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Item Ships From: Texas
Vintage reproduction of an ancient Greco-Roman style statue
Located in Dallas, TX
A medium scale vintage reproduction of an ancient Greco-Roman style statue. This represents Hebe, the goddess of youth in Greek mythology and cup-be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Marble
All That Jazz Figurine Collection
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a set of 16 pieces. The All That Jazz Collection by Enesco is a must have for the jazz enthusiast. There are 16 pieces of musicians and singers.
Category
Late 20th Century American Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Rare Large Scale Pastoral Plaster Sculpture from Loriol-du-Comtat, France, 1914
Located in Dallas, TX
Found in a chateau in Loriol du Comtat, in the Provence region of France, this large-scale plaster sculpture is signed and dated by the artist, making it a rare find. Originally part of a boiserie containing a fireplace, the sculpture decorated the main hall of the chateau. The artist, Marius Sain, created the piece for the owners of the chateau in 1914. The lovely depiction of a shepherdess and her flock is a fitting subject for an area of France in which shepherding is such an important part of the culture. The preserved heritage of transhumance in Provence goes back at least 800 years, as evidenced by collections of ancient songs, stories, and art.
Life-size in scale, the lovely sculpture features a mix of high-, mid-, and low-relief embellishments. A hooded shepherdess tends to her flock of sheep with a crook in hand. A dog sits calmly at her feet as the flock gathers in front of them. Both the shepherdess and the dog are in high relief, as is the lead sheep. The lamb seen suckling from the front sheep was crafted in mid relief, as is the visible head on the far right of the sculpture. There are a few sheep behind them in low relief. Large trees can be seen on either side of the group, while off in the background (faintly visible) are a castle with four fastigiate Mediterranean cypress trees (known as Stricta) and a spired church. The attention to detail is magnificent, with textured surfaces including the animals’ fur and the uneven ground.
Block print on the plaster can be seen at the base. The letters read Le Soir, which is French for “The Night”. The right side of the sculpture has been signed “M Sain 1914”.
Marius Joseph Sain was born in 1877 in Avignon, France. In 1902, Sain moved to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Through introductions by his older brother and painter, Paul...
Category
1910s French Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Vintage Mid-20th Century Hand Carved Marble Skull
Located in Dallas, TX
Old hand carved gothic style life size solid marble skull.
Category
Mid-20th Century Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Gabriel Argy Rousseau Pate De Verre Knight
By Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
Located in Dallas, TX
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau Pâte de Verre Chevalier Paperweight, Circa 1920 Art Nouveau - Art Deco period mottled glass is shades of red, pink, orange and purpl...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century French Patinated Bronze Sculpture "L'Incroyable" Signed E. Lormier
By Eduard Lormier
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a man's office or a library shelf with this elegant bronze sculpture. Crafted in France circa 1895, this antique sculpture depicts a finely detailed figure of a Napoleonic-...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Hayagriva with Consort Vajravarahi, circa 1800, Tibet
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic and powerful Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva and his consort Vajravarahi, created in Tibet for the Chinese market, 18th/19th century, Tibet.
The wrathful...
Category
Early 1800s Tibetan Tibetan Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large French Bronze Spelter Figure of an Artist, After Mathurin Moreau
By Mathurin Moreau
Located in Austin, TX
A large French sculptural figure of an artist or painter from the Louis XV period, mounted to a circular moulded base of faux marble painted wood.
One of a pair of bronzed and pat...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Spelter
Group of Four Carved Wood / Gesso Winged Angels
Located in Round Top, TX
Group of four carved wood and gesso angels. Exceptional quality. Extremely rare. The best of the best.
Category
1860s Italian Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood
1930s Art Deco Surrealist Leather Life Sized Throwing Dummies, Set of 2 (France)
Located in Round Top, TX
Set of two French circa 1930s “throwing dummies”.
Darker Brown:
22”W x 21.75”D x 61”H
Lighter Brown:
25”W x 18”D x 61”H
Very uncommon vintage brown leather boxing dummies...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather
20th Century Italian Hand-Painted and Gilt Porcelain Capodimonte Figurine Statue
By Capodimonte
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful majolica figurine would elevate any living room, kitchen, or entry way. Created in Italy circa 1950 and done in the Capodimonte style, the barbotine statue portrays a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Polychrome Baby Jesus with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique baby Jesus figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand-painted putti carving feature its original polychrome finish for a luxurio...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Seated Figure of a Carrara Marble Sculpture of a Vestal Virgin
Located in Houston, TX
The perfection in the carving technique makes this sculpture very
Special. It is carved from a fine carrara white marble with artistic
Perfection. The folds in her gown and drapin...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of Antique Anglo-Indian Etched and Polychrome Brass Peacock Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Antique Anglo-Indian etched and polychrome brass peacock figures.
Stunning pair of Anglo-Indian etched and polychrome brass peacock figures or sculptures. These beautiful pe...
Category
1920s Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
18th Century, Spanish Conquistador Carved Wood Figure
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Spanish Conquistador carved wood figure.
18th century Carved and painted wood Spanish Conquistador figure or sculpture. This beautif...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
16th Century Head Of A Noble
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very striking 16th century statue - head of a nobleman - crafted from Roman concrete - opus caementicium. Roman concrete is durable due to its incorporation of volcanic ash, which...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Coade Stone
Hand Carved Italian Santo
Located in Houston, TX
Hand carved Italian Santo: figure of Franciscan abbot or saint, circa 1780-1800.
Note: Regional differences in humidity and climate during shipping may...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Northern Wei Dynasty Terracotta Sculpture Of A Seated Buddha 386-534 AD
Located in Dallas, TX
C. 386-534 AD. Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty.
A pre Tang Dynasty terracotta brick in a cream-coloured fabric featuring a beautiful depiction of a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Beautiful Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Female on an Eagle
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century a pretty woman sat on the back of an eagle with a marble base, signed C. Buhot, Measures: 21.5 x 10 inches.
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Statue of Young Henri IV
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th century French Renaissance bronze statue of a Young Henri IV is after Baron F. J. Bosio (French, 1768-1845) and indicates a representation of the 16th century period. It is an excellent work that clearly displays the talents of the sculptor, handsomely displaying a young man who was on his way to becoming a renowned swordsman and King. Henry IV, also known by the epithet Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre...
Category
1890s French Renaissance Revival Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Terracotta Sculpture by T. Foris
Located in Houston, TX
Well executed antique French terracotta figurative sculpture signed T. Foris (1921). This gorgeous French terra cotta figurative sculpture depicts two dancing maidens.
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Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Han Dynasty Green Glazed Archers Watch Tower Oxford TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Monumental Pottery Watch Tower in Green Glaze; Han Dynasty (2016 BC -AD 220)
Earthenware three-storied pavilion from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Each of the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Small Thai Seated Bronze Buddha Maravijaya, Ayutthaya, 16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A small Thai cast seated bronze figure of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni, Northern Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 16th century.
This sculpture captures the m...
Category
16th Century Thai Tribal Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Glazed Ceramic Bust of a Classical Roman by Santa Monica
By Santa Monica
Located in Houston, TX
Italian glazed ceramic bust of a Classical Roman by Santa Monica.
Italian ceramic bust of a Classical Roman with unusual iridescent glaze, marked Santa M...
Category
1940s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Orientalist Lamp Attributed to Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Denton, TX
Viennese cold painted bronze orientalist lamp attributed to Bergman of a middle eastern man riding a camel.
Signed Austria.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Romanesque Bronze Female Form Sculptures with Marble Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous pair of antique golden cast bronze roman women on newly fabricated marble bases. They are hollow and the water jugs are open so they can be used to display an arrangement wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Francoise Emile Decorchemont Pate De Verre Mold of a Woman’s Face
By Francois Decorchemont
Located in Dallas, TX
François-Emile Decorchemont Pate-de-Verre Glass Mold Of A Female Ladies Face. A rare, large and very heavy sculpture of either a mask or a modeled face. At 3.5 inches thick in glass with a peach, pink or rose color; this statue was exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum, New York in 1971. With much research; I haven’t seen or heard of a similar form by Decorchemont. The original Brooklyn Museum loan sticker is on verso with the Decorchemont stamp on her left cheek. For serious collectors or rare Art Deco, Art Nouveau glass.
Circa 1910
Molded Signature DECORCHEMONT
Height: 7 Inches (13.3 cm)
Width:. 5.2 Inches (16.5cm).
AVANTIQUES is dedicated to providing an exclusive curated collection of Fine Arts, Paintings, Bronzes, Asian treasures, Art Glass and Antiques. Our inventory represents time-tested investment quality items with everlasting decorative beauty. We look forward to your business and appreciate any reasonable offers. All of our curated items are vetted and guaranteed authentic and as described. Avantiques only deals in original antiques and never reproductions. We stand behind our treasures with a full money back return if the items are not as described.
François-Emile Décorchemont French, 1880-1997
François Décorchemont, originally an accomplished painter and potter of recognized ability, turned to the making of glass in 1904. Pâté de verre was the medium in which he excelled and for which he is best known. After studying decorative art in Paris, François Décorchemont returned to his native Conches in 1910 to develop new techniques in stained glass, particularly in the use of crystal to give multicolored and faceted panes. After 1909, while continuing to produce fine glass paste pieces, Francois Decorchemont began to experiment with a new casting technique. François Decorchemont, Emile's son and also an artist, helped out in his father’s studio, in particular helping him to research the possibilities of creating jeweled adornments in pates d'email (enamel pastes) for Gerome's polychrome sculptural creations.
Francois Décorchemont, a potter and painter at the outset of his career, became fascinated with the IDEA of developing and utilizing a thin translucent glass material in his work. It was in essence the revival and an adaptation of a long forgotten Egyptian glass-making process using colored crystal powdered glass, metallic oxides and an adhesive paste. This "new" material, known as pâte de verre was developed around the turn of the century, principally at the Sevres porcelain factory, by a number of artists working there, notably Henri Cros and Albert Dammouse.
The end of the 19th century was an illuminated period in the history of art. Impressionist painting appeared and created an interest in glass as material. Traditional sculpting materials such as bronze and marble made way for glass with its possibilities of light and color. Henry Cros and François Décorchemont became the leaders of French pâte de verre and facilitated the proliferation of this colorful glass. His first major work, in 1934, was inn the Eglise Sainte-Odile near Porte Champerret in Paris, some 300 square meters of brilliant colors. After the war, he devoted his work to churches in the Eure, including of course Beuzeville where, thanks to the generosity of the local council, the church is lit at night so that his work can be admired from outside. During the first half of the 20th century a number of French artists became famous for their work in pâte de verre, and Francois Decorchemont among them. March 2014, 20th Century’s Greatest Art Dealer Felix Marcilhac’s Collection Privee at Sotheby’s - Chang Yi Entrusts Antoine Leperlier in the Bidding of a Francois Decorchemon's Original. It has been reported that Felix Marcilhac’s Collection Privee auction at Sotheby’s brought in 33,125 Euros (28,000 RMB), three times the estimated price. Marcilhac is considered the greatest Art Deco dealer...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Botero Styled Horse Sculpture in Bronze
Located in Dallas, TX
A very nice, high quality bronze horse sculpture with a gorgeous aged patina. Great for the floor, table top, fireplace mantle.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Gio Ponti and Paolo de Poli Large Scale Diavolo Enamel Sculpture
By Gio Ponti, Paolo De Poli
Located in Dallas, TX
Devil's face enamel sculpture designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Paolo De Poli in Italy, 1956.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Vintage Carved Wood Pinocchio Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage carved wood Pinocchio sculpture.
Charming vintage carved wood Pinocchio sculpture. This interesting bust of Pinocchio is well made with a m...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Birch
Tang Dynasty Painted Terracotta Sculpture of a Lokapala
By Tang Dynasty
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty terracotta Pottery Tomb figure of the Lokapala Warrier Deity. Figure molded wearing heavy armor, standing in a dynamic pose with left arm raised in a threatening gesture...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Burmese Arakan Bronze Crowned Buddha, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous and refined Burmese crowned and adorned seated bronze Buddha, Kingdom of Arakan, Mrauk-U period, 17th century.
The Buddha is portrayed seated in vajrasana upon a high double lotus pedestal, hands in dhyana mudra, a ritual vessel resting in his upturned palms. He is festooned with jewelry – armlets, bracelets, anklets, a double necklace, a jeweled belt, and large earrings. His hair done up in a high chignon, covering the ushnisha, and topped by a stupa shaped finial.
The Buddha wears a large five pointed crown tied with ribbons that flare dramatically behind either ear, and a thin scarf...
Category
17th Century Burmese Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair 18th Century Hand-Carved Wooden Angels
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 18th century hand-carved wooden angels were sculpted by a talented artist from solid blocks of hardwood, and feature exquisite features and d...
Category
Late 18th Century French Romantic Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Midcentury Surrealist Terracotta Bust Sculpture
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Houston, TX
Midcentury Surrealist Terracotta Bust Sculpture.
Interesting surreal midcentury terra cotta bust sculpture in the manner of Salvador Dali. This fabu...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
A large porcelain sculpture of a couple kissing by the sea by Royal Copenhagen
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Houston, TX
An insanely romantic large porcelain sculpture of a couple kissing by the sea called “The Kiss” #1132. Designed by Theodor Lundberg and made by Royal Copenhagen in Denmark. In very g...
Category
1950s European French Provincial Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Thai Gilt Bronze Seated Buddha, Lan Na Kingdom, Chiang Mai, Late 15th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A rare and beautiful Thai cast and gilt bronze seated Buddha with shell inlaid eyes, style of Wat Chedi Luang, Lan Na Kingdom, Northern Thailand, region of Chiang Mai, late 15th cent...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ming Dynasty Polychrome Lacquer and Gilt Iron Figure of Ananda
Located in Austin, TX
Ananda is portrayed in a typical fashion, as a youthful monk with a shaved head and dressed in simple robes. He stands upon a double lotus pedestal with hands clasped in front of him...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Carrara Marble Bust
By Amedeo Modigliani, (after) Pablo Picasso, Rene Brancusi, Pablo Picasso
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-Century Modern Carrara Marble Bust.
Mid-Century Modern Carrara marble bust. This unusual marble bust sculpture depicts a male figure with an elongated head. Signed Tarr 1952 on t...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French Terracotta Bust of a Satyr by Max Le Verrier
By Pierre Le Faguays, Charles Lemanceau, Max Le Verrier
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful and rare French Art Deco terracotta bust of a satyr by well listed artist Max Le Verrier, (1891-1973). This unusual French terracotta bust sculpture is artist-signed on the...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Italian Carved Wood Santo Foot
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian carved wood Santo foot.
This stunning antique Italian carved wood Santo foot of an Archangel dressed as a Roman soldier. This beautifully carved and gilded sculp...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Charming Flemish Washed Oak Capital, Two Men Drinking at a Barrel, Circa 1800
Located in Dallas, TX
Most likely originally part of a larger installation or highly carved furniture, this charming oak capital is from Flanders, which is part of modern-day Belgium. Hand-carved circa 18...
Category
Early 1800s Belgian Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Russian Hardstone and Jeweled Flower Study
Located in Dallas, TX
A very special and delicate Russian hardstone and jeweled flower study from the 20th century. The rock crystal base issuing three delicate flowers fa...
Category
20th Century Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Pair of French 18th Century Lead Fountain Elements
Located in Atlanta, GA
An outstanding and stunning pair of 18th century Lead Fountain Elements from the South of France. Beautifully crafted from lead ornamented with beaut...
Category
18th Century French Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lead
Spanish Later 19th Century Flame Finial
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning later 19th century architectural sculpture of flame finial exquisitely cast in bronze. The sculpture is now presented on its custom made iron base.
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Patinated Spelter Sculpture of Young Woman Signed A. Moreau
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant figure composition was crafted in France circa 1880. Built of spelter, the statue stands on a shaped black and grey marble base, and depicts a young female beauty seated...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Over Life-Size Tibetan Gilt Bronze Arm of a Bodhisattva, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive larger than life-size cast and gilt bronze left hand and arm of a bodhisattva, late 19th century or earlier, Tibet.
The over-sized arm and hand of graceful proportions. The arm tapering down to a slender wrist embellished with a simple bracelet hiding the join between the hand and arm. The hand and arm richly gilt. The join to the elbow visible and exposed.
The hand heavily cast, with nice detail to the fingernails and cuticles. The palm with simple incised lines. The hand, with the pointer and pinky fingers raised, and the middle and ring finger folded down touching the thumb, performs the gesture known as karana mudra, the gesture of dispelling evil. (Here in Texas we refer to this gesture as "Hook'em Horns!")
Karana mudra is often associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, known in Tibet as Chenrezig, and in China as Guanyin.
The hand and arm would originally have been part of a much larger sculpture. Unfortunately many Tibetan Buddhist sculptures...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Bronze Antique Statue “the Family” after Clodion, circa 1889
Located in Houston, TX
Thiebaut Feres Fondeurs
Presentation piece for legion of honor recepitant
Mounted on a beautiful gilt bronze base banded
With acanthus leaves with berry motif.
Foundry mark en ve...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Central Javanese Cast Silver Transcendent Buddha, 9th-12th Century, Indonesia
Located in Austin, TX
An exceedingly rare Javanese cast silver figure a Transcendent Buddha, probably the Dhayani Buddha Akshobhya, early classical Javanese period, 9th - 12th century, Java, Indonesia.
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Javanese Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Rare Costa Rican Jade Axe God Guanacaste Nicoya Region A.D. 1-500
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine costa Rican Jade axe god with alligator head
Guanacaste-Nicoya region, circa A.D. 1-500
Material: Jade
Of celt form depicting the mythical part human, pa...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Jade
19th c. Italian Giltwood Columns
Located in Dallas, TX
Group of 6, on lucite bases. Add interest to your cabinets with these unique and original antique elements! Priced as a set.
Category
19th Century Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite, Giltwood
Korean Carved and Giltwood Buddha, Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime and well carved Korean lacquered and gilt wood figure of Amitabha Buddha (Amita Bul), Joseon Dynasty, early 19th century, Korea.
The Budd...
Category
Early 19th Century Korean Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Finely Carved Wooden Monkey Butler / Servant
Located in Dallas, TX
a finely carved wooden monkey butler / servant / footman figure on stand, glass eyes, open mouth with teeth, once held a tray in its outstretched ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ming Dynasty Bronze Figure of the Infant Buddha
Located in Austin, TX
A rare and unusual Chinese Ming Dynasty bronze figure of the Buddha as an infant. The young Prince Siddhartha, who would grow up to become the Buddha, is portrayed standing, one hand pointing to the sky, the other to the ground. He is naked, save for a baby apron...
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16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ayutthaya Lacquered And Gilt Bronze Buddha Head 15th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Ayutthaya Lacquered and Gilt Copper Bronze Buddha Head
Circa 15th Century
A beautifully lacquered and gilt bronze Buddha head from the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, Thailand, circa 15th ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Ming Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Hollywood Regency Brass Giraffes
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Hollywood Regency brass giraffes.
Great tall pair of midcentury brass giraffe sculptures or figures, a male and a female.
This well detailed pair of Hollywood Regency giraffe...
Category
1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Two French Bronze Figures of Giuliano and Lorenzo De' Medici
Located in Flower Mound, TX
This is a wonderful pair of French bronzes, Lorenzo di' Piero de' Medici also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, and his younger brother Giuliano. Lorenzo is the larger of the two figures measuring 8.3" in height and 3.7" wide, and 3.4" deep, Giuliano is 8" high and 2.7" wide and 3.2" deep. Both are modelled opposing, seated, and clad in armor. These bronzes are from the 19th century, but from differing parts of the century. The model of Lorenzo is late 19th century, and the quality of the casting is good but not as good as that of Giuliano who would appear to be from the mid part of the 19th century. They make a good companion pair, but did not form part of the same casting run, and have been later paired up. Both have great coloring, with a similar dark brown and green patina.
Provenance: These were part of the Fulwood Collection
The Fulwood Collection comes from a Grade II listed rectory in the North of England. Formerly the childhood home of Sir Douglas Bader. The rectory was acquired by the late owner approximately 15 years ago. The house was formerly split into two separate houses, and with care he lovingly refurbished it back into a single house and refurnished in a blend of the Grand Tour style with Welsh and English provincial tastes. This property contained fine furniture, works of art, paintings, ceramics and other miscellaneous items some of which have been purchased by “The Englishman’s Antiques”
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gandharan Stucco Head of a Bodhisattva, Region of Hadda, 3rd-5th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A striking Gandharan molded stucco head of a male Bodhisattva, tentatively identified as Manjushri, ancient region of Gandhara, probably Hadda or surrounding area, 3rd-5th century.
The Bodhisattva is sculpted of stucco in an idealized manner as a youthful male, with soft and kind features, a benign expression on his face. He wears an elaborate pleated turban wrapped around his head, with two sweeping lobes at the front.
His turban secured on one side by a small image of a roaring lion. The lion may be read as a reference to Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, who is often depicted as riding or subduing a roaring lion, a metaphor for taming the wild thoughts of the mind.
Manjushri gazes outwards in a beatific manner from almond shaped eyes, a gentle smile on his lips. The eyes at different levels when looking at the sculpture head on, indicating the original placement of the head was meant to be viewed at an angle.
Remnants of pigments to the eyes, nose, mouth and ears.
Mounted on a custom black metal stand.
Hadda was an important center of Buddhist learning in the early history of Greco Buddhist Gandhara, and at one time may have housed a bone relic of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. The sculpture and architecture of Hadda followed Hellenistic artistic conventions faithfully, leading some scholars to believe the distinct Greco Buddhist style of Gandhara was first developed in Hadda before spreading to the rest of the region.
The kingdom of Gandhara was situated at a crossroads of trade and cultures. Being one of the last remnants of Alexander the Great's Empire, the inhabitants of the Greco-Bactrian Buddhist kingdom preserved Greek culture and heritage for centuries after the decline of the Greek Empire...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Hellenistic Antique Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stucco
Pair of Late 20th Century Bronze Statues on Wooden Columns
Located in Dallas, TX
Accessorize an office or library shelving with this pair of small bronze statues mounted on wooden plinths. Each statue depicts a figure from classical antiquity: the one on the left...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Texas Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
