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Calcite on Dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
CALCITE ON DIOPTASE
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
13 cm tall x 14 cm wide
The mine we now call Tsumeb is a place like no other. First acquired and mined by German inv...
Category
Namibian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Pyrite Suns with White Fossil Ferns in a Black Slate Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pyrite Suns with white fossil fern in a black slate matrix. Found 300 feet deep in coal mines in a narrow seam of shale lying on top of the coal vein. Resea...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Pyrite
18th Century Antique Bronze Statue of Athena
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An Italian 18th century antique bronze statue of Athena ex. private collection. Over 240 years old, this striking bronze depiction of Athena is ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Gruppo di scimmie in legno intagliato. Lombardia, seconda metà del XVIII secolo
Located in Milano, IT
Gruppo di quattro scimmie in legno di tiglio finemente intagliato e patinato scuro. I primati, rappresentati con dovizia di particolari anatomici, assumono pose singolari che le rend...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Impressive Antique Lifesize Immaculata Religious Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning antique 4 foot tall Immaculata (Bestows Good Fortune) Santos figure with glass eyes from Pamplona, Spain. Missing one hand and beautifully done! #5730
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
12C Vishnu Dark Grey Sandstone Carving
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING piece of Indian Antiquity from the 12th Century, namely, a Vishnu Dark Grey Sandstone Carving.
From Central India.
This piece has impeccable Provenance !
It ...
Category
Indian Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Basalt Portrait Medallion, Tiberius Augustus, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine large self-framing portrait medallion of the Emperor Tiberius Augustus, second emperor of Rome.
Unmarked, as were many of these medallions.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Moldavite From the Czech Republic // 1.21 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This genuine moldavite in stellar condition offers a luminous green color and fascinating natural texture, making it an overall great specimen. Moldavite is one of the most sought af...
Category
Czech Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Pair of 18th Century Giltwood Altar Ornaments from Italy (34 inches tall)
Located in Dallas, TX
Part of a larger installation from the 1700s, this pair of Italian giltwood altar ornaments are roughly 34 inches tall. Foliate in nature, the l...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Metal
18th Century Polychrome Wood Italian Antique Sculpture Christ Crucified, 1720
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian sculpture from the first half of the 18th century. Painted and gilded polychrome wooden work, of excellent quality and with a beautiful patina. Crucified Christ of im...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair Small 17/ Century French Weathered Carved Oak Head Ornaments
Located in Buisson, FR
Pair of wonderful weathered oak head ornaments. They most likely once adorned a piece of furniture
France circa 1650
Weathered.
Measurements are individual and include the wooden ped...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Early 16th century bust of Saint Barbara, School of Troyes, Champagne
Located in PARIS, FR
Bust of Saint Barbara
School of Troyes, Champagne
Circa 1520-1530
Partially polychrome limestone
h. 13 in., w. 12.6 in., d. 9.84 in.
This remarkable stone sculpture belongs to the traditional Champagne repertoire from the first third of the 16th century. Saint Barbara is one of the most venerated saints in Champagne during the Renaissance. The very small corpus of saints sculpted in the region during the Renaissance only includes Saints Marguerite or Savine, or anonymous saints, and is mainly dominated by numerous Saints Beards.
In the guise of a sweet and kind young girl, the Saint has an oval face with a high domed forehead, almond-shaped eyes with modestly lowered eyelids.
The long, wavy middle-parted locks of hair flow down either side of her shoulders. A beaded crown sits atop her slightly inclined head. She is dressed in a dress with a square neckline and an open coat covering the shoulders.
The tower, symbol of suffering, which serves as an attribute of the young martyr, is in the form of a dovecote tower in cut stone with a conical roof covered with flat tiles, pierced by a dormer window and equipped with a large arched door .
As an essential attribute, the integrity of the tower displaying the door at its base indicates that our sculpture, although executed as a bust, could in no way constitute a fragment of a larger statue.
The work of a talented anonymous sculptor from the Troyes region, our Saint Barbara with a delicate face and meditative expression reveals all her inner grace and arouses emotion and offer a feeling of benevolence. The essential effects that the artists sought to transmit through their artistic creations, but above all spiritual.
Saint Barbara
There is no certain historical data on Barbara who probably died a martyr at the beginning of the 4th century. However, its story is located in Turkey during the persecutions of Maximilian. The figure of the saint became legendary following the compilation of the acts of her life in the 7th century and the subsequent publication of “The Golden Legend...
Category
French Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Very Large Oak Winged Angel, 17th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Very large scale winged angel (1.63 m high), on a sculpted sphere in the round, probably part of an altarpiece?
The whole, imposing in size, nevertheless gives an impression of light...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Oak
18th Century Italian Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and detailed reliquary holder with its original gilding,
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
17th Century Carved Giltwood Eagle Bird of Prey Sculpture
Located in Lincoln, GB
Northern Italian, 17th Century Giltwood Eagle
Hand Carved wooden eagle bird of prey
Gilded and painted over Gesso
Eagles symbolise strengt...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Cross with Tangerine Crystals on a Crystal Cluster Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian cross adorned with tangerine quartz crystals on a tangerine quartz and crystal cluster base. The crucifix originally came from a church in Tuscany. The crystal quartz points replicate the original sunrays or halo around the cross.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the piece and the period shows that the Italian cross is originally 18th century.
The 18th century Italian cross has been preserved and transformed into a figurative, contemporary work of art. With the combination of the precious minerals, the church artifact...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz
Tree Agate Sculpture on Stand, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian tree agate mounted on stand
"Tree agate is also known as dendritic agate. Dendrites are crystal inclusions
that develop in foliage or tree branch-like patterns."
"Tree-...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate
17th Spanish Sculpture in Carved Silver Gild Wood Saint Michel, Castilia
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind Baroque Spanish St Michel sculpture. A museum piece !!
The artistic imprint shows the typical Castilian traces in the conception and interpretation of the subject. This allows us to frame the attribution to a close circle of the stela left by Gregorio Fernández (1576-1636) in the very recognized Castilian circle.
The artist responsible for the creation of this magnificent carving has undoubtedly been trained in the footsteps of Fernández in the Castilian Baroque context. He powerfully remembers the Archangel San Miguel preserved in the reliquary of the Church of San Miguel de Valladolid; belonging to the first third of the seventeenth century.
Both carvings show great parallels in the spatial conception, in the configuration of the cloths...
Category
Albanian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Pair of 18th Century Italian Hand Carved Wooden Architectural Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful weathered 18th Century Italian carved wood architectural fragment. Large pair of two men, one reading a book, one holding a cross. Very good condition.
Category
Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Iron Ballerina Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of ballerina sculptures. Made out of Iron with a bronze finish.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
17th Century Italy Sculpture Stone Lion Holding a Monkey
Located in Epfach, DE
17th Century sculpture stone lion holding a monkey.
This very decorative Piece was once built into a building as a striking focal point. The depictio...
Category
Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Element of Gothic Architecture, France or Flanders, 15th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Element of gothic architecture
France or Flanders, 15th century
Measures: 48 x 50 x 17 cm
This element of limestone architecture representing two angels above a Gothic pointed arch, was probably the crowning of a stone tabernacle.
Dressed in an alb tightened at the waist by a belt, the angels keep in their hands the instruments of passion: the crown of thorns, the ladder to descend from the cross...
Category
French Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Amethyst Purple Druze Quartz with Calcite Formation
Located in London, GB
This delightful mineral sculpture has an unusual shape, formed of an almost complete geode, whose frontal portion wraps around like an arm, protecting the attractive “calcite” formation at its centre.
The calcite is very clear and allows us to see the beautiful combination of colours behind. The edges are polished, revealing a vibrant combination of grey-blue agate, green celadonite, red-pink jasper...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Chinese Gilt Soldier Figurine, c. 1700
Located in Chicago, IL
Lavishly pigmented and carved with intricate detail, this gilt figurine was originally a decorative element from an ornate bed surround. The petite figurine...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Monumental Stone Capital Decorated with Coat of Arms, France, 15th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Monumental stone capital carved in high relief with foliage and a central coat of arms.
France, 15th century
34 x 49 x 47 cm
Provenance : Georges Demotte collection, then André Macé, see the photo taken by Demotte in his workshop around 1930.
The foliage that surrounds the central ecu with the details of the stems, ribs and lobes shows a naturalistic attention characteristic of 15th century ornamental carving.
This large capital with vegetable decoration was made during the 15th century in France, probably for a castle as it suggests the presence of the central shield, originally painted and gilded.
The work reveals the exceptional virtuosity of Gothic sculptors who tried giving the illusion of the flexibility of stems and leaves. The kale, which here surrounds the central shield, is a plant characteristic of the exuberance of the flora of the Flamboyant Gothic.
This beautiful capital comes from the collection of Georges Joseph Demotte (1877-1923) famous art dealer of Belgian origin specialized in Medieval...
Category
French Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Italian Late Renaissance Bronze Perseus, First Third of the 17th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Perseus (or Mars?)
Padua, first half of the 17th century
follower of Tiziano Aspetti (Padua, 1559 - Pisa, 1607)
bronze with dark patina
State of conservation: the dark patina cov...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Azurite on Custom Made Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
Azurite is a copper carbonate, usually found in combination with other copper minerals such as its much better known green brother malachite.
The mineral is full blue in color and is virtually opaque with a silky sheen.
Azurite usually forms in oxidation zones of copper deposits, where secondary to malachite other minerals such as chrysocolla and naturally solid copper can...
Category
Congolese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Agate Slice on Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
The slice is 2cm thick.
Agate is a largely translucent and variety of quartz and subvariety of chalcedony.
Agate consists mainly of chalcedony and sometimes in combination with v...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Large 18th Century Wood Carved Statue of "Saint Francis of Assisi"
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare and large 18th century carved religious figure that resembles St. Francis.
159 cm / 62.5 inch tall. Carved in one piece of Balayong wood....
Category
Philippine Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Stunning Unusually Shaped White Quartz with Stalactite Formation
Located in London, GB
A stunning formation of white quartz on a wooden Stand.
This beautiful and delicate piece presents a white quartz formation inside a geode.
Al...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Crystal Center Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a custom steel stand.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz.
The lovely color patterns and banding make this t...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate
Moroccan Crinoid Fossil about 450 Million Years Old
Located in Chicago, IL
Moroccan fossil named Crinoid, which are about 450 million years old. Crinoid fossils, or sea lilies are members of the Echinodermata phylum. Our Crinoi...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Grey Concentric Circles Agate Sculpture on Stand, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Grey Brazilian thick slice of agate mounted on a steel stand.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz.
The lovely color patterns and banding make this tr...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate
15th/16th Century Italian Carved Polychrome Limestone Crest
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an Italian polychrome carved limestone crest architectural element with seven carved diamonds, perhaps from over a doorway or window, probably dating to the 15th or...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Marble
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Model of a King Charles Spaniel, J.J. Kändler
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century Louis XVI period Meissen porcelain model of a King Charles spaniel, blue crossed swords mark, after the model by J.J. Kändler. The spotted dog with mouth open to reve...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
17th Century Polychrome Carved Sculpture of King David Playing the Harp
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Flanders 17th century, King David playing the harp, sculpture in polychromed wood, beautiful patina.
Category
Belgian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Spanish Andalusian Giltwood St Joseph with the Infant Sculpture
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Spanish Andalusian giltwood painted St. Joseph with Baby Jesus figure sculpture.
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Exquisite Pair of 18th Century Italian Angelic Wood Carved Male Figures
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite Italian pair of carved and giltwood angelic male figures from the early 18th century. This pair of antique statues from Italy each ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Big Hand Carved Painted Stag Sculpture in Wood, Early 1800th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A big hand carved painted stag sculpture in wood, early 1800th century. Preowned by a collector. This sculpture are one of a kind.
The stag deer are a symbol of spiritual authority, a deer stag is here depicted in all its magnificent elegance. Wooden Sculpture of a life-size deer stag laying upon a rectangular platform base.
The symbol of the stag:
The deer’s antlers are one of the characteristics that have made it the figure of a spiritual superiority, according to some. Like a crown, the antlers grow beyond its body, bringing it closer to the sky and making it sacred. In many cultures, the deer is a symbol of spiritual authority. During a deer’s life the antlers fall off and grow again and the animal is also a symbol of regeneration.
In the Christian imagination, the deer is a symbol of piety, devotion and of God taking care of his children: men. The legend of Saint Eustace...
Category
Swedish Arts and Crafts Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Hardwood
Torso of Buddha, Kingdom of Ayutthaya, '1350-1767', 17th Century
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Torso of Buddha
Kingdom of Ayutthaya (1350-1767), 17th century.
Carved sandstone, height (including base) 64 cm.
Provenance:
The Sassoon...
Category
Thai Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure of Shantideva, 16th-17th Century, Tibet
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and well cast 16th-17th century Tibetan gilt copper alloy statue of Shantideva, the great 8th century Indian teacher and scholar.
The gilt bronze figure expertly cast, with wonderful detail and rich gilding. The face cold painted gold with polychrome details.
Shantideva sits upon a double lotus pedestal, a Vajra before him, an overflowing kapala skull cup...
Category
Tibetan Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
George III Painted and Carved Wood Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Located in Essex, MA
Painted in a light blue and light maroon red.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Monumental Burmese Ava Style Marble Head of the Buddha, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large carved, lacquered and gilt Ava style marble head of the Buddha, Burma (now Myanmar), 17th century.
Originally part of what must have been a monumental Buddha...
Category
Burmese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Marble
18th Century, French Giltwood Decorative Element
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century handmade giltwood decorative element representing a trophy of music in an entourage of flowering branches,
France, circa 1790.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Chinese Cast Bronze Censer of Shoulao Seated on a Deer, Mid Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous and elegant Chinese bronze incense burner cast as of Shoulao, the God of Longevity, portrayed seated on a deer. The Taoist dei...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis Philippe Bronze and Marble Candelabra
Located in Essex, MA
Each with cherub holding a flowering branch, on a white cylindrical marble base with square marble plinth.
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Model of a Horse
Located in Austin, TX
A Chinese Tang dynasty pottery model of a horse. The majestic animal is portrayed standing foursquare on a rectangular plinth, head slightly turned. A saddle and saddle blanket are d...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
17th century Louis XIV Stone Sculpture of Playing Children
Located in Troy, NY
Important and very charming stone group of one child watching over his sleeping companion, in the spirit of the "Marmousets" along the "Allee d'Eau" and th...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
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