Stone Folk Art

Stone mortar and pestle Nigeria 20th century Measures: Mortar: 21 x 15.5 x 2 in. / 53 x 39 x 5 cm Height on custom display stand: 26...

Hand-carved stone sculpture w/ pedestal from Zimbabwe, signed by the artist Richard Mteki and dated 1995 Please confirm location with seller (NY or NJ)

Presenting a gorgeous piece of native American art, namely, “Soul Mates” sculpture by RD Tsosie, made from Utah Alabaster. By the renowned Navajo Contemporary artist, Robert Dale ...

Peaceful Buddha sculpture . Cast cement in older paint . Accent garden or interior .

Heide Mosaic Denmark vide poche or decorative small dish. Danish handwork Heide of Copenhagen marble mosaic work in white and grey colors. Midcentury Euro...

Primitive in nature, this figure by Ohio artist Jeri Summers is reminiscent of tribal sculptures that decorate Parisian interiors. The sculpture is comprised of painted wood with met...

Cast and Gilded Patriotic Eagle with Clipper Ship Plaque, with a Clutch of Arrows and an Olive Branch in it's Talons, mid 20th Century, from a Boston Bank...

A Mosaic garden panel by Emile Taugourdeau dating from the third quarter of the 20th century. Taugourdeau was a self-taught folk sculptor who worked from the late 1940s through the 1...

Aristide Louis Fontana (1834–1885) Hebe Feeding Jupiter's Eagle Marble, 102 x 52 cm Signed on the back: Aristide Fontana Sc. Carrara Aristide Louis Fontana (1834–1885) infused this ...

Embark on a journey of opulence with our Vintage Italian Lapis Lazuli Chess Board, a striking piece from the 1980s. This exquisite chess board, meti...

Detailed American Folk Art limestone carving of a rattle snake wrapped around a tree stump and shield or coat of arms, circa 1870. Found in Tennessee. A very nice heavy and solid piece.

Johannes Wilhelmus Van Dartelen copper art fossilized stone signed Brazil made and presented for the crew of the Pan American. This is a one of a kind piece of art by Johannes...

A timeless classic reimagined through the beauty of natural stone. Handcrafted from Roman Travertine and marble, Tic Tac Toe Marble Edition transforms an iconic game into a refined ...

The Ultimate Work: A Timeless Visual Experience Elevate your collection with this extraordinary creation signed by artist Vincenzo Marega. If the original work enchants with its ma...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite original Inuit Soapstone Carving of a Hunter with two Seals made by Joanassie Smith (1925-196...

Mid-Century Modern abstract statue of a woman. Finely sculpted figure of a woman with her arms wrapped around herself in a sitting position. The scul...

A Finely Carved Gandhara Head of ‘Atlas’ Grey schist India 3rd - 4th Centuries AD SIZE: 19cm high, 11cm wide, 12.5cm deep - 7½ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 5 ...

Qing Dynasty soapstone carving depicting a man, a woman and a foo dog sitting and laughing. The woman is holding a red rose and both are wearing colorful Chinese dress in red and gre...

A Nomoli is a carved stone figurine native to Sierra Leone and Liberia. They are usually made of soapstone, limestone, or granite. The carving depicts a woman in a dress and choker,...

19th Century Welsh Folk art Column Form Really quite extraordinary piece of Welsh folk art, "The Marquess of Angleseys Column" dating mid to late 19th Century. Constructed from carv...

This an amazing carving by the German certified artist Eberhard Bank. This sculpture is of two seals in white dolomite on snowflake black obsidian , seals are marked with monogram EB...

For FULL item description be sure to click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this listing. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Art Acquisitions Of A Monumental Signed...

Frank Meisler Sculpture Jewish Art. Low-relief carved plaque. Depicting on the front the walls and gates of the city of Jerusalem, the buildings within them, the Temple Mount, and ...

c. 1940s; DEKALB Poultry Research, Inc. - DeKalb, IL Die-cut advertising sign featuring the iconic DeKalb rooster head rendered in bold red, white, and yellow against a white field,...

Elevate your home with a handcrafted Creamy Soapstone Candelabra—an expression of exclusive luxury designed for those who seek the extraordinary. This faceted masterpiece celebrates ...

Artifacts floating in space? A unique and remarkable black and white depiction with a contemporary feel of floating artifacts may be observed in this one-of-a-kind Chinese extraordi...

Exquisite hand carved Russian hard stone "Coachman" sculpture figure dating from the early 1900s. Made of solid lapis lazuli. Beard is made of gray obsidian. Hands and face are made ...

Equisite pair of cast brass Carnivale masks mounted on black marble plinth bases. Very nicely patinated.

Elegant Antique Clock crafted from a green marble base, adorned with intricate brass floral and foliate accents in the Rococo style. At the center, the clock face features Roman nume...

Anatomical plaster study of a man’s hand, sitting on an oak plinth base. With wonderful definition to the fingers and palm. British, early 20th cent...

Splendid period white marble sculpture depicting a young maiden at prayer, from a historic stately villa in the Caserta area. The work is an excellent example of 19th-century devotio...

Artesian House Quartz and Metal Anchor Sculpture Designed by Curtis Jere. 2 birds on anchor

Qing Dynasty soapstone carving depicting an intricate scene of a mountainside, a sitting man, and a part of a village. Carving is in a beige-brown color. Carving is sitting on a beau...

A large hand-carved stone coin from Indonesia, round center. Smooth finish in flat white. Mounted on a 18" x 8" black metal stand.

A 19th-century anthropomorphic figure believed to have been made in the Netherlands. While its original purpose and circumstances of creation remain unknown, this very ambiguity deep...

Primitive in nature, this figure by Ohio artist Jeri Summers is reminiscent of tribal sculptures that decorate Parisian interiors. The sculpture is comprised of painted wood with met...

This is a handmade vintage inkwell set from the 1930s, a classic example of the Art Deco period. The piece features a hexagonal metal inkwell holder with a hinged lid, mounted on a s...

Walking stick: L-shaped silver handle, depicting a boar's head with Baltic amber acorns and embossed and carved leaves. Cabochon garnet stone eyes. Ebony wood shaft. Metal ferrule. S...

English Regency mahogany marble-top console with flanking Phoenix heads, original ormolu mounts, ebonized tapered legs, centered gilt urn and terminating on rectangular molded edge b...

Modernist marble and stone sculpture by David F. Soule, hand-carved, wonderfully executed, trapizoid shape stone base, mounted carved and polished marble sphere, stunning.

Chinese carved rock crystal figure of Buddha, Qing Dynasty, seated in meditation, incised crescent moon mark to lower edge at front, Measures: 5" H...

An Inuit carving of a man signed on the base. Great Color. It appears to be a soapstone carving. Great color and striations.The man is approx 4.5 inches tall and approx 1x2.5 inches...

Cylindrical vase with figurative reliefs Maya, Classic Period, 600 - 900 AD. Alabaster (Tecali stone). Diameter 12 cm and height 9.5 cm. Condition In good condition, it has a vertical crack on one side up to the middle of the base. It presents two holes parallel to the crack, a sign of an old restoration of the time. Inside, traces of polychromy and stucco are preserved in the more translucent areas of the vase. Provenance - Antique collection Le Corneur, France. Rémy Audoin, 1967. - Arts des Amériques Gallery, circa 1980. - Collection of Michel Vinaver, French writer and playwright (Paris, 1927 -2022). - To his children, Anouk, Barbara, Delphine and Ivan Vinaver, 2022. - French art market. Description Cylindrical vessel with slightly curved walls and base, with a straight and narrow mouth, without a lip. It presents two pairs of parallel holes around an old crack, which show an old restoration with staples. Currently, marks of the roots of the plants that grew around the piece when it was buried can be seen, irregular and asymmetric shapes that enrich the texture of the vase. It is made of tecali stone, a type of travertine also known as Mexican onyx or alabaster, although it is a different mineral from Egyptian alabaster. The stone presents a translucent vein, of regular width, which was probably the reason why the artist chose this specific piece of tecali, given its prominence at an ornamental level: it forms a vertical line, perpendicular to the mouth, which crosses the base, dividing it in two halves and finally rises from the opposite end of the glass, forming a meander. A similar effect can be observed, obtained in this case with varnish or pigment, in the ceramic vase cataloged by Kerr as K623. The formal importance of this vein is also reflected in the preserved remains of polychrome stucco, applied only to it and leaving the rest of the piece free. In the case of this glass, the translucent vein could represent a snake, an animal of great importance within the Mayan religion; vehicle for contact with heavenly bodies, it was a symbol of death and resurrection. One of the most important serpents in Mayan mythology, the Vision Serpent, was considered the gate between the natural and supernatural worlds, and was therefore often depicted on ritual vessels, usually carved stone. The glass is also decorated with a figurative scene that occupies approximately one third of its surface. It is worked in relief on two planes, and is framed by a smooth rectangular profile with rounded corners. It is a composition with two characters facing each other, usual to indicate dialogue, something that is also reflected in the conventional gestures of the hands. The formal style is synthetic: the background has been sunk, clearly delimiting the silhouettes of the characters, which are perfectly drawn. This linearity is repeated in the internal details of the figures, indicated by fine incisions. The schematism, however, is combined with a certain naturalism in the movement of the figures: slightly inclined heads, the position of an arm on the lap... One of the fundamental characteristics of Mayan figurative art was the search for naturalistic positions and compositions, dynamic, with bodies that rotate and elements that overlap, reaching between the 7th and 8th centuries a mastery unmatched by any other Mesoamerican culture. This search for naturalism was combined with a symbolic convention that never quite disappeared. The figure on the left appears seated in profile to the right, with a headdress tied in the front, a pectoral ornament, and a skirt typical of Mayan art, which forms parallel folds at the base of the back and whose end falls over the top. the hip. The figure extends her right hand towards the center of the composition, where an altar with an inverted C-shaped base is located. A fire seems to be burning on it with what could be offerings, two rounded shapes represented within the flames. The representation of the fire is strange, asymmetrical and crested, which could indicate that it is not flames but rather the representation of a scepter of the type known as a flint eccentric. On the right side is the second figure, seated facing forward with its head inclined towards the center of the composition, turned in profile to the left. With his legs crossed, he rests his left arm on his lap, pointing at his interlocutor with a clearly differentiated index finger, and extends his right, now lost due to erosion, towards the fire. She sports ankle, cheek and wrist ornaments, and a large headdress. On her chest she wears a medallion with a possibly solar motif, a central circle surrounded by six smaller ones. The character is seated on a throne, a symbol of authority; with seat, cushion and high, wide and open backrest, adorned with projections on both sides. The figure on the opposite side instead sits on a simple pedestal, indicating his inferior position relative to his companion, possibly a deity or ancestor. The circle on the cheek (allusive to the fur of the jaguar) and the pendant of the supernatural character allow a possible identification with the god of corn, one of the most important of the Mayan pantheon. He was a benevolent deity who represented life, prosperity, and abundance. He could be considered the creator of the world, and he was also associated with the change of seasons. Likewise, the story of his death and rebirth was a central metaphor for the belief in the apotheosis of Maya kings. Identified as Hun-Hunahpu in the Popol Vuh, a compendium of Maya lore put down in writing in the 16th century, the maize god achieved cultural hero status during the Classic period. The use of tecali, a precious material used to manufacture luxury and ritual objects, spread throughout Mesoamerica. The vases made of this stone are relatively rare, and for the most part they are painted, following the models of contemporary ceramic vases. Within the corpus of Mayan carved vessels, on the other hand, it is more common to find vessels made of this and other stones, although the majority will be ceramic. Among them, simple relief on two planes predominates, as in the case of the piece under study, with figurative motifs, inscriptions or geometric patterns, often combined. Some present compositions similar to that of this tecali stone vase, with one or more pairs of characters seated and facing each other, in an attitude of dialogue. Mayan vases...

Large Modernist Carved Italian Marble Bust Woman Sculpture attributed to Florence Krieger. Wonderful detail. Skillfully executed.Strong presence .Han...

The Wind is an original marble sculpture made by Anonymous artist and realized in the 1920s. A beautiful white marble sculpture representing a female portrait as the personificati...

Italian Faux marbleized wall-mounted console with a gilded lambs tongue egg and dart border, gilded scrolled acanthus legs, exterior and interior floral medallions, and resting on sc...

A most elegant Italian 19th century white Carrara marble. This stunning statue depicts the elegant Venus caught in a momentary pose, as if surprised in the act of emerging from the s...

Raspberry Alabaster feather bundled bear Fetish with distinct heart line Amos Pino 1998 Ramah Navajo Band, Navajo Reservation, El Morro, New Mexico M...

Native carved blackened stone artifact, weighs 2 lbs 12 oz. Age is unknown, estate purchase.

Eskimo figural soapstone carving.

A hand-carved stone coin from Indonesia, white color. Round center. Mounted on a black metal stand. Dimensions: 30 inches in diameter, 3 inches thick. Height: 35 inches (mounted on...

Statue of a Girl Holding Out her Apron This is a very pretty piece, this is quite a tall girl on an oval plinth and when it has rained a little water gets trapped in her skirt and t...

Set of 2 large solid marble obelisks. Mid- to late 20th century. With a framed base and spherical knobs in the centre. In very good condition. Dimensions: 50H x 15W x 15D

French (19th Cent Napoleonic Era) folk art carved oak life size figure of an eagle with out stretched wings perched on a round globe with a marble base.     

A Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog Alabaster Near Eastern 3rd Millenium BC SIZE: 9.5cm high, 9.5cm wide, 15.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 3¾ ins wide, 6 ins ...

This contemporary abstract marble sculpture is by Czeslaw Budny, a Polish-Canadian artist in the constructivist style circa 2022. This unique sculpture i...

Solid piece of stone hand carved with a face and appears resting on a branch. Unique piece for coffee table, credenza or could survive a garden.

Vintage French "art popular" cast stone sculpture of a wallaby or small kangaroo for garden. Please see images for details of patina and joey in the pouch.

A large and impressive sculpture of an American Inuit with a basket on his head by Doug Hyde. This heavy piece is signed Doug Hyde and bears his seal. There is an old repair to the t...

Iron Age Moss Covered Granite Figurehead found in County Waterford, belonging to a castle in the region. Most likely a keystone or cornerstone piece in an Anglo-Norman castle archway.