Classical Greek Decorative Objects
CLASSICAL GREEK STYLE
There is rare surviving furniture from ancient Greece, yet this classical style has informed design for centuries. Interiors of houses in antiquity were minimal, with much of a room’s color coming from frescoes on the walls and mosaics on the floors. Classical Greek furniture was sparing but finely crafted and influenced by Egyptian furniture design through Mediterranean trade.
Furnishings of the period were usually made from local wood like cypress, cedar, oak and willow from ancient Greece’s plentiful forests, although some pieces were carved from marble, such as a 300–200 B.C. throne with lion legs and a curved back now at the Getty Villa. Comfort and clean lines characterized designs during the Classical era, the symmetry and thoughtful proportions reflecting the architecture of Greek temples.
Some pieces of ancient Greek furniture were simple, rectangular platforms like the klinē, a multipurpose ancestor of today’s couches or daybeds that held cushions stuffed with wool, dry grass or down. These structures were used for both sleeping and dining, which wealthy Greeks did while reclining. At night, oil lamps illuminated rooms that frequently surrounded a garden courtyard.
Most of what scholars have learned about Greek furniture design owes to its representations in art like vases and stelae. The portable diphros stool, with its backless design and four turned legs, was one of the more common types of seating in daily Greek life — it appears as such for the gods on the Parthenon frieze. Stools without backs have been found in early Roman tombs, while benches were also common Greek seating furniture created for use in theaters. In houses of the Hellenistic period, benches seemingly functioned as tables, too.
Some designs evolved through adaptations by the Romans, including the klismos chair. After prominent archaeological excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the klismos chair — with its four saber legs and the elegant curves that define its back — was a source of inspiration for aesthetics in eras ranging from 18th-century neoclassicism to 20th-century Art Deco.
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Style: Classical Greek
Ionic Column Candlestick Made with Compressed Marble Powder No:1
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 700 gr
Ionic regular columns, born on the western and southern coasts of Anatolia, have a thin, long and elegant form.
This Ionic column candl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Statuary Marble
A Roman Classical Nude Male Marble Sculpture
Located in New Haven, CT
This beautiful example of the Greek boxer was hand carved of Statuario Marble in Florence during the Grand Tour period after the antique original. The subject has a victorious pose f...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Pair of Antique Mappin & Webb Convertible Candelabras in Corinthian Column Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique convertible candelabras were made by the well known Mappin & Webb of England in approximately 1920 in a Classical Greek Revival style. These candelabras are comp...
Category
Early 20th Century English Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Pink Hercules Bust
Located in Bagshot, GB
Who say Pink can't be masculine?
A 21st century very charming and large pink plaster portrait bust of "Hercules" the demigod mortal son of Zeus.
Bust ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Ancient Greek Hellenistic Bronze Statuette of Satyr
Located in London, GB
Beautifully cast statuette of a satyr, Greek, Hellenistic Period, 3rd-2nd Century BC, solid cast bronze
The present work is a wonderful example of the finest Hellenistic style. The ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Black Asclepius Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Asclepius is known as the god of "medicine, healing and rejuvenation" in Greek mythology. Asclepius, who was believed to have found immortality, was therefore punished by being kille...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Statuary Marble
Tiberius Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Lagu's selection of sculptures, including the Tiberius bust, is a great way to bring a piece of history into your living space. The Tiberius bust is based on the original sculpture displayed in the Ephesus Museum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Statuary Marble
Nemesis Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Antalya Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 250 kg
The Goddess Nemesis, daughter of Nyx, represents the power that adjusts the balance of human relationships, giving each individual the fate their actions deserve. He ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Statuary Marble
French Classical Cast Hard Stone Panier de Fruits Garden Ornament, 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Classical garden ornament offers cast hard stone statue depicting Panier de Fruits (Basket of Fruit), 20th century
Measures- 12''H x 10.5''W x 10.5''D.
Catalogue Note: Ask...
Category
20th Century European Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
19th Century Italian Marble Statue of ' Crouching Venus'
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century carrera marble statue of ' Crouching Venus'.
Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath, also ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Cast Stone Statue of Apollo
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French cast stone statue of Apollo
A large reconstituted stone Statue of Apollo the hunter with bow and arrow, and of course his faithful dog.
T...
Category
Early 20th Century Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Cast Stone
Hephaestus, a clear & grey glass figurative sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Hephaestus' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is ...
Category
2010s British Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Horse Head Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The Istanbul Archaeological Museums, which are described as a "museum complex" in the Historic Peninsula, consist of three main sections in total: the Archeology Museum, the Ancient Oriental Works Museum and the Tiled Kiosk Museum. The Istanbul Archeology Museum, which is the first museum in Istanbul, is home to numerous iconic sculptures, such as horse head busts.
The most important sculptures in world...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Statuary Marble
Hera, a clear, grey & black figurative glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Hera' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is applie...
Category
2010s British Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
Ancient Greek Terracotta Antefix in Form of the Head of Artemis Bendis, Taranto
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ancient Greek mould-made terracotta antefix decorated with the female head of the Goddess Artemis Bendis.
Western Greek, Italy, Taranto, early 4th century BC.
Two small feathered win...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Bronze Statue of Aurora on Her Chariot. Aug. Moreau
Located in Brighton, Sussex
The Chariot of Aurora. Aurora the goddess of dawn shown in her chariot, accompanied by the hours and heralded by Apollo; Gilded and patinated.
Signed; Auguste Moreau (1834-1917) was a famous...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Classical French 19th century fine opaque glass vase circa 1890
Located in Central England, GB
Classical French 19th Century Vase
A stylish mid 19th century French vase with a classical design in fine opaque glass with boarders of "duck...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Ares, a black, white & grey figurative glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Ares' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is applie...
Category
2010s British Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Mid Century Modern Brass Statue of a Greek Woman
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In all of our years of collecting, we've never come across anything like this beautiful brass goddess statue. The piece is created from brass and is quite heavy. It depicts a Greek a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
The Old Fisher Man Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder, Aphrodisias Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The Old Fisherman Bust serves as a timeless piece of decor, adding a touch of classical elegance to any setting. Whether displayed in a museum-like exhib...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Statuary Marble
Mid 20th Century Italian Scavo Glass Roman Style Vase
Located in Elkhart, IN
A mid 20th century Roman style pink Scavo glass vase. Scavo glass was created in the mid 20th century by using a technique involving the application, to the surface of an object, of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Eros Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Eros is the Greek god of love and desire. In ancient Greek, four separate words were used for love or amity one of which being “Eros” which meant passionate love.
Eros, who is accep...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Statuary Marble
The Riace Warriors, A Fine Pair of Cold-Cast Copper and Resin Replica Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Riace Warriors, a fine pair of cold cast copper and resin figures of the Riace Warriors, reduced replicas of the original bronze sculptures currently located at the Museo Naziona...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
After Michelangelo's 'non-finito' Series Classical Nude Bronze, Green Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an extraordinary bronze sculpture of a Classic male nude by artist Dean Kugler. Attention to detail and complete understanding of the human figure are evident. The figure stands with most of his weight on one foot, contrapposto, and his arm stretched overhead revealing a powerful, muscular physique. With inspiration from Michelangelo's unfinished series of sculptures housed at the Galleria Dell'Acadamia Museum in Florence, displayed in the hall leading to Michelangelo's David sculpture, this figure too is bound within its own material symbolizing the eternal human struggle to free themselves from material trappings. The sculpture is beautifully custom mounted on a stone base.
Dean Kugler
Slave (after Michelangelo)
bronze
Measures: 20 H x 5 W x 5 D in
50.80 H x 12.70 W x 12.70 D cm
DK0035
Kugler uses scale and the juxtaposition of disparate elements in order to engage and challenge the viewer. He combines elements such as strength and weakness or beauty and damage to be experienced simultaneously within the same piece of work to create a tense energy. Kugler also incorporates the technical skill of tight rendering with the dynamism of abstraction to create this energy to add additional excitement and intrigue to his aesthetic.
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and figurative sculptor. His 3D work is featured primarily at Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago. In the last three years, Dean has also been featured at Abend Gallery in Denver, The Figge Art Museum, and Bereskin Gallery in Iowa. He has shown at SOFA Chicago in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and participated in ArtPrize in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
He sees himself primarily as a sculptor due to the challenges he finds and thrives on within the process. In all its beauty, crudeness, and subtleties, the figure offers infinite opportunities to express feelings and emotions. There is also a physicality to sculpture that requires the work to be experienced through movement in order to reveal more about the piece.
Dean has always been drawn to the interactive nature of large-scale sculpture that is available to the public - he loves the idea that his work entices the observer to go beyond what they can see and add tactility to the experience. By using both realism and abstraction, he creates a visual that challenges the viewer to resolve what they are seeing. Therefore, providing a greater connection between the artist and the viewer.
Education
1993 – AA from Blackhawk College.
1995 – BFA from Western Illinois University.
Texts
1995 – “Drawing: Skills, Means, Freedom”. Jan Clough / Ann Mullin. pub. 1995.
1993 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
1992 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
Bibliography
Dec 2022 - American Art Collector. “Room to grow”. Pages 48 and 49.
1 Oct 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article discussing a group show titled “Earth, Wind, and Fire” at Bereskin Gallery.
18 Aug 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article by Mike Schulz about my show titled “Relic” at the Quad City Arts.
1 Nov 2017 – Dispatch-Argus and QCOnline, Coverage of my showing at SOFA.
16 Dec 2016 – River Cities Reader. Article by Rick Martin about one-man art show titled “It Figures” at Black Hawk...
Category
2010s American Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair Classical 19th Century Gilded Ormolu Candelabra
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully impressive, fine quality pair of 19th century classical gilded ormolu and white marble eight branch candelabra, having scrolling foliate de...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Set of Four Drawings of Study of Archaeological Piece Greek Vases 18th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of four studies of archaeological excavations of the 18/19th in Nola and Sicily. Nola is known to be a city at 20 km from Pompeii, very famous for its archaeological wealth.
The ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
19th Century Classical Bronze Clock / Sculpture, by Aug. Moreau
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Bronze sculpture with brown patina including a clock and signed Auguste Moreau. It features a woman wearing a flowing dress who is standing on a globe. The title printed on a small p...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Marble Sculpture by Denise Delavigne "Cupid Bound" Signed on Base
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century Carrera marble statue of the 'Cupid bound' signed by Denise Delavigne. We have pedestals that this statue could ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Gold Brass Centerpiece Oval With Neoclassical Grooves and Two Handl Style Form
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Large brass bowl with handles and classic style
With a spectacular golden color
This brass centerpice is shaped like a fluted cup.
Brass Go...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
French Greek Revival Porcelain Apothecary Jar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Greek Revival Porcelain Apothecary jar, decorated front and back with two different vignettes, with Greek Key and medallion surrounds, ...
Category
20th Century French Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Classical Bronze statue of Amalthea
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality large 19th century bronze statue of a semi nude female of Amalthea in Marie Antoinette’s dairy. The original is marble from 1787..
There were different traditions regarding Amaltheia.[3] Amaltheia is sometimes represented as the goat who nurtured the infant-god in a cave in Cretan Mount Aigaion ("Goat Mountain"),[4] sometimes as a goat-tending nymph[5] of uncertain parentage (the daughter of Oceanus,[6] Helios,[7] Haemonius,[8] or—according to Lactantius—Melisseus[9]).[10] The possession of multiple and uncertain mythological parents indicates wide worship of a deity in many cultures having varying local traditions. Other names, like Adrasteia, Ide, the nymph of Mount Ida...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Greek Grand Tour Bronze Giorgio Sommer
By Giorgio Sommer
Located in Newark, England
Fine 19th century grand tour patinated bronze figure of a seated greek mythological male. The man full of expression with noticeable hand gestures glaring at the ground. The figure p...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
70" Egyptian Pharaoh Statue Floor Lamp
Located in Pasadena, TX
70" Egyptian Pharaoh Statue Floor Lamp
Floor lamp
13W x 13D x 70H
Lamp wired and tested.
Good Condition.
No lamp shade.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic, Polystyrene
Antique Apoxyomenos Male Marble Torso Sculpture, White Carrara Marble, XIX Sec.
Located in Rome, IT
Antique male marble torso, circa 1850
A copy of the roman marble statue Apoxyomenus in Musei Vaticani in Rome (I sec d.c.) copy of a greek bronze athlete statue...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Fine 19th Century Porcelain Capodimonte Group of Cherubs and a Goat
By Capodimonte
Located in Dallas, TX
This bright Capodimonte porcelain group of four putti and a goat symbolizes abundance and the spirit of life. Capodimonte was originally an 18th century Italian porcelain...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Porcelain Lamp Pair by Mottahedeh
By Mottahedeh
Located in Savannah, GA
This handsome pair of Mottahedeh cobalt and white porcelain urn lamps feature central floral medallions surrounded by raised bellflower swags, hand-painted and parcel gilt, and are mounted on 5.5 inch square brass bases. Porcelain artichoke...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair Ormolu and Bronze Candelabra, Early 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A pair of 18th century style gilded ormolu and patinated bronze three branch candelabra, each with a classical kneeling putti supporting scrolling foliate candelabra with urn like sc...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Ancient Greek Style Terracotta Urn Form Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Red and black painted terracotta vase in the form of an ancient Greek krater now mounted on a black and giltwood base as a lamp. The urn form with two han...
Category
Early 20th Century Greek Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Hermes Head Sculpture, 4th Century, Greece
Located in Girona, Spain
Hermes head sculpture.
Greek Bust representing Hermes.
Hermes is an Olympian deity, the God of Speed, in ancient Greek religion and mythology.
Sculpted ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Stone, Metal
Pair of Classical Italian Grey Marble Vases After the Famous Medici Vase
Located in London, GB
Pair of classical Italian grey marble vases after the famous Medici vase
Italian, 19th Century
Measures: Height 51cm, width 26cm, depth 25cm
These exceptional vases are carved from dark greenish marble in a classical style. Each vase is modelled as an ancient Greek bell krater...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Antique Classical Greek Cameo Art Pottery Lamp Base Attr. Weller, c1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique lamp base offers urn form cameo art pottery vase attributed to Weller with dancing Grecian figures and garden elements in relief and raise...
Category
20th Century American Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Relic, Classical Male Nude Torso Fragment in Amber Resin by Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an extraordinary amber colored resin sculpture of a Classic male nude fragment by artist Dean Kugler. Attention to detail and complete understanding of the human figure are evident. The sculpture is beautifully custom mounted on a steel base with a rust patina.
Dean Kugler
Relic 1
resin
23.50h x 20w x 6d in
59.69h x 50.80w x 15.24d cm
Kugler uses scale and the juxtaposition of disparate elements in order to engage and challenge the viewer. He combines elements such as strength and weakness or beauty and damage to be experienced simultaneously within the same piece of work to create a tense energy. Kugler also incorporates the technical skill of tight rendering with the dynamism of abstraction to create this energy to add additional excitement and intrigue to his aesthetic.
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and figurative sculptor. His 3D work is featured primarily at Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago. In the last three years, Dean has also been featured at Abend Gallery in Denver, The Figge Art Museum, and Bereskin Gallery in Iowa. He has shown at SOFA Chicago in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and participated in ArtPrize in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
He sees himself primarily as a sculptor due to the challenges he finds and thrives on within the process. In all its beauty, crudeness, and subtleties, the figure offers infinite opportunities to express feelings and emotions. There is also a physicality to sculpture that requires the work to be experienced through movement in order to reveal more about the piece.
Dean has always been drawn to the interactive nature of large-scale sculpture that is available to the public - he loves the idea that his work entices the observer to go beyond what they can see and add tactility to the experience. By using both realism and abstraction, he creates a visual that challenges the viewer to resolve what they are seeing. Therefore, providing a greater connection between the artist and the viewer.
Education
1993 – AA from Blackhawk College.
1995 – BFA from Western Illinois University.
Texts
1995 – “Drawing: Skills, Means, Freedom”. Jan Clough / Ann Mullin. pub. 1995.
1993 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
1992 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
Bibliography
Dec 2022 - American Art Collector. “Room to grow”. Pages 48 and 49.
1 Oct 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article discussing a group show titled “Earth, Wind, and Fire” at Bereskin Gallery.
18 Aug 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article by Mike Schulz about my show titled “Relic” at the Quad City Arts.
1 Nov 2017 – Dispatch-Argus and QCOnline, Coverage of my showing at SOFA.
16 Dec 2016 – River Cities Reader. Article by Rick Martin about one-man art show titled “It Figures” at Black Hawk College.
22 June 2016 – Dispatch-Argus. Coverage of my one-man show titled “Animal Farm.”
22 Sept 2015 – Quad-City Times. “Body of work”. Article by David Burke about a one-man art show at Black Hawk College.
30 October 2014 – WVIK radio and online. Coverage of the ribbon-cutting for “Gravity” installation at the Rivercenter in Davenport, IA.
28 Sept 2014 – TV interview on WZZM13 in Grand Rapids covering ARTPRIZE and my sculpture, Gravity at the Gerald Ford...
Category
2010s American Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Large Classical 19th Century Bronze Candelabra
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully impressive 19th Century classical French Bronze near life size semi clad statue of a maiden with grape and vine leaf headress, holding a loft an eight branch gilded ormolu candelabra, with a central urn. Raised on a green and white veined and fluted marble pedestal...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Group of Nessus Abducting Deianira
By Giambologna
Located in Dublin, IE
French Grand Tour bronze group of Nessus abducting Deianira after Giambologna on marble base.
After the model by Giambologna
Circa 1880
French
Footnote:
The first documented example of this famous bronze group was made by Giovanni Bologna...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Table Center Piece
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French gilded ormolu table center piece, having a hob-nail cut glass bowl supported by three semi clad putti h...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Greek Cycladic Idol 47" Tall Plaster Figure on Stand Statue Figurine Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Greek Cycladic Idol 47" Tall Plaster Figure on Stand Statue Figurine Sculpture. Item features cast plaster figure on metal stand with wooden base, unmarked, great style and form. Lar...
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Magnificent Pair of Late 18th C Large Terra Cotta Busts of Apollo and Diana
Located in Dallas, TX
A large monumental pair of late 18th century Italian terra cotta busts of Apollo and Diana on jadeite and gilt bronze mounted pedestals. 77'' H overal...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
circa 1930s Bronze Urn / Jardinere with a Sculptural Hermaphrodite Handle
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a wonderful bronze jardinere or urn.
Has a sculptural hermaphrodite handle, that starts with a cherub holding a goose, then with the...
Category
1930s Unknown Vintage Classical Greek Decorative Objects
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 Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Pair of Bronze on Marble Greek Olympian Male Figure Bookends
Located in Ferndale, MI
What is better than a pair of two strong Greek athletes in sculpted in bronze on marble bases supporting your books ?
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Amazing 20th Century Gilt Bronze Sculpture of a Meditating King, Italy, 1940
Located in Catania, IT
The gilded bronze sculpture of this King seated on his throne, wearing his crown, while he is absorbed in reading a book is very rare and particular. The figure stands elegantly, and...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Striking Plaster Sculpture of Hermes Foot
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A plaster cast sculpture of the foot of Hermès, after the antique, signed on the side “D Brucciani & Co London" and numbered 2504. Hermes is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religi...
Category
1950s English Vintage Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Classical 19th Century Bronze of Mother and Child
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting classical 19th century patinated bronze statue of a semi clad seated maiden feeding water to a young cherub.
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Grotesque Ceramic Plate Glazed Earthenware Hand Painted Italy Contemporary
By Francesco Raimondi
Located in London, GB
Francesco Raimondi, Poseidon Grotesque plate, glazed earthenware
60cm diameter - hand painted, unique piece
Francesco Raimondi was born in 1959 in Vietri sul Mare on the Amalfi coast, where he currently lives and works. A decorative artist by vocation, from his adolescence he trained at the major ceramic’s factories in the area. Raimondi represents one of the most significant contemporary expression of Southern Italy Majolica tradition: he is an exquisite decorator transferring traditional propitiatory grotesque themes into a contemporary fresh and innovative interpretation. From the late 1990s Francesco Raimondi has taken part in numerous exhibitions at regional, national, and international level. His solo shows include “Contemporary Mediterranean” at Palazzo Sant’Agostino and at the Temple of Pomona in Salerno and “Raimondesche” a large retrospective of his work hosted at MIC - Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, the museum with the largest ceramics collection in the world. In 2006, part of the Regione Campania pavilion, Raimondi won the Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, awarded by Queen Elizabeth II. In 2016 he was assigned the title “Master of Arts and Crafts” by the Cologni Foundation at Milan Triennale and was included in the Golden Book of Italy’s Crafts Excellence. In 2018 he was granted the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Bronze Cherub Having His Wings Clipped, by Cumberworth
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th century bronze statue depicting a seated women attempting to clip the wings of cupid.
Signed, Charles Cumberworth (English/ Fre...
Category
19th Century English Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th Century English Minton Parian Group of Cupid & Psyche by H. Bourne
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning and most attractive minton parian figural group of Cupid and Psyche by Hamlet Bourne, the classical lovers in passionate embrace on a bow fron...
Category
19th Century English Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Greek Style Engraved and Chased Gold Tone Metal Large Pyxis
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Greek style engraved and chased gold tone metal large Pyxis ( a cylindrical vessel/box with a lid that can be made of wood, ivory or metal). In the ancient times, it was mo...
Category
20th Century Greek Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
19th Century Bronze Bacchus Influenced Dancing Maidens on Pedestal
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and good quality 19th century bronze study in the style of Carrier-Belleuse depicting a pair of classical Bacchus influenced dancing maidens...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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