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Period: 18th Century
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African Vintage Wood Carving
Located in Dallas, TX
African vintage wood carving. In my organic, contemporary, vintage and mid-century modern aesthetic.
Category
African Organic Modern Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Cross with Christ from the 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large cross with christ from the 18th century. The cross is decorated with tortoise shell, ivory and ebony. The christ is sculpted in high quality ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Original French Etagere 'Shelf' 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
French etagere ( shelf )
18th century
Original condition
Measures: 19cm x 40cm.
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Holy Water Stoup in Red Verona Marble 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian Holy Water Stoup in Red Verona Marble 18th Century
Dimensions:
h 112 cm x 75 cm x 75 cm
With front frieze depicting an angel
very good c...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Vanitas Sculpture, Italy End of 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Over the carved wooden painted base depicting a rock, is set a Vanitas, plaster cast sculpture of a human skull, with femoral bones. Italy last part of 18th century.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
18th Century French Carved Sculpture of a Flying Cherub
Located in Dallas, TX
Lightweight and intricately carved, this sculpture depicts a small, winged cherub flying through wispy clouds. The sculpture was hand-carved in France during the 1700’s. The cherub w...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Early 1800's Medallion of Tsar Alexander II
Located in Madrid, ES
BEAUTIFUL EARLY 1800'S MEDALLION OF TSAR ALEXANDER II. IN GOOD GEMERAL CONDITION. PRESENT SLIGHT FAULTS ON THE EDGES- SEE PHOTOS. MEASURES: 10 CM DIAMET...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Figures of Mythical Characters
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain large mythical figures,
Probably of Shouxing, God of Longevity
Circa 1775
The two Chinese Export figures stand on green shaped bases and although they a...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Scent, or Perfume, Bottle, in Pale Blue Jasperware, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver cap with chain, surmounted by a wonderfully wrought squirrel.
Note the way the beads have been added individually; this ...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
18th Century Japanese Hand-Carved Fully Blossomed Chrysanthemum Flower Figurine
Located in North Miami, FL
18th Century Japanese hand-carved fully blossomed chrysanthemum flower figurine made of white bone with branch and leaves painted. The flower is placed inside its original glass and ...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Bronze Sculpture by Guillaume Coustou
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillaume Coustou (1677 - 1746) "Le cheval de Marly", sculpture in bronze
Measures: H: 57 cm
W: 47 cm
D: 22 cm.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Burmese Shan Tai Yai Bronze Buddha, 18th Century, Burma
Located in Austin, TX
A decidedly charming small cast bronze figure of the Buddha, 18th century, Shan Tai Yai peoples, Burma (Myanmar).
The small image of the Buddha is portraye...
Category
Burmese Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wax Anatomic Model Depicting an Human Organ Thyroid, Germany 1780
Located in Milan, IT
Colored wax anatomic model depicting a human organ: Thyroid mounted on black painted wooden base. Germany end of XVIII sec.
Category
German Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Antique Wooden Statue of Wenchang Wang, God of Literature and Culture
Located in Dallas, TX
This fascinating antique wooden statue depicts the Taoist God of Literature and Culture, Wenchang Wang. The statue was likely hand-carved in China in the 1700’s, but it is quite possible that it predates the 18th century. An iron stand has been added to the back more recently, although a portion of the back is excavated, indicating that the statue was once part of a larger installation.
Wenchang has been posed in a seated position with his hands clasped in front of his body, which is a common representation of the god in artwork. The hands have a shallow incised section, indicating that Wenchang once held an object. Based on other statues and drawings of Wenchang from this time, it was most likely a hu scepter that once accompanied the statue. Wenchang is clad in an ankle-length robe and a ridged headdress. Although the statue’s color is predominantly natural wood, very old traces of polychrome can be seen throughout the piece indicating that it was once vividly painted.
In China, those who study hard, and test well are often rewarded with high-ranking civil service jobs. The common belief is that Wenchang guides these scholars, leading many to seek his assistance. A statue of this size indicates it could have once been commissioned for a Chinese temple. Today, our wooden statue of Wenchang Wang would make a perfect piece of art in a study or library. It would work well with any contemporary interior, or with an interior displaying other very old Chinese artifacts...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Head of Man in Black Granite, Russia, 1700
Located in Milan, IT
Sculpture depicting a man head made out of black granite, mounted on a square iron base with a brass support. Russia early XVIII century.
Category
Russian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Brass, Iron
18th Century Wood Hand Carved Angel Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful weathered 18th century Italian carved wood angel fragment.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Scene of Cherubs Farming, 18th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
18th century French carved-wood panel of a scene of with Cherubs farming. The piece is mounted on a Lucite panel and framed with a double walnut molding...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
19th Century French Classical Bronze of Euterpe by Pierre Alexander Schoenewerk
Located in Central England, GB
19th century French classical bronze of Euterpe by Pierre Alexander Schoenewerk
A very finely sculptured and detailed large French bronze study of the female Greek goddess Euterpe who was one of the nine mousai (muses), the Goddess of music...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare 18th C Wooden Statue of St. John the Baptist
Located in Chicago, IL
This exceptionally life-like antique sculpture is carved from linden wood and once decorated a French church or cathedral. The figure stands authoritatively, with right arm raised and index finger extended toward heaven. It probably stood on a base in a side chapel.
According to Christian iconography of the period, this gesture signifies that salvation comes only through baptism. The figure wears a girdle of animal fir, probably from a bear, making symbolic reference to St. John the Baptist's life in the wilderness of Judea, between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. The elegantly carved robe is a baroque element that adds a sense of motion and energy to the artwork. Originally, the sculpture was polychromed, but the original pigments have weathered away and been replaced with whitewash. Repairs, losses, and insect damage are minor and expected due to great age. many vintage and antique religious sculptures...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Paperweight Sculpture of “Sleeping Putto” After François Duquesnoy
Located in Shippensburg, PA
BRONZE MODEL OF "SLEEPING PUTTO" IN THE MANNER OF FRANÇOIS DUQUESNOY
Situated over sienna marble base, unmarked; circa late 18th/early 19th century
...
Category
Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Pair of carved and lacquered angels from 1700s Italy
Located in Cesena, FC
Carved and lacquered angels from the 1700s.
Angels all original, never restored.
Wood carvings in the round, carved, lacquered and gilded with "Mecca" technique.
The lacquered com...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Boxwood Seal, Italy, XVIII Century
Located in Milan, IT
A XVIII century Grand Tour carved boxwood seal depicting Hercules with a square iron matrix. Italy 1750 ca.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
18th Century Wooden Santos Jesus Sculpture Relic Vintage Antique Glass Eyes
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Interesting 18th Santos figure with glass eyes, but without hands or feet, this piece was part of a large installation. Appears all original with he...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Meissen Oval Wall Beveled Mirror Pair of Cherubs, Germany
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Fine German Meissen porcelain beveled wall mirror with a pair of figural cherubs. Finely modelled as an elegant 18th century piece of art, hand painted white porcelain china with cob...
Category
German Rococo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Cross Adorned with Native Copper with Crystals & Kyanite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian cross adorned with native copper with crystals from White Pine Mine, Michigan and copper-plated kyanite on a crystal druzy in copper...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Copper
18th Century Indian Bronze of the Goddess Durga
Located in Kensington, MD
Durga is a warrior goddess in the Hindu culture, she is the protector of the good depicted here multi-armed with a sword, a trident, the wheel and a jewel in her hands. She is flanke...
Category
Indian Tribal Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian 18th Century Painted and Gilt Putti with Cornucopia Torcheres
Located in Dallas, TX
Standing at just under 4 feet high and hand-carved in Italy during the 1700’s, this fabulous pair of hand-painted and gilt putti torcheres have sinuous corn...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
18th Century Sant'antonio Abate Sculpture in Wood
Located in Milan, IT
18th Century
Sant’Antonio Abate
Wood, cm alt. 61
Base 25 x 17.5 cm
This wooden sculpture depicts Sant’Antoni Abate. Antonio was born in Come i...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Immaculate Conception with Saints Sculpture Marble
Located in Milan, IT
18th century
Immaculate Conception and saints
Marble, 60 x 50 x 9 cm
In the center of the marble oval we find an Immaculate Conception accompanied by St. Vincent Ferrer (identifiable thanks to the presence of the wings and the Dominican dress), and by two saints of difficult identification, one of them with a monastic habit.
The theme of the Immaculate Conception began to appear in artistic works ever since the debate began, which saw the Franciscans and the ramifications of the Benedictine Order lined up on one side, linked to the thought of Anselmo d'Aosta and Bonaventura da Bagnoregio, and on the other the Dominicans, linked to the discussion offered by Thomas Aquinas...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Meissen the Lucky Parents Model E 81 Michel Victor Acier Rococo made c. 1773
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous figurine group: The Lucky Parents, created by Michel Victor Acier (c. 1770-72)
Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark (bottom not glazed)
First qu...
Category
German Rococo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Georgian Hand-Carved Walnut Wood Tobacco Box
Located in North Miami, FL
18th century Georgian hand-carved walnut wood tobacco box on its original stand. This is an extremely fine and rare piece and one of its kind.
Category
Georgian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures, Arlecchino and Columbina, Rococo ca 1758
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful pair of figures of Arlecchino and Columbina, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1758. These figures formed part of a series of the Commedia dell'Arte, a very popular series of theatrical figures that served as decoration at the dinner table in the 18th Century.
The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby.
These figures were used to adorn the dinner table when dessert was served; groups of figures served to express something about the host, the guests, or to direct the conversation. The Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, a comical form of masked theatre, was very popular in those days and Bow copied many figures of the German Meissen series that were brought out in the decades before.
This pair dates from about 1758, which was at the height of Bow's ability to make beautiful figurines often copied from Chelsea or Meissen. The pair is modelled after a Meissen pair by Kaendler. The porcelain is translucent with a beautiful milky glaze - Bow was probably the first pottery using bone in its porcelain recipe. Arlecchino (Harlequin) is playing the bagpipes, dressed in an odd costume of mismatched chintz and playing cards and wearing a funny black trumpet...
Category
English Rococo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Prattware English Pottery Cradle with a Sleeping Child
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Georgian English Prattware pottery cradle containing a sleeping child dating from around 1800. The cradle sits raised on two rockers a...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Pair of 18th c. Gilt Wood-Carved Cherubs
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful pair of 18th c. wood-carved cherubs. These statues depict two male children with wings and gilt garments seated on scrolls. The statues are connected to a wood base, but al...
Category
European Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Chinese Qing Dynasty Lacquered Wood Guanyin, 18th Century, Southern China
Located in Austin, TX
A Chinese early Qing Dynasty carved and lacquered wood figure of Guanyin, Southern China, 17th/18th century.
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and Mercy, is portrayed seated in dhyanasana, one hand raised in viktara mudra, the gesture of teaching and discourse.
The great bodhisattva is dressed in heavy, loose robes tied at the chest, with a mantle draped over his shoulders. He looks serenely outwards from heavily lidded eyes. Guanyin's face carved beautifully with somewhat feminine features. A large five pointed crown sits upon his head. The larger leaves of the crown carved with indistinct images of the Buddha.
The statue was originally fully lacquered in the deep red gilt lacquer typical of Southern Chinese Buddhist sculpture...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Japanese Wood Carved Polychrome Sculpture of a Seated Temple Monk, Edo Period
Located in Studio City, CA
This is truly a wonderful piece with clear age and a nice patina to it. Very unique. We have not seen another quite like it. The monk appears to have glass eyes which gives his expression a very humanistic feel. The head is removable (please see the last image).
From a collection of Japanese arts and artifacts. Most likely dates back to the Edo period.
Would make for a nice addition to any Japanese or Asian artifacts...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century Pair of Limestone Winged Horses
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary pair of winged horses once graced the entrance to a Sicilian palazzo, flanking a stairway.
They are quite large and well-preserved for...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Winter, from the Four Seasons, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A personification of Winter, from The Four Seasons.
Unusually fine condition for a figure of this period.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18TH Century Putti Statue
Located in San Angelo, TX
Absolutely breathtaking, one of a kind 18th century putti statue that stands upon a pedestal. Found and purchased in Lucca, Italy. In great condition for...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Marble White Bust Sculpture of Child, Carrara
By Soft Baroque
Located in Valladolid, ES
Stunning Italian sculpture in white Carrara Marble, bust of child,was part of an very important altarpiece in a private collection from a palace in Turin...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Important Cultural and Decorative Object, Germany Around 1750
Located in Milan, IT
A plaster sculpture depicting a skull is placed above the base of a plinth in the shape of a column, made of fir wood and finished with pastiglia (refined plaster) and gilded gold.
...
Category
German Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Venetian Bronze Statuette of St. Jerome, 18th/19th Century
Located in Kensington, MD
Bronze statuette of St. Jerome, or St Hieronymous, in the manner of the Venetian sculptor Alessandro Vittorio (1525-1608) by the lost wax technique of bronze casting, which leaves a ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian 18th Century Baroque Giltwood and Polychrome Cherub Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely decorative true pair of Italian 18th century Baroque giltwood, polychrome and faux painted marble cherub statues. Each impressive and large scale statue i...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of 18th Century Berlin Porcelain Handpainted Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of German Berlin porcelain 18th century figures of Asian man with cymbals and lady with parrot. Female figure has painted signature and "U" impre...
Category
German Other Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Joseph Charles Marin
By Joseph Charles Marin
Located in New York, NY
Cupid Holding a Bow
by French Sculptor Joseph-Charles Marin (1759-1834)
White Marble, signed and dated 1784
Provenance: Carl Singer, from the Estate of Charles Hitchcock Tyler, Beverly MA...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Monumental Pair of English Carved Walnut Wood Figures of Court Jesters, 18th C
Located in North Miami, FL
A very large and fine pair of 18th century carved figures, of Court Jesters. These gentlemen have been superbly carved in the finest detail, th...
Category
English Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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 Creche 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
Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Fruitwood
Porcelain Figurine of Mother and Childrens, Hand Painted, 18th Century, Meissen
Located in Lantau, HK
A figurine of a mother and two children, the girl playing the flute
German, Meissen, mid-18th century, marked for Meissen,
porcelain, Germany with double crossed swords in under-glaz...
Category
German Classical Roman Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' Vase with Agate Coral and Fossil Oyster Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th or 18th century Italian fragment vase with agate coral, zig zag oyster fossil arms, fossil shells, and a baroque pearl on a polished petrified wood base.
This fragment is fro...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral
Baroque Statue of Silver Cherub on Rose Quartz
Located in Milano, IT
Gorgeous small statuette depicting a silver cherub from the Baroque period, late 1700s.
The statue is made entirely of gilded silver and depicts a musician cherub holding two plates...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Silver
Marble Sculpture of Satyr
Located in New Haven, CT
Masterfully executed marble sculpture of Marsyas with lover.
French after the Greek Antique
Ca 1780
Category
French Classical Greek Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Polychrome and Gilded Wooden Statue, Late 18th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient wooden statue, hand-carved depicting a devotee, with hand-made polychrome and gilded lacquering, built in the late 1700s for a church in Italy.
Size cm W 45 x H 97 x T 27.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Meissen Figure in Hand-Painted Porcelain, Boy Playing Flute, 1774-1814
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Meissen figure in hand-painted porcelain. Boy playing the flute. Marcolini period 1774-1814.
Measures: 20 x 9 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
German Rococo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Angel Wing Mounted on Tourmaline in Crystal Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel wing mounted on tourmaline in crystal quartz.
The large, gold leaf and painted angel wing originally came from a church in Tuscany. It was onc...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Tourmaline, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Prattware English Pottery Cradle with a Sleeping Child
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Georgian English Prattware pottery cradle containing a sleeping child dating from around 1800. The cradle sits raised on two rockers a...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Two Carved Wood 18th Century Baroque Cupids, with Crown of Foliage
Located in Virum, DK
Two carved wood 18th century Baroque cupids. With crown of foliage.
Category
European Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
French Late 18th Century Solid Walnut of David Having Slain Goliath
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most impressive French late 18th early 19th century solid walnut of David having slain Goliath signed A. Mercié. The statue is raised by a finely carved wrap-around be...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Peace Depicting the Crucifixion in Dark Patina Bronze 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
18th Century. Peace depicting the Crucifixion
Dark patina bronze, 21 x 14.5 cm
The bronze examined is an ancient peace (in Latin osculum pacis or table pacis), the object of th...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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