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Elephants Black Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture elephants black with all structure in
porcelain in black matte and shiny gold finish.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$2,211 / item
Art Deco Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Macaw Parrot Porcelain Bird Figure
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Deco tall Italian animal Figurine Ceramic Parrot Macaw on a tree trunk
Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed
Design: Cacciapuoti style...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Painted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
Adorable and Therapeutic Musical Clown Automaton Figure Toy French
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality therapeutic musical automaton clown toy in wonderful vintage working condition.
Features porcelain head, hands and feet.
Made in France circa...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Painted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$550 Sale Price
44% Off
Orientalist Cold Painted Vienna Bronze, Man in Prayer on Rug, Bergmann Signature
Located in Petaluma, CA
This Vienna bronze clearly shows off the quality of the Bergmann Foundry. The detailing is top grade and the cold painting is exceptional. Please note how carefully the man's clothi...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Painted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Cross with Kyanite, Calcite Crystals, and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix with gold-plated kyanite, calcite crystals in matrix, and baroque pearls. The crucifix is originally from a church in Liguria. It is hand-carved and pai...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf
A Senufo Sculpture of Two Birds
Located in CA, CA
A wooden sculpture of two stylised black and white casqued Hornbill, likely originating from the Senufo people of the Ivory coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso.
The circular base suggest...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Painted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Pedal Car Fire Truck
Located in Chicago, IL
Vibrant, sleek and full of character, this vintage pedal car was once the prized possession of children all across America. A popular toy since the late 19th century, pedal cars expe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Painted Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Large 20" Mid-20th Century Italian Majolica Lemon Topiary Centerpiece
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely large 20" Mid-Century Italian majolica basket of lemons topiary centerpiece. No maker's mark. Freshen up your kitchen or breakfast room with this charming hand painted arran...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Painted Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Gilded Peacock Sculpture in Porcelain and Crystal
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture gilded peacock handmade in precious porcelain
one by one, feather by feather. Each feather is unique. Made
with shiny porcelain, hand-painted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Painted Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Lladro Retired Serious Clown with Guitar by Salvador Furio
By Lladro
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning and rare Lladro retired serious clown with guitar by Salvador Furio.
This is titled "Serious Clown with Guitar' and was sculpted by Salvador F...
Category
20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Leopard Figure Samuel Alcock & Co. Circa 1835
Located in Katonah, NY
This antique porcelain figure of a leopard is small but ferocius.
It is modeled grappling with a piece of meat in its jaws while recumbent on a rocky base that is picked out in green...
Category
1830s English Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Biomorphic XL by Studio Chora, Pair of Table Lamps, Black Resin, Handcrafted
By Studio Chora
Located in Albuquerque, NM
Designed by Studio Chora, 2024.
Biomorphic: ‘bios' meaning life and 'morphe' meaning form.
Sold as a pair. The Biomorphic series of organic light sculptures are one-of-a-kind a...
Category
2010s American Expressionist Painted Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Cement
Midcentury Ceramic Porcelain Decorative Horse Sculpture, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic, very good original vintage condition. No damages or cracks. Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture. Horse sculpture was produced in England. Only one item available.
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Painted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$114 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Staffordshire Unique Black & White Spaniel with Separated Foot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Staffordshire Unique Black & White Spaniel with Separated Foot
England, Circa 1860s
This distinctive 19th-century Staffordshire black-and-white spaniel figure, made in...
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Art Deco Bronze Sculpture "Scarf Dancer" by Josef Lorenzl
Located in London, GB
An attractive early 20th Century Art Deco cold painted silver and red enamel bronze figure of a young energetic beauty in a dancing pose with a scarf draped around her midriff. The b...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Painted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bee
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain creation depicting a bee, part of the Awesome Insects collection. A surprising decorative design. The pollinizing species par excellence, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$1,600 / item
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Fragment with a Fossil Shell on Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca fragment candlestick with a fossil shell and wulfenite on a polished calcite base.
The fragment was originally p...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
$521 Sale Price
25% Off
Big Cat Sculpture Ceramic Gold Painted or Black or White or Leopard
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture big cat in ceramic with gold leaf painting.
Also available in ceramic integral black or in integral white
finish. Gold Leaf Finish, price 1850,00€
Also available in white ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Painted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Greco Roman Style Bust of a Spartan Soldier on Black Wooden Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
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...
Category
20th Century Greco Roman Painted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
18th Century English Georgian Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Pine, Paint
$12,500 / set
Moroccan Decorative Cat Sculpture Handbuilt and Handpainted by Potter Houda
Located in Marseille, FR
- Hand built decorative cat sculpture
- made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings.
- decorative motifs painted with a goat hair brush made b...
Category
2010s Moroccan Folk Art Painted Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Earthenware
Zebra Candleholder Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture candleholder zebra all hand
painted, in white porcelain with brass details.
Candleholder part on the top in solid
brass and with hand-painted porcelain.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Painted Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$1,733 / item
Wharton Esherick Important Sofa
Located in Chicago, IL
Wharton Esherick important sofa for Lawrence and Alice Seiver.
We are pleased to offer this exceptional item, the epitome of the Americ...
Category
1950s American American Craftsman Vintage Painted Sculptures
Materials
Poplar, Tulipwood, Walnut
$180,000
California Studio Abstract Hanging Sculpture 1980s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This abstract sculpture was made in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. It was handcrafted and hand-painted by an artist. The sculpture is made of foam, a metal spoon, a metal fau...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Painted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of Daprato Studios Kneeling Angel Statues, c. 1910
By Daprato Rigali Studios
Located in High Point, NC
These stunning angel sculptures are sold as a pair. They were originally placed on an church altar, with one facing left and the other facing right. With their detailed facial features and sweeping wings, they are truly captivating works of art. They were designed by Daprato Statuary Company in the 1910’s. Daprato Statuary Company was founded in 1860 in Chicago by four brothers, who were statue-makers from Barga, Italy. By the 1890’s, the company had grown to be a worldwide ecclesiastical art...
Category
1910s American Vintage Painted Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Pine
Herend Porcelain Hand Painted Large Rabbit
By Herend
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Herend porcelain hand painted large rabbit that is sitting up above an asymmetrical oval white rock decorated with blue and green C-scrolls. Its...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Stylish Mid Century Carved Wood Abstract Giraffe Sculpture! 50s Carved Art Decor
Located in Peoria, AZ
Stunning!
Mid Century Modern
Abstract Giraffe Sculpture
Hand Carved & Polychromed
20" Tall
Circa 1959
This delightful abstract giraffe sculpture is a very unusual work of art. Vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Painted Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Lladró Cleopatra Sculpture. Limited Edition.
Located in New York City, NY
Cleopatra, the most famous queen of ancient Egypt, is represented in this masterful limited edition in High Porcelain.
This exclusive high porcelain piece, made in matte porcelain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$19,650 / item
Bark Painting of Two Fish, Northern Territory, Australia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bark painting of Two Fish, Northern Territory, Australia
A wonderful "x-ray" bark painting of two fish, probably Barrumundi. This is painted in a the traditional style and with the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Painted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Pug Dog Musician Austrian Vienna Bronze Miniature Figure
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s Vienna bronze figurine. This polychromed cold painted bronze is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze collector. Found at an estate sale in Vienna...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Painted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
17th-18th Century Italian Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Madonna
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large carved wooden reliquary bust of a Madonna. Beautiful traces of color. Small losses and without the relics. Silver/silvered central piece ...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$4,722 Sale Price
41% Off
Antique Italian Elaborately Decorated Ceramic Sculpture by Eugenio Pattarino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Italian Elaborately Decorated Ceramic Sculpture by Prof. Eugenio Pattarino, features form of a Woman in Venetian Mask and Colorful Drapery Embellished with Gold, Blue and Red...
Category
1970s Vintage Painted Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Pablo Picasso Fish Sujet Poisson Madoura Ceramics Limited Edition Pitcher AR 139
By Madoura, Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Original unique ceramic pitcher vase in the form of a fish by Pablo Picasso "Sujet poisson".
Picasso's association with the Madoura Studio was for over 25 years, making it one of the...
Category
1950s French Organic Modern Vintage Painted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
$17,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen, Germany. Porcelain figurine of boy with basket of flowers. Ca 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Meissen, Germany. Porcelain figurine of boy with basket...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Cast Iron Stagecoach Door Stop with Original Paint, 1930
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Great example of a western stagecoach in original paint. Colors are still vibrant. C1930 with precise castings. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Painted Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Pug Dog Musician Austrian Vienna Bronze Miniature Figure
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s Vienna bronze figurine. This polychromed cold painted bronze is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze collector. Found at an estate sale in Vienna...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Painted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tang Dynasty Large And Important Pottery Horse TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Large And Important Tang Dynasty (618-907AD) Pottery Horse TL Tested. China.
Ca. 618-907 AD A beautiful pottery figure of a horse. The animal is shown in a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tang Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$18,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Fat lady Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful period Tang Dynasty Pottery Figure of a Fat Lady.
Tomb Pottery
China
Height: 15 Inches
No TL Test
A COA by Avantiques will accompany the sale of this item.
Condition: Ve...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Goebel Produced This Dramatic Porcelain Figurine Depicting Cat, circa 1960
Located in Verviers, BE
Goebel produced this dramatic porcelain figurine depicting a Cat, circa 1960.
The piece is in excellent condition and a real beauty.
Measures: height: 10.63 in (27 cm)?
diameter...
Category
1950s German Vintage Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Coq Sculpture in Ceramic
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture French Coq made
in ceramic, hand painted piece.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Painted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,171 / item
Surrealist Chairs by Tessa Koot
By Tessa Koot
Located in Hanover, MA
From the series "Additions to the family" by Eindhoven artist, Tessa Koot, originally exhibited in 2012 at Tuttobene during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.
Three individual chairs sculpted by the artist into figures that seem to belong in a Salvador Dali fantasy landscape.
Soft textured...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Painted Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene
$5,900 / set
Pair of Modern Abstract Sculptures in Bronze Patina Brass by Patrick Coard Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Elevate your space to the pinnacle of sophistication with the "Sky and Moon" sculptures by Patrick Coard Paris, a stunning duet of modern abstract artistry that transcends the ordina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Painted Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Homenaje a Frida Kahlo Sergio Bustamante Sculpture, Ceramic 15/25
Located in Miami, FL
Homenaje a Frida Kahlo Sergio Bustamante Sculpture, Ceramic 15/25
Offered for sale is a Sergio Bustamante ceramic sculpture titled "Homenaje a Frida Kahlo" created in the 1990s, sig...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Painted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$26,000 Sale Price
40% Off
Art Déco Black Wood Sculpture of an African Warrior by Karl Hagenauer, Austria
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century Art Déco black wood sculpture of an African warrior with a spear by Karl Hagenauer (Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien), Austria
By: Ka...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Painted Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper, Bronze
Pair of Diminutive Red Staffordshire Spaniels, circa 1860
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of diminutive red Staffordshire Spaniels, circa 1860, Each one exceptionally painted with expressive faces.
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
German Bisque Porcelain Piano Baby Girl
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a bisque porcelain piano baby girl figurine. She is seated crossing her legs with her arms up and wearing a delicate white chemise with ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$76 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Late Staffordshire Recumbent Figures of Dalmatians
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of late Staffordshire Recumbent figures Dalmatians
USA, 20th 1950s
A good pair of a later Staffordshire hand painted and enameled porcelain figures of reclining Dalmatians....
Category
Mid-20th Century English High Victorian Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$476 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Lladró Oriental Horse Sculpture by Salvador Furió. Limited Edition.
By Salvador Furió, Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Limited edition sculpture of an oriental battle horse in matte white porcelain with brown, ochre and blue tones. This majestic and elegant animal is inspired by traditional art of the Chinese Tang dynasty. The horse proudly wears its tack, typical of the upper classes, making this High Porcelain limited edition a symbol which conveys the significance this animal represented in Chinese society from ancient times: beauty, power and wealth. In this gloss finish version, the oriental horse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Staffordshire Circa 1840 Pair of Porcelain Flatback African Zebras
Located in Savannah, GA
It is unusual to find an early pair of Staffordshire zebra in this fine condition. The handsome couple here feature much detail with bold lines and subtle shading.
Most Victorian fig...
Category
1840s British Early Victorian Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Austrian Bronze Bison, Attributed to Kauba, ca. 1910
By Carl Kauba
Located in Petaluma, CA
This exceptionally large and detailed bronze of a Bison is the work of one of the best artists of his time Carl Kauba (1865-1922). While unsigned it bears the mark "Gesch" which is the first half of the word "Geschuztzt", basically means patented in German. Note the eyes and face of this fabulous animal. We are always on the hunt for antique bison...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Painted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rosenthal Porcelain Borzoi Dog Sculpture
By Rosenthal
Located in Norwood, NJ
Porcelain dog sculpture, Borzoi/ Russian Wolfhound, depicting a Borzoi lying on the floor with outstretched forelegs, naturalistic polychrome painted , signed on the back above the standing edge. This vintage detailed Borzoi figurine...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$543 Sale Price
25% Off
Herend Modern Figure Venetian Mask Hand-Painted Porcelain
By Gyorgy Farkasréti
Located in Cagliari, IT
Herend Hungarian hand-painted porcelain figure depicting a Venetian mask, decorated with a motif of flowers, birds and butterflies; decor ZO. Exemplary 1...
Category
1990s Hungarian Modern Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$2,092 Sale Price
50% Off
Tang Dynasty Full Set Of Painted Pottery Zodiac Figures TL tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty Full Set Of Painted Pottery Zodiac Figures (TL tested)
The Thermoluminescence Report (Item #185404) will accompany this sale.
A Rare Set of Chinese Pottery Zodiac Figures from the Tang Dynasty painted with black and orange pigments. The conventional order of the twelve Chinese zodiac...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Painted Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Orientalist Man Praying on Persian Rug, by Bergmann
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very detailed Vienna bronze was made by the premier foundry of this genre, Franz Bergmann, and does bear his seal on the underside of the rug. The man praying is delicately pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Painted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pablo Picasso ceramic plate signed and numbered edition 80/200
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible plate hand painted and engraved signed and numbered.
Category
1940s Spanish International Style Vintage Painted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Small 18th Century Italian Carved Wooden Head with Glass Eyes
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning handcarved wooden head fragment with beautiful expression and glass eyes,
Italy, circa 1750-1800. Beautiful example of 18th century craftsmanship.
Weathered
Measurement ...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
$508 Sale Price
46% Off
Pair Serge Roche Gesso & Painted Plaster Exotic Fruit & Flower Topiaries, 1950s
By Serge Roche
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Serge Roche Gesso & Painted Plaster Exotic Fruit & Flower Topiaries
France, Circa 1950s
This rare pair of French Modern sculptural masterworks, attributed to the workshop ...
Category
20th Century French Modern Painted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
LATE 19th CENTURY PORCELAIN SCULPTURE GROUP "MUSIC SCENE"
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant sculpture group in polychrome porcelain, blue and white, with gold finishes, representing a musician and a noblewoman intent on attending the concert. The musician, sitting o...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Buddhist Lions and Attendants, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic pair of large Chinese tileworks sancai glazed Buddhistic lions and attendants, late Ming Dynasty, first half of the 17th century, Shanxi, China. Presented on custom 20th century wood and lacquer table-form stands.
This pair of lions and attendants portray Buddhist lions...
Category
Mid-17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Painted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
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