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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Technique: Gilt
After the Antique Figure of a Discus Thrower
Located in New York, NY
Gilt plaster figure of a discus thrower, after the Ancient Greek "Diskobolos" discus thrower sculpture by Myron. 17.25" H x 12" W x 5.5" D.
Category
20th Century Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze Relief Plaques With Children
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of French 19th century gilt bronze (electrotype technique) relief plaques. Children in backyard farm, garden scene.
Category
Late 19th Century English Belle Époque Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Gold Plate
Large Vintage Nepalese Gilt Bronze Vajrasattva Buddha, Mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive vintage gilt bronze figure of the tantric Buddha Vajrasattva, the Diamond Thunderbolt, mid 20th century, Nepal.
Crafted of cast and richly gilt bronze, Vajrasattva sits in vajrasana, or full lotus position, his torso slightly bent at the waist. He holds an upright vajra scepter in one hand, raised at heart level. His other hand, resting on his hip, would originally have held a a ghanta, or bell, which is now missing.
He is festooned in jewelry, including a five pointed crown, earrings, necklaces and armlets, all studded with coral and turquoise beads. His long hair falling in elegant tresses around his shoulders, the rest tied up in a high chignon topped by a vajra.
Vajrasattva wears a dhoti covering his lower half. The dhoti intricately cast and carved with a scrolling vegetal design, and featuring images from the Ashtamangala, or Eight Auspicious Emblems, including the conch, endless knot, and double fish. Scarves billow out around his arms.
The tantric Buddha sits upon a tall double lotus throne, the back with more intricately cast decorations of dragons and lotus blossoms against dense vegetal scrolls. The base sealed with a dented copper plate inscribed with a visvajra, or double vajra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Bronze / Marble Lion Sculpture Decorative Piece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 20th century Art Nouveau style gilt bronze / black marble base lion sculpture decorative piece. The piece is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. Maker's m...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Small Burmese Shan Tai Yai Bronze Buddha, 18th Century, Burma
Located in Austin, TX
A decidedly charming small cast bronze figure of the Buddha, 18th century, Shan Tai Yai peoples, Burma (Myanmar).
The small image of the Buddha is portraye...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Chinese Carved and Lacquered Buddha, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large and magnificent near life-sized Chinese carved and lacquered wood figure of a Buddha, Qing Dynasty, 19th century or earlier, southern China.
The figure likely represents one of the Five Tathagatas, also known as Dhyani Buddhas or Wisdom Buddhas. More specifically, either Amitabha or Amoghasiddhi. Amitabha is the Buddha of infinite light, and represents the wisdom of observation and recognition. Amoghasiddhi is the Buddha of accomplishment, and represents the wisdom of perfected practices. The size and scale of the Buddha indicates it was made for temple worship.
The large Buddha is portrayed seated in vajrasana, or full lotus position, with the soles of both feet facing up. His elegant hands, with impossibly long and slender fingers, perform shuni mudra, the gesture of bestowing patience. His right arm is bent at the elbow, the right hand raised to heart level. The left arm resting gently in his lap, the left hand at navel level.
The Buddha is dressed in voluminous robes that wrap around his shoulders and body, and tied at the waist. The heavy fabric draping and pooling elegantly all around his robust body. His broad chest and right arm exposed.
The Buddha's face is both solemn and beatific - his expression seeming to change depending on the angle of view. The most notable feature of his face is the large urna to the center of his forehead, set between a pair of painted, high arching brows over heavily lidded almond shaped eyes. A strong nose is set above a small mouth pursed in an ever so slight smile. Long pendulous earlobes touch his shoulders.
The Buddha's hair arranged in the typical fashion, with "spikes" representing tight curls. A prominent ushnisha rises from the crown of his head, covered by more hair, and topped with a rounded protuberance.
The Buddha is constructed from several blocks of wood, joined, carved and lacquered a deep red-brown with gold flecks...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Late 19th Century Gilt and Patina Bronze Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful late 19th century gilt and patina bronze inkwell
Depicting a bronze sleeping cherub lying on a gilt bronze settee, opening up to two ink holders.
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
c. 1800, Carved Chinese Figure
Located in Newport Beach, CA
An elegant, turn-of-the-19th century, hand-carved, fully finished polychrome and parcel gilt statue of a Chinese wise man with a cascading braid beneath a...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Rudolstadt-Volkstedt White Porcelain Gilt Bronze Group of Putti
Located in Berlin, DE
German/Rudolstadt-Volkstedt late 19th century figure group of putti made of biscuit porcelain:
Four putti on landscape round pedestal around a vase pedestal, in moving posture and different states of mind playing with a goat, a sheep, a boar and a calf.
On high rectangular pedestal crater vase with applied flower...
Category
Late 19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Exquisite Art Nouveau Style Bronze Piece / Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Exquisite late 19th century Art Nouveau style gilt bronze decorative vase / piece. The piece is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. Maker's mark inscribed. The ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Gilt Carved Bed Panel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This gilt carved panel began its life as a decorative addition to a 19th-century Chinese cabinet or canopy bed. Set within a mica-encrusted square f...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Paul Philippe, 'Irony’, French Art Deco Gilt Bronze & Marble Sculpture, ca. 1925
Located in New York, NY
About Sculpture
'Irony' is one of several works by the famous French sculptor, Paul Philippe that make up his celebrated series of outstandingly beautiful female nude figures in var...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Gothic Revival Silvered Bronze Crucifix with a Gilt Bronze Corpus Christ
Located in Lisse, NL
Good size and impressive make, Gothic church altar crucifix.
This ornate and all hand-crafted, bronze table crucifix comes with a good quality made a...
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique and Large Hand Carved Wooden Saint Anthony of Padua Statue / Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Finest quality carved statue of Saint Anthony holding the child Jesus.
This rare wooden statue of Saint Anthony and the child Jesus is in ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Revival Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Oil Lamp Featuring a Mathurin Moreau Bronze Statue of a Nymph and Putto
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare bronze statue of na Nymph and a clinging putto by famous French 19 Century sculptor Mathurin Moreau which was custom transformed into an oil lamp. The nymph is is holding al...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Gilt Copper & Cast Iron Full Bodied Rooster Weathervane, circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
American gilt copper and cast iron full bodied rooster weathervane mounted on stand, Late 19th Century
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Iron
E Picault Gilt Bronze Statue Titled "Gratus Animus " or "Gratitiude"
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautifully cast late 19 century French bronze statue by Emile Picault of a classically draped winged maiden on clouds holding a tablet inscribed "La Reconnaissance est La Memoire ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Japanese Gilt Wood Komainu, Guardian Lions, Early 20th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A charming and mischievous pair of Japanese carved, gilt and painted komainu, often mistaken for foo dogs or foo lions, Showa Period, 1920's, Japan.
The two komainu, or guardian lions, are portrayed seated upon their haunches, heads slightly turned. The two beasts are well carved, with wonderful musculature, flowing manes, and bushy tails. Their faces a mix of ferocious and comical. The eyes of reverse painted glass with gilt highlights.
One is a true komainu, (lion-dog), with a horn on its head, and its mouth closed. The other is a shishi, (lion), with its mouth open, and no horn. The komainu sports a mane and tail pigmented blue with gilt highlights. The shishi sports a mane and tail pigmented green with gilt highlights. Both figures richly gilt in gold lacquer.
Komainu are protective beings, similar to foo lions or foo dogs...
Category
1920s Japanese Showa Vintage Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Cypress, Wood
Bronze, 2 Young Children Riding on Sled on Carved White Marble Base ca. 1895
Located in Petaluma, CA
This whimsical little bronze shows 2 young children on a sled riding down a hill of snow and with one youngster waving to us. The bronze is finished in gilt and the sled is mounted o...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Japanese Carved and Lacquered Wood Shogun, Edo Period, 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An unusual Japanese carved wood, lacquer, and gilt decorated portrait sculpture of a shogun, Edo Period, early 19th century, Japan.
The unidentified shogun (possibly Tokugawa Iey...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Museum Quality Pair of Late 19th Century Figural Candelabra by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, 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 to...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
Antique Polychrome and Gilded Wooden Statue, Late 18th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient wooden statue, hand-carved depicting a devotee, with hand-made polychrome and gilded lacquering, built in the late 1700s for a church in Italy.
Size cm W 45 x H 97 x T 27.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fine French Louis XV Rocaille Style Sevres Porcelain Gilt Bronze Ormolu Clock
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning fine quality Napoleon III Second Empire Period (1852-1870) doré bronze (gilt bronze ormolu) shelf clock with signed Japy Freres eight-day time and strike movement.
Born in Paris, France in the third quarter of the 19th century, exceptionally executed in luxurious 18th century Louis XV Rocaille taste, the curvacious sculptural case...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Important Pair of Belle Epoque Ormolu Candelabras w Frog Sculptures by H. Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in Lisse, NL
Truly unique pair of gilt bronze table candelabras by Henri Picard of Paris, France.
These amazingly sculptural antique candelabras for more than one reason have the wow factor. First of all, they are made by one of the most famous and celebrated metal workers and 'fondeurs' of mid 19th century Paris. This artisan was commissioned by many important 'patrons', but Henri Picard’s most notable achievement was to supply Napoleon 3rd with various decorative antiques, some of which are still in the State Apartment of the Louvre Museum. The second reason why these candelabras are in a league of their own is the subject matter. Almost all Belle Epoque antiques have classical-world subject matters, but this pair clearly is different and it is this difference that makes this pair even more unique and remarkable. It is almost as if Henri Picard had already caught a glimpse of what was to come three or four decades later. We say so, because the subject matter (with animals and lotus or lily leafs and their organic design) is almost Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts in style. At the base of each of these candelabras are three endearing frog sculptures crouching under lotus leafs. A little further up the stem are a snail, a fly and a beetle sculpture, three creatures that regularly are on the frogs menu. And with the importance of frogs in French culture these candelabras also are of cultural historical significance. The third reason why we believe these works of art are of museum quality are the details. Besides the amphibian, mollusk and insects sculptures, you simply cannot overlook the remarkable details in the leafs, the branches and the floral decorations. They are of a quality and beauty that will make people want to stop, to look at and to study them. Like they would in a museum. Even all the original and removable bobeches AND the two bronze candle extinguishers...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Thai Gilt Bronze Buddha Marvijaya, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century, Thailand
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Thai lacquered and gilt cast bronze figure of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, portrayed in Maravijaya, Rattanakosin Period, early to mid 19th century, Thailand.
The B...
Category
Mid-19th Century Thai Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Classical Gilt Metal Portrait Sculpture, Grecian Woman, c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Classical portrait sculpture offers gilt cast metal figure of a Grecian woman with horn and pheasant, c1890
Measures - 8.5''H x 8.25''W x 3.5''D.
Catalogue Note: Ask abo...
Category
Late 19th Century Classical Greek Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mounted Full Bodied Gilt Horse Weathervane
Located in New York, NY
Mounted full bodied gilt horse weathervane
Measures approximately: 33" X 4" X 21.5"
Weighs approximately: 9 lbs.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Gold
Mid-19th Century French Carved Giltwood and Polychromed Virgin Mary Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful, antique sculpture of the Virgin Mary in prayers was created in Pyrenees of France, circa 1860. Embellished with gold leaf and polychrome finish, the Classic religious...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Over Life-Size Tibetan Gilt Bronze Arm of a Bodhisattva, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive larger than life-size cast and gilt bronze left hand and arm of a bodhisattva, late 19th century or earlier, Tibet.
The over-sized arm and hand of graceful proportions. The arm tapering down to a slender wrist embellished with a simple bracelet hiding the join between the hand and arm. The hand and arm richly gilt. The join to the elbow visible and exposed.
The hand heavily cast, with nice detail to the fingernails and cuticles. The palm with simple incised lines. The hand, with the pointer and pinky fingers raised, and the middle and ring finger folded down touching the thumb, performs the gesture known as karana mudra, the gesture of dispelling evil. (Here in Texas we refer to this gesture as "Hook'em Horns!")
Karana mudra is often associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, known in Tibet as Chenrezig, and in China as Guanyin.
The hand and arm would originally have been part of a much larger sculpture. Unfortunately many Tibetan Buddhist sculptures...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Malabar Man on a Rhinoceros
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic 19th century Meissen Porcelain orientalist/Turkish figure of a Malabar Man seated on a rhinoceros. This is a rare and beautiful group made by...
Category
19th Century German Chinoiserie Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French 1890s Gilded Zinc Horse Head Sculpture with Angular Traits and Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French gilded zinc horse head sculpture from the late 19th century, with stylized character and distressed patina. Created in France during the last decade of the 19th century, thi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Zinc
19th Century Meissen Group of Calvary General Mikhail Kutuzov with Aide de Camp
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th century Meissen porcelain Group of Russian Calvary General, believed to be Mikhail Kutuzov, the hero of Borodino, with aide de camp, marked with the Meissen underglaze blue crossed swords, and incised and impressed with numbers. While Russia endured great hardships during Napoleon's invasion, it was the skill of her general's and a terrible Russian winter...
Category
1880s German Empire Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Highly Detailed Cast Antique Military Figures with Gilt Accents
Located in Dallas, TX
This impressive pair of highly detailed antique military figures were cast in France, circa 1890. Both soldiers stand in a classical pose known as con...
Category
1890s French Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Monumental Gold Leaf Sculpture of an Angel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental gold leaf sculpture of an angel
Grand Tour style, made of gold leaf lacquer over fiberglass-reinforced resin
The statue measures 94"...
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Wood, Lacquer
Pair of 19th Century French Spelter and Bronze Boy Figurative Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a console or a buffet with these spelter decorative figurines. Crafted in France circa 1880 and resting on bronze dore bases ending with scrolled feet, these cheerful spelte...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Spelter
Chinese Qing Dynasty Lacquered Wood Guanyin, 18th Century, Southern China
Located in Austin, TX
A Chinese early Qing Dynasty carved and lacquered wood figure of Guanyin, Southern China, 17th/18th century.
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and Mercy, is portrayed seated in dhyanasana, one hand raised in viktara mudra, the gesture of teaching and discourse.
The great bodhisattva is dressed in heavy, loose robes tied at the chest, with a mantle draped over his shoulders. He looks serenely outwards from heavily lidded eyes. Guanyin's face carved beautifully with somewhat feminine features. A large five pointed crown sits upon his head. The larger leaves of the crown carved with indistinct images of the Buddha.
The statue was originally fully lacquered in the deep red gilt lacquer typical of Southern Chinese Buddhist sculpture...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Tibetan Gilt Silver Ceramic Buddha Head Sculpture 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Tibetan bust offers silver gilt ceramic bust of Buddha, 20th century
Measures - 13''H x 8''W x 8.5''D.
Catalogue Note: Ask about DISCOUNTED DELIVERY RATES available to most regio...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Silver
After Gaston Leroux French 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of Rebecca
By Gaston Veuvenot Leroux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century orientalist silvered and gilt patinated bronze sculpture of "Rebecca" with a plaque that reads "Jeune Fille Arabe" (A Young Arab Girl - Water-Carrier)...
Category
Early 1900s French Greco Roman Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze & Marble Cherubs on Bases
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, late 19th to early 20th century. Pair of gilt bronze cupid mantel statuettes, one with bow drawn and one removing an arrow, on white marble plinths...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century, Pair of French Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Sculptures Sphinxe
Located in IT
19th century, Pair of French Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Sculptures Sphinxes
This pair of decorative elements was made in F...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Running Horse Weathervane on Display Stand
By L. W. Cushing & Sons
Located in Atlanta, GA
A weathervane in the form of a running horse, that was likely modeled after "Dexter" circa late 19th century on a custom display stand. The full body molded horse has a gilt surface ...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Copper
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 Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Gilt Brocade Ball Fragment, c. 1870
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-carved wooden fragment was originally a decorative element of ornate Qing-dynasty furniture or architecture. Colored by gilt pigments over an underlayer of red lacquer, the fragment depicts a silk brocade ball, commonly depicted alongside fu dog lions to symbolize high rank or power. The embroidered ball is flanked by chrysanthemum blossoms and tied with a long flowing ribbon, a sign of longevity. Elevated by a custom steel display mount, the storied fragment adds bright color and iridescence to a bookcase or table arrangement...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Gilt Bronze Boy On Marble Shell With Crab
Located in Norwood, NJ
White Carrara marble carved sea shell with gilt bronze child reaching for a patinated bronze crab. Wonderful ring tray for bedside or even a soap dish. Or just a whimsical tabletop s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Horse Weathervane with Gilt Surface on Display Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A trotting horse weathervane likely modeled after "Ethan Allen" with its original mount and displayed on a custom stand in a slightly upslop...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Antique & Matching Pair of Empire Style, Gilt Bronze Eagle Sculpture Chandeliers
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning pair of pendant lights with eagle head sculptures and more.
If you are looking for truly stylish, well proportioned and top quality mad...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Istvan Toth Sculpture
By Istvan Toth
Located in Pasadena, CA
Istvan Toth was a Hungarian artist who lived and worked in the Hollywood Hills from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Signed and dated 1989.
The sculpture is made of gilded resin and rest...
Category
Late 20th Century American Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood
Mid-Century White Palm Tree Table Lamp by Hans Kögl, 1970s
By Hans Kögl
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous palm tree table lamp in white color by Hans Kögl (Koegl) with three small light sockets.
Made in Italy.
Wonderful eye-catcher in any Boho and Hollywood Regency style inter...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Metal
French Antique Bronze "La Renommée" 'Fame' by Alexandre Falguiere & Susse
Located in Shippensburg, PA
"LA RENOMMÉE" (FAME) AFTER MODEL BY JEAN-ALEXANDRE-JOSEPH FALGUIÈRE (FRENCH, 1831-1900)
Patinated bronze; cast by Susse Freres; stamped "Copyright by Susse... J.H." and signed with f...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Napoleon III Marble Inkwell Moses by Michelangelo
Located in Paris, FR
19th century black marble inkwell surmounted by a patinated bronze statue featuring Moses by Michelangelo. The statue of Moses, commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Burmese Carved Hardwood Crowned Buddha Seated in Western Pose, Mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Burmese carved, lacquered and gilt hardwood crowned Buddha seated in a "western pose", early to mid 20th century, Burma (Myanmar).
The elegant and graceful Buddha is portrayed wearing an elaborate six pointed crown with two large "wings" to the side, and a simple robe wrapped around the body and draped over one shoulder. He is seated upon a high stepped throne, his feet resting upon a double lotus pedestal.
The Buddha's face is serene. He stares out in the distance calmly, with eyes slightly downcast, and a slight smile on his face. His long, pendulous earlobes blend in with the wings of the elaborate crown upon his head. A lotus bud finial would originally have surmounted the head, but is now missing. He holds one hand in his lap, palm up in a meditative gesture. His other hand rests gently on his knee.
This pose, with the Buddha seated upon a raised throne, with both legs planted on the floor, is often referred to as a "western pose". The pose is most often associated with the Bodhisattva Maitreya...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
French Gilt Bronze Sculpture of Seated Monkeys
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French gilt bronze sculpture of seated monkeys, nicely detailed, two expressive sitting primates, attached to an oval bloodstone marble ba...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand Art Deco Marble Table or Mantel Clock Set w. Gilt Brass, Bronze and Onyx
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning marble clock with gilt wine leafs, grape bunch and more.
To us, this French antique clock epitomizes everything the Art Deco period st...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass, Bronze
"The Mourning of Orpheus, " Rare Gilded Bronze by Strindberg w/ Nude Male & Lyre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted by Tore Strindberg, one of Sweden's leading sculptors in the early 20th century, and sensitively cast and gilded by the Otto Meyers fou...
Category
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Gilt Bronze & Brass Chandelier with Lion Sculptures and Art Glass Shade
Located in Lisse, NL
Late 1800s French work-of-art light fixture.
This unique and stately pendant from the late 1800s is another one of those exceptional examples that breathes the quality and beauty of...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Edo Period 19th Century Japanese Gilt Wood Standing Amida Buddha
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lacquered and gilded 19th century Edo period Amida Buddha deity. Shown standing with hands in the Amida mudra , the robes draped in folds across the tor...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Dore Bronze Female Swimmer by George Omerth, 1895-1925
Located in Fairfax, VA
Dore bronze of a female figure in swimwear standing an marble by George Omerth.
Category
Early 20th Century European Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Philippe Cheverny Gilded Abstract Sculpture, Circa 1970
Located in London, GB
A beautiful abstract gilded metal sculpture by Philippe Cheverny in the form of a gold nugget on a brass stand.
These were made by pouring molten metal into free form shapes before...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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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.
Misha Kahn Is the Millennial Maker for Our Anxious Times
The Study catches up with the Brooklyn designer as he prepares for his second solo show at Friedman Benda.