest Rancoulet French, early 20th century Measures: Height 165cm, width 34cm, depth 34cm This fine sculpture group is b...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

Victorian Terra-Cotta Harlequin
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian terra-cotta figure of a harlequin holding an umbrella with a white face and wearing a cap & clown outfit with large buttons (signed: HANISOFF, with additional marking)
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Bronze Sculpture of Horse Drawn Chariot by Tommaso Campaiola
Located in London, GB
Bronze sculpture of horse drawn chariot by Tommaso Campaiola Italian, early 20th century Dimensions: Height 48cm, width 76cm, depth 53cm This ex...
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Early 20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Italian Marble Sculpture after Roman Original of the Wrestlers
By Eugenio Battiglia
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian marble sculpture after Roman original of the Wrestlers Italian, late 19th century Measures: Height 94cm, width 124c...
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Late 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Bronze Mounted German Porcelain Figure of a Lady with Dog, Meissen, circa 1750
Located in New York, NY
Marked Meissen. With 18th century French gilt bronze mounts. Modeled by Friederich Elias Meyer.
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1750s German Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Soldato Di Vetro Glass and 18k Gold Sculpture by Alessandro Mendini for Venini
Located in murano, IT
"The fine, elongated and ambiguos shape of their eyes on the colored background has them looking thoughtfully at our complicated world. The similar shape of their mounth hints at a w...
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2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Figurative Sculptures

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Gold

Alpha Centaury Glass Flower Vase, by Marco Zanini for Memphis Milano Collection
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Alpha Centaury Glass Flower Vase was designed by Marco Zanini in 1982. Signed on the base, please see below for further information. Marco Zanini was born in Trento in 1954. He ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Glass

Bronze Figure of a Kneeling Female Nude, by Joseph Mario Korbel
Located in New York, NY
Signed Mario Korbel/ 1929 No. 1 and stamped Roman Bronze Works.
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1910s American Vintage Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

1950s Italian Wire Horse Sculpture by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bronze wire sculpture of a prancing horse on a wooden base.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Four Antique Bronze Plaques Depicting Water-Nymphs, by Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Four antique bronze plaques depicting water-nymphs, by Ferdinand Barbedienne French, 19th century. Measures: Height 47cm, width 12cm, depth 2.5cm Finely cast in relief from patinated bronze with parcel gilt patina, these French 19th Century panels each depict a Classical female water-nymph. The relief structure and design is after four panels from the important marble fountain from the Renaissance period in Paris called the Fontaine des Innocents. This was created by the French sculptor Jean Goujon...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Meiji Period Bronze of an Oni Holding a Parasol
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This figural group shows a mendicant Oni with a tattered umbrella and wearing a voluminous shakudo cloak over gilt tiger mask greaves. A smaller Oni wears s...
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Large Marble Sculpture of a Circus Ringmistress by Antonio Natali
Located in London, GB
Large marble sculpture of a circus ringmistress by Antonio Natali Italian, late 19th century Figure: Height 110cm, width 46cm, depth 33cm Ped...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Bronze Lamp in the Form of a Townhouse by Bergman
Located in London, GB
Bronze lamp in the form of a townhouse by Bergman Austrian, circa 1900 Measures: Height 30m, width 17cm, depth 10cm This delightful cold-painted bronze lamp was crafted by the famous Viennese foundry owner, Franz Xavier Bergman. Franz Xavier inherited the Bergman Foundry from his father, Franz Bergman, in the 1890s. Bergman’s works were called ‘cold-painted’, meaning that several layers of paint were applied by hand to the bronze piece after it had been cast. The lamp takes the form of a tall, multi-storeyed timber and brick building. The house is faced with yellow plaster and roofed with red tiles. It is dotted with green-grilled windows of varying shape and size and features a small turret on its right side. A door opens on the left side of the middle storey, to allow access to the light bulb contained there. When turned on, the light produced by the bulb shines atmospherically out through the house’s colored windows. To the right of the building, a minstrel stands on stone steps, and sings along to a tune he plays on his mandolin. The hanging sign of a boot projects out from the house on the left, identifying the building as a cobbler’s shop. Indeed, the two large oak doors...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Helen Beling Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Helen Beling (American, 1914-2001) Crenellated and Arched, 1950s Belplast.
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1950s Vintage Figurative Sculptures

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Composition

'Bacchantes', a Fine Patinated Bronze Figural Group After Clodion, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Bacchantes', a fine patinated bronze figural group after Claude Michael Clodion, French (1738-1814). French, circa 1870. Signed 'Clodion' to the base and inscribed 'BACCHANTE...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

18th-century Chinese Export Porcelain Pair of Court Maiden Candlesticks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain pair of maiden candlesticks, circa 1760-1775    A pair of large Chinese Export figures of standing maidens holding ...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Export Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Vintage Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Presentation Trophy / Centerpiece
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English cast sterling silver presentation trophy/centerpiece; an addition to our presentation silverware collection. This exceptional vintage English sterling silver presentation trophy/centerpiece has a levelled podium style, tiered form. The central platform retains the original, exceptional and hallmarked cast sterling silver figure attired in full Scottish highland dress and playing bagpipes. The lower tiers are fitted with the original hallmarked cast ornaments, each modelled in the form of a jockey mounted on a stationary horse, standing on grass terrain base. Each model is secured to the original ebonized wood plinth. The impressive plinth retains the original three sterling silver rectangular plaques to one side; if required the plinth could be fitted with further bespoke sterling silver presentation plaques suitable for a personal inscription. This presentation plinth is fitted with green baize to the underside. Condition This vintage silver trophy...
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1960s English Vintage Figurative Sculptures

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Silver

'The Soldier of Marathon' Bronze after a Model by Cortot Cast by Barbedienne
By Jean Pierre Cortot, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'The Soldier of Marathon' - A large patinated bronze group after a model by Jean-Pierre Cortot, Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Jean-Pierre Cort...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Bronze Indian, "Peace", by Carl Kauba '1865-1922'
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed C. Kauba.
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1910s American Vintage Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Meiji Period Bronze Sculpture of a Mother and Son by Atsuyoshi
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji period bronze sculpture of a mother and son by Atsuyoshi, she is shown seated on a gnarled rootwood base, with her arm round a crying boy standing by her knee and offering her breast, wearing a short robe, trousers and a cloth incised with Mount Fuji around her head, and bare feet. Signed Atsuyoshi saku, Maruki Shachu seisaku (??????????? (??????????). Japanese, circa 1880. Footnote: Atsuyoshi is known for a number of finely modelled bronze studies of both wild and domesticated animals, almost all of them made for the Tokyo based Maruki Company. This is therefore an unusual subject matter for him and Japanese bronzes in general , however Oliver Impey and Joyce Seaman, in ‘Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period’ (in the Ashmolean Museum Collections), pp. 68-69, include a bronze group of a woman who has just finished breast feeding...
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1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of French Bronze Animalier Sculptures of Game Birds
Located in London, GB
Pair of French bronze Animalier sculptures of game birds French, late 19th century Size: Height 48cm, width 37cm, depth 9cm These charming lat...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Figural Bronze Sculpture of William Shakespeare
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century figural bronze sculpture of William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Shakespeare was an English poe...
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19th Century Irish Antique Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Austrian Orientalist Bronze Model Lamp by Anton Chotka
Located in London, GB
Austrian Orientalist bronze model lamp by Anton Chotka. This charming cold-painted bronze lamp depicts a busy scene of an open plan coffee shop within ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures

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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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