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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Black basalt figure of Bacchus. Wedgwood C1780.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Exceptionally rare early figure of Bacchus in black basalt. The mixed-case mark places this figure between 1780 and 1785.
He is portrayed in typical style, his head garlanded with grapes and with a wine cup to his lips.
Bacchus, also known as Dionysus in Greek mythology, is the enigmatic god of wine, fertility, and ritual madness. He symbolizes freedom, ecstasy, and the blurring of societal norms through his rituals and festivities. Bacchus is often depicted in myths as a deity who challenges the status quo, promoting an atmosphere where conventional rules do not apply, and his followers are liberated from their everyday constraints.
Born from Zeus and the mortal Semele, Bacchus is unique among gods, bridging the divide between the divine and the human. His followers included the wild and ecstatic maenads, female devotees who often reached states of divine frenzy, and the satyrs, mischievous half-man, half-goat beings. The worship of Bacchus was marked by theatrical processions, dances, and plays, reflecting his patronage of the theater and the dramatic arts.
Bacchus’s mythology...
Category
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
16th Century Virgin Mary and Saint John, Pair of Linden Wood Sculptures
Located in Lisboa, PT
We present you these two icons Virgin Mary and Saint John, pair of linden wood sculptures. Bologna 15th century.
The Caloust Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal museum has an i...
Category
16th Century Italian Rustic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large rare antique statue of Saint Eligius, France ca. 1550
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1550 / statue Saint Eligius / Antique / reliques
Religious statue of Saint Eligius from the 16th century in full wood found in France. This very rare find has a beautiful ...
Category
16th Century French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ken Warneke Face Painting "Female looking Left"
Located in Chicago, IL
Ken Warneke Face Painting "Female looking Left"
Chicago School of Painters
Ken Warneke Face Painting "Female Looking Left"
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Pierced Silver Plate Cat Christofle France Lumiere Figurine
By Christofle
Located in Mérida, YU
Dazzling 3 1/2" silver cat was made by Christifle , France as part of their Lumiere series. Main body is pierced - face and tail are solid.
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian 16th century Hand Carved Wooden Lion
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique period piece. Extremely rare 16th century Italian hand carved wooden lion. Most likely once part of a piece of furniture. Beautifully ca...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
17th Century Baroque Figure Of «Madonna and Jesus», Portugal
Located in Lisbon, PT
A late 17th-century figure in polychromed chestnut wood with excellent carving and gilding, dressed in a flowing veil and cashew hair down the shoulders. The cheekbones and nose are ...
Category
Late 17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Marble Roman relief representing a Christogram
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Marble Roman relief representing a Christogram
Roman relief - 4th century
25 x 22 x 8 cm
Provenance :
Collection of the Château de B. À Nevers by Georges C.S., scholar born in 1833 and deceased in 1909
The entire castle and its collections were acquired in 1938 by the current owners of the estate
A christogram is a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abreviation for the name of Jesus Christ.
This rare fragment combines chi (X) and rho (P), the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek and it is one of the oldest and most popular early christian symbol. The monogram of Christ, or chrismon, is also a powerful symbol of imperial victory: it appeared to Emperor Constantine the Great before his battle against Maxentius in ad 312, promising victory in the name of Christ. In Plato's Timaeus, it is explained that the two bands which form the "world soul" (anima mundi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
18th Century Meissen Turkish Pair holding sweetmeat / table salt bowls
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain, Pair of Turkish figures holding sweetmeat / table salt bowl. These sweetmeat figures were made around 1745, the original models being done by J F Eber...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Adoration of the Magi, Flanders, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
The Adoration of the Magi.
Panel carved in high relief.
Flanders, 17th century.
Measures: 53 x 32,5 cm.
Category
17th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Marble Lion, Périgord, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Marble lion
white marble
France, probably Périgord, 17th century
Small marble lion wearing a coat of arms pendant with the engraved date, ...
Category
17th Century French Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large Hexagonale Base of Pilaster in Burgundy Stone, Burgundy, 15th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Large base of molded hexagonal pilaster in burgundy stone carved with vines, grapes and rosettes in high relief.
Burgundy, 15th century
28 x 63 x 30 cm
Provenance : collection De...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Cercle of Juan Martinez Montañés '1568-1649', Infant St John the Baptist
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Cercle of Juan Martinez Montañés (1568-1649)
Infant St John the Baptist
Spanish, 17th century
H 74 cm
Saint John the Baptist is here represented naked, sitting on a rock, with...
Category
17th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ancient Boxwood Micro Carving Deposition, First Half of the 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood micro carving
Deposition
Central Europe, first half of the 18th century
It measures: the sculpture 7.40 x 5.31 x 0.6 in (18.8 x 13.5 x 1.6 cm); w...
Category
1740s European Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
18th Century Hand-Carved Jichi Wood Guanyin Figure
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful sculpture realized in China in the 18th century depicts Guanyin, a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. The female form holds a pot in her hands. She appears draped...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
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
Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC.
The sphinxes of the Serapeum have captivated travellers since Roman times. However, despite their significance, they are conspicuously absent from the collections of most major museums. Indeed, their existence in private hands is so improbable, and their imitations so numerous, that the present sphinxes were assumed to be modern copies throughout their recent ownership history. Finally recognised and conserved after an extraordinary chance discovery at a garden furniture sale...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Danny Garcia (1929 - 2012) Bronze California Cypress Tree Sculpture
By Danny Garcia
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Stunning bronze lifelike sculpture of a California Cypress tree by world renowned artist Danny Garcia. Signed on lower part or the sculpture “D Garcia”. This is a small tabletop sc...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antonio Rossellino (Settignano 1427 - Firenze 1479) - Bust of a young boy
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Attributed to Antonio Rossellino (settignano, 1427 - Firenze, 1479)
Bust of a young boy
1470-1475
Polychrome stucco
35 x 31 x 15,5 cm
- Published on the exhibition catalogue :
A. D...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stucco
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
Early 18th Century Baroque Lacquered and Hand-Carved Wood Italian Angel WIngs
Located in Catania, Sicilia
These two hand-carved wood Italian angel wings are remarkable artifacts, exemplifying the grandeur and ornate beauty of the Baroque period. They are in good original condition with s...
Category
Early 18th Century Sicilian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese antique penis-shaped stone ornament/very old excavated item
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a penis-shaped stone figurine excavated in eastern Japan.
Japan had a stone age called the Jomon period, and these items were created after the middle of that period.
The Jom...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Jesus Christ Crucified Portuguese Sculpture 18th Century H: 98cm
Located in Madrid, ES
Jesus Christ Crucified Portuguese Sculpture 18th Century
Crucified figure with the head turned to the right side
sculture in polychrome wood.
Cross in rosewood wood carved with gol...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Erté Romain de Tirtoff, "Le Soleil" Glass Luminaire Edition 117/175
By Erté
Located in Miami, FL
Erté Romain de Tirtoff "Le Soleil" Glass Luminaire Edition 117/175
Offered for sale is an Erté (Romain de Tirtoff, Russian 1892-1990) "Le Soleil" glass and acrylic luminaire sculpt...
Category
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Hand Carved Artisan Modernist Female Nude Torso Sculpture in Lebanon Marble
Located in St. Louis, MO
1980s hand-carved by unknown artisan of a modernist form female nude torso sculpture made of Lebanon marble. Something written Indiscriminately on underside and possible date of 1984...
Category
1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
18th Century Wood Italian Religious Sculpture Saint, 1770
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian sculpture from the second half of the 18th century. Finely carved wooden work depicting a religious subject, a saint, identifiable with the figure of Saint Joseph, of g...
Category
1770s Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Renaissance Marble Relief - Emilia Romagna, 1470-80
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Renaissance Marble Relief
Emilia Romagna, Faenza ? 1470-80
H 30,2 x L 33 x P 3,5 cm
The carved marble relief depicts the Virgin accompanied by a winged cherub standing behind her. ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Bouquetiere Figures
Located in Maidstone, GB
A pair of Meissen bouquetiere figures Circa 1765, both with 'Christie's East' dealer stamps.
Modelled by J.J. Kändler holding oval two-handled baskets, the tops pierced for flowers, ...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large carved stone rosette - 18th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Large carved stone rosette
France, 18th century
Diameter: 29.5 cm
This carved rosette likely adorned a ceiling. This rounded vault key exhibits a delicately crafted decor, with deep...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Striking Sculpture of Nude Male Torso
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Artful resin sculpture of a nude male torso.
Category
1980s American Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
San Rocco in Legno policromo, XVII secolo
Located in Milan, IT
XVII secolo
San Rocco
Legno policormo, cm alt. 127
L'oggetto è in buono stato di conservazione
Category
17th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
French 18th Century Hand Carved Baroque Winged Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful Hand carved winged angelhead with its original gilding.
France, circa 1750
Weathered small losses. Treated against wood worm
Measurement here below inclusive the wooden bas...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian 16th century Hand Carved Wooden Lion
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique period piece. Extremely rare 16th century Italian hand carved lion. Most likely once part of a piece of furniture. Beautifully carved in a simple folk art way with traces of i...
Category
16th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
Citrine Crystals in Matrix and Mounted on an 18th Century Italian Gilt Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Citrine crystals in matrix mounted on a gilded 18th century Italian base. The citrine crystal specimen is adorned with baroque pearls and it sits in a bed of crushed crystals and coo...
Category
18th Century Italian Organic Modern Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Allan Houser Native American Modernist Bronze Sculpture, 1980 - "Night Watch"
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful, large Allan Houser bronze titled “Night Watch" and dated 1980.
The piece is signed "Allan Houser" and numbered 19 of the edition of 20.
The bronze measures 11 1/2"h (inclu...
Category
1980s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Coppia di sculture in stucco antico raffigurante Cerere e Giove, XVIII secolo
Located in Firenze, IT
Questa eccezionale coppia di sculture in stucco antico, risalente al XVIII secolo e originaria della Toscana, cattura l'essenza e la maestosità delle divinità romane Cerere e Giove.
...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stucco
Neoclassical Marble Statue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Romanesque sculpture is bold, dignified and gets our attention. This Neo-classic form is all that and more. This is a large female figure with a gentle S curve. Her tunic has beautif...
Category
17th Century Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Marble
Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture Brown Color Double side France 1980 Signed
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture Brown Color Double side France 1980 Signed
Category
1980s French Romantic Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Mid-18th Century Italian Hand Carved Walnut and Gilt Putti Sculpture with Wings
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique putti figure was carved in Italy, circa 1770. Standing on an oval base, the detailed statue features a young boy with wings his head turned to the side. The ador...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
1750s Pair of Lacquered Wood Sculptures of Angel Heads with Wings
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Important pair of 18th century lacquered wood angel heads, from Northern Italy. The angel heads with wings are carved from a single piece of wood and decorated in polychrome with mec...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage 5ft Biba Bronze Deco Lady Sculpture 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stylish and high-quality solid bronze vintage Art Deco style Biba sculpture in the form of a sophisticated seated lady, frdating om the last quarter of the 20th century.
T...
Category
1980s English Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Bronze Polo Player Galloping Horse Sculpture 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a handsome bronze sculpture of a polo player on his horse galloping towards the ball at high speed, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century.
Cast by the traditional...
Category
1980s English Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 18th Century Baroque Italian Sculpture of an Angel
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This Wood Sculpture of an Angel would likely is a masterpiece of religious art, reflecting the exuberance and drama characteristic of the Baroque period. Baroque art often sought to ...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage 4ft Bronze "Lady Justice" Statue 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly stunning large bronze 'Lady Justice' statue set upon a bronze base, dating from the late 20th century.
This high quality bronze was hot cast using the 'lost wax' pro...
Category
1980s English Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Art Deco Bronze Biba Ladies Jardiniere The Water Carriers 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly stunning monumental life-size jardiniere depicting a pair of semi nude female figures wearing flowing skirts standing back to back holding an Etruscan urn.
In timel...
Category
1980s English Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Adoration of the Magi in polychrome terracotta, 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
XVII Century
Adoration of the Magi
Polychrome terracotta, 24 x 18 cm
The present relief, made of terracotta that retains the original polychromy, depicts the famous episode in the...
Category
17th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
French 18th Century Baroque Carved Giltwood Winged Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered giltwood angelhead.
France, circa 1700-1750
Weathered, several losses on the gilding and old repairs which suits its high age.
Measurement here below inclusive th...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A Fine Flemish Carved Figure of a Man
Located in London, GB
A Fine Flemish Carved Figure of a Man
Attributed to Henrick Douverman (c. 1480 - 1543) (sometimes known as Heinrich Douwermann)
Wood (oak)
Flemish
Early 16th Century
SIZE: 28cm high...
Category
16th Century Dutch Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Wing of a Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Baroque angel-wing. Rare and very decorative item placed on a wooden base, Italy, circa 1750. Weathered. Measurement is inclusive the wooden base.
H:32,5cm W:22cm D:5,5cm
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Giltwood and polychrome half-relief representation of Saint Rococo. Spain, 16th
Located in PARIS, FR
Important bas-relief in carved wood with traces of gilt, in an architectural frame with two angels in the corners, representing Saint Rocco.
Considered, among other things, the Patro...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls
Located in London, GB
An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls to the underside, a carved ‘Dragonfly’
Marble
16th / 17th Century
England
Size: 36cm high, 28cm w...
Category
16th Century English Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
18th Century, French Carved Wood Baroque Angel with Candleholder
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning period piece. Baroque angel with candleholder. Beautiful weathered old gilding
France, circa 1750. Weathered, old repairs and losses.
H:41cm W:29cm D:11cm
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Wing of a Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful 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:23cm D:5,5cm
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Sitting Robed Saint With Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
An 18th century Italian carved wood and gilded, sitting robed saint with glass eyes. One hand missing otherwise and very good condition, no shrinking cracks or losses to lacquer. Can...
Category
1780s Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
16th CENTURY MARBLE SCULPTURE OF A YOUNG HERCULES
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid sculpture in white Carrara marble depicting a young Hercules holding the world. Originally, the work was conceived to be used as a caryatid at the beginning of a sumptuous m...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
18th Century French Carved Oak Panel Depicting An Angel On An Acanthus Curl
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered oak panel depicting a baroque angel on an acanthus curl.
Weathered and small losses, most likely it was once part of a larger panel.
France circa 1750. treated ag...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
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
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.
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