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Large and Unique Gothic Revival Colored & Glazed Ceramic Pietà Sculpture / Group
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind and all handcrafted sculpture.
As many of you will know, the Pietà, depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of mother Mary after the crucifixion. Over the years we have seen this famous biblical scene portrayed in all kinds of materials, but this is the first time we have seen it in glazed and partially colored ceramic. The artist whom created this unique sculpture perfectly captured the sadness and despair of Mary and the disciples by her side. The care with which they are touching and holding the body of Christ also shows their love and affection for Jesus. Anyone who has ever lost a soul mate or a loved that really meant the world to them has an idea of what Mary and the disciples are going through here.
If you appreciate this unique religious art sculpture...
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Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna, 'Summer Evening', Elegant Lady with Wreath of Flowers, 1939
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the late 1930s:
Representation of an elegant lady in a long, close-fitting, off-the-shoulder dress with a ruffled neckline made of rose-colored ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Figural Lifesize Female Sculpture by Dora Várkonyi
Located in Salzburg, AT
Zeitlosnah (“timeless and close”)
This series of lifesize female sculptures exuding a static aura of self-containment was created in
2013 /...
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2010s German Modern Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Collectible Pair of Vintage Porcelain Cats 1970s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Rare Swedish porcelain cat from Guldkroken in Hjo. Vintage. White hand painted facial features & pink bows. Made in Sweden in the 70s. Original makers la...
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Hand Painted Fantasy Chess Pieces with Kings Queens Jesters Castles Unicorns
Located in Ferndale, MI
Board not included. Interesting set of lead soldier type figures each hand painted and mounted on turned wood disc bases. Castle as the rook is the large...
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Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lead
1980 Multicolor Terracotta Sculpture of Mother Dog and Pup on Lounge Chair
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980 Multicolor Terracotta Sculpture of Mother Dog and Pup on Lounge Chair
(two dogs come off chair) - little holes
Whole on bottom of chair - black
Category
1980s Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Vintage German Handpainted Christmas Ornaments Box
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage large set of 24 pcs 3,5” large Christmas Ornaments balls, made in old European tradition- blown glass silvered from inside and Handpainted outside. Santa’s, snowmen, teddy be...
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1970s German Neoclassical Revival Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Japanese Kokeshi Wood Dolls, Signed, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of authentic signed Japanese Kokeshi wood dolls, circa mid-20th century, Japan. Dolls shapes and patterns are particular to a certain area and are classified under eleven type...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Edo Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Meissen Art Nouveau Group, Children Baking Sand Cakes, by Konrad Hentschel, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Girl with green-blue, patterned, long-sleeved dress and tied-up hair with her little brother in a white shirt, sitting at an elongated piece of driftwood and baking sand moulds with ...
Category
1980s German Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Spanish Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception, Handcrafted Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
Completely hand-crafted in 18th century Spain, this sculpture of the Virgin stands 1.5 meters / 5 feet tall and was most certainly created for devotional purposes, to be displayed in a church or chapel.
Besides its impressive size this sculpture is an excellent, museum-quality example of the Spanish “Estofado” polychrome technique, developed during the Gothic period to imitate rich brocade fabrics. The finely carved “fabric” areas of the sculpture would be first covered in gesso, and then a layer of gold leaf would be applied. The gold leaf would then be painted over with various colors of tempera paints. Once dry, the painted surface would be incised or scratched away in patterns, revealing the gold beneath.
The sculpture was professionally restored in 2022 by a firm that is often hired by the Spanish government to work on historic building interiors and museum pieces. The virgin was carefully cleaned, repaired and its condition stabilized. A complete and fully-illustrated restoration report will be included with purchase.
Often confused with the virgin birth of Jesus, the belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary herself was conceived “immaculately” without original sin has been variously defended and debated within the Catholic Church since the pre-Middle Ages. For centuries, artists struggled to create an acceptable visual representation of this highly abstract concept, in part taking inspiration from the Book of Revelation and other scriptural sources.
We see the Virgin standing on a half moon (biblically inspired, though also an ancient symbol of chastity) with her long natural hair loose down her back, another indication of purity. Both her white tunic and flowing blue mantle...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
20th Century Post-Modern Glazed Ceramic Penis/Phallic Sculpture, United Kingdom
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 20th century Post-Modern painted and glazed ceramic penis/phallic sculpture, United Kingdom
By: unknown
Material: ceramic, paint, enamel, clay
...
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Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Set of 1980s Hand Painted Glazed Terracotta Quirky Couple
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1980s Hand Painted Terracotta Quirky Couple - Hand Painted Glaze
When you flip the woman figure, there’s another design of her
“The Executive” D Manninrostoisdoih1 Mammone
W...
Category
1980s Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Pyrite
18th Century Italian Angel Wing and Putto on Calcite with Citrine Points
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved angel wing mounted on a calcite crystal cluster and adorned with citrine points and joined with an angel head or "Putto". A Putto is a che...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Royal Doulton Polish Dancer Figurine, 1980
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Originating from a private collection a vintage limited edition Royal Doulton Dancers of the World series porcelain figurine titled Polish Dancer ...
Category
1980s English Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Enamel Sculpture / Painting by Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful and rare enamel sculpture / painting. Made by Stig Lindberg in Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1950s.
Excellent condition.
In 1949, Stig painted his first enamel painting o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Mid Century Sculptural Hand Carved & Painted Wooden Buddha
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous hand carved & painted 40 inch tall wooden Buddha. Polychrome decorations with Gilt.
Brightly colored and in prayer. Heavy and well executed. In excellent vintage condition ...
Category
1970s Central Asian Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Ming Warrior Statue
Located in Somis, CA
An all original, 18th century, hand carved, solid wood statue of a young Ming warrior on horse. Warrior wears a full, elaborate armor fronted with a shield under a large circular col...
Category
18th Century Chinese Ming Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Bust of Greek God Apollo
Located in New York, NY
Very large (31 1/2 inch tall) bust of the Greek god, Apollo, cast in fiberglass with ancient marble patina. Unsigned.
Category
Late 20th Century Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Set of Two French Terra Cotta Bas Relief Sculptures Italy 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Set of two French terra cotta bas relief, 1950.
You can hung on the wall.
Sculptures from Italy , Green and blue colors.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Goldscheider Art Deco Group Nude with Shepherd Dog, Lorenzl and Postl, ca 1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the 1930s:
Standing young, unclothed lady with chin-length blond hair, loosely holding in front of her the leash of the German shepherd sit...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Porcelain Bear Statue, Germany, ca 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Porcelain Bear Statue, Germany, ca 1950s
Item e7269
An old porcelain bear statue, decorated with polychrome colors. Made in Germany ca. 1950s. Illegible maker's signature on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Victorian Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Important Meissen Porcelain Groups of Caparisoned Elephants and Soldiers
Located in New York, NY
An important pair of Meissen Porcelain Groups depicting "Alexander The Great Concurring India". Modeled with Alexander the great's three warriors/soldiers riding on caparisoned eleph...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Hand Carved Singa Singa Tribal Carving from the Batak People, Sumatra
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large antique hand carved tribal sculpture from the Batak People, northern Sumatra, called a Singa Singa. Behold the striking allure of this large antique hand-carved Singa Singa, ...
Category
19th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Figure, Harlequin with Flute by Josef Kostial, Goldscheider Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Art Deco Goldscheider ceramic figure of the 1920s.
Depiction of Till Eulenspiegel in a uniform costume with brown ribbons, framed by a black zigzag pattern, with matching shoes, a large ruff and a brown fool's cap, leaning on a pedestal covered with a colored cloth and playing a flute.
On a black oval base with the artist's signature 'Kostial' on the back of the pedestal.
Originally from Germany, Till Eulenspiegel allegedly lived as a wandering rogue in the 14th century, born around 1300 in Kneitlingen near Brunswick. He traveled around the Holy Roman Empire and other parts of Europe, as a country traveler he became the protagonist of a Middle Low German collection of swans, which was first published by a Strasbourg publisher without naming an author long after his death around 1510. In later illustrations, the fool's cap became his most important attribute and distinguishing mark, often with 'Donkey ears' and / or bells occupied.
'Eulenspiegel' made his main entrance in English- speaking culture late in the 19th century as 'Owlglass', but was first mentioned in English literature by Ben Jonson in his comedic play The Alchemist.
Designed by Josef KOSTIAL...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Meissen Porcelain Motto Child / Cupid Figurine of Sleep or Rest Model F7
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine old or antique porcelain figurine.
By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
After the original model by Michel Victor Acier ca. 1775
From the 'Motto Child' series.
Depicting ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Ceramic Cherub Gold Gilt Cold Painted Baroque Putto Figure
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
19th century tall Italian Ceramic Figure depicting a putto or Cherub
Design - Capodimonte, Cantagalli, Derutta, Italian Design
Style: Baroque, antique, Italian, Rococo
Origin: Italy,...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Samuel Mazy Glazed White & Pink Porcelain Hyacinth Sculpture
By Samuel Mazy
Located in Toronto, ON
Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy, exclusive to Maison Nurita in Canada. Mazy has been working as a ceramist for nearly 20 years in Paris. He sculpts porcelain flowers to create poetic floral compositions. His work is directly inspired by the masters and manufacturers of Sevres Porcelain. This Hyacinth is handmade in hand painted glazed porcelain with copper leaves and stems, and is placed in a white biscuit porcelain...
Category
2010s French Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Contemporary Decor "Boom", Black & White Marble, Numbered, Handmade in Italy
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Born in 1992 in Macerata in the Marche region, the Italian artist carried out a path that between studies of Surveyor and Architecture led him to a long collaboration with a craft co...
Category
2010s Italian Industrial Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble
Large Lladro Yupik or Inuit Boy Crouched and Resting Figurine or Sculpture
By Lladro
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large hand painted porcelain figurine was made by the renowned Llladro company of Spain in circa 1985. The figurine depicts a young Inuit boy crouched with his head in his ...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Native American Hand-Painted 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...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Delft
Vintage Henriot Quimper France Faience Girl Figurine Bell
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Henriot Quimper faience girl figurine that can be used as a bell is hand painted with traditional country style outfit with tall headdress. Forest green, egg yolk yellow, pale ...
Category
20th Century French Country Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Faience, Pottery
1940s Art Deco Porcelain Woman Italian Statue by Cia Manna
By Lenci
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish porcelain statue made in Italy in the 1940s by Cia Manna small laboratory in Turin. It's in good conditions with normal signs of age. A super piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Italian Chinoiserie Porcelain Nodding Head Figures, Mid 20th Century, Italy
Located in Austin, TX
A fine pair of Italian porcelain chinoiserie nodding head figures of a Chinese Mandarin couple, made for the Marbo Lamp Company, circa 1960's, Inl...
Category
1960s Italian Chinoiserie Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Figure Group of a Shepherdess and Soldier
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Meissen Porcelain figure group of a shepherdess and a soldier. It depicts this pastoral scene of this romantic couple, she is seated in the grass with a letter in her hand ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladró Flowers Market Sculpture. Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
This high porcelain creation takes its name and inspiration from Le Marché aux fleurs, a beautiful flower market in Paris by the banks of the Seine, which opened in 1830. Boasting a wealth of sculptural, floral and decorative details, this composition recreates a typical period scene and transports us to the idyllic Romanticism of the 19th century. The rich fabrics, lace and colors of the ladies’ gowns...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Mazy Glazed White & Pink Porcelain Hyacinth Sculpture
By Samuel Mazy
Located in Toronto, ON
Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy, exclusive to Maison Nurita in Canada. Mazy has been working as a ceramist for nearly 20 years i...
Category
2010s French Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Triart Bassano Italian Art Deco Pottery Seated Nude Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A typically Italian Art Deco Triart Bassano pottery figure of a seated nude dating between 1930 and 1950. The lightly potted figure sits on a moulded ro...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Capodimonte Military Porcelain Sculpture Set with Tiered Display Stand
By Capodimonte
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of eight porcelain figurines was made by the Capodimonte factor of Italy in circa 1980 in the Renaissance style. Seven of the figurines depict famous military figures and ar...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Mahogany
Meissen Grouping of Mars's War Chariot with War Putti for Catherine the Great
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and quite large, Baroque style, Museum Quality, Antique Meissen Porcelain Grouping of Mars, the God of War, Chariot with his Putti Servant, originally designed by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1772-1773 for Czarina Katharina, better known as Catherine the Great. Mars, the Roman God of war, is seen wearing a Roman war attire on his white double horse-drawn chariot. While seated, Mars is seen holding the handle of his sword. On his head is a beautiful silver helmet...
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19th Century German Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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
18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Fruitwood
Antique Italian Wood Pinocchio Toy in Custom Lucite Display Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This is a masterpiece unto itself, a hand carved and hand painted articulating wood toy of Pinocchio, the wooden toy who became a real boy. This treasure of time has been encased in...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Medusa Handmade Ceramic Head, 2021, Unique Piece, Centerpiece, Italian Design
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
In Greek mythology, Medusa, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair.
Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone.
Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero...
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2010s Italian Modern Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
18th Century Italian Cross with Fossil Agate Coral and Mounted on Fossil Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian cross with fossil agate coral and mounted on fossil coral.
The fossil agate coral and fossil coral are put together with the 18th century cross to lo...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Agate, Coral
French Victorian Toucan Painted Mannequin
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian style painted mannequin figure with toucan bird eating berries (20th Cent)
Category
20th Century French Victorian Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paint
19th Century Carved Dummy Board Oil Painting of an Angel & Crown of Thorns
Located in London, GB
19th Century Religious Dummy Board Oil Painting of Angel & Crown of Thorns.
Rare life size 19th Century religious oil painting on carved pinew...
Category
19th Century German Gothic Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Coastal Regency Porcelain Glazed Figurative Italian Monkeys-Pair
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
Beautiful pair of porcelain glazed hand painted monkeys on a sculptural tree trunk made in Italy great for a Coastal Regency style.
Both in excellent vintage condition
Please zoom i...
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1970s Italian Regency Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain figurine musicians by Meissen, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Saxony art piece, large polychrome porcelain of a figurine of a male violinist and a women`s percussionist musicians decorated in the pierrot.
A dreamlike motif of youth playing mu...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Revival Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Decorative Togatta Kokeshi Doll Sculpture from Northern Japan, Hand-Painted
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and exceptionally 18 inches tall classic traditional Togatta Kokeshi doll from Northern Japan. Handcrafted of wood and hand-painted in the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Goldscheider Vienna Art Deco Figurine 'Traveler', by Josef Lorenzl, ca 1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
Depiction of an elegant blonde lady in a red and white dress and red cap standing between two black suitcases, holding a ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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 Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Han Dynasty Polychromed Horse and Rider
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Han dynasty polychrome painted terracotta horse and rider. The warrior is dressed in orange and black on a black horse.
Measures: Height 14 inches (35 cm)
Width 12.5 inches (32 cm).
Condition: Excellent with tastefully undetectable repairs.
During the unification of China under the Han dynasty, bands of mounted nomadic warriors from the north threatened the country. In order to thwart their attacks, the Chinese sought to import stronger, faster steeds from Central Asia (as opposed to the Mongol ponies used by the invaders), eventually leading to the creation of the Silk Road. This small sculpture of a mounted soldier reveals the crucial military role of the horse. When compared to the diminutive stature of the rider, the importance of the horse becomes readily apparent. This creature provided security and strength, allowing the empire to secure its borders and expand its influences across Central Asia. The magnificent regalia of the horse, including a brilliantly painted saddle in red and green/gold, reflect the respect this animal received. The warrior as well is gorgeously decorated with a painted red tunic and gray chest...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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
1790s English George III Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
16th Century Hand-Painted and Carved Wood Russian Orthodox Cross
Located in North Miami, FL
Presenting a remarkable 16th-century Russian Orthodox icon crucifix, a testament to the artistry and spirituality of its era. This meticulously hand-painted and carved wood masterpiece is adorned with three bars, finished in radiant gold gilding, and richly polychromed, making it a truly captivating work of religious art.
The central scene portrays the crucifixion, with figures of Martha, Maria, Johannes, and Longinus depicted beneath the cross. Above, the icon features the symbol of the skull of Adam, representing the triumph over death following the original sin. Atop this iconic composition stands God Sabaoth, flanked by two celestial angels, adding a heavenly aura to the piece.
What makes this icon truly exceptional are the five scenes meticulously depicted from Orthodox festive days, offering a glimpse into the rich tapestry of religious traditions and celebrations.
This Russian Orthodox crucifix...
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16th Century Russian Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Tobacco Trade Sign Carving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century Native Tobacco Trade Sign attributed to Samuel Robb (1851-1928). The statue is in fair age-appropriate but sound condition, some damage and cracks to the base, overall c...
Category
19th Century American Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Earthenware bust of a Bigoudène woman, by H. Porson – 1920/1930
Located in HÉRIC, FR
Polychrome earthenware bust of Nantes sculptor Henriette Porson (1874–1963), created by the iconic HB factory, depicting a Bigouden grandmother.
The subject wears the traditional dr...
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1920s French French Provincial Vintage Hand-Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
