End of 19th century Indian religious sculpture of an elephant

Beautiful stone sculpture featuring an Indian woman wearing earrings and a crown with rounds patterns carved. Mounted on a modern iron basement you could easily remove it. Its simpl...

Folk art Hand painted sculpture of a roaring lion from an Indian processional chariot

Delightful Indian wood polychromed box used for thé storage of jewelry Very Nice using of engraved iron

Nice Portrait of a Maharaja wearing milirary clothes. This elegant Indian with dark skin takes place in an élégant room typical of Indian antiques palaces. This oil on Canva is fram...

This painting features an Indian donor. His Traditional outfit show he was an important person. Painted on paper Original teak wood teak Comes from Rajasthan

Nice wooden seeden with engraved patterns From Rajasthan

19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store Quite simple this is an amazing decorative object, encased in a 19th century glass and pine display, a handmade paper model of an Indian grocery shop, with wooden hand painted elephant and working man at the steps. Spencer and Co...

A carved and painted wood 'TURKOMANIA' sculpture of an ottoman soldier French or Dutch Turkomania, early 19th century Depicted in standing position, with a sword in one hand and a club in the raised other, with a fur hat, long moustache and long coat, on a square base. Measures: H. 58 cm Note: During the Dutch War of Independence from 1568 till 1648, the Dutch and Turks were allies against Roman Catholic Spain and the slogan of the Dutch was “liever Turks dan Paaps” (rather Muslim than Roman Catholic). In 1612 the first Dutch ambassador arrived in Istanbul. Nevertheless, in Holland, there was also the image of the cruel and heretic Turk stemming from the frequent violent clashes between Dutch ships and the pirates from Algiers, usually called the “Turkish pirates”. When the Ottoman armies advanced against Vienna, in the eyes of many Europeans the Islam bent on destroying Christianity. Later in the early 19th century, although the Turkish threat to Europe was long gone, the image of the Turks deteriorated again because of the Greek uprising. The Sultan Mahmud II understood that Turkey had to modernize along West European lines and among other things in 1808 he replaced the “picturesque” oriental clothing...

Early 19th century religious folk art scene We share what we love, and we love this early 19th century folk art hand carved example of a painted shepherd religious scene. Detailed on pine base with a cow, angel, house, and shepherd holding a walking stick. Naïve in construction yet a piece of religious art in our opinion. Likely to have been part of a religious display...

This funky and folky handcrafted corn sculpture has a hand grip and a ring on it. Very unusual and interesting.

You don't see these everyday! Rare and exceptional architectural elements consisting of parcel gilt metal and wood with beading and ball feet attributed as late 19th Century or early...

19th Century French Marble Bust Sculpture of Apollo. Gorgeous. Statuary marble