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French Late 18th Century Neoclassical Grey Marble Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and wonderful hand carved grey marble angel head, France, circa 1780-1800. Beautiful weathered.
Measurement includes the wooden base.
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French Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
18th C. Tibetan Gilt Bronze Green Tara Buddha Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
A Gilt Bronze Tibetan Representation Of A rare Green Tara Buddha Statue. Sounds like there is an item sealed inside.
Gilt Bronze and Copper.
Early 1...
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Tibetan Tibetan Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese antique small Jizo stone Buddha / 1700-1850 / Edo period /Garden object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a small stone statue believed to have been made in Japan during the mid to late Edo period (18th to 19th century). The figure represents "Jizo Bosatsu" (Kṣitigarbha Bodhisatt...
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Japanese Edo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
18th Century French Hand Carved and Painted Wood Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century French hand carved and painted wood statue still shows vestiges of its original painted finish. Depicting a nun reading a bible, the n...
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French Rustic Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Paint
Pair of Rare 18th c. French Porcelain Tole Topiaries
Located in Atlanta, GA
These rare objets d’art feature intricately hand-cut and painted tole foliage, gracefully shaped into classical topiary forms. Adorning each piece are delicate porcelain flowers—each...
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French Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Tin
18th-19th Century White Italian Carrara Marble Satyr Mask, Antique Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A hand carved late 18th/19th Century mythological marble Satyr mask with horns, weathered patina in good condition. The hand sculpted Italian Carrara marb...
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Italian Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Set of 4 Antique Carved and Gilded Wooden Friezes
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Set of 4 antique carved wooden freezes, partially gilded.
Originally they were solid and whole, but I found then like these: already cut in half to be able to use them more comforta...
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Italian Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Neapolitan Crib Figure Collection
Located in London, GB
18th Century Neapolitan Crib Figure Collection
A rare collection of five museum quality late 18th / early 19th Century hand carved Neapolitan crib figures...
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Italian Napoleon III Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Chinese Carved Boxwood Figure of Guanyin, Mid-Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Chinese carved boxwood figure of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, called Guanyin in Chinese, mid-Qing dynasty.
The an...
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Chinese Qing Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
18th Century North Spanish Polychrome Wooden Virgin Sculpture
Located in Marbella, ES
18th Century north Spanish polychrome wooden sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus.
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Spanish Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Viennese Figural Porcelain Greek Mythology Group of Europa and Zeus
Located in Haarlem, NL
Beautiful large Greek mythology white porcelain figural group with Europa en Zeus.
I never came across such a large model and think it's impressive by size, details and color.
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Austrian Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Pair of Porcelain Figures, "Boy and Girl in Turkish Costumes", ca 1770
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a rather rare pair of porcelain figures made by Derby around 1770. The pair was called the "Boy and Girl in Turkish Costumes", numbered 63 in Derby's factory list. They depic...
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English Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Bronze Indian Firecracker Cannon of Tiger Form, 18th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A beautifully designed early fireworks or flare cannon in tiger form. A small hole is drilled at the top rear of the cannon for the wick. In India, firecrackers and fireworks are tr...
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Indian Tribal Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Chinese Export Famille Rose Figures of Immortals, 18th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A near pair of Chinese export porcelain figures of the Taoist immortal Li Tieguai, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century, China.
The Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai, on of the Eight Immortals...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Late 18th Century French Bronze Processional Cross of Fleur-de-Lis Form
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautiful late 18th Century, possibly earlier, French Bronze Processional Cross. The figure of Christ joined by rivets to a fleur-de-lis form cross raised on a domed foot. The goth...
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Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Frame with a Marble Profile Portraits Vespesian Roman Emperor
Located in Firenze, IT
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In terracotta with black marble medallion centered by a white marble profile...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Spanish Colonial Carved and Painted Angel Candleholders, Late 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Spanish colonial pair of wonderfully carved, painted and giltwood angel candleholders. Late 18th century.
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Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Painted Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This exquisite 18th-century South American colonial shrine is a remarkable example of devotional art from the period, showcasing the fusion of European influence and local craftsmans...
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South American Other Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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...
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English George III Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
18th Century Buddha Wooden Statue
Located in New York, NY
18th century Carved Wood Buddha. Chinese antique Buddha Statue of carved wood. Gesso like coating to wooden surface, with pigments and gilding. ...
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Asian Qing Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
18th Century Baroque Wood Carved Angel Head
Located in Kiel, SH
A wood carved baroque angel in old paint with wings 18th century
There is a part missing, see pictures, and some wear due to age and use to the paint.
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European Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair 18th C. Louis XVI Patinated & Gilt Bronze Sphinx Motif Andirons/Chenets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning Pair 18th C Louis XVI French Bronze Recumbent Sphinx Chenets
France, circa 1790
A stunning pair of 18th-century Louis XVI French bronze chenets featuring recumbent sphinxes...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
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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Chinese Export Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Dutch Delft Cows Painted in Polychrome Petit Feu Colors Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of small polychrome figures of recumbent cows was made in Delft, Holland, circa 1780. Each cow shows a spotted hide and brown forelock, eyes, horns, and tail.
Each is deco...
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Dutch Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Delft
Pair 18th Century Hand-Carved Wooden Angels
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 18th century hand-carved wooden angels were sculpted by a talented artist from solid blocks of hardwood, and feature exquisite features and d...
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French Romantic Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
French Terracotta Bust of Young Man Resting on Marble Plinth, Houdon, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
French terracotta bust of young man resting on circular marble plinth. Signed Houdon, Late 18th century.
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Directoire Gilt Bronze Allegorical Sculptures of Children
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each child seated on an oval tasseled and draped plinth in the shape of a stool, one reading a book, the other thinking, symbolizing knowledge and philosophy.
Category
French Directoire Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu
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 music...
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Italian Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Silver
18th Century, Napolitan Nativity Sculptures
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful pair of large church crib sculptures in wood and painted terracotta with glass eyes depicting a peasant girl helping a beggar woman, typical Nea...
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Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Exceptional allegory of death, carved bone, Southern Germany, Tyrol, 18th-19th
Located in Leuven , BE
Exceptional allegory of death in carved bone. Depiction of a leper wrapped in a stole. Southern Germany, Tyrol, 18th-19th century. Superb quality of carving, showing no signs of mech...
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German Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Derby Porcelain Figure of Neptune and Dolphin on a Shell, ca 1785
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning porcelain figure of Neptune with a dolphin standing on a sea shell, made by Derby around the year 1785. The figure is in beautiful original condition.
We have one other Neptune figure from 1765, please see separate listing.
The Derby Porcelain factory has its roots in the late 1740s, when Andrew Planché, a Walloon Huguenot refugee, started making simple porcelain toys shaped like animals in his back yard. In 1756 Staffordshire enameller...
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English Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Wax Portrait of Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, Attributed to John Flaxman
Located in Downingtown, PA
Wax portrait of Queen Charlotte of Great Britain,
Attributed to John Flaxman,
Late 18th century.
A large and rare portrait of Queen Charlotte, i...
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English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
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 and dipper.
Decorated with Cupid playing the lyre, and Cupid singing. The God of L...
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English Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
18th Century Models, Bozettis 4 Elements Limewood German, Franconia
Located in Epfach, DE
The four beautiful models, called Bozettis, portray the four elements fire, water, earth and air. They are of good quality and wonderfully fine carved with a love for details. For ex...
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German Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Softwood
Corpus Wood Polychrome Antique Christi 18th Century Sculpture Image 33cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful antique wooden Corpus Christi (body of Christ) statue, sculpture, from around the beginning of the 18th century probably Flemish
Beautiful wood carving and polychrome (pai...
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Belgian Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Fruitwood
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.
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German Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century or Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Groups.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of 18th century or early 19th century Meissen porcelain groups.
A pair of 18th century or early 19th century Meissen porcelain sculpture groups representing the 4 continents.
H...
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German Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Black Basalt Reclining Figures, Cleopatra and Lucretia, Neale circa 1780
By Neale & Co.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, rare pair of figures in black basalt from the Neale Manufactory. The Neale pottery was founded in 1778 and ran until around 1792. They made very fine wares, and were on good terms with Wedgwood, with whom they combined shipments to the continent.
For two similar figures marked for Neale & Co. see Diana Edwards, Black Basalt, Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers, Suffolk, 1994, p. 208, figs. 313 & 314.
Cleopatra and Lucretia are two women from different time periods and historical contexts, but are linked by their importance in Roman history, as well as by their tragic ends.
Cleopatra was a famous queen of ancient Egypt, who ruled from 51-30 BC. She was the last pharaoh of Egypt and is remembered for her intelligence, beauty, and political savvy. Cleopatra was involved in a romantic relationship with the Roman general and statesman, Julius Caesar, and later with the Roman general and politician, Mark Antony...
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English Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
French Louis XV Gilt Carved Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (18/19th Century) large gilt wall plaque with cupid heads and sunburst center.
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French Louis XV Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Hand Carved Italian Santo
Located in Houston, TX
Hand carved Italian Santo: figure of Franciscan abbot or saint, circa 1780-1800.
Note: Regional differences in humidity and climate during shipping may...
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Italian Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Spanish-Colonial Santo
Located in Atlanta, GA
An very well weathered Spanish-colonial Santo, likely depicting St Michael or St Miguel. Carved from the wood, the statue displays historical loss on both limbs and also the wings on...
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Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Famille Rose Statue
Located in Tampa, FL
An 18th century Famille Rose figurine with a child sitting on a custom rosewood stand. The stand is from the 1920s to 1930s and is two inches tall...
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Chinese Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Rosewood
18th Century Carved Wooden Representing Christ on the Cross
Located in Miami, FL
Carved wooden representing Christ on the cross.
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Spanish Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Bisque Porcelain Couple in Conversation, French, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
A 19th century French bisque porcelain figurine of a couple seated and engaged in a conversation. The figurine is marked on back and ...
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French Classical Roman Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Polychrome Baby Jesus with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique baby Jesus figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand-painted putti carving feature its original polychrome finish for a luxurio...
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Italian Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Italian 18th C Carved Giltwood Figure of a Putto
Located in Montreal, QC
Large Italian 18th C Carved Giltwood Figure of a Putto Gesturing Seated upon a polychrome Trompe L'Oeil painted pedestal base. Italy: Second half of 18th Century
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Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Beech
18th Century Italian Carved Polychrome Life Size Putti on Stand with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand crafted in Italy circa 1780, the antique cherub stands on a square base decorated with shell and foliage motifs. The hand carved sculpture depicts a life size young boy wearing ...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Basalt Portrait Medallion, Oliver Cromwell, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A self-framing portrait medallion of Oliver Cromwell, MP: rebel, regicide, suppressor of Ireland, persecutor of Catholics, and Dictator. He was posthum...
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English Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
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...
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English Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
18th Century Meissen Figurines of the Four Seasons
Located in New Orleans, LA
This pair of Meissen figurines depicts four infants, each representative of one of the Four Seasons. Autumn and summer are paired together, w...
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German Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century, Italian Bronze Sculpture with Venus Removing Her Sandal
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian Bronze Sculpture with Venus Removing Her Sandal
This bronze sculpture represents Venus as she takes off her sandal. Made in the neoclassical era in Italy, it consists of the bronze sculpture of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, Venus for the Romans. The naked goddess, getting ready for the bath, makes the very human gesture of loosing a sandal.
The left arm is raised, as if to compensate the position while maintaining the balance. Next to her, wrapped around a rocky spur, is a dolphin, an animal iconographically linked to the goddess because of his birth from the foam of the sea. The figure rests on a cylindrical and concave bronze base, with finely chiselled reserves. The bronze element is in turn resting on a africano marble cylinder with black of Belgium marble base.
Venus is one of the major Roman goddesses primarily associated with eros and beauty. It is traditionally understood as the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, physical and passionate love, among the major deities of Olympus. His birth is due to a dramatic event: Uranus, Heaven, is mutilated by his son Cronus, who punishes him for the wrongs inflicted on his mother. The torn limbs of Uranus fall into the sea and fertilize the foam of the waves of the island of Cyprus. From the waves emerges in all its splendor Aphrodite. Since the 4th century, Aphrodite begins to be represented with characters more human and less heroic. Praxiteles with the 'Aphrodite Cnidia,' for the first time in the history of sculpture, depicts her naked, as she prepares to take a ritual bath.
From the Pressitele’s model descend the Capitoline Venus (Capitoline Museums of Rome) and the Venus de’ Medici (Uffizi Museum of Florence) accompanied by Eros on the back of a dolphin.
This vein also includes a subject frequently attested in the Hellenistic and then Roman Ages, with examples in bronze, marble and terracotta: the Aphrodite who fastens the sandal.
The luck that this type of representation had in the following centuries is demonstrated by the vast number of sculptures that represent it. In this bronze work the goddess resumes the position of Oplontis’s Naked Venus: here Venus holds an apple in her left hand, a reminder of her victory in the beauty contest in which she prevailed over Minerva and Juno by judgment of Paris. In our bronze instead, the hand seems to want to shake the apple, which however has not been molded. Perhaps the bronze is inspired by another work, such as the bronzes kept in the archaeological museum of Padua. Another example is the famous 'Venus in bikini" found in Pompeii, so-called because it depicts the goddess in the same pose, but with the breasts and hips covered by bands painted in gold.
The dolphin depicted next to it could be inspired instead to the Medici Venus...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Wedgwood Framed Prince of Wales Black Basalt Portrait
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and very finely produced antique Georgian framed black basalt portrait bust titled Prince of Wales by Wedgwood and dating from around 1780. The framed bust of oval shape i...
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English Georgian Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Important Terracotta Bust of "Marianne", French Revolution, 1794
Located in Doylestown, PA
A historically important and early terracotta bust of "Marianne" the French symbol of the French Revolution, by an unknown sculptor named "Gensoul", depicting the young woman in a draped robe with bow and her hair tied-up with a band. This depiction of Marianne is similar to that of the portrait done earlier by artist Jean-Michel Moreau...
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French Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
Meissen Tall Motto Child Je Les Mets a Calme G 29 Acier Marcolini Period
Located in Vienna, AT
MEISSEN VERY LOVELY FIGURINE: MOTTO CHILD BY M.V.ACIER / JE LES METS A CALME
( = I'M CONCILIATING AND I'M SOOTHING )
Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark (...
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German Rococo Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculpture Antique Marble Indian Statue
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare antique important marble statue of Gopi, mounted on a plexiglass base, in modern taste.
Statue high 47 cm; with base cm. 71 - plexiglas base is cm. 20 x 20.
Unique item!
Sec...
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Indian Agra Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Rare Late 18th Century Neoclassical Louis XVI Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The circular white-enameled dial signed ”Detour Paris” with Roman hours and Arabic quarter marks, a further inner Arabic chapter ring for the day of month. Pierced gilt hands and a b...
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French Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Circa 1800, Antique French Hand Carved Nutwood Putti Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Lovely putti sculpture in typical Baroque Style.
This beautiful and chubby putto sculpture was probably part of a larger Church ornament / sculpture o...
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French Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Nutwood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Polychrome and Gilt Cherub Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this beautiful pair of antique carved figurines on a mantel or a console. Crafted in Italy, circa 1780, the tall sculptures depict two chubby cherubs standing on carved gilt ba...
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Italian Baroque Antique Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
