Rococo Figurative Sculptures
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
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Style: Rococo
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Crucifix with Aquamarine and Fluorite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix with aquamarine and fluorite in matrix.
The 18th century Italian crucifix originally came from a church in Italy. It is mounted on the aquam...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Cross with Kyanite, Calcite Crystals, and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix with gold-plated kyanite, calcite crystals in matrix, and baroque pearls. The crucifix is originally from a church in Liguria. It is hand-carved and pai...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf
Italian Early 18th Century Terracotta Fragment
Located in Bozeman, MT
Italian early 18th century terracotta fragment of an face mounted on stand. Ca 1690 - 1710 Italy. Measurements with stand H 15 W 9 D 6.6 cm.
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Derby Exceptional Pair of Porcelain Figures of the Garland Shepherds, ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of Derby figures called the "Garland Shepherds", made in about 1765. The pair is one of Derby's most famous figure pairs and it bears the catalogue number E2...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Gilded Tabernacle with a Hand-Carved Chalice Fragment
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved tabernacle adorned with an 18th century Italian gilt chalice and Sabina Faye Braxton gaufrage fabric. This tabernacle once belonged in a h...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Crucifix with Aquamarine and Fluorite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix with aquamarine and fluorite in matrix.
The 18th century Italian crucifix originally came from a church in Italy. It is mounted on the aquam...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
1750 Venezia Italy Pair of Giltwood and Carved Red Lacquered Figures
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an extraordinary pair of warrior sculpted in gilded wood with red lacquer on the garments. These very rare pieces hail from the Mid-18th Century, and showcase exquisite craftsmanships through meticulously carved depictions of the garments, of the muscular arms and in particular for the refined and elaborate scroll designs on the garments in rare red lacquer.
At the top of the long branch in the figure's hands there is a flat base that can be used to place vases or objects.
The predilection for the exotic, which always played a preponderant role in Venetian artistic history, finds striking confirmation in the proliferation of these figures which make their appearance as polychrome furnishing elements already in the inventories of the 17th-Century. The 18th- Century decreed the triumph of these powerful figures sculpted in the round, variously used as torch holders, tray holders or vase holders.
One of the most Venetian furniture expert, D.ssa Clara Santini, said about these magnificent sculptures:
On rocky pedestals, this spectacular pair of warriors appears magnificently dressed in effortful oriental-style costumes. The bright gold of the dresses, embellished with red lacquer curlicues, are counterpointed by the ebony black lacquer and the red of the lips.
The bodies seem to arch in the gusts of wind which also inflate their clothes
The pieces are in very good state of maintenance and they are guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original.
The pair of gilt wood and carved red lacquered sculptures...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Meissen Porcelain Bacchus and Attendants Figural Group
Located in Bradenton, FL
Superb example of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain. Bacchus and Attendants Figural Group modeled by Ernst August Leuteritz. The porcelain group depicts a youthful Bacchus, leopard skin...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladró Limited Edition one of 1500 Cinderella's Arrival Sculpture 1994
By Lladro
Located in BILBAO, ES
Limited edition Disney princess sculpture of Cinderella and her carriage, decorated with handmade gloss finish porcelain flowers.
Designed and handmade in Spain.
Unique pieces by the...
Category
1990s Spanish Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Terracotta Bacchanale Sculpture with Faun and Putti - After Clodion
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine quality French mythological terracotta sculpture, after Clodion (Claude Michel Clodion 1738 - 1814), depicting a young female faun/satyr playing with two Bacchante cherubs, on...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures of Liberty & Matrimony, Rococo 1760-1764
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous pair of figures of Liberty and Matrimony made by the Bow Porcelain factory between 1760 and 1764. These figures were a popular pair portraying marriage.
The bow...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Commedia dell' Arte Figurine Masked Advocato No. 64536
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique German porcelain figurine.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Depicting the Advocato with Mask.
Model Number 64536.
Depicting a masked character in a yell...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine of a Gallant - Trumpeter No. 12
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 18th German porcelain figurine.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Model Number 12.
Depicting a Trumpeter from the 'Gallant Orchestra' series created b...
Category
18th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
18th Century Italian Cross with Kyanite, Calcite Crystals, and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix with gold-plated kyanite, calcite crystals in matrix, and baroque pearls. The crucifix is originally from a church in Liguria. It is hand-carved and pai...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine, 'Pair of Gardeners', Model No 1584
Located in Basildon, 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 Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Cross on a Pink Hematoid Quartz Heart with Aurora Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian cross mounted on a polished pink hematite quartz heart and adorned with aurora (sunset) quartz and a natural-forming cross shaped baroque pearl.
The 18th centu...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures, 'Turkish / Persian Lady & Gentleman'
Located in Basildon, 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 Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Very Fine French 19th Century White Marble Bust of a Young Beauty by René Rozet
By René Rozet 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century white marble bust of a young beauty, purported to be a young "Marie Antoinette" (Queen of France 1755-1793), by René Rozet...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
18th Century Italian Cross on a Pink Hematoid Quartz Heart with Aurora Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian cross mounted on a polished pink hematite quartz heart and adorned with aurora (sunset) quartz and a natural-forming cross shaped baroque pearl.
The 18th centu...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Fine French Louis XV Rocaille Style Sevres Porcelain Gilt Bronze Ormolu Clock
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning fine quality Napoleon III Second Empire Period (1852-1870) doré bronze (gilt bronze ormolu) shelf clock with signed Japy Freres eight-day time and strike movement.
Born in Paris, France in the third quarter of the 19th century, exceptionally executed in luxurious 18th century Louis XV Rocaille taste, the curvacious sculptural case...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze "Bacchanalia" after Claude Michel Clodion
Located in San Diego, CA
Patinated bronze "Bacchanalia" after the celebrated 1762 model by Claude Michel Clodion (French, 1738-1814), circa late 19th century. #1555
The figural group of two female figures...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Royal Dux, Rococo Couple in Hand Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand painted porcelain, 1940s.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
The woman measures: 21 x 13 cm.
The man measures: 22 x 9 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Vintage Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Figural Table Lamps by Pellati, 1970
By Giuseppe Pellati
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of polychrome Capodimonte porcelain figurines, a man with basket of grapes and a girl with a basket of flowers, both with round gil...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Silk
Porcelain Group, "The noble rococo game of chess", German Manufacturer
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, decorative porcelain group, "The noble game of chess". German porcelain manufacturer.
Undamaged.
Category
20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Gilded Fragment on a Hematoid Slab with Tangerine Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded fragment mounted on a golden, polished hematoid slab and adorned with tangerine quartz crystals.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the a...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
By Vito Pardo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine museum quality Italian 19th-20th century life-size marble sculpture titled "Searching for Love" by Vito Pardo (Italian, born in Venice in 1872) Depicting a semi-nude life...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Italian Gilded and Hand-Carved Angel Wing on a Golden Hematoid Slab
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved and gilded angel wing adorned with citrine and quartz crystals and mounted on a polished hematoid slab. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine 'Pair of Lovers' 'Liebespaar' circa 1745
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine 'Pair of Lovers' 'Liebespaar' circa 1745
Sitting lovers, designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, above a base covered with plastic flowers and l...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Sunray on a Blue Celesite Sphere with Crystal Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray on a celestite sphere and wrapped in coordinating blue crystal quartz.
The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a halo motif as part of a cru...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Figure of Christ on Italian Crown Fragment
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Titled "Courage at Calvary"
18th century Italian figure of Christ mounted on an 18th century corona (crown) fragment with antique hand-forged nails and citrine points. The missing l...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Iron
Red Hematoid Quartz Heart with an 18th Century Italian Angel and a Baroque Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 'Sacred Heart' - 18th century Italian gilded angel mounted on a polished red hematoid quartz heart and adorned with a natural-forming baroque pearl. The piece is inspired ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Gold Leaf
Italian Early 18th Century Terracotta Fragment
Located in Allerum, SE
Italian early 18th century terracotta fragment of an face mounted on stand. Ca 1690 - 1710 Italy.
Measurements with stand H 15 W 9 D 6.6 cm.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Rococó Porcelain Figural Cherub Jardinière or Centerpiece Bowl by Meissen
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Austrian porcelain centerpiece bowl or jardinière beautifully enameled in rich colors with floral sprays and gilt highlig...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Sunray on a Blue Celesite Sphere with Blue Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray mounted on a blue celestite sphere and wrapped in perfectly coordinating blue preserved coral.
The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a par...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Gilt Bouquet on Hematoid Quartz with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded bouquet fragment mounted on a golden, polished hematoid slab and adorned with baroque pearls.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the art...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Sunray on a Blue Celesite Sphere with Crystal Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray on a celestite sphere and wrapped in coordinating blue crystal quartz.
The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a halo motif as part of a cru...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
19th Century Glazed Terracotta Bust of Countess du Barry after Augustin Pajou
By Augustin Pajou
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This large bust, depicting the Countess du Barry, was made after the 18th century original by Augustin Pajou. It is in the Louvre collection. He was ...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Nymphenburg Porcelain Figurine of the Disturbed Slumberer/Der Gestörte Schlummer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Nymphenburg porcelain figurine.
Entitled "Der Gestörte Schlummer", which translates to English as "The Disturbed Slumber".
After the 18th Century Frankenthal Porcelain model modeled by Johann Friedrich Lück.
Depicting a sleeping gallant attended to (and being awakened by) two maidens. The gallant is sleeping on patches of grass that are supported by a stylized Rococo rocaille base.
Simply a wonderful antique Nymphenburg figurine...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Sandstone Sculpture of a Child, Italy c. 18th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in France, this charming sandstone statue head captures the essence of a child. This cherub girl is likely of Italian origin. Hand carved, this impressive fiqure portrays a ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Pair 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Style of Nodding Pagoda Figures
Located in New York, NY
A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable Head, Hand and Tongue, known as a "Nodder'. This Unusual...
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1850s German Antique Rococo 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...
Category
1770s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine 'Pair of Lovers' 'Liebespaar' circa 1745
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine 'Pair of Lovers' 'Liebespaar' circa 1745
Sitting lovers, designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, above a base covered with plastic flowers and l...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Genre Group 'House Concert', by Joseph von Kramer, Germany, Circa 1903
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain genre group:
Family group dressed in rococo style playing house music: the mother with a decorated updo in a flowered dress...
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Early 1900s German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Fragment Arm of Christ with Aquamarine and Red Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A sculptural work created from an 18th century Italian hand-carved arm of Christ, 18th century foot, crystal nail, aquamarine, and a red crystal cluster. The arm and foot were origin...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Bouquetiere Figures
Located in Basildon, 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, ...
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1760s German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Gilded and Hand-Carved Angel Wing on a Golden Hematoid Slab
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved and gilded angel wing adorned with citrine and quartz crystals and mounted on a polished hematoid slab. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Double-Mounted Cross on Hematite with Pyrite Inclusions
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded double-mounted cross on hematite with pyrite inclusions and adorned with pyrite rosettes. A matching smaller cross is mounted onto the bigger cross...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Pyrite
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...
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1750s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Garden Cherubs
Located in London, Park Royal
A pair of stone composition models of reclining putti, in Rococo style, 20th century, probably representing Summer and Autumn, modelled as opposing, each reclining on a foliate mould...
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20th Century British Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Royal Dux, Dancing Rococo Couple in Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Dancing Rococo couple in porcelain, 1940s.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
The woman measures: 21 x 12 cm.
The man measures: 23 x 12 cm.
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Winged Putto Italian Sculpture 1700 Face of Angel in Carved Wood
Located in Milano, MI
Winged Putto Sculpture of Italian origin from the 1750s depicts the Face of Angel In Carved Wood from a liturgical ornament to which it was attached with two nails, holes can still ...
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Mid-18th Century European Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Set of 5 Meissen Figures Emblematic of the Senses by J.J. Kändler and Eberlein
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and fully complete set of 5 Meissen figures emblematic of the senses: Hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight, Modeled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein. These figures ...
Category
1860s German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Porcelain Group, Young Man With A White Horse, By Kaendler, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a young man dressed in a colourful robe – blue shirt and trousers with a yellow frock coat – with a turban and earrings, a dagger stuck in his red sash, holding a red ca...
Category
1950s German Vintage Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Figures "Children Dancing"
Located in Basildon, GB
A Pair of 18th Century Meissen Figures "Children Dancing", modelled in the commedia dell'arte style as a young girl and boy dancing. Raised over simple rococo bases with applied flow...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilt Fragment Horse Head Sculptures
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian gold-leaf fragment horse head sculptures.
The pair is made of 18th century Italian water-gilt fragments mounted on scroll wood bases. The fragments come...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Bronze-Gold Crucifix Mounted on a Crystal Geode
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian bronze-gold crucifix with coordinating gold leaf shells and crystal points mounted on a crystal geode. The gold leaf shells adorn the crucifix and the base of th...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Meissen Porcelain Revelry Groups
Located in New Orleans, LA
This charming pair of Meissen porcelain figures celebrates the essence of Revelry. First modeled by the renowned Johann Joachim Kändler on bases by Peter Reinicke, circa 1767, these joyous groups depict musicians making merry by playing the French horn, flute, guitar and hurdy-gurdy, and gardeners carrying flowers in baskets and aprons. Two almost identical groups are featured in Meissen: Collector’s Catalogue by Laurence Mitchell.
Figures by Kändler were especially popular and served as table decorations at courtly banquets. He took the reigns of the Meissen factory in 1733 and over the following 40 years created more than 900 models, many of which were considered the most important and beautiful ever produced. Many of his designs were so timeless and classic that they continued to be used well into the 19th century. Kändler was highly regarded especially for his allegorical representations and he was certainly at his best when designing the Four Continents...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Crucifix Mounted on Jasper with Crystal Points
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix mounted on jasper with crystal points. The crystal points create more sunrays around the halo of the crucifix. The reddish tips of the crysta...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Sunray Mounted on a Yellow Hematoid Quartz Heart
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural Sacred Heart - 18th century Italian sunray mounted on a yellow hematoid heart and adorned with yellow crystal quartz points. The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Derby Porcelain Figure of Minerva, circa 1780
By Derby
Located in Basildon, GB
Derby Porcelain Figure of Minerva, circa 1780, standing in a pale yellow ground robe, on a pierced blue and gilt scroll base, 26cm high
Category
1780s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Bow Porcelain Element Figures, "Water" and "Land" , circa 1765
Located in Basildon, GB
Pair of Bow Porcelain Element Figures, "Water" and "Land" , circa 1765, both brightly coloured, 'Water' depicted by Neptune and a large fish, and "Land" depicted by Ceres and a lion.
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Distressed Gold Leaf Angel Wing with Calcite Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian distressed gold leaf angel wing with golden calcite crystals on an antique Italian metal pan drip tray. These calcite crystals are from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee w...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
1750 Venezia Italy Polychrome Lacquered and Wooden Engraved Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a rare wooden sculpted man figure carved and lacquered in polychrome. This elegant piece hails from the Mid-18th Century, Venezia.
The curved shape, on the front and on the s...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Figure of Christ on Italian Crown Fragment
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Titled "Courage at Calvary"
18th century Italian figure of Christ mounted on an 18th century corona (crown) fragment with antique hand-forged nails and citrine points. The missing l...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Iron
Red Hematoid Quartz Heart with 18th Century Italian Cross on a Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 'Sacred Heart' - 18th century Italian cross mounted on a polished red hematoid quartz heart and adorned with natural-forming baroque pearls and a cross-shaped baroque pear...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Gold Leaf
Antique Meissen Porcelain Cherub Motto Figurine "Je decouvre tout" Model F13
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain Cupid figurine.
By Meissen.
Model no. F13 from the Cupid Motto Series.
Entitled "Je decouvre tout".
Originally de...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Hand-Painted Hungarian Porcelain Figurine Representing a Woodcutter
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
Exquisite figurine representing a woodcutter.
Beautiful details of ax and towel.
Modern.
Since 1826, Herend's factory has been one of the most famous centres for the production ...
Category
Early 2000s Hungarian Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1860 Meissen Porcelain Figurine Waiter
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale in this ad you can find the prettiest little porcelain figurine. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain in the 1860s. The figurine depicts a water carrying a tray with foo...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate
Large Blanc de Chine Nymphenburg Figurine of Winter by Auliczek
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Nymphenburg porcelain figurine.
By Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory.
Designed Dominikus Auliczek.
Modeled as an allegorical de...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Figure of Juno with Eagle 'Jupiter', Rococo Ca 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive large figure of Juno with an eagle, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. This figure formed part of a series of the Four Elements, with...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Cross with Smoky Quartz Crystals and Pyrite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian cross mounted on smoky quartz crystals in matrix with pyrite formations. The center of the cross has an abstract figure of Christ created from acrylic crystals. The missing sunrays are replaced with the smoky quartz crystal points...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal
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