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Style: Primitive
19th Century Italian Carved & Painted Primitive Male Santos Wood Sculpture
Located in Encinitas, CA
19th century Italian hand carved and painted primitive male Santos wood sculpture, circa 1840. Measures: 22.2” H x 6.3” W x 4” D.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Primitive Religious Items

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Wood

19th Century Italian Carved & Painted Primitive Male Santos Wood Sculpture
19th Century Italian Carved & Painted Primitive Male Santos Wood Sculpture

19th Century Italian Carved & Painted Primitive Male Santos Wood Sculpture

Religious Polychrome Santos Wood Carving
Located in San Diego, CA
An early polychrome religious santos carving, circa 1800s. The piece is hand carved in a soft wood with original paint and polychrome finish on a wood...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Primitive Religious Items

Materials

Softwood

Religious Polychrome Santos Wood Carving
Religious Polychrome Santos Wood Carving

Religious Polychrome Santos Wood Carving

Late 18th Century Earthenware Hanukkah Lamp, Djerba, Tunisia
Located in New York, NY
A rare, late 18th century earthenware Hanukkah lamp from Djerba, Tunisia. Rectangular in shape, the Hanukkah lamp is supported by two legs. The oil fonts take the form of eight small recesses, with pinched edges on one side for wicks. Apparently, a servant light (now missing) was placed in the upper part of the lamp. This is a particularly rare and early specimen. In all likelihood, this model – undocumented in the literature – represents a missing link between the stone lamps used in North Africa and the more familiar earthenware lamps of Tunisia, which are generally glazed in a greenish hue (in similar fashion to the present lamp). But in the latter group, the oil fonts are elevated, that is, supported on top of small columns, and are similar in design to ancient earthenware...
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Late 18th Century Tunisian Antique Primitive Religious Items

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Earthenware

Late 18th Century Earthenware Hanukkah Lamp, Djerba, Tunisia
Late 18th Century Earthenware Hanukkah Lamp, Djerba, Tunisia

Late 18th Century Earthenware Hanukkah Lamp, Djerba, Tunisia

19th Century Carved Indian Carnival God Figure, Polychrome Paint on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting 19th century carved figure with polychrome decoration. Unique coloration and dance position with arm raised. Considerable losses consistent with age, but flaking seems ...
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19th Century Indian Antique Primitive Religious Items

Materials

Wood, Paint

19th Century Carved Indian Carnival God Figure, Polychrome Paint on Stand
19th Century Carved Indian Carnival God Figure, Polychrome Paint on Stand

19th Century Carved Indian Carnival God Figure, Polychrome Paint on Stand

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Votive Madonna, Late 18th Century
Located in Firenze, FI
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French Military Steel and Brass Armor, Late 18th-Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Brass, Steel

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H 17.5 in W 15.25 in D 12.5 in
A Brass Butterfield Type Dial French Late 18th Century
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H 2.49 in Dm 2.96 in
Moroccan Copper Hanukkah Lamp Judaica Menorah
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Metal, Copper

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H 12 in W 10 in D 2 in
Mother Mary Madonna Wood Carved Polychrome Santo Santos, 18th-19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
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H 14.5 in W 5 in D 3 in
18th Century Spanish Santos
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved Santos in original condition. Beautiful old patina.
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Wood

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H 42 in W 16 in D 12 in
Traditional Religious Jesus Christ Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
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Vintage Pal Kepenyes Bronze/Brass Necklace, 20th Century
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H 11.82 in W 5.91 in D 5.52 in
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17th Century Filipino Polychrome Santos Carving "San Roque"
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16/ 17th Century French Carved Stone Fragment of a Madonna with Child
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Stone

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H 12.25 in W 28.5 in D 17.25 in
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Carved Wood and Paper Mache Santos Figure, Italy, circa 1870
Located in Culver City, CA
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Wood

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H 26 in W 12.5 in D 7 in
Primitive 17th Century French Carved Stone Madonna
Located in Buisson, FR
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Stone

Primitive 17th Century French Carved Stone Madonna
Primitive 17th Century French Carved Stone Madonna

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H 18.9 in W 8.27 in D 5.91 in
Primitive French Carved Stone Head of Christ
Located in Buisson, FR
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Stone

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Primitive French Carved Stone Head of Christ

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H 14.5 in W 8 in D 5.75 in
Reliquary Bakota, Gabon, Haut-Ogoouée
Located in Paris, FR
Reliquary Bakota, Gabon Haut-Ogoouée Africa The Kota were brought back in 1905. It weren't sanctified. There is a label on the reverse "Grand Bassam Côte d'Ivoire 1905." The...
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Reliquary Bakota, Gabon, Haut-Ogoouée

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H 28.35 in W 16.54 in D 5.12 in
18th Century, Italian Reticulated Mannequin Santos
Located in Stamford, CT
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Primitive Religious Items

18th Century, Italian Reticulated Mannequin Santos
18th Century, Italian Reticulated Mannequin Santos

18th Century, Italian Reticulated Mannequin Santos

H 27 in W 6 in D 4 in

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