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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1920s
Excellent walnut carving of a Carlo Boccomico c1600
Located in Bakewell, GB
Excellent walnut carving of a Carlo Boccomico c1600
Visible old dead worm holes, but great condition
72 cms high 30 cms wide
Category
16th Century European Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Wood Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 18th century Italian carved wood figures. Originally polychromed and now aged to a shabby chic look.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Early 16th Century Stone Carving - 'The Death of a Prelate'
Located in Maidstone, GB
An Early 16th Century Stone Carving with polychrome : 'The Death of a Prelate'. The enthroned figure of a Bishop surrounded by attendants and surmounted by celestial angels.
Category
16th Century European Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of "Heroine" by théophile François Somme
Located in Oakland, CA
“Heroine” by Theophile Francois Somme is a dramatic and richly detailed Art Nouveau sculpture in bronze and chryselephantine created, circa 1920. This exceptional piece has finely carved facial features and wonderful use of patinated bronze to create the sweep of fabric. The statue sits on a carved marble base.
Somme was born in Nancy in 1871, lived until 1952 and was a frequent participant in the Parisian Salon des Artistes. He won the Gold Medal at the salon in 1924, a silver medal in 1925 and in 1937 he was awarded the Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition Internationale.
Today his work can be viewed at the Toulon...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cherubs Burying Their Pet, 18th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
18th century French carved-wood panel of a scene of Cherubs burying their pet, expressing that God cares about all of creation, and since pets are part of that creation, they are included in His care and attention. The piece is mounted on a Lucite panel framed with a double walnut molding...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Large 1920s Danish Porcelain Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This 1927 Royal Copenhagen porcelain sculpture is exceptionally large in scale, and appears to represent an Amazon with her hound. It is remarkable for the...
Category
1920s Danish Neoclassical Revival Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Italian Polychrome Candle Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully carved and painted. Nice patina. From a beautiful house in Santa Barbara. They do hold candles on a spike.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Silver Statue 'Bowling Player' with a Wooden Base
Located in Braintree, GB
Silver statue 'Bowling player' with a wooden base, used as award or trophy
Maker: W.J.L (unidentified)
Made in 1923
Fully hallmarked.
Dimensions:
Approximate 13 x 8.5 x 17 cm
...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Italian Saint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
From a beautiful home in Santa Barbara. Slight chipping in silver leaf on back side. Beautifully detailed.
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver Leaf
Elegant Terracotta Standing Court Dignitary, Tang Dynasty, EU Passport
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Elegant Standing Court Dignitary with joined hands in blue robes and a bird headdress. Polychrome Traces.
When China was unified again, first briefly ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Republic of Mali Terracotta Figure of a Female Ancestral Figure
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Republic of Mali terracotta figure of a female ancestral figure.
kneeling with her feet under her, arms to her shoulder,
circa AD 1100 - 1400
Measures: Height 9 1/2 in. 24.1 cm.
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Figure of a Bacchante
Located in London, GB
A Roman bronze and gilt-bronze figure of a Bacchante, circa 1780.
Category
18th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Huge Art Deco Statue
Located in charmes, FR
Extraordinary Art Deco statue, 1926 representing a woman holding in her right hand a balloon, by the artist Swanko ANDRAS (Hungary), artist of state t...
Category
1920s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Bookends with Satyr and Girl by Pierre Laurel, 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Silvered bronze bookends of a young satyr and girl holding grapes.
By Pierre Laurel. Fantastic Bronze details. Signed Laurel.
France 1925-1930.
Literature:
“Bronzes, sculp...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
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
Category
17th Century Portuguese Louis XIII Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Gaston Hauchecorne, Malay Pirate Bronze Sculpture, France 1900s
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb bronze sculpture with green patina hues by Gaston Hauchecorne, France 1920s. Representation of a Malay pirate holding on to the railing of a ship with on hand and to the steer...
Category
1920s French Romantic Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
11C Shiva Tripurantaka Red Sandstone Relief
Located in Dallas, TX
It features a depiction of Tripurantaka Murti, as a manifestation of Lord Shiva.
This relief was carved from red sandstone, most likely in Central India, circa the 10th or 11th Cent...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Archaistic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
17th century, Marble Reliefs depicting Pope Innocent XI and Pius V
Located in Milan, IT
XVII Century
Reliefs depicting Pope Innocent XI and Pius V
(2) Marble, cm diameter 29
The two artifacts under consideration, a rare pair of marble tondos referable to the 17th ce...
Category
17th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
German Black Bronze white marble Art Nouveau sculpture, woman blowing bubles
By Thomas Germany
Located in Valladolid, ES
Very beautiful and refined antique dark patinated solid bronze sculpture depicting a naked woman blowing bubbles
It is of German origin and dates from around 1920. Unsigned.
This b...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
"The Dance" by Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco sculpture called “The Dance”, made of brown patinated bronze with a Portoro marble base. Made by Pierre Le Faguays (1892-1962).
Signed Le Faguays.
France, circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1925 René Lalique Suzanne Statuette Deep Milky Opalescent Glass, Woman Statue
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
René Lalique "Suzanne" vase made in 1925 in molded deep and milky opalescent glass.
Molded "R.LALIQUE" signature back and engraved signature on bottom.
Perfect and great condit...
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Two Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain HeHe Groups Kangxi Period
Located in Dallas, TX
A Pair of Chinese famille verte laughing twins 'HeHe Erxian' biscuit group, Kangxi (1662-1722), the two boys with jovial expressions and seated upon an openwork rock-base studded wit...
Category
17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Christ in Boxwood, France, late 16th-early 17th century".
Located in PARIS, FR
Christ in Boxwood, France, late 16th-early 17th century
Beautiful corpse of Christ with missing arms.
He must have been on the Cross, arms in a horizontal position.
Great expressiv...
Category
Early 17th Century French Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
Memento mori. A caged and suspended skull sculpture, Germany, late 17th century.
Located in Milan, IT
A rare example of Memento Mori from Wunderkammer depicting a skull caged in a forged iron structure, with a chain for hanging. The sculpture is made of scagliola plaster with a high ...
Category
Late 17th Century German Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Beautiful Italian Holy Water Late 18th Century Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful late 18th century marble stoup
Copy of the stoup located in the Romanesque church of the first century AD. of San Clemente in Rome.
Body wit...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
A Captive Soldier - Italie (Rome), 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
A Captive Soldier
Gilt Bronze, Lost Wax
Italie (Rome), 17th century
H 17 x Dia 10 cm
H 6 2/3 x Dia 4 inch
The 17th century witnessed a flourishing of artistic expression across Eur...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
17th CENTURY BRONZE GROUP, RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid bronze sculptural group depicting the rape of the Sabine women, made with the ancient lost wax technique. The drama of the scene is rendered with great mastery: in the cente...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italy 18th Century Lombard Carved & Polychromate Sculpture of St Peter of Verona
By Veronese
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian 18th century sculpture of St. Peter of Verona.
A magnificent sculpture of St Peter martyr of Verona, created by a member of the Lombard art school in Verona Italy, in the...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese antique stone Buddha “Nyoirin Kannon”/1750-1850/Edo period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This Buddha is called "nyoi-rin-kannon" in Japanese.
It is a Buddha statue that grants wishes as you wish and removes suffering.
This sitting figure with his hands on his cheeks show...
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
1920s / 30s Just Andersen "Sitting Nude" Design by Asta Lilbæk
Located in Handewitt, DE
1920s/30s Just Andersen, sitting nude woman. Dark patinated bronze / disko metal on base. Very beautiful work. Designed and signed by Asta Lilbæk. No.D1744
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco bronze sculpture nude fan dancer by Marcel Andre Bouraine France 21925
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture nude fan dancer.
Sculpture in patinated bronze of a dancing nude standing on one foot holding a fan incised with a design of birds.
The bronze is signed by ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Monumental Marble Sculpture Representing Neptune
Located in Marbella, ES
18th Century Monumental Marble Sculpture Representing Neptune
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Italian 17 Century Marble Panel with Madonna and Child
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful 17 century marble panel with a Madonna and child. Gorgeous period piece with great patina.
Italy circa 1650. Weathered and small losses.
Measurement include the wooden pe...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large Cast and Chiseled Bronze Plaque - Saint Sebastian, Rome 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Large Cast and Chiseled Bronze Plaque
Saint Sebastian after the model by Guido Reni (Capitoline Museum)
Rome, 17th century
Large rectangular bronze plaque depicting the martyrdom of...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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.
Category
1750s German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Small 18th Century Hand Carved Baroque Winged Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful small Hand carved winged angelhead with its original gilding.
Italy, circa 1750
Weathered.
Measurement here below inclusive the wooden base.
H:14cm W:11,5cm D:7cm
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Derby Figure of Shepherdess with Garlanded Lamb, ca 1760
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a charming Derby figure of a shepherdess with a garlanded lamb, made in or shortly after 1760. The figure is one half of a set called the "Garland...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
World-Class Maya Cormorant Throne Panel W/ Pre-1970 UNESCO-Compliant Provenance
Located in Culver City, CA
This magnificent panel is an example of the pinnacle of Maya stone carving.
It depicts the head of a cormorant in profile, with a long hooked beak, curved tongue, large central eye,...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
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...
Category
1750s German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Art Deco Crackle Glaze Ceramic Demeter or Ceres Table Lamp, 1920s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco lamp sculpture by Charles HARVA, France - late 1920s. Crackle glaze ceramic, brass and glass. Demeter / Ceres resting after work. Flowers, fruits and corn / maize pat...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century, Italian Hand Carved Wooden Wing of a Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Silvered Baroque angel-wing. Rare and very decorative item placed on a wooden base, Italy, circa 1750. Weathered. Measurement is inclusive the wooden base.
H:27,5cm W:24cm...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Joseph D'Asté French Art Deco Young Lady & God Pan Sculpture, 1920s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco sculpture by Joseph d'Asté (1872-1940), France, 1920s. Young Lady and God Pan. Spelter and marble. Width : 17.7"(45cm), Height : 8"(20.5cm), Depth : 4.7"(12cm). Condi...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
16th Century Stone Classical Roman Style Torso
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A wonderful 16th century draped female torso in classical style. Made in France under Italian Renaissance influence this female torso is finely sculpted with great detail to the stol...
Category
16th Century French Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Ceramic Siren Richard Dölker 1927 Vietri ICS Italy
By Vietri
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rare Ceramic Siren Richard Dölker 1927 Signed
Category
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Anitque Mannequin in bamboo, cane, wood and steel
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Antique Mannequin made of woven bamboo and cane. Steel frame. Base of solid wood. Later shoe holders mounted.
Fantastic decorative, but still in perfect usable condition.
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Wood
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
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Demetre Chiparus Art Deco Dancer Sculpture, 1920s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco sculpture by Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947), France, 1920s. Dancer. Cold painted spelter and marble. Measures: Width : 13.9"(35.2cm), Height : 10.4"(26.5cm), Depth : 5....
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Large French Art Deco Plaster Children Sculpture, 1920s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large French Art Deco plaster children sculpture, France, 1920s. "Retour des champs" that means "Return from the fields". Young teenager carrying a child on his back. Polychrome plas...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
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 Art Deco Plaster Child Reading a Book Sculpture, 1920s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco plaster child sculpture, France, 1920s. Child reading a book. Polychrome plaster. Measures: height : 11.4"(29cm), width : 9.2"(23.5cm), depth : 7.5"(19cm). Signed and...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
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...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Black Crucifix with Tourmaline in Matrix
By Interi
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...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Tourmaline
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 ...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Silver and Gold Crucifix with Mica and Calcite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian silver and gold leaf crucifix adorned with baroque pearls and mounted on a mica cluster and a calcite crystal. The mica specimen is from the Great Smoky Mountain...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
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.
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