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Modern Black & White Sculpture of a Reclining Tribal Tattooed African Queen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Modern black & white sculpture of a reclining tribal tattooed African Queen
Purchased in France, in the 1960s
Unsigned
A heavy, impressive, substantial three dimensional work. The sculpted plaster nude female figure, finely modeled with and enameled black body, displaying an extensive 'body suit' of hand-painted Adinkra tribal style tattoos. In general this figures displays Western African tribal symbols, usually associated with Adinkra/Ashanti people of Ghana. For thousands of years, tattoos were seen as a way of curing disease, protecting against spirits, showing affiliation towards groups/tribes, and reflecting personality traits such as bravery, courage, and social status.
This sculpture of the reclining nude resting on her clasped arms,
The right leg is bent and outstretched to the front with the left leg crossed over the right leg.
At the time of posting we have a similar work
'Modern Black & White Sculpture of a Knelling Tribal Tattooed African Queen'
Item Reference LU2592329805712
Analysis of selected tribal tattoos on this work:
Symbol: Boomerang Tattoo
The boomerang tattoo symbolizes the fact that our actions have a way of coming back at us, in short Karma.
Symbol: Bracelet Tattoo
The bracelet tattoo often symbolizes love and mostly serve as the love knot between different people
Symbol: Bullseye Tattoo
The bullseye tattoo is the symbol of perfection.
Symbol Circle Tattoo
The circle tattoo is a powerful ancient image, it is a symbol of completion, the cycle of life, and for some, the idea of perfection.
Symbol : Crescent Moon and Star Tattoo
The Crescent Moon and Star Tattoo generally represents growth, fertility, and motherhood. It can be a celebration of women, or indicates the woman is going through a transitional period . There is also a romantic association, with the two symbols representing love.
Symbol Cross Tattoo
The cross tattoo is an ancient symbol which represents eternal life. Other meanings, a symbol of hope in war, or as connection between the physical and the spiritual life.
Symbol: Fan Tattoo
The fan tattoo is known to represent good luck and generosity
Symbol: Flower Tattoo
The flower tattoo has multiple meanings. In ancient cultures, flowers were a direct symbol of god's contentment. A modern meaning, represent the love between two people.
Symbol: Lightning Bolt Tattoo
lightning bolt tattoos often mean power, swiftness and decisiveness. it sometimes has a meaning of a split-second moment.
Symbol: Star Tattoo
?Star tattoos often symbolize hope, love and guidance.
Symbol: Sun Tattoo
Sun Tattoos often represent its ability to heal other meanings is the sun symbolizes the process of going from dark times to seeing the light at the end of that darkness. The sun is the ultimate symbol of light and truth.
Symbol : Triangle Tattoo
Triangle tattoos symbolize connection, harmony, creativity, wisdom, and growth.
Symbol : Wooden Comb...
Category
20th Century French Tribal Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Ancient Costa Rican Guanacaste / Nicoya-Style Polychromed Terracotta Figural Scu
Located in Queens, NY
"Ancient / Pre-Columbian-style terracotta figure (possibly Costa Rican Guanacaste/Nicoya in style) with two side loops and a fish emerging from its chest, painted with polychromed pa...
Category
20th Century Unknown Tribal Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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 Rococo Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo A Set of 2 Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo A Set of 2 with structure
in wood, hand-carved wood, hand-painted wood, hand-lacquered
wood, covered with hand-em...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silk, Wood
Rare Wooden Carving Human Sculptures A Fisher Man Antique Decorative Figurine
Located in Wembley, GB
Beautifully stylized a fisherman figurine with a great balance of harmony stands, portraying the inner world's beauty through pure beauty.
This Valuable rare unique art piece is a gr...
Category
1910s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Wood, Fruitwood, Driftwood, Pine, Bog Wood
Japanese Contemporary Gilded Porcelain Kabuto Helmet
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Unique Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain "kabuto" or helmet, hand painted in gold, red and blue colors. Kabuto dates back to 6th century. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Italian Art Deco Polychrome Decorated Plaster Statue of December, 1931
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian Art Deco polychrome decorated plaster statue, age signed XII 31 IX° (December 1931, 9th year fascist age).
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
1950s Midcentury Design English Anatomical Models University
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Set of two amazing anatomical models university, circa 1950s.
Measurements from left: height 30 cm, 23 cm.
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Century Derby Mansion House Dwarf Figurines, Set Of 2
By Derby
Located in Bradenton, FL
Wonderful pair of Derby Porcelain "Mansion House" dwarfs. Both figures are modeled wearing large hat advertisements, most likely as they stood outside Mansion House in London. Both f...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Hand-Painted Lady Sculpture Door Stop in Solid Cast Iron
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late 19th century door stop, France, circa 1880.
This lady sculpture is made in heavy solid cast iron and is in it original hand-painted colors.
Category
19th Century English Folk Art Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Unusual Brutalist Bronze Figure Mounted Sculpture
By Paul Evans
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Brutalist bronze figure mounted sculpture, emotionally charged, raw imagery, beautifully hand executed, depicting cloaked person amazin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Brutalist Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lladró Koi Sculpture, Blue-Gold, Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
A new Limited Edition of 750 units. Boldblue collection by Lladró, featuring a koi, a highly appreciated decorative fish and a symbol of good luck, patience and long life. Notable fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Wooden Carving Human Sculpture Rustic Dressed Antique Decorative Woman Figurine
Located in Wembley, GB
A beautifully stylized old rustic lady-dressed female figurine with a great balance of harmony stood, portraying the beauty of the inner world through pure beauty.
This Valuable uniq...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Wood, Fruitwood, Driftwood, Pine, Bog Wood
Pair of Antique German or Austrian Porcelain Female Figurines Harvesting Grapes
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique porcelain figurines are marked on their respective bases, but the specific maker cannot be identified. It is presumed this pair of figurines was made in either G...
Category
Late 19th Century German Late Victorian Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Large Signed G Carli with stylized Representation of Hunting Dogs
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Deco Large Signed G Carli with stylized Representation of Hunting Dogs
Originel Patina on all Parts
The piece is in Fair and original condition and a rea...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
1940s Topless Flamenco Dancer Plaster Sculpture Style of Frederick Weinberg
Located in St. Louis, MO
Midcentury stylized topless 30" tall flamenco female dancer in plaster signed by the artist B. Rosenthal and dated 1941. Original paint, with loss and age crackles, plus older repair...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Mid-Century Era Italian Hand-Painted Young Female Nude Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This ceramic female nude sculpture may be artist signed, but illegible, but clearly identified as originating from Italy and dating to approximately 1950 and done in the period Mid-C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze "Reclining Lady" by Jennings Brothers
Located in London, GB
An attractive early 20th Century gilt bronze figure of a young beauty in a reclining position with a large blanket covering her, which is hinged to reveal a raunchy outfit with excel...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique German porcelain figurine. Young woman in elegant attire.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique German porcelain figurine.
Young woman in elegant attire. Hand-painted in polychrome colors.
19th century.
Marked.
In excel...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Painted Plaster "Construction Worker" by Beverly Lopez
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Anatomical tour de force by multidisciplinary American artist Beverly Lopez. The cut off and construction boot wearing male figure stands 24" high, and stands on a 5" block with plaq...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
END OF THE 18th CENTURY ABDUCTION OF EUROPE SCULPTURE
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendide sculpture en porcelaine polychrome représentant l'enlèvement d'Europe. Cette œuvre s'inspire du mythe classique dans lequel le dieu olympien Zeus se transforme en taureau p...
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Rene Roubicek Czechoslovakian Pop Art Blown Glass Finger Sculpture 1980s
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980's hand blown finger sculpture from the women's parts series by René Roubícek, of Czechoslovakia. Sculpture measures 4.5"high by 19"wide by 4.5"deep and is unsigned. In very goo...
Category
1980s Czech Post-Modern Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Arrow on a Polished Calcite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century distressed Italian mecca arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base.
The arrow was once part of a decorative motif in an artistic depiction in historic Itali...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Glazed Ceramic Figural Art Vessel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A glazed ceramic art vessel in two parts. Decorated as a female head, the pedestal has eyes, cheek dimples and lips all glazed while the pedestal has moulded undulating polka dot dec...
Category
20th Century Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Strang for Meissen, Figure in Hand-Painted Porcelain, Bassist
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Peter Strang (b.1936) for Meissen.
Figure in hand-painted porcelain. Bassist from the clown orchestra.
Late 20th century.
Measures: 7 x 5.5 cm.
In e...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Sculpture Water Carrier Viennese Secession circa 1903 White Gold
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Ceramic sculpture respresenting a Water Carrier - designed by Wilhelm Bormann - manufacture attributed to Ernst Wahliss Wien - Viennese Secession circa 1903 Austrian Art Nouveau - Jugendstil
Wilhelm Bormann studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts from 1898 and lectured at the Vienna University of Technology. From 1908, he was also an employee in the Viennese mosaic workshop Leopold Forstner...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Antique Folk Art Carved Gesso over Wood and Hand Painted Native Man Statue
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Presumed to date from the late 19th century, this life-sized Folk Art carved and hand painted study depicts a Native man dressed in traditional attire and holding a staff. The artist is unknown and this sculpture is unsigned and done in a very realistic style. The carving, likely done in Cyprus wood...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Softwood, Paint
Eric Ledoux "Josephine Baker" Hand Painted Ceramic Sculpture
By Eric Ledoux
Located in Mexico City, MX
A hand-painted ceramic sculpture depicting American-born French dancer Josephine Baker holding a peace dove by French sculptor Eric Ledoux. The piece is unsigned.
Eric Ledoux was b...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Lladró The Red Guest Figurine, Small Model
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain figurine created by Jaime Hayon for the collection The Guest by LLadró Atelier with red glossy finish and white base. The Guest is a piece created by Jaime Hayon for The Guest collection by Lladró Atelier, the brand's ideas lab, which invites leading artists from around the world to customise this unique character. The series includes collaborations by Paul Smith, Devilrobots, Gary Baseman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Gerdago's 'Cosmic Dance': Art Déco Austrian Bronze Chryselephantine Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
Gerda Gerdago's 'Cosmic Dance': Art Déco austrian patinated bronze chryselephantine (ivory and gold) sculpture manufactured by Arthur Rubinstein
By: Gerda Gerdago
Material: bronze, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Antique Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Figure of an Arabian Arms Merchant
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This cold painted Austrian bronze dates from the late 19th century and is extremely detailed. The figure is signed, or titled on one edge of the carpet, but we could not determine th...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Germany, Porcelain Figure, Reading Woman in a Skirt
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Germany. Porcelain figure. Reading woman in a skirt.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 7 x 6 cm.
In very good condition. Minim...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Majolica Figural Jardinière by Henri Giraud, Mark for Choisy-Le Roy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French late 19th century Majolica figural jardinière (planter) modeled as a young Neapolitan vintner boy balancing a weaved basket over h...
Category
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Chinese Terracotta Court Ladies Han Style Set of Three
Located in Somis, CA
A set of beautiful terracotta court ladies in the Han dynasty style. Featured are governesses whose jobs are to train the ladies of the house all manners and etiquette, as well as th...
Category
20th Century Chinese Tang Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of plaster sculptures, Austria made around year 1900.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This pair of Austrian plaster sculptures, created around 1900, depicts two elegantly dressed women carrying amphorae on their shoulders. Their detailed drapery, expressive postures, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
18th Century Italian Gilded Angels on Amethyst and Calcite in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angels mounted on amethyst and calcite in matrix. The hand-carved angels were once part of a he...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Amethyst, Gold Leaf
1970s Signed Polychrome Bronze Pirate Sculpture
Located in Marbella, ES
Bronze figure depicting a pirate in a defiant stance, sword in hand and imposing expression. His detailed attire, complete with a red scarf and signature tricorn hat, highlights the ...
Category
Late 20th Century European Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Art Déco Ceramic, Japanese Riding On A Koi, Goldscheider Vienna, Ca 1921
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Art Déco model of the Goldscheider company, extremely rarely produced and not listed in the catalogue raisonné:
Man in traditional Japanese costume – long coat with flora...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Porcelain Baby Girl Piano Figurine
By Capodimonte
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Baby Girl Piano Figurine. It depicts a nude baby girl with large blue eyes and blonde hair arranged with ponyta...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Mid-Century Modern Wooden Sculpture of a Banana Plant, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern Wooden sculpture of a banana plant, 1950s
Sculpture of a banana plant in carved wood with interlocking leaves. Hand crafted an...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Thai Carved and Painted Wooden Monk Statue with Dispelling of Fear Gesture
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Thai carved wooden monk statue with red, black and gilt finish, inlaid mica and Abhaya Mudra (fear dispelling) gesture. Immerse yourself in the s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Embrace" Luba Headrest Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The Luba people of Zaire believed that ancestors visited them through dreams. This belief led to elaborately worked headrests, known as "seats of dreams." Such headrests were used to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th C. Baroque/Rococo English Goat-Riding Tailor Porcelain by Chelsea Pottery
Located in North Miami, FL
18th century Baroque/Rococo english glazed painted porcelain of a goat-riding tailor by Chelsea Pottery
By: Chelsea Pottery, Meissen Porcelain (in the style of)
Material: porcelain,...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Baroque Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Musicians Porcelain Figures Vases by Heubach Brothers, Early 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An antique pair of porcelain figurines vases of a couple of musicians cellists in pink and blue.
Pieces by Heubach brothers from Lichte, in Thüringen Germany
DEP mark on the base and...
Category
Early 20th Century German Napoleon III Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Wooden Carving Human Sculpture Antique Decorative Figurine of a Thinking Man
Located in Wembley, GB
A beautifully stylized figurine of a thinking man with a great balance of harmony stands, portraying the beauty of the inner world through pure beauty.
This Valuable unique art piece...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Wood, Fruitwood, Driftwood, Pine, Bog Wood
Large Charming Charles Dickens Style Decorative Figure
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Charming hand-painted Charles Dickens style large decorative composition figure wearing a top hat with metal glasses and standing on a round plinth. Unmarked.
Dimensions: 12 1/2" W, ...
Category
20th Century Victorian Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Antique Chinese Painted Clay Buddha Statue with Red Robes
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (early 20th Century, Republic of China) clay Buddha sculpture with painted details and red and green robes. (Similar sculptures: NWL2498, ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Demarco, Atalanta Huntress, Art Deco, XXth Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Spelter sculpture with green patina on a terrazzo base: Atalanta balancing on one foot, bends her bronze bow to hunt an antelope
Base signed Demarco; the character alone of Atalante...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Vintage Italian VIETRI Majolica Hand Painted Artichoke Ceramic Bohemian Chic
Located in Miami, FL
Charming Vintage Bohemian Chic Italian Majolica Artichoke Figurative Sculpture, hand-painted in Green and Beige Color.
Made in Italy for VIETRI, Amalfi Coast.
Depicting Leaves hand-c...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Lladró Guest by Supakitch Figurine, Large Model. Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
This large version of The Guest is the contribution by the renowned designer Supakitch to the project which invites leading artists from around the world to personalize this special ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Century Italian Ceramic Marchio Depositato Thai Dancer "Soray" Sculpture
By Marchio Di Fabbrica Depositato
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large sculpture was made by the well known Marchio Di Frabbrica Depositato factory of Italy in approximately 1960 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The sculpture is compos...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique English Staffordshire Hand Painted Figural Porcelain Cobbler, circa 1860
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Staffordshire porcelain figure depicts hand painted cobbler working on shoe seated on covered stool with puppy peeking from beneath, circa...
Category
19th Century English Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figure of a Couple, Hand Painted, Hochst, German, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
Porcelain couple gathering flowers, delicately hand painted porcelain, mounted on a guilt bronze base
German Höchst, 19th century,
Marked Hochst.
*Shipping included
Free and f...
Category
19th Century German Antique Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Figurine, Faun Pulling Bear's Ear, 1920's
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen porcelain figurine. Faun pulling bear's ear. Model number 1804.
1920s.
Measures: 19 x 13 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
2nd factory quality.
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Nepalese Gilt Bronze Bodhisattva 'Amoghapasha?', Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A beautiful and unusual gilt bronze figure of a Bodhisattva, possibly Amoghapasha, Nepal, early to mid-20th century, circa 1930s or 1940s.
The regal figure possibly depicting the bodhisattva Amoghapasha, the Unfailing Lasso. The enlightened being is portrayed seated upon a high double lotus pedestal. He is dressed as an Indian prince, wearing a luxurious foliate patterned dhoti around his waist and a billowing scarf around his shoulders. . His torso bare save for the jeweled necklaces and the sacred thread. A five pointed crown with an image of Amitabha Buddha in the central point graces his head.
His princely face cold painted with beautiful detail, his hair colored blue with crushed lapis lazuli, indicating his peaceful nature. Amoghapasha holds a lasso in one hand, an axe in the other. He is considered an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. A bodhisattva of compassion, Amoghapasha is so named because of the lasso he holds in his hand. The lasso represents his vast compassion which is thought to extend to encompass all beings, bringing them into a state of perfection and enlightenment.
The copper base plate, seemingly a later replacement, has been inscribed with a visvajra (double vajra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Nepalese Gilt Bronze Figure of Bodhisattva Chenrezig, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A nice vintage early to mid-20th century gilt bronze sculpture of the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara in his four armed form, known as Chaturbuhja, or Chenrezig in Tibet.
Chenrezig, a form of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion (known as Guan Yin or Kwan Yin in Chinese), sits in vajrasana upon a high double lotus pedestal. One pair of hands is clasped in prayer at heart level, the other pair of hands raised upwards at shoulder lever and holding discreet attributes, a mala (prayer beads) in one hand, a lotus blossom in the other.
Chenrezig is dressed in an elaborately patterned floral dhoti that covers his lower half. His torso bare, shoulders covered with a shawl and scarves that billow out around him. He is festooned with jewels, necklaces, bracelets, armlets, earrings, belt and a five pointed crown. The earrings studded with coral. The crown studded with turquoise. His face is cold painted with beautiful details. The hair has been pigmented blue with crushed lapis, indicating his peaceful nature.
The copper base plate is inscribed with a visvajra (double vajra...
Category
Late 20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
1940s plaster snow skier desk top sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
1940s desk top figure of a downhill skier . Not sure if this was mass produced or an artist made piece . Unknown as to how many of were ever made let alone how many still survive . ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Lladró the White Guest Figurine Large Model in White by Jaime Hayon
By Lladro, Jaime Hayon
Located in New York City, NY
White glossy porcelain figurine created by Jaime Hayon for the collection The Guest by LLadró Atelier with a white base attached to the piece. The Guest is a piece created by Jaime H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Painted Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
