Skip to main content

Porphyry Sculptures

16 Results
to
1
16
4
11
1
2
2
1
106
18,755
11,174
10,549
8,704
8
8
14
10
4
Height
to
Width
to
16
16
16
Material: Porphyry
Large Architectural fragment in Ancient Red Imperial Porphyry
Large Architectural fragment in Ancient Red Imperial Porphyry

Large Architectural fragment in Ancient Red Imperial Porphyry

Located in York, GB

Large Architectural fragment, Ancient Red Imperial Porphyry, from the Egyptian Desert, extracted between 1st century A.D. - 5th century A.D. presented on a modern metal stand, 2...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry, Metal

Large specimen of Imperial Egyptian Red Porphyry - Partially polished
Large specimen of Imperial Egyptian Red Porphyry - Partially polished

Large specimen of Imperial Egyptian Red Porphyry - Partially polished

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Ancient red porphyry is a magmatic effusive lithotype characterized by a Bordeaux-red color, composed of a cryptocrystalline matrix in which floating phenocrysts of pale pinkish whit...

Category

19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry

Collection of 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marbles
Collection of 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marbles

Collection of 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marbles

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

A curated collection of hand-worked 19th century Italian Grand Tour specimen marble fragments and semi-precious stones, many with original collector’s labels. This diverse set inclu...

Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Porphyry

Pair of French 19th Century Gilt & Patinated Bronze Sphinxes on Porphyry & Bron
Pair of French 19th Century Gilt & Patinated Bronze Sphinxes on Porphyry & Bron

Pair of French 19th Century Gilt & Patinated Bronze Sphinxes on Porphyry & Bron

Located in Hudson, NY

Made in France circa 1840s this finely cast pair of sphinxes are represented in the recumbent position most associated with the form. Showing on both figures are two hieroglyphic car...

Category

Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Porphyry Obelisks w Ormolu mounts
Pair of 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Porphyry Obelisks w Ormolu mounts

Pair of 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Porphyry Obelisks w Ormolu mounts

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Pair of 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Porphyry Obelisks w Ormolu mounts. Please note: Though a pair, one obelisk is 34 1/2" and the other 35" The shorter obelisk is due to a ...

Category

19th Century French Egyptian Revival Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry

Italian 19th Century Green Porphyry Skull Statue/Paperweight
Italian 19th Century Green Porphyry Skull Statue/Paperweight

Italian 19th Century Green Porphyry Skull Statue/Paperweight

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A rare and impressive Italian 19th century green Porphyry skull statue/paperweight. The bold skull displays finely sculpted details which emphasize the ex...

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry

Pair of Late 18th Century Egyptian Porphyry Stands
Pair of Late 18th Century Egyptian Porphyry Stands

Pair of Late 18th Century Egyptian Porphyry Stands

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Pair of rare late 18th Century Egyptian Porphyry and statuary marble, circular stands. Most probably cut from a Roman column. Rome, Italy. Circa...

Category

Late 18th Century Italian Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Porphyry

Large Imperial Black Porphyry specimen
Large Imperial Black Porphyry specimen

Large Imperial Black Porphyry specimen

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Rare and Large Imperial Black Porphyry architectural fragment partially polished, 23,5 x 15 x 12 cm Porfido Nero is a rare Black Variety of Imperial Porphyry from Gebel Dokhan (th...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry

Set of Four Italian 19th Century Specimen Marble Skulls
Set of Four Italian 19th Century Specimen Marble Skulls

Set of Four Italian 19th Century Specimen Marble Skulls

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A spectacular and most unique set of four Italian 19th century specimen marble skulls. Each skull is of an individual marble, Lapis Lazuli, Red Porphyry, ...

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Porphyry

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Obelisks
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Obelisks

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Obelisks

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

An impressive pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. Porphyry, granite, Lapis Lazuli and ormolu obelisks. Each obelisk is raised by fine ormolu feet below the square green gra...

Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Porphyry, Ormolu

Framed Italian Marble Specimen Collection, Verde Antico Border, 1880
Framed Italian Marble Specimen Collection, Verde Antico Border, 1880

Framed Italian Marble Specimen Collection, Verde Antico Border, 1880

Located in Spencertown, NY

A Collection of 25 Samples with in a Verde Antico Border, with Wooden Frame, Italian, late 19th Century. Each Specimen 2 1/2” x 1 3/4”

Category

1880s Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Porphyry

Italian Bronze and Porphyry Figure of the Dancing Faun After the Antique
Italian Bronze and Porphyry Figure of the Dancing Faun After the Antique

Italian Bronze and Porphyry Figure of the Dancing Faun After the Antique

Located in Kittery Point, ME

An Italian Bronze Figure of the Dancing Faun After the Antique depicted standing ‘in contrapposto’ and raised on a Louis XVI style ormolu mounted porphyry and red marble base. The D...

Category

Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Porphyry, Bronze

Pair of bronze and porphyry lions
Pair of bronze and porphyry lions

Pair of bronze and porphyry lions

Located in Rome, IT

Pair of bronze and porphyry lions. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND SHIPPING INFORMATION CAN BE REQUEST BY SENDING AN EMAIL. Tags: Coppia di leoni in bronzo e porfido. ...

Category

20th Century Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry, Bronze

Alabaster Sculpture, Lady With Mask In The Taste Of Antique, 19th Century
Alabaster Sculpture, Lady With Mask In The Taste Of Antique, 19th Century

Alabaster Sculpture, Lady With Mask In The Taste Of Antique, 19th Century

Located in Honnelles, WHT

Woman with mask, alabaster sculpture in the style of the antique on a porphyry and white Carrara marble base

Category

19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Alabaster, Porphyry

Early 19th Century Cup in Egyptian Porphyry and Bronze with Cupids
Early 19th Century Cup in Egyptian Porphyry and Bronze with Cupids

Early 19th Century Cup in Egyptian Porphyry and Bronze with Cupids

Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Imposing cup in red, Egyptian porphyry featuring three cupids on a circular base. The patinated bronze cupids serve as the supporting stem for the wide-rimmed cup. Two of the cupids ...

Category

Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry, Bronze

Related Items
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Brass Tazza with Portrait Medallion
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Brass Tazza with Portrait Medallion

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Brass Tazza with Portrait Medallion

Located in Elkhart, IN

An elegant 19th-century Italian Grand Tour brass tazza, distinguished by its classical proportions and central portrait medallion. The shallow circular dish features a gently raised ...

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Circular Chessboard Plaque Pietra Dura 19th C
Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Circular Chessboard Plaque Pietra Dura 19th C

Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Circular Chessboard Plaque Pietra Dura 19th C

Located in Atlanta, GA

A finely crafted circular pietra dura plaque, likely originating from Italy during the mid-to-late 19th century, this specimen marble and hardstone inlaid chessboard combines decorat...

Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble

French 19th Century Art Scholar Statue
French 19th Century Art Scholar Statue

French 19th Century Art Scholar Statue

$1,708

H 7.09 in W 7.09 in D 4.73 in

French 19th Century Art Scholar Statue

Located in GB

A beautifully refined bronze statue depicting an art scholar teaching two young cherubs. It has been finished with a patina for developing glossy sheen with age. Mounted on an oval b...

Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of 19th Century French Orientalist Gilt and Patinated Bronze Female Busts
Pair of 19th Century French Orientalist Gilt and Patinated Bronze Female Busts

Pair of 19th Century French Orientalist Gilt and Patinated Bronze Female Busts

$14,800Sale Price / set|20% Off

H 14 in W 7 in D 5 in

Pair of 19th Century French Orientalist Gilt and Patinated Bronze Female Busts

Located in Tarzana, CA

A highly decorative and finely modeled pair of French Orientalist bronze busts, dating to the late 19th century and depicting two richly adorned female figures in elaborate North Afr...

Category

19th Century Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ancient Egyptian Bust of a Goddess in Red-Orange Quartzite
Ancient Egyptian Bust of a Goddess in Red-Orange Quartzite

Ancient Egyptian Bust of a Goddess in Red-Orange Quartzite

Located in London, GB

An exquisite ancient Egyptian hardstone bust of a female deity, with tripartite wig and Usekh collar, displaying all the hallmarks of early Nineteenth Dynasty art. Described by the d...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Stone

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze of a Satyr Sculpture, Pompeii
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze of a Satyr Sculpture, Pompeii

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze of a Satyr Sculpture, Pompeii

Located in Stamford, CT

19th century Neapolitan Grand Tour bronze of a Satyr with wine skin, also known as the 'Drunken Satyr'. The cup he would have been holding was lost in the conflagration. The lean, mu...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Travertine, Bronze

Malachite-Chrysocolla Specimen Large
Malachite-Chrysocolla Specimen Large

Malachite-Chrysocolla Specimen Large

$600

H 4.25 in W 12.5 in D 4 in

Malachite-Chrysocolla Specimen Large

Located in New York, NY

Richly marbled chrysocolla-malachite specimen with a vibrant emerald color. The beautiful blue-green of chrysocolla has made it a prized gemstone in ornamental use since antiquity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Malachite, Multi-gemstone

Very Large Red Coral Specimen #3
Very Large Red Coral Specimen #3

Very Large Red Coral Specimen #3

$1,800

H 11 in W 22 in D 15 in

Very Large Red Coral Specimen #3

Located in Bradenton, FL

Very large natural specimen of red pipe coral. Color is a natural ruby red Flat underside for easy display. This specimen is a great large size ...

Category

20th Century Italian Organic Modern Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Coral

Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850
Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850

Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850

$6,975

H 18.57 in W 14.63 in D 1.13 in

Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850

Located in Kinderhook, NY

A wonderful third quarter 19th century Italian 'grand tour' ancient marbles specimen plaque in original silver-gilt frame.

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Brazier, Ancient Pompeii Original
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Brazier, Ancient Pompeii Original

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Brazier, Ancient Pompeii Original

Located in Stamford, CT

An Italian Grand Tour bronze tripod brazier, after the ancient Roman original excavated from Pompeii, Neapolitan late 19th century The brazier modeled after one that was used to hea...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

'Seated Hermes', a 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze
'Seated Hermes', a 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze

'Seated Hermes', a 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze

Located in Chicago, IL

An extraordinary and wonderfully rendered 19th century Italian cast bronze depicting a seated Hermes, the Greek god of messengers, travelers, and merchan...

Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus

$5,466

H 25.6 in W 9.45 in D 9.45 in

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A very good quality Grand Tour patinated bronze figure of Narcissus, dating from the last quarter of the 19th century. Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology and he was distinguished for his beauty. This well patinated bronze classical figure...

Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Previously Available Items
Rare Large Imperial Egyptian Red Porphyry specimen - partially polished
Rare Large Imperial Egyptian Red Porphyry specimen - partially polished

Rare Large Imperial Egyptian Red Porphyry specimen - partially polished

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Ancient red porphyry is a magmatic effusive lithotype characterized by a Bordeaux-red color, composed of a cryptocrystalline matrix in which floating phenocrysts of pale pinkish whit...

Category

19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry

Italian Grand Tour Collection of 19th Century Specimen Marbles
Italian Grand Tour Collection of 19th Century Specimen Marbles

Italian Grand Tour Collection of 19th Century Specimen Marbles

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

A fascinating Italian Grand Tour collection of hand-worked 19th century specimen marble fragments and semi-precious stones, many with original collector’s labels. This diverse set i...

Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Porphyry

Rare Ancient Roman Fragment of Red Imperial Porphyry
Rare Ancient Roman Fragment of Red Imperial Porphyry

Rare Ancient Roman Fragment of Red Imperial Porphyry

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

An ancient example of a red Imperial Porphyry fragment dating back as far as 1st century Ancient Rome. This is a rare and unusual worked example of this semi-precious stone which is ...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry

Monumental pair of Empire style porphyry and bronze obelisks, 19th century
Monumental pair of Empire style porphyry and bronze obelisks, 19th century

Monumental pair of Empire style porphyry and bronze obelisks, 19th century

Located in NICE, FR

Monumental in both presence and elegance, this exceptional pair of obelisks reaches an impressive 99 cm in height, immediately affirming their rarity and decorative power. Crafted fr...

Category

1880s Napoleon III Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Porphyry, Bronze

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Located in Stamford, CT

19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze of Roman statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa on an associated base of polished gray porphyry and black marble. Measures: 9.5 inches high (5.6 ...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Porphyry, Bronze

Roman bronze sandaled foot on Egyptian imperial red porphyry base
Roman bronze sandaled foot on Egyptian imperial red porphyry base

Roman bronze sandaled foot on Egyptian imperial red porphyry base

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Roman bronze sandaled foot from a statuette Roman, 2nd century AD Bronze, on an Egyptian imperial red porphyry base Foot : Height 3,6 x length 6,3 x depth...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry, Bronze

Late 19th Century Carved Miniature of Trajan's Column
Late 19th Century Carved Miniature of Trajan's Column

Late 19th Century Carved Miniature of Trajan's Column

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Late 19th Century Grand Tour porphyry craved miniature of Trajan's Column. Finished in AD113, it is crowned with St. Peter (installed in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V). Various Nibbles comme...

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry

XIXth Century Grand Tour Bust of Caracalla and Its Porphyry Column
XIXth Century Grand Tour Bust of Caracalla and Its Porphyry Column

XIXth Century Grand Tour Bust of Caracalla and Its Porphyry Column

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

A XIXth century grand tour bust of caracalla and its porphyry column. Bust of the Roman Emperor Caracalla in Polychromed resin simulating different ...

Category

1860s Italian Grand Tour Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Porphyry, Ormolu

Museum Quality Pair of Late 19th Century Figural Candelabra by Henry Dasson
Museum Quality Pair of Late 19th Century Figural Candelabra by Henry Dasson

Museum Quality Pair of Late 19th Century Figural Candelabra by Henry Dasson

By Henry Dasson

Located in Long Island City, NY

A Museum Quality Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Candelabra By Henry Dasson Henry Dasson Each cast as a scantily clad beauty holding aloft a gilt torche...

Category

Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry, Bronze, Ormolu

Large Neoclassical Italian Green Porphyry Veneered Male Torso, After the Antique
Large Neoclassical Italian Green Porphyry Veneered Male Torso, After the Antique

Large Neoclassical Italian Green Porphyry Veneered Male Torso, After the Antique

Located in Long Island City, NY, NY

Large neoclassical Italian green porphyry veneered model of a Male Torso, after the antique, early 20th century. Very decorative torso, extremely att...

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Porphyry

18th Century Italian Serpentine, Porphyry, and Marble Bust
18th Century Italian Serpentine, Porphyry, and Marble Bust

18th Century Italian Serpentine, Porphyry, and Marble Bust

Located in London, GB

18th century Italian serpentine, porphyry, and marble bust Italian, late 18th century Measures: Height 78cm, width 62cm, depth 30cm This fine sculptural bust takes as its inspir...

Category

Late 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Porphyry Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Serpentine, Porphyry

Read More

He Wrote ‘Oedipus Rex,’ but Do You Know What He Looked Like?

The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.

These Soft Sculptures Are Childhood Imaginary Friends Come to Life

Miami artist and designer Gabriela Noelle’s fantastical creations appeal to the Peter Pan in all of us.

Salvatori Commissioned Several Famous Architects to Create Miniature Homes in Stone

Gabriele Salvatori explains how the COVID lockdowns inspired his design company's latest collection, the Village.

Christopher Norman Is Turning the Cast-Off Urban Trees of Los Angeles into Art

With a World War II–era milling machine, the California artist crafts poetic, sculptural furniture pieces.

These Human-Size Ceramic Hares Evoke Serious Emotions

Swedish artist Margit Brundin's large anthropomorphic animal sculptures are on view for the first time in the United States at Dienst + Dotter Antikviteter, in New York.

Tour the Wabi-Sabi New York Apartment of Andrianna Shamaris

As her sun-filled home reveals, the furniture maker and dealer puts a contemporary spin on antiques from around the globe.

Vicente Wolf’s Tips for Finding — and Living with — Eastern Treasures

The A-list designer shares his expertise on choosing authentic objects and displaying them with style.

Rodrigo Rivero Lake’s Mexico City Showroom Is a Museum-Worthy Trove of Spanish Colonial and Asian Antiques

The dealer and curator has spent the past 50 years amassing a collection of exceptional art, furniture and architectural elements that trace the cultural influence of the Spanish empire from Europe to the Americas and beyond.