Painted Sculptures

The levade (French 'se lever' = to rise) is an exercise in classical horsemanship in which the horse shifts its weight onto its bent hind legs, raises its torso at an angle of less t...

Porcelain sculpture of an African rhino with an innovative decoration. This porcelain creation portrays the African rhinoceros, one of the most magnifice...

A striking Spanish Colonial polychrome carved wood sculpture depicting the Immaculate Conception, dating from the late 18th The Virgin is represented standing with open arms in a w...

A very stylish Art Deco pottery painted figure of a girl in the style of Wiener Werkstatte, Austria and possibly Michael Powolny, dating from around 1930. The girl is hand crafted fr...

Porcelain figure "Canary", Meissen, Germany, beg. of 20th Century Additional Information: Materials: Porcelain, underglaze hand painting Vintage from the 1900s Artist/Maker: Me...

This is a Rosenthal porcelain figurine of a dog. It depicts a very well done hand painted white, brown and black Fox Terrier dog. He is standing up with a sweet gaze trying to tell you to pick him up. The Rosenthal Group...

Delicate Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s: Posing young dancer with short dark hair in a green costume: a skimpy bustier and a short, high-slit flounced skirt with...

Sphera is a set of three sculptural spheres from Katz Studio, each surface split between two states: one finished to a perfectly smooth, unbroken curve, the other appearing worn away...

A pirouette (Old French 'pirouet' = spinning top) is a movement performed by a horse in equestrianism and a dressage exercise. In particular, the turn around the hindquarters at a ga...

Sculpture Leopard Laying all in hand-painted ceramic.

Excellent Art Nouveau porcelain figurine by August Ringler: Naked winged cupid, loosely covered with a cloth fastened by an embroidered belt, looking down at a winged, flaming heart ...

18th century candlestick base from Tuscany mounted with a coordinating ammonite and dark, smoky quartz crystal point. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and sav...

Juan Martínez (Spain, b. 1942) Arma-Rio III c. 1980 Painted wood armoire with paper masks and found objects. After studying architecture in Barcelona, ​​Juan Martinez moved to Swit...

Very charming 19th Century wooden toy dog featuring jointed legs and a dark painted finish. Originally there were other parts to this little guy but we now see this being used decora...

This is a Rex Valencia porcelain figurine of a dog. It depicts a hand painted grey and white color astute English Setter dog standing up over a base...

This creation is based on a contemporary vision of Mickey Mouse. The creative approach taken is based on the cartoon technique and contains black ink strokes on white. And so, Mickey...

Austrian Orientalist bronze model lamp by Anton Chotka. This charming cold-painted bronze lamp depicts a busy scene of an open plan coffee shop within ...

These are an excellent matching pair of large antique Chinese Foo or lion dog sculptures, sometimes called temple lions or Shishi, made of bronze with fine detail, originally hand enameled and gilded dating to the 19th century, Qing period or earlier. These are a very beautiful matching pair of large Bronze Chinese...

Hand painted Herend porcelain pheasant in the "Vieux Herend" pattern. This pattern is one of the most important and recognized of the manufactory. The design originates from mental d...

Large sculpture of beetle in flight, this is a large cut-away model (on the original base) of a beetle used for anatomical instruction in a Prague, (circa 1950-1959). Model is hand-crafted from papier-mâché and carved wood. Completely hand-painted and features articulated arms, removable painted cloth...

This hand-crafted ceramic figurine was created by Mexican artist César Torres using traditional Talavera Poblana techniques in Puebla, Mexico. The piece depicts a folkloric female figure dressed in traditional attire, holding the skirt of her dress in a classic regional pose. This time Torres focuses on the tradition of the Day of the Dead depicting a catrina. The figurine is entirely hand-modeled and hand-painted, featuring intricate floral and geometric motifs in cobalt blue, yellow, green, terracotta, and black. The surface is finished with a glossy glaze characteristic of Talavera ceramics...

A pair of 18th-century Italian gold leaf candlestick tops with polished agate coral and baroque pearls. The hand-carved, gold leaf candlestick tops originally came from a pair of can...

18th century Italian sunray with baroque pearls mounted on an aragonite crystal base. The 18th century gold leaf sunray originally part of a halo or sunburst motif in an artistic depiction in a historic church. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...

Fun and nicely carved figure of a waiter server in white dinner jacket holding Chianti bottle and tray of beverages . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the seventies . This is one...

Sculpture Zebra Silver Skull with structure in resin hand-painted with silvered and black paint, on solid blackened iron base. Base: 25x25cm. Exceptional and unique piece.

An Austrian antique English bulldog in terracotta. This is an antique large figure of a seated English Bulldog created in Vienna Austria in th...

PAIR of Italian Venetian style (Art Nouveau) life size polychromed figures of women standing on round globes with green painted and decorated pedestal base

An all original, 18th century, hand carved, solid wood statue of a young Ming warrior on horse. Warrior wears a full, elaborate armor fronted with a shield under a large circular col...

Transporting cold-painted Austrian metal elephant with a fanciful howdah and driver on a patch of terra firma under a Palm Tree with tole leaves.

These unusual hand-sculpted polychrome wax figurines on giltwood base depicting two Arabs relaxing on a sofa perfectly captures late 19th century Europe's perspective and aesthetic f...

18th-century distressed Italian mecca arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base. The arrow was once part of a decorative motif in an artistic depiction in historic Itali...

Excellent Art Nouveau porcelain figurine by Paul Helmig: Winged cupid boy with a suffering expression tied to a tree with a long garland of roses, an empty quiver at his feet. On hig...

Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Germany. Porcelain figure. Reading woman in a skirt. Mid-20th century. Measures: 7 x 6 cm. In very good condition. Minim...

A striking exploration of geometric balance and contemporary ceramic artistry, the Montée Ceramic Sculpture by transforms stacked architectural forms into a collectible decorative ob...

18th century Italian gold leaf distressed candlestick with natural forming pyrite on a calcite matrix top and mounted on a coordinating pyrite base. The gilded fragment was originall...

A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and white marble figural mantel clock. The finely chased ormolu body, with its original two-tone mercury gilt, centered with a circular enameled porcelain clock face with Roman and Arabic numeral dials and inscribed 'A. Thomas - Fabt de Bronze - 56, Rue de Turenne - Paris', surmounted with a pair of playful seated cherubs amidst clouds and wreaths, the case crowned with a figure of a Gallic Rooster (Coq Gaulois...

A round colorful plaster wall relief of four putti. This beautiful religious artwork comes from an old monastery. Diameter 20.8" - 53 cm. Depth 4.3" - 11 cm.

English Victorian style life-size plaster bust of a 19th Century-style gentleman with sideburns with a painted bronze finish. Base is approximately 10 in diameter.

Excellent lifelike depiction of two upright bitterns, birds from the heron family, with stylised bundles of plants placed next to them for support on rounded meadow bases. Designer...

This massive, hand-carved wooden fragment from Spain, dating from the period 1680-1720, is an exceptional and rare example of Spanish Baroque art from the Siglo de Oro. The sculpture...

Very rare Rosenthal figurine, only 200 versions in existence: A scantily clad Art Nouveau beauty, a belt around her hips with a long, softly falling shawl draping around her legs, a ...

Excellent and rare Art Nouveau ceramic piece from the early 20th century: A nude putto seated on a rounded, irregularly shaped natural plinth, embracing a large salamander. Crafted...

18th Century Meissen Figure 'Street Trader Figure Selling Grapes' Modelled by Peter Reinicke as part of the 'Cris of Paris' group of fi...

Delicate Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: A couple skating in elegant winter attire: the lady in a long white skirt with an ornate green embroidered border along the lower hem, a dark blue jacket with a black trim, a white cap and a long ermine scarf; the gentleman in a fine, sporty suit with a brown tartan...

Painted ceramic dog sculpture attributed to Johann Maresch. Austria, circa 1900.

A magnificent pair of richly polychromed and gilded wooden figures, crafted in 19th-century Italy. These sculptures depict exotic figures adorned in oriental attire, decorated with m...

Antique German porcelain figurine of a young man in fine clothes. Hand-painted in polychrome colors. 19th century. Marked. In good ...

A pair of 18th century Italian silver leaf candlestick tops with polished agate coral and baroque pearls. The hand-carved, silver lea...

1920s Art Déco glazed ceramic sculpture with base 'La Femme voilée de Marrakech' by Céline Lepage, France By: Céline Lepage Material: ceramic, paint, enamel, clay Technique: cast, p...

18th century Neapolitan Terracotta Santo Presepio Figure of Saint Anna Anonymous Naples, Italy; ca. 1760 Polychrome terracotta, wood, silk, gla...

Finest Meissen Porcelain Figurine: Dancer balancing on her toes, turning her head to the right and bringing her right hand indecisively to her chin, while with her left hand she per...

Whimsical French pantomime pierrot head or bust sculpture mounted on a stand by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). One of several Ira created from pain...

Mid Century studio pottery donkey and cart figure / bowl - hand modelled and painted with vibrant multi-color glazes over a cream base - signed & numbe...

“It was a funny project because it wasn’t intended to be sold. It was totally free of rules you want as a designer or artist. It’s a project born only from the desire to do it, and I...

A dramatic and rare pair of monumental Italian mid-century ceramic sculptures depicting the King and Queen chess pieces, created in Italy during the 1960s–1970s. Standing at an impr...

Beautiful large seated polar bear by Lomonosov together with two cubs. Made of hard-paste porcelain, hand painted. Each marked "Lomonosov Made in USSR". All three are in excellent c...

Spanish colonial pair of wonderfully carved, painted and giltwood angel candleholders. Late 18th century.  

Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick top with fossil agate coral. The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It ha...

18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used du...

Peter Strang (b.1936) for Meissen. Figure in hand-painted porcelain. A drummer from the clown orchestra. Late 20th century. Measures: 7.7 x 5.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamp...