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
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
$731 Sale Price
62% Off
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
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Copper
18th Century Italian Blue Gilded Arrow Celestite Cluster and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century Italian blue and gilded arrow mounted on a celestite crystal cluster and adorned with baroque pearls.
The arrow was once used as part of a decorative motif in an artis...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Table Crucifix with Porcelain Corpus of Christ
Located in Antwerp, BE
The porcelain white imparts a transcendental character to the figures and this is highly suitable for religious depictions. Usually produced for royal commissions, these figures coun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Italian Rococo Gilt Cupids
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Rococo style (20th Cent) white painted composition cupid figures with gilt wings and mounted on black column bases
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paint
$1,200 / set
Bloor Derby Pair of Porcelain Figures, Stag and Doe, circa 1765-1820
By Derby, Bloor Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming pair of porcelain figures of a stag and a doe, probably cast by Derby in about 1760 and decorated by Bloor Derby in 1820. The figures are a simple white porce...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$668 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
Set of 12 Dresden Porcelain Figures and Groups
Located in London, GB
This charming set comprises twelve decorated figures and figural groups that one might encounter on a stroll through an 18th century town. The set includes animals, musicians, dancer...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$7,077 Sale Price / set
30% Off
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
$4,819 Sale Price
35% Off
Mid Century Italian Porcelain Harlequin Figurines
By Bassano
Located in Basildon, GB
Set of Six Mid Century Italian Porcelain Harlequin Figurines , circa 1960, diamond-patterned costumes in multiple colours (red, blue, yellow, green,...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Group, Shpherd Couple Under Trees, by J.J. Kaendler, Ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent and rare Meissen porcelain genre group:
Elegantly dressed Rococo couple in the shade of a group of trees: a young lady sitting at the feet of her beau, leaning back against...
Category
1860s German 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
18th Century Italian Gilded and Hand-Carved Crest on a Hematoid Slab with Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded hand-carved fragment crest mounted on a golden, polished hematoid slab and adorned with baroque pearls. The gilded fragment was originally from a historic...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Large Pair of Roman Rococo Carved Giltwood Putti Harvesting Grapes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Purchased in Rome in the 1980's, the well-carved chubby winged putti in opposing stances and poised on one foot over a rock-work base; depicting the grape harvest also known as the a...
Category
1750s Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$10,280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Two Louis XV Period Rococo Style Marble Sculptures of Cherubs
Located in London, GB
Two Louis XV Period Rococo style marble sculptures of cherubs,
French, 18th century
Dimensions: Height 90cm, width 60cm, depth 60cm
Superbly carved from subtly veined white-grey marble, this pair of...
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$89,645 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Rococo style Porcelain couple Karl Ens Volkstedt, Early 20th Century
By Karl Ens
Located in Uppsala , SE
Karl Ens Volkstedt, Germany
Porcelain couple in 18th Century dress, Rococo style.
Vintage porcelain figure; hand painted; pastel colors; gloss finish. ENS backstamp.
Measures app...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Mecca Arrow with a Baroque Pearl on a Polished Calcite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century Italian mecca arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base.
The arrow was once used as part of a decorative motif in artistic depictions (most likely of Saint ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Royal Dux, Rococo Couple in Hand Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
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
$392 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Sculptural 18th Century Chalice with Calcite Crystals in Sphalerite on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian wood chalice decorated with calcite crystals in sphalerite on a Lucite base. The hand carved and painted chalice is from a...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
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...
Category
20th Century British Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Composition
$2,976 / set
Antique Meissen Figure in Hand-Painted Porcelain, Boy Playing Flute, 1774-1814
Located in København, Copenhagen
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
1770s German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$980 Sale Price
30% Off
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
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Italian Gilded Cross and Arms of Christ with Aquamarine
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded cross with 18th century arms of Christ, aquamarine, and gold-plated crystal points and mounted on a gilded, hand-carved base.
The cross originally came f...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Cross with Fluorite Heart and Cross Baroque Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian cross with a fluorite heart and crucifix-shaped baroque pearl on an aquamarine-colored base.
The cross originally came from a historical church in Venice. The h...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Meissen Deal with Goose Model 720 Johann Joachim Kaendler Made circa 1850-1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen stunning figurine group: The Deal with Goose
Model 720
Measures:
height 6.69 inches (17.0 cm)
width 6.69 inches (17.0 cm)
depth 4.72 inches (12.0 cm)
Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark (glazed bottom)
model number 720 / former's number 6 / painter's number 71
First quality
Dating: 19th century / made circa 1850-1860
Material: porcelain, glossy finish, multicolored painted
Technique: handmade porcelain
Style: Rococo
Modelled by:
Johann Joachim Kaendler...
Category
1850s German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Porcelain or State’s Porcelain Manufactory 'KPM' Cherub’s Sculpture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This rare porcelain group sculpture depicts a pair of winged warriors cherub figurines. They are without their helmet, armor, and swords. One is in a victorious posture and the other...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Royal Porcelain Manufactory/State’s Porcelain Manufactory 'KPM' Porcelain Group
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Large Rococo porcelain figure group depicting a scene of peasants, a young woman playing a guitar in the top of a rock accompanied by a young c...
Category
18th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$2,400 Sale Price
68% Off
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
$2,557 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Meissen Cupid Group Around 1750, Allegory of Spring, with Additional Base
Located in Vienna, AT
Four scantily clad cupids grouped on a rock, partly flowers, partly holding flower arrangements in their hands, the flowers as a typical attribute of the Meissen spring representatio...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Angel Wall Piece with Elestial Crystals and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Early 18th century Italian angel wall piece with a crown of elestial crystal quartz and coordinating baroque pearls.
The angle artifact has been naturally distressed with age. The c...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Set of Five Allegorical Porcelain Sculptures by Meissen
Located in London, GB
Set of five allegorical porcelain sculptures by Meissen
German, c. 1975
Measures: Height 15cm, width 10cm, depth 8.5cm
The five figures in this set are allegorical of the senses...
Category
1970s German Vintage Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$11,323 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Lovely Small Bronze Sculpture of Young Boy with Baskets
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French style small rococo bronze sculpture of a young boy holding baskets. On marble stand. Signed as shown in close ups.
Category
1950s American Vintage Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Meissen Porcelain Figure, Putto 'The Day', by Heinrich Schwabe, Mid-20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Large putto floating above the earth's atmosphere:
Day, in a bright pink robe, holding a rose blossom in his left arm, stretching upwards full of morning energy, in his right hand a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Italian Gilt Angel Figures, A Pair
Located in Pearland, TX
A pair of lovely carved wooden figures depicting two angels with flute and harp in gold gilding, decorated with small fleur de lis's, standing on plinths.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Dutch Delft Cows Hand Painted in Polychrome Petit Feu Colors, Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
This charming pair of small Delft cows was made in Holland around 1780 and painted in the rare and delicate Petit Feu palette.
Each cow, modeled in a r...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Delft
Rococo Putti Goat Porcelain Figurine Rudolstadt Germany
Located in Uppsala , SE
This superbly detailed German porcelain figure group depicts a group of three young putti wrestling with an obstinate billy goat. They are trying to drag, push, and ride him along wh...
Category
Late 19th Century 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
19th C. French Terra Cotta of Putti’s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a charming 19th century French terracotta sculpture depicting two playful putti in a spirited pose, likely representing allegorical or pastoral themes common to the period. T...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, 'Piedmontese Bagpiper'
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Piedmontese bagpiper.
Modelled by J.J. Kändler after an engraving by Jacques Dumont, wearing a black hat with brown feather, fur-lined white...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$2,830 Sale Price
40% Off
Gilt Bronze Figurine Young Lady with Love Letter at Fountain 19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Step back in time with this stunning hand-chased cast bronze figurine, reminiscent of the beautiful Rococo era. Sculpture depicting a beautiful young lady in a garden by a fountain, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Early Meissen Rococo Group 'Love and Indulgence' by J.C. Schönheit, Ca 1840
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain genre group:
Young mother seated on a magnificent Louis XVI-style armchair, her left foot set down on a low stool, a boy lying on his stomach on her left thigh, his white shirt slipped up to reveal his bare buttocks, which the mother has probably just struck with the cane in her left hand, to her right a girl in a dress and hat decorated with feathers, clasping her mother's arm so that she can no longer strike the boy.
The group is based on an oval pedestal with gold heightened frieze decoration on the sides.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
This model was based on drawings by Johann Eleazar Zeissig, known as 'Schenau' (1737-1806).
Designed by JOHANN CARL SCHÖNHEIT (1730 - 1805) in 1788
started working as an apprentice in the Meissen factory in 1741 and has been in a responsible position since 1768. For more than 20 years, Schönheit was an employee of both J.J. Kändler as well as from M.V. Acier, who entered the Meissen factory in 1762. After Kändler's death in 1775, Schönheit was head of the model department until 1794.
Design of the model in 1788
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1840
Material: white porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain, finest hand painting
Dimensions:
height: 25,5 cm / 10.03 in
width: 18,0 cm / 7.08 in
depth: 16,0 cm / 6.29 in
Marks:
Blue Meissen crossed sword mark
Model number: I 66 / former's number 35 / painter Da..
Bibliography:
Thomas & Sabine Bergmann, Meissen Artist's - Figures / Erlangen Germany 2014, Model numbers A1 - Z99, page 31...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Gilded and Hand-Carved Angels on an Aragonite Cloud
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian hand-carved gilded angels mounted aragonite.
The hand-carved angels were once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction in a historic church in Tuscany. The aragon...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
French 19th Century Heavy Bronze Relief Plaque of 3 Cherubs
Located in Vero Beach, FL
French 19th Century Heavy Bronze Relief Plaque of 3 Cherubs
This beautiful 19th century French bronze is a heavy oval plaque featuring three frolicking Cherubs. The high relief and ...
Category
19th Century Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Porcelain Group of Bacchus and Attendants by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This piece is a superb example of the work of the Meissen porcelain manufactory. Modelled by E. A. Leuteritz in the 19th century based upon earlier models, it is a group piece, showi...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$5,189 Sale Price
30% Off
Patinated Bronze Antique French Bacchanalia Sculptural Group after Clodion
Located in London, GB
This dynamic antique patinated bronze sculpture is composed of two female figures and a satyr captured in a moment of frenzied dancing and Bacchic revelry. The women are dressed in f...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$11,323 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilded Angels on Aragonite Crystal Clusters
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of late 18th century Italian hand-carved, gilded angels with instruments on aragonite clusters with coordinating Italian hand-carved wood fragment bases.
The carved angels and ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
$2,925 Sale Price / set
25% Off
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 (...
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Fall Figural Group
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of putti holding symbols of the harvest adorn this Meissen porcelain figural group entitled Fall. Part of the company's Seasons series, these charming characters rest upon a r...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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
Original French Etagere 'Shelf' 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
French etagere ( shelf )
18th century
Original condition
Measures: 19cm x 40cm.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Sculptural 18th Century Italian Figure of Christ on Calcite Crystal Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Large 18th century Italian figure of Christ adorned with calcite and resting on a calcite crystal cluster in matrix. The figure of Christ was originally part of a crucifix from a chu...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Bow Porcelain Figure of Boy Putto on C-Scroll Base, Georgian circa 1760
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful little figure of a boy or putto made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1760.
The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$479 Sale Price
52% Off
Large Italian Statue of a Sleeping Nymph
Located in London, GB
A large Italian school carrara marble sculpture depicting a sleeping nymph. The finely carved sculpture is reminiscent of a depiction of Sleeping Ariadne, popularised by the Roman copy of the Hellenistic original, the former being housed at the Vatican. Reclining on rocks, the sleeping nymph is shown draped only below the waist, and her finely modelled form is exemplified by the delicacy of her fingers.
Italian, early 19th century.
Before restoration.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
18th Century Italian Gold Crucifix with Quartz Crystals and Gilded Sunrays
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf and painted crucifix with quartz crystals and gilded sunrays. It is mounted on a milky quartz crystal base.
The 18th century cross is adorned with the...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
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
1750s English Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$2,880 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Saint Adrian – Carved wooden sculpture French school 17th century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Superb antique carved wooden statue depicting Saint Adrian, dressed as a Roman soldier and holding a round shield, his distinctive attribute. At his feet, a lion recalls the episode ...
Category
17th Century French Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Excellent Meissen Rococo Genre 'Swedish Court Group', by M.V. Acier, Ca 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Rococo love group in magnificent clothing:
The noble gallant with a feathered hat and cloak sits on a rock next to a column with a handled vase, at the feet of his hesitant...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique 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 ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
$2,200 Sale Price
35% Off
Circa 1717–1780, Hand-carved Wood and Polychrome Saints Cosmas and Damian
Located in North Miami, FL
Behold a captivating pair of 18th-century hand-carved wooden treasures, dating from the remarkable span of 1717 to 1780. These exquisite pieces stand as a testament to the artistic mastery of their era, adorned with original polychrome and resplendent gold gilding that portrays the venerated Saints Cosmas and Damian...
Category
18th Century Antique Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Velvet, Wood
$12,968 Sale Price / set
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Rococo figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rococo figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage figurative sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo figurative sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original figurative sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Meissen Porcelain, Interi, Johann Joachim Kändler, and Michel Victor Acier. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for figurative sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $240 and tops out at $195,000 while the average work can sell for $3,600.
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