Wood Sculptures

An early 20th century example. The masks of the Sande society were used exclusively in masquerade performances by the women of the tribe. The Mende tribe is located in Sierra Leone.

Quite a stunning pair of Italian standing cherub or Angel carvings from the 18th century. Standing at almost 4 feet tall, the pair are quite large and realistic. Very impressive. Wit...

Carved Wood American Eagle Sculpture 1960s. Vintage Sculpture of an American Eagle Carved in Seri Ironwood. Handmade large carved wood eagle ...

Spanish Virgin of Sorrows in Polychrome Wood with Silver Crown, 19th Century Magnificent dressed Virgin of Sorrows, from the 19th-century Spanish school, carved in polychrome wood (...

20th century hand carved folk art wooden cat form sculpture or statue. Features a knockdown design with elegant form. Features pointy claws, curled tale an...

Pair of majestic French 19th century carved 23k giltwood mythological Griffin sculptures. Expertly carved. These impressive one of kind griffin sculptures (or statues) were architect...

Carved wood large female Songye Kifwebe mask with classic white lines, blackened ridge down crest of forehead, nose and mouth. Worn holes around back edge of mask from attachment of...

Traditional sculpture originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo Tribal Art - Congo - African Measures : 16x17cm H:82cm Traditional sculpture from the Democratic Republic of ...

A heavyweight brass Surrealist pipe that is spring-loaded to function as a note holder, and with an opening to hold a pen. The bronzed flat plate metal base is attached to the pipe...

Set of Two Hand Carved & Hand Painted Black Forest Bear Mother & Baby Figurines. 1800's. Befit With Glass Beaded Eyes Largest bear dimensions Height 16cm I Width: 30cm I Depth: 12cm

Our Lady of Sorrows, attributed to Salzillo, polychrome wood with 18th-century silver crown and display case An extraordinary sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows, attributed to Francis...

This unique, hand-carved wooden sculpture of a hand was created by a Colorado folk artist known for his rustic, heartfelt style. The piece showcases the warmth, character, and expres...

A Late 19th Century Indian hardwood carved Camel Table. Octagonal table top with floral design atop the camels back. Raised on a naturalistic plinth...

Nobel Truong is an industrial designer and spatial artist working in furniture, ceramics, prints, and textiles. Nobel received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Califo...

Large vintage stand alone coral sculpture centerpiece Chinese hard-wood stand.

Black Forest Hunting-Theme Hand-Carved Wooden Wall Mounted Salt Box. This beautiful and compact Black Forest wall salt box depicts a masterful...

19th Century Hand-Carved “Clock of the Universe” – Château de Vitrey-sur-Mance, France Price: £18,000 Dimensions: H 54” x W 38” x D 11” Weight: 80 KG Date: Circa 1860–1870 Origin: Fr...

Unusual 19th century antique carved Black Forest Bear with a brass brush and original glass eyes. It has a lovely original colour. Measures: Height : 24 cm Width : 9 cm Dept...

Oscar Troneck abstract sculpture, France, c. 1950's, signed: 'Troneck' Wood, Signed twice.

Owaldo Guayasamin bronze sculpture Bronze sculpture of a woman's head The sculpture is in excellent condition, as seen in the photo. A single piece of bronze brass work It has its or...

Classic 1890s Black Forest desk accessory carved from wood in the shape of a wild boar. A lovely addition to your room or just to use on your desk. Made from hand carved wood. Found ...

An Indian vintage Nandi bull sculpture from the mid 20th century, with carved motifs and dark patina. Created in India during the mid 20th century, this car...

A collection of 10 fabric printing blocks liberty of london circa 1900. We are pleased to offer this set of 10 hand carved printing blocks, attributed to liberty's of london. Found...

Antique Polychromed Carved Wood Religious Spanish Priest 18" Sculpture Figure. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 17.5" H x 9" W x 5" D.

Extra large and extremely rare, antique sculpture of Mephistopheles from the Faust Opera. This striking and famous historical work of art depicting Mephistopheles is another one of ...

" Pandora " wood modern sculpture. This magnificent wood sculpture will add a mesmerizing decoration in a modern interior while serving as a textural accent in any room. Crafted ent...

Bark painting of Namarrkon, Northern Territory, Australia A bark painting of Namarrkon, the lightning spirit. Wearing axes in his belt, he holds another in his hand, which he uses t...

Black Forest carved hazelnut wood sculpture depicting two birds framed by oak branches, leaves, acorns with a terminal shield. Germany late 19th century.

A circa 1950's Mexican sculpture on wood base. Measurements: Height: 10.5" Width: 10" Depth: 8"

A sculptural papier-mâché dress form mounted on its original freestanding wooden slat stand, dating from the mid-20th century. The form is lightweight and crafted from layered brown paper, hand-shaped and finished with a varnished surface that highlights its textural quality. The minimalist torso silhouette paired with the vertical oak or pine slat stand creates a modernist aesthetic, making this dress form not only a collectible object of fashion history but also a distinctive decorative accent for interiors. Its sculptural quality allows it to function as both artifact and art object. Origin: USA or Europe Date: Circa 1940s–1960s Very good vintage condition. The papier-mâché surface shows natural irregularities, patina, and light wear consistent with age. Structurally sound with stand intact. A rare survivor from the era before fiberglass mannequins...

This highly pierced brass decorative element from France was originally the cover of a bassinoire from the 1600s. A bassinoire is a device where hot coals are inserted into a vented ...

This is a curated collection of Dansk Pepper Mills Designed to be displayed symmetrically to resemble one side of a chess board. All of the grinders ...

Monumental Rock Crystal Quartz Stalagmite on Carved Silver Leaf Base, in the Style of Serge Roche France, Circa 1960 Two Pieces: The Rock Crystal Quartz Stalagmite and the Carved Sil...

Whimsical Carving of a Dwarf with Snuffbox, 19th Century A 19th century funny carved and painted dwarf with snuffbox. Unrestored original condition, old wormholes, partly paintloss ...

Presented is a beautiful hand-carved spreadwing eagle plaque. This early 20th century wood eagle is carved of teak and handsomely polished. With its feather spread out, the eagle clu...

1 of 7 Jamie Hayon decorative objects for Cassina. Hayon crafts a collection of minimalist, functional objects for the modern home, envisioned as a scrupulous dedication to the use o...

The smooth, dark patina of this small, carefully shaped, male, wooden initiation statue from the early 20th century, by the Lega people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, reflects ...

19th C Spanish Colonial Wood Santo / Saint / Angel sold as found in vintage condition showing normal signs of wear and tear. Wonderful worn origi...

Black Forest Linden wood naturalistically carved strolling bear with original glass eyes, crafted in Brienz. This exquisitely carved lindenwood piece features realistic details. A...

Stunning large carved wooden bull wall shelf. Over the years we have had the pleasure of owning and selling a number of beautiful Black Forest antiques, but never did we come accross a 19th century Black Forest wall bull bracket of this size and with such amazing natural details and warm patina. This marvelously handcrafted and good condition, bull sculpture wall shelf...

This exceptional and imposing pair of hand-carved and hand-painted wooden horses embodies the rich artistic heritage of traditional Indian craftsmanship. Standing over 80 cm (31.5 in...

Whimsical carved figure of skin diver , spear fisherman . Decked in wet suit with spear gun and fresh catch . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the ...

William Bowie was a prominent sculptor of the American Mid-Century Modern period. A contemporary of Harry Bertoia, Curtis Jere and Bruce Freidle, Bowie is considered a founding figur...

A specimen of naturalia from Wunderkammer. A branch of Japanese red coral (Coralium Japonicum), mounted on a wooden base, holds a palm tree in the shap...

A gorgeous character ceramic figural gnome statue - attributed to Griebel in Germany, a well known manufacturer of this kind of figures. This character statue has been made in German...

A Greco Roman style bronze buste depicting a Spartan soldier on black wooden base. This Greco Roman style bronze bust, masterfully depicting a Spartan soldier, is a striking piece th...

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...

Amazing Spanish Baroque Pietà in Polychrome Wood with Silver Crown, 18th Century Impressive large-format Spanish Pietà, carved in wood and polychromed, datable to the late 18th cent...

A very cool Mid-Century Modern palm frond / leaf sculpture on base in teak, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 17.5W x 4"D x 3.5"H. A fun piece tha...

beautiful unique solid hand-carved ironwood turtle sculpture with beautiful detail great condition and great subject, circa 1970's.

The Señora Space Jewelry Floor Sculptures offer an attractive and unique standing sculpture decor piece that combine organic modern style with natural cotton macrame inspired styling...

Love this set of Three Vikings . all original from the sixties . One slightly bigger . All complete with there armory . Very scary . Handmade .

A rare and very fine bronze corpus of Christ after a model by Michelangelo, cast ca. 1597-1600 by Juan Bautista Franconio and painted in 1600 by Francisco Pacheco in Seville, Spain. The present corpus reproduces a model attributed to Michelangelo. The best known example, lesser in quality, is one on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). The association of this corpus with Michelangelo was first brought to light by Manuel Gomez-Moreno (1930-33) who studied the wider circulated casts identified throughout Spain. The attribution to Michelangelo was subsequently followed by John Goldsmith-Phillips (1937) of the MET and again by Michelangelo expert, Charles de Tolnay (1960). While Michelangelo is best known for his monumental works, there are four documented crucifixes he made. The best known example is the large-scale wooden crucifix for the Church of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito in Florence, made in 1492 as a gift for the Prior, Giovanni di Lap Bicchiellini, for allowing him to study the anatomy of corpses at the hospital there. In 1562, Michelangelo wrote two letters to his nephew, Lionardo, indicating his intention to carve a wooden crucifix for him. In 1563 a letter between Lionardo and the Italian sculptor Tiberio Calcagni, mentions this same crucifix (a sketch of a corpus on the verso of a sheet depicting Michelangelo’s designs for St. Peter’s Basillica [Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille] may reproduce this). That Michelangelo was working on small corpora in the last years of his life is further evidenced by the small (26.5 cm) unfinished wooden crucifix located at the Casa Buonarroti, considered his last known sculptural undertaking. Michelangelo’s contemporary biographer, Giorgio Vasari additionally cites that Michelangelo, in his later years, made a small crucifix for his friend, Menighella, as a gift. Surviving sketches also indicate Michelangelo’s study of this subject throughout his career, most notably during the end of his life but also during the 1530s-40s as he deepened his spiritual roots. The occasional cameo of crucified Christ’s throughout his sketched oeuvre have made it challenging for scholars to link such sketches to any documented commissions of importance. All the while, in consideration that such objects were made as gifts, it is unlikely they should be linked with commissions. Nonetheless, a number of theories concerning Michelangelo’s sketches of Christ crucified have been proposed and some may regard the origin of the present sculpture. It has been suggested that the corpus could have its impetus with Michelangelo’s work on the Medici Chapel, whose exclusive design was given to the master. It is sensible smaller details, like an altar cross, could have fallen under his responsibility (see for example British Museum, Inv. 1859,0625.552). Others have noted the possibility of an unrealized large marble Crucifixion group which never came to fruition but whose marble blocks had been measured according to a sheet at the Casa Buonarroti. A unique suggestion is that Michelangelo could have made the crucifix for Vittoria Colonna, of whom he was exceedingly fond and with whom he exchanged gifts along with mutual spiritual proclivities. In particular, Vittoria had an interest in the life of St. Bridget, whose vision of Christ closely resembles our sculpture, most notably with Christ’s proper-left leg and foot crossed over his right, an iconography that is incredibly scarce for crucifixes. The suggestion could add sense to Benedetto Varchi’s comment that Michelangelo made a sculpted “nude Christ…he gave to the most divine Marchesa of Pescara (Vittoria Colonna).” Of that same period, two sketches can be visually linked to our sculpture. Tolnay relates it to a sketch of a Crucified Christ at the Teylers Museum (Inv. A034) of which Paul Joannides comments on its quality as suggestive of preparations for a sculptural work. Joannides also calls attention to a related drawing attributed to Raffaello da Montelupo copying what is believed to be a lost sketch by Michelangelo. Its relationship with our sculpture is apparent. Montelupo, a pupil of Michelangelo’s, returned to Rome to serve him in 1541, assisting with the continued work on the tomb of Pope Julius II, suggesting again an origin for the corpus ca. 1540. The earliest firm date that can be given to the present corpus is 1574 where it appears as a rather crudely conceived Crucifixion panel, flanked by two mourners in low-relief and integrally cast for use as the bronze tabernacle door to a ciborium now located at the Church of San Lorenzo in Padula. Etched in wax residue on the back of the door is the date, 27 January 1574, indicating the corpus would have at least been available as a model by late 1573. The Padula tabernacle was completed by Michelangelo’s assistant, Jacopo del Duca and likely has its origins with Michelangelo’s uncompleted tabernacle for the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Rome. The impetus for the Padula tabernacle’s Crucifixion panel begins with a series of late Crucifixion sketches by Michelangelo, depicting a scene of Christ crucified and flanked by two mourners (see British Museum Inv. 1895.0915.510; Ashmolean Museum Inv. 1846.89, KP II 343 recto; Windsor Castle RCIN 912761 recto; and Louvre Inv. 700). A faintly traced block possibly intended for sculpting the sketch of the crucified Christ on its recto was discovered by Tolnay on a version of the composition at Windsor Castle. The Windsor sketch and those related to it appear to have served as preparatory designs for what was probably intended to become the Basilica of St. Mary’s tabernacle door. Vasari documents that the project was to be designed by Michelangelo and cast by his assistant, Jacopo del Duca. Michelangelo died before the commission was complete, though on 15 March 1565, Jacopo writes to Michelangelo’s nephew stating, “I have started making the bronze tabernacle, depending on the model of his that was in Rome, already almost half complete.” Various circumstances interrupted the completion of the tabernacle, though its concept is later revitalized by Jacopo during preparations to sell a tabernacle, after Michelangelo’s designs, to Spain for Madrid’s El Escorial almost a decade later. The El Escorial tabernacle likewise encountered problems and was aborted but Jacopo successfully sold it shortly thereafter to the Carthusians of Padula. An etched date, 30 May 1572, along the base of the Padula tabernacle indicates its framework was already cast by then. A 1573 summary of the tabernacle also describes the original format for the door and relief panels, intended to be square in dimension. However, a last minute decision to heighten them was abruptly made during Jacopo’s negotiations to sell the tabernacle to King Phillip II of Spain. Shortly thereafter the commission was aborted. Philippe Malgouyres notes that the Padula tabernacle’s final state is a mixed product of the original design intended for Spain’s El Escorial, recycling various parts that had already been cast and adding new quickly finished elements for its sale to Padula, explaining its unusually discordant quality, particularly as concerns the crudeness of the door and relief panels which were clearly made later (by January 1574). Apart from his own admission in letters to Spain, it is apparent, however, that Jacopo relied upon his deceased master’s designs while hastily realizing the Padula panels. If Michelangelo had already earlier conceived a crucifix model, and Jacopo had access to that model, its logical he could have hastily employed it for incorporation on the door panel to the tabernacle. It is worth noting some modifications he made to the model, extending Christ’s arms further up in order to fit them into the scale of the panel and further lowering his chin to his chest in order to instill physiognomic congruence. A crude panel of the Deposition also follows after Michelangelo’s late sketches and is likewise known by examples thought to be modifications by Jacopo based upon Michelangelo’s initial sculptural conception (see Malgouyres: La Deposition du Christ de Jacopo del Duca, chef-d’oeuvre posthume de Michel-Ange). Jacopo’s appropriation of an original model by Michelangelo for more than one relief on the Padula tabernacle adds further indication that the crucifix was not an object unique to Jacopo’s hand, as few scholars have posited, but rather belongs to Michelangelo’s original...

Brutalist steel sculpture on wood base. This incredible sculpture is not signed. We looked all over and cannot find a signature. Wood base is 8.25" wide, 4" deep and 10" high. S...

Pair of 19th century Italian hand-carved and gilded angel wings on calcite crystal points in matrix. The pair hand-carved gilded and gilded angel wings are originally from a histor...

Baroque Polychrome Wooden Virgin with Period Silver Crown, 18th Century This Spanish Virgin, dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, is carved in polychrome wood (face and...

Originally part of a larger architectural from a French building in the 1600s, this hand-carved limestone fragment of a winged angel has been mounted more recently to a painted black...

Movimento wall-hanging sculpture of solid wood, designed by Joaquim Tenreiro. 1970's Measurements W 41.25'' x D 3.50'' x H 17.50''

Italian articulated hand painted wood Pinocchio .

1960s Large Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture of Man Praying / Weeping Buddha Abstract Yoga Wrestler There is a story about two warriors associated w...