Gilt Sculptures

A Large and Impressive Continental 19th Century Patinated Bronze and Giltwood Carved Crucifix Former property of Siegfried & Roy, the renown German...

This young sexy nude girl sitting on a little stool and holding a wine was originally an atomizer. The remnants of the rubber perfume container is under her chair. You would squeeze...

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...

A pair of classic decorative Bust statues. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of a kind of metal, we think its gilded bronze. Very decorative and nice to display...

Marble and gilt bronze Orientalist sculpture by Hautot French, Early 20th Century Figure: Height 60cm, width 20cm, depth 18cm Base: Height 12.5cm, width 30cm, depth 30cm Overall: Hei...

Beautiful miniature bust of an elegant young woman. France, circa 1900. High quality workmanship gilded bronze on a marble base. Signed "Eug.Hannoteau" by the French artist and sc...

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...

An antique French gold gilt bronze male 'putti' figure sculpture atop a marble column, Belle Epoque design period, circa late-19th century, France. A substantial patinated gold gilt ...

A fine vintage German porcelain figurine. Designed by Lore Friedrich-Gronau for Rosenthal. In the form of an elegant woman in a strapless white dress and jewelry. Marked the base ...

A Pair of Artistically created birds for table decor, silver-plated roosters - ideal for a coffee table or bookends. These figures are Classic Hollywood Regency! They are each unique...

Ananda is portrayed in a typical fashion, as a youthful monk with a shaved head and dressed in simple robes. He stands upon a double lotus pedestal with hands clasped in front of him...

A striking Japanese late Muromachi Period (1333-1573) lacquered and giltwood figure of Yakushi Nyorai, the Medicine Buddha, seated upon an elaborate car...

Small antique gilded French bronze bust by Rene de Saint-Marceaux Named and marked E. Polo and dated 1897 This small gilded bronze is a bust of a child signed D. St. Rene for Ren...

Fantastic authentic and antique bronze Buddha from Thailand from the Rattanakosin period, a large specimen gilded with 24 carat gold leaf, circa mid-19th century, this is the Dhyana ...

Wall plate by the Danish designer Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal made of metal wall mounted sheet lacquered in black and gilt with glass faceted frosted Art Glass.Limited edition from ...

Indulge in the captivating allure of our romantic reclining gilt-patinated bronze sculpture by the renowned artist Miguel Fernando Lopez, also know as Milo. This exquisite piece sho...

A large, tall Thai standing carved teak wood Buddha, lacquered and gilt, with hand raised in abhaya mudra, far Northern Thailand or possibly Laos, early 20th century. Near life-siz...

An outstanding and exquisite 17th century French capital to a pilaster. Expertly carved from wood with a wonderful cherub stunningly finished in water g...

Albert ROZE (1861-1952, France) : "The Virgin of Albert" (Virgin of the Basilica of Albert or Our Lady of Brebières) Gilt bronze cast Early cast, signed 'Albt ROZE' Bears the foun...

A Wonderful Gilt & Painted Bronze Sculpture Of Two Women Ballerina Dancers Intertwined On Swivel Base, Titled "Dancing Sisters"

Superb marble and gilt bronze bust representing a young emperor with his robe and laurel wreath. Italy early 20th century, of the Romantic style. Signed A. Fagioli. Dimensions in ...

Pair of candleholder carved and giltwood With multiple glass pieces inlay.

Signed Détrier Charming, intimate group in patinated bronze with golden highlights, depicting a genre scene that is fully in keeping with the 19th-century historicist style, which s...

Cavalier King Charles spaniel gilt porcelain dog. Antique gilt porcelain dog sculpture on conforming white oblong octagonal gilt banded ...

A pair of carved and gilded consoles from the 18th century with their original gilding Height 23 cm, width 20 cm, depth 13 cm, each

An Asian hand carved and gilded seated woman statue from the 19th century, in traditional costume. This 19th-century hand-carved and gilded statue depicts a seated woman wearing a tr...

19th century French Gilt Bronze model of a resting hand, Attributed to Barbedienne. France, Circa 1880s A unique work, realistically cast model of an ormolu of a resting hand on ...

This gilt bronze figure depicts the historic Buddha Shakyamuni in perpetual meditation. Also known as Shaka, Gautama Buddha, or Prince Siddhartha, Shakyamuni embodies the virtues of ...

Pair of 18th century Italian gold-leaf fragment horse head sculptures. The pair is made of 18th century Italian water-gilt fragments mounted on scroll wood bases. The fragments come...

18th century Italian gilded angel (putto) mounted with a calcite crystal formation with sphalerite.  The gilded and hand-carved angel head is originally from a historical church in ...

Pair of antique French bronze appliqués depicting art and music, each one finely cast draped putto one holding an artists palette the other a lute. Art measures: 10.5" H x 6" W Mus...

Mathurin Moreau (1822 - 1912) France. Large pair of bronzes in opposition with rich brown patina. Original 19th century bronze sculptures of Two young girls in a field...

Sculpture Tucano Black all in fine porcelain in matte black finish and with gold luster finishes.

After Clodion (Claude Michel, French, 1738-1814) Figural Group Patinated and Gilt Bronze Sculpture, 19th century, depicting two cherubs playing with a goat, on a white marble base, u...

A beautiful, gilded bronze statue of Padma Sambhav, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism. This statue is very finely made showcasing every detail from top to base, with hand painted facia...

Pair of Mercury Gilded Bronze Plaques with profiles of Saints of Italian origin from the first half of 18th century, a pair of 18th-century gilded plaques, oval shaped composed of two overlapping elements; the cast profile and an embossed foil frame with decoration in the corners. The two parts are made integral by a screw with lock nut welded to the casting. They have beautiful mercury gilding and originally decorated a wrought-iron altar gate...

Crouching faun kneeling on one leg with outstretched arms, holding an apple in his right hand and looking to the side with a smile; opposite him, a naked woman lying on her side in a...

Sterling, Bone, & Semi-Precious Gems Figure of 'St. George & Dragon' Germany, Early 20th Century A meticulously cast and modeled Medieval / Renaissance Figure of St. George Slaying the Dragon, This figure with a moveable helmet visor, revealing his carved bone face...

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...

An exceptional mid-20th-century Italian Florentine wall plaque depicting a winged cherub (putto), beautifully hand-carved from solid wood and finished in traditional gilt leaf. Craf...

A Fine Pair of French 19th/20th Century Gilt-Bronze Sculptures of "The Marly Horses" (Now turned into lamps) After the original by Guillaume Coustou (French, 1677-1746). The large pair of equestrian bronze sculptures, finished in a gold patina, each depicting rearing horses with their groom, both raised on oval a black slate and Bardiglio marble bases and fitted with modern electrical twin-light brass fittings and cream colored shades. The base on an ebonized wooden platform. Circa: Paris, 1900-1920. Sculpture & Base Height: 31 1/4 inches (79.8 cm) Base Width: 21 3/4 inches (55.3 cm) Base Depth: 12 3/4 inches (32.4 cm) Height to top of (Adjustable) shade fitting: 48 1/4 inches (122.6 cm) Shade Height: 15 inches (38.1 cm) Shade Width: 26 inches (66.1 cm) Shade Depth: 20 inches (50.8 cm) The original Marly Horses are two 1743–1745 Carrara marble sculpted groups by Guillaume Coustou. They were commissioned by Louis XV of France for the trough at the entrance to the grounds of his château de Marly. Coustou's last works, they were intended to replace two other sculpted groups, Mercury on Pegasus and Pegasus, Renown of Horses, both by Antoine Coysevox, which had been removed to the Tuileries Gardens in 1719. Louis XV chose the modellos in 1743 and the full-size sculptures were completed in only two years, being installed at Marly in 1745. They proved highly successful in reproduction, particularly on a smaller scale, and prefigured Théodore Géricault and other Romantic artists' obsession with equestrian subjects. The Marly horses were later also used as the central motif of the monochrome 819-line RTF/ORTF test card which was used on TF1 from 1953 until 1983. The originals were moved to the place de la Concorde in Paris in 1794 and Louis-Denis Caillouette (1790–1868) restored them in 1840. In 1984 it was concluded that the annual military parades on 14 July were damaging the sculptures and they were replaced by marble copies produced by Michel Bourbon in the studio of a subsidiary of Bouygues. The latter also gained the right to an extra copy, which was placed in Bouygues's social building. The original sculptures were moved to a former courtyard in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre Museum, which was renamed the 'cour Marly' in their honour, whilst Bourbon's two main copies were moved to the originals' first site near the trough at Marly, with work overseen by the architect Serge Macel. Guillaume Coustou the Elder (29 November 1677, Lyon – 22 February 1746, Paris) was a French sculptor of the Baroque and Louis XIV style. He was a royal sculptor for Louis XIV and Louis XV and became Director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1735. He is best known for his monumental statues of horses made for the Chateau of Marly, whose replicas now stand in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Coustou was a member of a family of famous sculptors; his uncle, Antoine Coysevox, was a royal sculptor; his elder brother, Nicolas Coustou was a sculptor, and his son Guillaume Coustou the Younger also become a noted royal sculptor. Like his older brother, he won the (Prix de Rome) of the Royal Academy which entitled him to study for four years at the French Academy in Rome. However, he refused to accept the discipline of the academy, gave up his studies, set out to make his own career as an artist. He worked for a time in the atelier of the painter Pierre Legros, and eventually returned to Paris. Upon his return to Paris, he assisted his uncle Coysevox in making two monumental equestrian sculptures, Fame and Mercury, for the Château de Marly, the new residence of Louis XIV near the Palace of Versailles, where he went to escape the crowds and ceremony of the Palace. He later (1740–1745), made his own horses, The Horses of Marly, his most famous works, to replace them. The horses reinvent the theme of the colossal Roman marbles of the Horse Tamers in the Piazza Quirinale, Rome. They were commissioned by Louis XV in 1739 and installed in 1745 at the Abreuvoir ("Horse Trough") at Marly. The horses were considered masterpieces of the grace and expressiveness of the French Late Baroque or Rococo style. After the Revolution they were moved from Marly to the beginning of the Champs-Élysées on the Place de la Concorde. The originals were brought indoors for protection at the Louvre Museum in 1984. In 1704 Coustou was received into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The work he made to mark his entrance was Hercules on the Pyre, now in the Louvre. It displays the special hallmark of the Baroque, a twisting and rising transverse pose, as well as highly skillful carving. He rose to become Director of the academy in 1733. Another of his major works from his later career, the statue of Maria Leszczynska, (1731)is on display at the Louvre. Coustou also created two colossal monuments, The Ocean and the Mediterranean among other sculptures for the park at Marly; the bronze Rhone, which formed part of the statue of Louis XIV at Lyons, and the sculptures at the entrance of the Hôtel des Invalides. Of these latter, the bas-relief representing Louis XIV mounted and accompanied by Justice and Prudence was destroyed during the Revolution, but was restored in 1815 by Pierre Cartellier from Coustou's model; the bronze figures of Mars and Minerva (1733–34), on either side of the doorway, were not interfered with. In 1714 for Marly he collaborated in two marble sculptures representing Apollo Chasing Daphne (both at the Louvre), in which Nicolas Coustou sculpted the Apollo and Guillaume the Daphne. About the same time he was commissioned to produce another running figure in marble, a Hippomenes designed to complement an Atalanta copied from the Antique by Pierre Lepautre...

A vintage Thai ceremonial carved giltwood temple guardian sculpture from the mid-20th century, with gold, black and red patina. Crafted in Thailand during the midcentury period, this...

A large, antique Chinese figure of the Medicine Buddha Bhaishajyaguru made of hand crafted gilded, partly lacquered Tropical wood, in good condition. The sculpture is dressed in a fl...

This extraordinary gilt brass sculpture is a true statement piece, combining artistry and functionality in a bold, innovative design. Inspired by the grandeur of marching bands, the ...

A fine pair of Chinese Chippendale inspired gilded wood wall appliqués, modelled as musician and dancer. Please note we are currently working to a 30-36 week lead time and that this...

20th century pair of gilded bronze sculptures on a circular alabaster base. Two female figures of classic taste, allegories of freedom. Of great refinement and high artistic quality.

BASE: 44"W X 30"D X 31"H BUDDHA: 62"H X 36"L X 22"D Seated Mountain Burmese buddha from a monastery in Northern Burma finished with papier mâché, lacquer and gilt accents. This uni...

Large and amazing work museum quality of lighting Art. The first owner of this incredible piece of lighting art must have been one of the wealthiest people in town, because this qua...

Beautiful and exceptionally rare pair of bronze sculptures with a magnificent gilding, France early 20th century. Signature on the base of each sculpture "G. Flamand". By the artis...

Bisque porcelain horse head bust on a Sèvres style base by Chamart, signed Beccafichi, France, late 20th century. A stunning sculpture displaying a gentle expression and wind-swept ...

Decorative carved wood ebonised and gilded figures by Thomas Hope. Originally made as a pair and placed aboard a serving table for decoration only. Please note we are currently work...

Stunning six-light chandelier with eternal flames urrounded by gilt bronze Eagle head sculptures. This unique chandelier is a truly stylish, wel...

Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved brown and gilt angel wing adorned with citrine and quartz crystals and mounted on a polished hematoid slab. The crystal skull is removable...

A fanciful gilt cast stone frog prince. He is croaching on his hind legs, wearing a crown and big smile. A fun addition to your garden or an indoor co...

Pair of 18th-Century Italian Baroque Neapolitan Crèche Figures of Merchant Men in Leather A rare and expressive pair of 18th-century Italian Baroque crèche figures, likely originati...

A Beautiful Little Pair of Antique Belle Epoque Gilt Bronze Cast Ormulu Angel, Cherub Puttis With Glass Posy Vases, Raised Upon a Square Polished Blue John Base, Signed To The Reverse L Kley...

Monumental “The Guy Fawkes Family” Patinated Bronze Sculpture by A. Souer A monumental late twentieth-century Latin American studio bronze, signed A. Souer, The Guy Fawkes Family is...

Vintage Brass Elephant Figurine, Lucky Home Decor Sculpture, Mid-Century Design 15cm. This charming vintage brass elephant figurine cap...

Exceptional gilded bronze and bicolor concentric Agate sculpture called Sarpedon by Georges Braque (1882-1963), inventor of cubism. It is Signed 'Heger de Loewenfeld à Georges Braq...

Polychrome and gilt papier-mâché Religious Madonna and child depicting the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. Figures stand on a gilt rectangular base with painted description by the a...