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Period: Mid-20th Century
1960s Handmade Model of a Carved Motor Cycle on Iron Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very cool motor cycle is a hand carved Harley Davidson from the 1960s. This is a very unusual very unique model. Rarely see is the motor cycle in a hand carved form on a custom ...
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American Country Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

Large Vintage Garden Snail Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Large vintage garden snail sculpture from France. Hand-made circa 1950-1969 from concrete with ceramic "Pique assiette" type mosaic decoration.
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French Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Concrete, Steel

Lorenz Studios Iron and Glass Sculpture
Located in Woodbury, CT
Glass and iron sculpture with glass central panel surrounded by hand wrought iron. LARRY LIVOLSI (1946-2015) MID CENTURY SCULPTOR AND GLASS BLOWER OF LORENZ STUDIO, MORRIS CT Nation...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Iron

"Embrace" Luba Headrest Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The Luba people of Zaire believed that ancestors visited them through dreams. This belief led to elaborately worked headrests, known as "seats of dreams." Such headrests were used to...
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Congolese Tribal Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Monumental Signed Native American Alabaster Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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...
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Unknown Native American Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Alabaster

Folk Art Copper Sculpture Man In Row Boat By S.J. Rossbach Circa 1966
Located in Toledo, OH
Unique Folk Art copper sculpture of a man in a rowboat by S. J. Rossbach circa 1966.
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Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Copper

Mid-Century Modern Teak Stylized Horse Head Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This solid teak stylized sculpture of a horse's head is unsigned but presumed to have been made in Scandinavia in circa 1970 in the midcentury style. The sculpture is carved out of a...
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Unknown Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Teak

Folk Art Hand Painted Cannon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Folk Art toy cannon in original black and red paint, circa 1930s, USA. Very minor paint loss throughout and edge loss to shield, as pictured.  
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American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Vintage Hand-Carved Wood Popeye Figure with Original Paint Surface
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage popeye figure. Hand-carved wood with amazing alligatored paint surface complete with anchor forearm tattoos. Created from three pieces of...
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American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Rare 1960s Dirk Rosse Tear Drop Cutting Board American Studio Craft Midcentury
By Dirk Rosse
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Modernist tear drop form. Dirk Rosse (1925-2014) was an exhibited studio furniture maker. Cutting board in walnut, signed with his DDR mark to edge. 13 inches in length total when hu...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Quebec Folk Art Carved & Polychrome Pahined Robed Clergyman & Child
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This hand-carved wooden sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Quebic Canada and date to approximately 1950 and done in the period Folk Art style. The sculpture ...
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Canadian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , 5 feet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing ! Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , Selling two pens. One 5" high 6 " in diameter.. other 50" h , 4" in diameter. Very well made, Qualit...
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American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Steel

Pair of Table Lamps with Hand Carved Temple Lions Mounted in Nickel
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic pair of antique hand carved temple Lion sculptures that were mounted in Nickel as table lamps in the 60's giving them both a midcentury and antique feel. From a unique home in Cambridge, Massachusetts with an art collection ranging from Picasso to Calder to Lichtenstein. Most likely these carved lions are 19th century Asian, perhaps earlier. Remnants of old paint and lacquer are still attached. One lion...
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Central Asian Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Nickel

Original Cross in wood w/figure of Christ in Sterling and Brass by EMAUS, Mexico
Located in Mexico, DF
Sculpture depicting a Cross with a stylized whimsical portrayal of Christ made on dark wood, sterling, and brass. It was elaborated by "Talleres Monásticos" (Emaus). Talleres Monást...
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Mexican Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Sterling Silver, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Metal Brutalist Stylized Figurative Sculpture Marked "Ann"
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large metal mid-century sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1965 in a Brutalist style. The sculpture is do...
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Canadian Brutalist Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal

Mid 20th Century Folk Art Cowboy Rodeo Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Folk Art cowboy Rodeo Whirligig, circa 1940s to 50s, comprising four carved and painted cowboys mounted on horseback riding in a circle a...
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American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Copper

Kinetic Dimensional Works, Abstract Expressionism Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
Perfectly and auspiciously whimsical. Iron and gold leaf kinetic sculpture, in abstract form -a tabletop sculpture. The sculpture is in excellent original condition. In the style ...
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American Expressionist Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Gold Leaf, Iron

Pair of Massive Vintage Fiberglass Hands
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Massive Vintage Fiberglass Hands H 17.5" x L 52" x W 30" FDV11477 *Wear consistent with age and use.
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American Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Fiberglass

Bronze sculpture of Umberto Mastroianni
Located in Torino, IT
Sculpture Umberto Mastroianni Head made of bronze by lost-wax casting. Probable 1930s era, a time when a Mastroianni in the early days of his career used to practice with female fa...
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European Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Sculpture of Mother and Child
Located in Round Top, TX
Bronze sculpture of mother and child. Signed.
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Artist’s Model Bust of a Well Weathered Head, not signed
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Artist’s Model Bust of a Well Weathered Head, not signed This is a very well weathered hand made piece dating from the middle of the 20th Century, it was discovered during refurbishment of an Art Studio It is a three dimensional head and shoulders with an androgynous appearance made in clay with an out door patina...
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Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Clay

Modernist Wire Iron Sculpture, Abstract "Don Quixote" by Irving Lichtman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist wire iron sculpture, abstract "Don Quixote" by Irving Lichtman. Classic modernist.
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

Organic Root Sculpture with Molten Lava Rock Face
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique piece of art from New Orleans collector. Artist unknown. Organic root/driftwood with sculpture of a face from black molten rock.
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American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Lava

Lignum Vitae Turned Lemon Squeezer, from the Carter Burden Jr. Collection
Located in New York, NY
A turned lemon squeezer, crafted off a single block of Lignum Vitae wood, from the Carter Burden Jr. personal collection. Carter Burden Jr., (1941-1996), New York famous philanth...
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American Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Mid-20th Century Stylized Plaster Sculpture of Madonna and Child
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-20th century stylized plaster buste of Madonna and Child. Measures: Height 34 cm.
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Inuit Soapstone Seal
Located in Mexico City, MX
An Inuit green seal. The piece has a signature: "Kilabuk".
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Canadian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Soapstone

W P A Style Terracotta "Bear" Sculpture, Art Deco, Modern
Located in Buffalo, NY
W P A style terracotta "BEAR" sculpture, Art Deco, Modern, charming stylized depiction. Painted, minor chipping (bottom).
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Unknown Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Terracotta

Figurative Charcuterie Dinner and Lunch Menu Board A very decorative piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Figurative Charcuterie Dinner and Lunch Menu Board A very decorative piece with the theme of Pork, a humorous piece The attractively headed board has MENU pin board or CHALK board...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

Midcentury American Craft Artisan Hand Carved Bowl
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Unusual and highly figurative hand carved artisan bowl, mid-20th century, American. This one of a kind hand carved bowl is made from a single large pi...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

Unusual Brutalist Bronze Figure Mounted Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Brutalist bronze figure mounted sculpture, emotionally charged, raw imagery, beautifully hand executed, depicting cloaked person amazin...
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Unknown Brutalist Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Sculpture Signed Modernist in Wood, Metal and Plaster
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Very original French sculpture, small proportions, made with a technique of assembly of wood and white lacquered metal the whole coated with plaster in a modernist style. Unknown art...
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French Organic Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal

Vintage Copper Painting by Germain Rotsaert, 1960s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century artwork by Belgian artist Germain Rotsaert who uses melted copper and painted it to create colourfoul graphical works. Signed bottom...
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Belgian Brutalist Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Copper

Monumental W.P.A. Plaster Sculpture "Young Abe Lincoln" by Frank Romanelli
By Frank Romanelli
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large W.P.A. plaster sculpture, depicting a young Abraham Lincoln. Done by Frank Romanelli, born Farenza, Italy 1909, died 1974. Amazing detail, retains orig...
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American Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Plaster

Large Cast New England Bank Patriotic Eagle and Clipper Ship Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
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...
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American Federal Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Composition

Artist’s Bust of a Woman, not signed
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Artist’s Bust of a Woman, not signed This is a hand made piece dating from the middle of the 20th Century, it was discovered during refurbishment of an ...
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Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Clay

Blown glass dove with filigree decoration by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, 60s
Located in Milano, IT
Blown glass dove with filigree decoration by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, 60s Acid and engraved signatures Venini Murano Italia.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Murano Glass

Emil Milan Free Standing Sculpture Organic Hand Carved Walnut
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Large scale free standing sculpture hand carved by Emil Milan. Executed in walnut, the flowing sculpture makes way to voids which gives it a light and moving appearance. Chiseled rec...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Walnut

Carved stone head of Ape 20th century
Located in MILL, NL
Amazingly beautiful hand carved sculpture of a screaming monkey head. Beautiful details and very finely crafted. 20th century, made from a piece of stone / marble. Signed by the mak...
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Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Artist’s Model Bust of a Very Young Smiling Boy, signed and dated
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Artist’s Model Bust of a Very Young Smiling Boy, signed and dated This is a very attractive hand made piece dating from the middle of the 20th Centu...
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Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Clay

Cast Bronze Sculpture of Lounging Woman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cast bronze sculpture depicts a woman, captured in a moment after she just finished a swim at her favourite lake. She’s gazing upon the view, reclining on a rock as she air drie...
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Unknown Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Taurus in Ceramic by Knud Kyhn, 1950
Located in Brussels, BE
Taurus in ceramic by Knud Kyhn, 1950.
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Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ceramic

Lovely Vintage Carved Wood Display Depicting a Herd of Elephants, circa 1960s
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand carved Elephant plaque. Its circa 1960s, carved from one piece of wood and depicts and happy hea...
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English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Oak

Mid-Century Danish Folk Art Angel Wall Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large, mixed media, Folk Art angel is plaster sculpture with acrylic paint on wood cutout with newspaper backing on her wings. The angel is signed and date...
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American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Clay, Wood, Acrylic

Modernist Handcrafted Copper Wire and Lucite "Lite-Up" Base Tree Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist handcrafted copper wire and Lucite "lite-up" base tree sculpture, unsigned, very well executed, twisted copper wire with mesh leaves, black acrylic base, on off light source.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Copper

A Pair of Mid Century Quirky Bookends on a Cricket theme
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Mid Century Quirky Bookends on a Cricket theme A very attractive set, the ends are very well detailed each depicting the wicket, bat and ball they are well balanced to ho...
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Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Teak

Black Painted Cement Butterfly Garden Ornament
Located in Washington, DC
Black painted cement butterfly garden ornament.
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French Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Cement

Victor Cerrato Atelier, Ten Slabs in Carved Tuff, circa 1960, Turin, Italy
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Victor Cerrato Atelier, ten slabs in carved tuff. Made for the lobby of Hôtel Royal in Spotorno (Savona, Italy), circa 1960, Turin, Italy. Measures: Height 83 cm, width 637 cm, d...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Set of 2 1960s Geometric Carved Low Slung Tribal Palaver Chief Chairs
Located in Izegem, VWV
Authentic hand carved African low chairs with geometric patterns. Constructed by hand and assembled with dowels. These were made in the Mid-1960s ...
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Tribal Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

Pair of Wooden Native American Busts
By Jose Pinal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A complementary pair of male and female Native American, wooden busts by Jose Pinal, made in Mexico. One form highlights a more subdued disposition with lon...
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Mexican Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Naive Life-Size Simulated Bronze Plaster Head of Bearded Man, Not Signed
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Naive life-size simulated bronze plaster head of bearded Man, not signed This is good handmade piece dating from the middle of the 20th century, it shows a three dimensional head ...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Plaster

Hand Carved Gnome + Deer Woodland Totem
Located in Brooklyn, NY
If great art is meant to inspire and provoke, this beautiful carving of a gnome with a deer on it's head may be the greatest piece of art ever made. Hand carved by the artist "R.S." in the year '75, this large pine log has become so much more than the sum of it's parts. Roughly hewn details give the sculpture an almost living, breathing feel. Perfect for fans of all sorts of woodland nymphs and creatures- from elves to hobbits and beyond. Please confirm item pickup location (Brooklyn NY or Wall NJ...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Pine

Glazed stoneware sculpture depicting trio of Jewish cantors
Located in Torino, IT
Sculpture depicting 3 singers in glazed stoneware. Beautiful sculpture realizes in glazed stoneware with material and rustic shapes. The sculpture depicts 3 figures in robes and ki...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ceramic

Les Artisans De Marolles / Egg Cup Sculpture in Rattan and Oak, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Les Artisans De Marolles under the artistic direction of Jean Touret Rare Zoomrphe sculpture "egg cups" representing a rooster in basketwork ...
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French Brutalist Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Rattan, Oak

2 Old Decorative Elements in Polychrome Carved Wood circa 1930 Unknown Origin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
2 old decorative elements in polychrome carved wood circa 1930 unknown origin price is for one two are available.
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European Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Beech

Wood Camera Found Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand carved wood camera. This playful sculpture features a painted body in black and red with the carving "C-1XR2" at the front. Dimensions 6.25" width x ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

"Morandiane" Glass Bottle by Venini, Italy, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
"Morandiane" glass bottle by Venini, Italy, 1960s.
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Murano Glass

Painted terracotta sculpture vase
Located in Torino, IT
Vase with sculpture made of painted terracotta. Refined and austere vase made in the first half of the 20th century, hand-painted. The vase frontally has carved figures of a man, p...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Terracotta

Vintage Household Indian "Panchamukhi Hanuman" God
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Household Indian "Panchamukhi Hanuman" God
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Indian Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Paint

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