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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
15th Century French Carved Limestone Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare 15th century French carved limestone fragment depicting the back of a man's head with a wavy hair texture, and mounted on a c...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Genuine Natural Clustered Trilobites in Matrix '19 lbs'
Located in New York, NY
Ptychopariida is a large, heterogeneous order of trilobite containing some of the most primitive species known. The earliest species occurred in the second half of the Lower Cambrian...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
Pair Antique Bronze Patinated Putti Angel Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair antique bronze patinated angel putti sconces. Italian late 17th century bronze putti with exceptional modeling seated on scrolled arms each ex...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sandstone Carving of Two Demons Riding an Elephant, Burma 15-16'th Ctr
Located in Kastrup, DK
500-600 Year old sandstone carving.
The sculpture is depicting 'Two demons riding an elephant at the pagoda'.
From Buddha pagoda / temple in Arakan, Burma.
Naive and charming in it...
Category
Burmese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Large 18th Century French Cast Iron Bust of Jean Jacque Rousseau
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressive life size cast iron bust of a gentleman, possibly Jean Jacques Rousseau.
A handsome decorative antique statue for the garden, gard...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Half Polished Amethyst Geode with Agate Border and Calcite Formation
Located in London, GB
A half polished geode with a thick agatised border. The inside covered by deep purple amethyst crystals and 2 beautiful calcite formations at the centre, one of them covered with a b...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Antique "Ecce Homo" in Carved Stone
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful carved stone sculpture depicting Christ, modeled by a master sculptor in the 15th century, carved entirely by hand. This sculpture is known as Ecce homo.
As tradition tell...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Pre-Columbian Style Nayarit Indian Polychromed Effigy Alligator Pipes
Located in Lomita, CA
This grouping of alligator-like or crocodile effigy antique pipes is both beautiful and intriguing. The wear on the backs and underside of the polychrome...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian miniature fragment with fossil agate coral.
The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It has the original gold leaf and red bole paint that coordinates with the fossil agate coral. Fossil agate coral is also Florida...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
18th Century Immaculate Madonna Terracotta Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
18th century
Immaculate Madonna
Terracotta, 53 x 22 x 20 cm
The work examined depicts the Virgin Mary treated according to the iconography of the Immaculate Virgin
The theme of the Immaculate Conception began to appear in artistic works ever since the debate began, which saw the Franciscans and the ramifications of the Benedictine Order lined up on one side, linked to the thought of Anselmo d'Aosta and Bonaventura da Bagnoregio, and on the other the Dominicans, linked to the discussion offered by Thomas Aquinas...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pyrite Cluster with Quartz from Peru ( 20 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Pyrite with Quartz from Huaron District, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru.
Complex cluster of colorless quartz crystals inter grown with metallic yellow pyrite crysta...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Pyrite, Other
Calcite var. Manganocalcite From Inner Mongolia, China
Located in New York, NY
From Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
Pink mangano calcite flower. The pink color of the calcite is caused by manganese ...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Large 18th-Century Derby Porcelain Figure Emblematic of Africa
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large Derby Porcelain Figure of Africa,
From a series known as the "Four Quarters".
Circa 1765
The large figure, emblematic of Africa, is depic...
Category
Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Yellow Fluorite on Calcite from Moscona Mine, Villabona District, Asturias, Spai
Located in New York, NY
From Moscona Mine, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain.
Very aesthetic cluster of yellow crystals of cubic fluorite with a colorless calcite crystal perched on the top edge and dr...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
17th century Baroque Hand Carved Saint Anthony Sculpture w. Child & Lily Flower
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and wonderful Saint Anthony church sculpture, European 17th century Baroque.
This rare and sizable wall statuette of Franciscan Saint Anthony is another one of our recent great finds. This wonderful church relic...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Azurite and Malachite from Oshikoto, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
From Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Rich cluster of lustrous deep royal blue azurite crystals on malachite-duftite-calcite matrix. All of the azurite crys...
Category
Namibian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Early Meissen Cherub Group Allegory Summer & Autumn, by J.J. Kaendler, C 1750
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Porcelain Group From The Time Of Origin:
Two naked cupids and a ram on a rocaille rock, depicting the seasons of summer and autumn:
Summer bedded on a bundle of ears of cor...
Category
German Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Tang Dynasty Paited Terracotta Female Attendant
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa (618-907 AD) A pottery tomb attendant figure in the form of a woman who is wearing a lengthy robe with a red-painted skirt, her robes are painted ...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Natural Copper Crystal Cluster from Hubei, China
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural formation of sharp, distinct copper crystals from Daye Co., Hubei Province, China. The copper looks beautiful under magnification. A lovely display piece for natural eleme...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other, Copper
Collection of Splendid Mineral Specimens Naturally Formed as Snowy Mountains
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A collection of splendid mineral specimens naturally formed resembling snowy mountains
All found in Trepca, Kosovo
From left to right:
Sphalerite, Rock Crystal, Pyrite & Ca...
Category
Balkan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Iron, Lead, Zinc
Quartz var. Amethyst Flower from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Quartz var. Amethyst flower from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Aesthetic formation of lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals in fan-shaped aggregate. These formations a...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Amethyst, Other
Natural Genuine Thomsonite Mineral from India
Located in New York, NY
From Soygaon, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
Large cluster of spherical balls of Thomsonite covered with mesolite crystals all over a bed of Heulandite on matrix. Specime...
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
Large 18th Century German Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
Large 18th century German sculpture solid wooden sculpture representing a shepherd. German work from the 18th century. Measure: height 114cm.
Good...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
17th C Polychromed Fruitwood Carved Statue Depicting Madonna, France
Located in Leuven , BE
An exceptionally beautiful antique French wood carving, made in the 17th century. It depicts Madonna standing with open offering arms .The...
Category
Belgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Carved Oak Statue of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century carved oak statuette of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, probably South German, depicting a finely carved figure in pooling...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Early Meissen Round Group of Gardener Children, by J.J. Kaendler, 1763-1774
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen porcelain group from the time of origin:
Four children in festive, rural rococo clothing on a three-part rocaille base: on the central raised pedestal a girl with a basket o...
Category
German Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
High Quality Amethyst Goethite Inclusions Resembling Rosettes
Located in London, GB
An unusual piece of high quality deep purple amethyst with large peaked
crystals. Inside the amethyst multiple goethite crystals resembling rosettes
can be seen. Several of the cry...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Blue Agate Pyramidal Cave Formation with Druze
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pyramidal formation with thick border of blue banded agate.
The central cavity resembling a cave with a floor of druzy quartz and calcite
crystals. Nascent stalactites ...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Agate, Amethyst
Large Amethyst Chapel
Located in London, GB
This large amethyst chapel, a complete half of the original geode, shows
deep purple amethyst crystals punctuated with small stalactites and overlaid
...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
"Folk Art" Sheep, 18th-19th Ctr.
Located in Kastrup, DK
"Folk Art" wooden carved sheep.
Original untouched condition.
Rust colored with natural patina.
China 18'th - 19'th ctr.
Category
Chinese Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Primitive Head Figure From the Pre-Columbian Period Made of Stone
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing a remarkable artifact from the Pre-Columbian period—a primitive head figure intricately carved from stone. This ancient relic stands proudly...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Cherub Carved from Wood with Polychrome & Gilt
Located in Chicago, IL
An Italian cherub, carved from linden wood wood. This graceful and exceptionally well-carved figure was likely part of an altar ensemble. The eyes and face are particularly well-form...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz from Fujian, China
Located in New York, NY
From Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China
Translucent dark-red spessartine garnets with dark gray smoky quartz crystals on microcline a...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Pair of Emperors 18th Century 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of emperors 18th century
Very decorative pair of emperors in marble from the 18th century. Measures: 20x15x10 cm
good condition.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Exceptional Pair of Dummy Boards
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and rare pair of 18th Century English dummy boards depicting a Cavalier and his Lady, he with a Van Dyke mustache, sword and leather boots, she with ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Pine, Paint
Cobaltoan Calcite Mineral From Shaba, Congo
Located in New York, NY
From Mashamba West, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire)
Large complex cluster of lustrous pink translucent flattened rhombohedral cobalt-rich Calc...
Category
Congolese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Sculpture in lioz stone representing a dolphin Portugal 18th century
Located in Lisboa, PT
Carranca in lioz stone representing a dolphin Portugal 18th century
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Pair of 17th Century Italian Reliquary Busts
Located in Lincoln, GB
Pair of painted carved wood and gesso, Italian, late 17th century, reliquary busts.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sphalerite with Pyrite from Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru
Located in New York, NY
From Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru.
Large lustrous striated cubic yellow-metallic pyrite crystals with black-metallic sphalerite crystals.
Weight: 15 lbs, Dimension...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Pyrite, Other
Head of a Saint. Polychromed Wood. 17th Century 'Later Base'
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint head. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 17th century.
Head made of carved and polychrome wood of a young man, with curly and tonsured dark hair, who keeps his gaze ...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Antique Head in Alabaster
Located in Marseille, FR
Antique head in alabaster, height 17 cm for a width of 8 cm and a depth of 7 cm, mounted on a revolving base, indefinite period.
Additional information...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Early 18th Century Terracotta Fragment
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Italian early 18th century terracotta fragment of an face mounted on stand. Ca 1690 - 1710 Italy.
Measurements with stand H 15 W 9 D 6.6 cm.
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Calcite on Amethyst cluster From Uruguay
Located in New York, NY
From San Eugenio, Artigas Dept., Uruguay
Large 6'' sharp scalenohedral crystal of Calcite centered on matrix of grape purple translucent to transparent top-quality Uruguayan Amethyst...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Other
18th Century Italian Carved Wood and Polychromed Figure Depicting Baby Jesus
Located in North Miami, FL
Presenting an extraordinary 18th-century Italian carved wood and polychromed figure, capturing the tender image of baby Jesus in a standing posture, gracefully perched upon an intric...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cerberus, Italy, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Cerberus
Black painted stone
Italy, 17th century
Measures: 80 x 69 x 36cm
(one head missing)
Cerberus, cruel monster, fierce and strange,
Through his wide threefold throat barks as a dog
Over the multitude immers'd beneath.
His eyes glare crimson, black his unctuous beard,
His belly large, and claw'd the hands, with which
He tears the spirits, flays them, and their limbs
Piecemeal disparts (Dante, Inferno, Canto VI).
Cerberus figure seated, in his role of ferocious guardian of the underworld; he shows a nervous musculature, an adherent skin which reveals the ribs, long and robust limbs; his heads are broad and the eyes set well apart.
Painted in black to amplify his menacing look, the infernal guardian is depicted with his famous attributes, writhing his heads, growling and barking furiously.
Cerberus, in Greek mythology, was the monstrous watchdog of the underworld – also known as the “hound of Hades” – preventing the dead from leaving, and making sure that those who entered never left.
A child of Typhon and Echidna, he was part of a monstrous family, which included Orthus, the Lernaean Hydra, and the Chimaera as well. Only on three occasions Cerberus was tricked by visitors of Hades: Heracles did it with his strength, Orpheus with his music.
In "The Inferno", Dante places Cerberus as the guardian of the third circle of Hell. With his three mouths, Dante saw Cerberus as a beast that was synonymous with the sin of Gluttony. Virgil gets past the monster by throwing mud in his three mouths, temporarily choking him.
Very rare are the representations of Cerberus in ancient statuary...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Gem Apophyllite Mineral From, India
Located in New York, NY
Gem Apophyllite from Pashan Hill Quarry, Poona District, Maharashtra, India.
Lustrous transparent bi-colored apophyllite crystals long with translucent pink stilbite crystals in a...
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Wulfenite Mineral Crystal from China (1.33 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
From Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China
Lustrous translucent orange bladed wulfenite crystals covering the gray matrix. The wul...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Azurite with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
From Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
This specimen has lustrous rich blue wedge-shaped azurite crystals inter-grown partially covering one side of its white clay-rich matrix...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Blue Barite From Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, L'Oriental Region, Morocco.
Here is a superb incredible new blue Barite that have been discovered this p...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
scultura lignea 18 secolo madonna con bambino policroma - sculpture - wood
Located in Milano, MI
Periodo 1700
Paese di produzione italia
Stato Molto buono
Materiale legno
Colore policroma
Larghezza 16 cm
Profondità 9 cm
Altezza 27 cm
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Venetian Porcelain Commedia Dell 'Arte Sculpture "Pantalone" 'Pantaloon'
Located in Doha, QA
Pantalone (Pantaloon) is one of the most important characters in Commedia dell’arte -Italian Comedy which was very popular form of a professional theatre, started in Italy and rotate...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Reliefs in Marble Représenting the Virgin Mary and Christ after GIRARDON
By François Girardon
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Rare pair of white marble médallions, first part of the 18th century, after François Girardon (1628-1715)
The original model for these two profiles of the Virgin and Christ dates from 1691. These works were created to adorn the marble high altar...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pyrite on Quartz from Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China
Located in New York, NY
From Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China.
Large metallic mirror luster intergrown cubes of golden pyrite on quartz and pyrite enriched matrix lined with tabular translucent quartz cr...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Pyrite, Other
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.
Transparent 3D cubic formation of bi colored purple fluorite with gem yellow core. Bright vibrant core w...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Malachite and Chrysocolla From Democratic Republic of the Congo
Located in New York, NY
Malachite and Chrysocolla from Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).
Large polished free form botryoidal specim...
Category
Congolese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Quartz Var. Grape Agate from Indonesia
Located in New York, NY
From near Pantai Manakarra, Mamuju, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Double-sided cluster of translucent grape purple quartz agate in spherical formations with a radial internal structure and are found in cavities in pillow basalt. Also known as Grape Agate...
Category
Indonesian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Quartz, Other
Antique Enthroned Virgin Mary and Child
Located in Doha, QA
This extraordinary museum piece Enthroned Virgin Mary with the child on her lap comes from the Rhone region in France. The saint symbol and protector ...
Category
French Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Set of Three 14th or 15th Century Ceramic Fertility Figures from Thailand
Located in Yonkers, NY
A set of three Thai ceramic fertility figures from the 14th or 15th century. Created in Thailand during the 14th or 15th century, this set of petite ...
Category
Thai Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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