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Sale Items
Art Nouveau Woman Sculpture or Bust
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Beautiful alabaster sculpture of an Art Nouveau lady resting on a marble plinth. Signed R. Schoggi.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
$595 Sale Price
25% Off
Classical Style Two Tone White And Beige Marble Bust
Located in Southall, GB
A impressive beige and white marble male bust. A grand and imposing figure with detailed carving to the face, hair, garments and breastplate. A hand carved wreath suggests someone of...
Category
Late 20th Century European Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Marble
$5,158 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique African Hand Carved Woman Sculptor
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional hand wood carving of a woman probably African queen, beautiful face showing grace and resolute looking forward, white color finish and clear wax restoration. Professional...
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$800 Sale Price
55% Off
Sculpture of Diana the Huntress, 21st Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture of Diana the Huntress, 21st century.
Sculpture on base of Diana the Huntress, in patinated plaster and resin, 21st century, model from the Musée du Louvres, Paris.
H: 32c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Busts
Materials
Resin, Plaster
$1,511 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Neoclassical Style Male Marble Torso
Located in Southall, GB
A carefully hand-carved male marble torso, with defined muscles. Beautifully realised, this piece would look great as part of a collection, or on its own.
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Marble
$923 Sale Price
20% Off
After Odoardo Tabacchi, Italian 19th Century "La Tuffolina" the Diver
By Odoardo Tabacchi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
After Odoardo Tabacchi (1831-1905) a very fine Italian 19th century patinated bronze figure of "La Tuffolina" (The Diver). The finely cast brown patin...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Beaux Arts Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$9,850 Sale Price
33% Off
Sea Head Water Decorative Ceramic Piece, Handmade Italy, 2021, Hand-Crafted
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The piece is a unique representation of a woman's head in a modern way.
Our designer creates these pieces completely by hand.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$3,472 Sale Price / item
20% Off
"Portrait of a Woman" by K. Server for Austin Productions
By Austin Productions
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With it’s raw, organic form and masterful use of space, Klara Server’s “Portrait of a Woman” is a mesmerizing highlight in any room. Made by the renowned New York company Austin Prod...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Resin
$560 Sale Price
30% Off
Dionysius Marble Sculpture, 19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Large head of Dionysus sculpture in white marble, 19th century.
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
$9,449 Sale Price
20% Off
Pelican Ceramic Sculpture Centerpiece, Completely Handmade Without Mold, 2023
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The piece is a unique representation of a Pelican in a modern way. The animal is gently painted with a brown color.
Our designer creates these pieces comp...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$3,927 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Large Majolica Ceramic Bust Planter or Vase of a Woman with Flowers, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large colorful polychrome hand-made ceramic Italian Moorish bust vase or planter of a woman with a flower turban crown. Handmade and glazed in brilliant reds, greens, and yellows, this sculpture depicts the head of a lady wearing a glazed red crown topped with bright red bulbs. She wears circular yellow earrings, red lipstick, and a red necklace...
Category
20th Century Italian Moorish Busts
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of English Regency Framed Ormolu Portrait Plaques of St. Paul & Socrates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of English Regency framed ormolu portrait plaques of St. Paul & Socrates
Exceptional quality and casting, beautifully framed with convex glass.
Each plaque is mounted in a circu...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu
$1,421 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Lifesize Italian 19th Century Specimen Marble Bust of a Greco-Roman Warrior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and mpressive life-size Italian, early 20th century marble bust of a Greco Roman Warrior, probably Hercules, after the antique. The large beautifully carved and decorated...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Greco Roman Busts
Materials
Marble, Agate, Lapis Lazuli
$68,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Susana Espinosa Cabeza Mujer Bronze Sculpture Puerto Rico Isla del Sol Artist PR
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful and Rare version of the Cabeza de Mujer series in Bronze. Signed and Number; Espinosa 246/300. Bronze Bust Only (not including base) W: 3 1/8 x D: 2 1/2 x H: 3 3/4 in.
Category
Vintage 1980s Puerto Rican Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Bronze
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
A granite sculpture of a young woman's head - France - 1960
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A refined granite sculpture portraying the head of a young woman, believed to likely represent Saint Joan of Arc, crafted in France during the 1950s. It features a magnificent patina...
Category
Vintage 1960s European Gothic Busts
Materials
Granite
$1,086 Sale Price
20% Off
Mounted Large Bust God of Beauty Cast Study Of Antinous in Roman Style Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Mounted Large Bust God of Beauty Cast Study Of Antinous in Roman Style Sculpture. Imposing Large Cast Study Of Antinous in the Style Of Bust Found in Hadrian’...
Category
20th Century European Greco Roman Busts
Materials
Other
$13,600 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824 - 1887) Terracotta bust of a young woman
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (Anizy-le-Château, 1824 - Sèvres, 1887). Very beautiful bust of a young woman, terracotta with attractive patina. Perfect condition without base. Very ...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Busts
Materials
Terracotta
$3,992 Sale Price
20% Off
Bust of Diana the Huntress
Located in Rome, IT
Sculpture, Bust of Diana the huntress - 82 cm - Marble ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND QUOTE FOR SHIPPING COST CAN BE REQUEST ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Busts
Materials
Marble
$5,669 Sale Price
20% Off
After Giambologna - Scultura, Grande Gruppo Scultoreo "IL Ratto Delle Sabine" -
Located in Rome, IT
After Giambologna - Scultura, grande gruppo scultoreo "Il ratto delle Sabine" - 120 cm - Bronzo (dorato), Bronzo (patinato) - XX secolo.
Category
Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Bronze
$6,614 Sale Price
20% Off
Venere V11, Man's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Black/White
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that co...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Busts
Materials
Enamel
$238 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Woman's Head Decorative Ceramic Piece, Handmade Italy, 2021, Hand-Crafted
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The piece is a unique representation of a woman's head in a modern way.
Our designer creates these pieces completely by hand.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$2,894 Sale Price / item
20% Off
French Art Nouveau Bust of a “Breton woman” alabaster wood
By French House & Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful and very refined alabaster bust depicting a young woman with her head slightly bowed, in a reflective or prayerful attitude, made around 1900 in France. It is part of the ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Alabaster
$3,458 Sale Price
20% Off
Man's Head Yellow Decorative Ceramic Piece, Handmade Italy, 2021, Hand-Crafted
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The piece is a unique representation of a woman's head in a modern way.
Our designer creates these pieces completely by hand.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$2,894 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Art Deco Style Ceramic Woman Bust
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Ceramic sculpture of a female bust with elegant, straight, and elongated features, making it a very interesting and beautiful piece.
Category
20th Century Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
$377 Sale Price
20% Off
Roman Style Marble Torso On A Black Marble Base
Located in Southall, GB
A handsomely carved male marble torso on a black marble base. The carving is detailed and realistic, clearly depicting the contours and muscles. The marble...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
$13,032 Sale Price
20% Off
Terracotta Bust of Christ as the Redeemer, 15th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
A terracotta bust of Christ as The Redeemer
Tuscany or Emilia Romagna, late 15th century
Measures: 46 x 43 x 21 cm
This powerful, moving bust of...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$17,008 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Art Nouveau Carved Marble Bust of A Lady - Signed Miller
Located in Atlanta, GA
Likely French, 19th century.
An antique Art Nouveau era carved marble bust of a young lady. The marble presents very well and shows the true craftsmanship of the era. Signed to the ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Marble
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Sicilian Moorish Heads Pair in Polished Lava Stone, Limited Edition
Located in Milano, IT
Fabulous pair of limited-edition, contemporary art Sicilian Moorheads of fine Sicilian workmanship.
The Moor heads are made entirely of lava stone: the male head is polished, while ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lava
$1,417 Sale Price / set
20% Off
20th Century Bronze Bust of Dante
Located in Bagshot, GB
An interesting Bust of the poet Dante, the bust has been made in plaster but then covered in a Bronze wrap.
We have never come across a bust in this manor before.
Category
Early 20th Century European Other Busts
Materials
Bronze
$1,527 Sale Price
25% Off
20th Century Marble Bust, Sculpture of the Roman God of the Water Neptune
Located in Southall, GB
Wonderful marble bust of the Roman God of the water Neptune. Gorgeous piece standing on a black marble pedestal base. We've pictured it on a marble column which is not part of the li...
Category
20th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
$2,715 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C. Santos Hand made statue Virgin Mary and child Antiques Los Angeles CA LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
19th C. Santos Hand made statue Virgin Mary and child Antiques Los Angeles CA LA . Mid 19th Century Rare Hand made terracotta Clay “ Santos “ saint Virgin Mary with Child .
Typical of Luberon in central Provence in Southern France. Lubéron a favourite destination for French high society and British and American visitors because of the pleasant and picturesque towns and villages, comfortable way of life, agricultural wealth, historical and cultural associations . Haute Provence 1840-1850
Exhibit impressive compassion and love . Sculptures were often found in homes in the 18th and 19th centuries where they were thought fashionably . In chapels a place of worship that is not a church which belongs to a parish in a village or town but is more private or has a special purpose. Antique religious Statuary , dealer Los Angeles CA West Hollywood La Cienega Melrose ave . This piece would be perfect mounted on a pedestal base, on a side table , in an entrance or foyer , freestanding art piece statement . Very decorative for your interior design in a rustic traditional or even modern design . A great gift idea for the holiday season or a house warming . Vibrant colors wonderful gold and blue colors beautifully painted robe design and finely appointed facial features and hair . The mother holding baby...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Statues
Materials
Clay, Terracotta, Fabric, Paint, Feathers
$2,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Hera, Greek Divinity
Located in Rome, IT
Sculpture of Hera, greek divinity in marble, 20th century, measures 60x36x26cm.
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
$6,142 Sale Price
20% Off
Marble sculpture bust of Dionysius, Bust in Carrara marble, marble sculpture
Located in Rome, IT
Marble sculpture bust of Dionysius, Bust in Carrara marble, marble sculpture, Marble sculpture bust of Dionysius. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND QUOTE FOR SHIPPING COS...
Category
20th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
$5,657 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Spectacular Clay Goddess of Summer in a Matching Pedestal
Located in Miami, FL
19th century spectacular clay Goddess of summer.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Clay
$6,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Female torso with white Carrara marble drapery
By Laboratorio Todini
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Sculpture, Female torso, classical art, Greek art, Torso, white Carrara marble, classical sculpture, ancient torso, Venus Gabii
Female torso with toga carved on beautiful white Carra...
Category
1990s Italian Greco Roman Busts
Materials
Marble
$5,197 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th-20th Century Art-Nouveau Bronze Patinated Bust of Marie Antoinette
By Agathon Léonard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Art-Nouveau patinated bronze bust of "Marie Antoinette" (Queen of France 1755-1793), after the model by Agathon Léonard or Léonard Agathon van Weydeve...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Bronze
$12,450 Sale Price
34% Off
Bust of Diana
Located in Rome, IT
Diana is an Italic goddess, 20th century. Lady of the woods, protector of wild animals, keeper of springs and streams, protector of women and giver of sovereignty.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
$4,913 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Italian 19th Century Carved Carrara Marble Figure of a Fisherman Boy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large Italian 19th century carved Carrara marble figure of a fisherman boy with a straw-hat titled "THO PRESO!... (The catch) dep...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Bohemian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
$84,950 Sale Price
32% Off
Roman Bust With Helmet
Located in Southall, GB
Exquisitely detailed carving of a Roman Bust with Helmet. The Males features are intricately carved with attention given to the shape of the nose and furrowed brow as he prepares to ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Marble
$7,059 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge Female Bronze Nude Sculpture by John Destefano
By John DeSefano
Located in Redding, CT
Huge Female bronze nude by John DeStefano. Signed lower left. Gorgeous detail to this beautiful bust including life-like size and a realist design . Incredible detail in her flowing...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Bronze
$21,195 Sale Price
52% Off
A French 19th Century Bronze Sculpture Titled "La Sécurité" Eugène Delaplanche
By Eugène Delaplanche
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century brown and parcel-gilt patinated bronze sculpture titled "La Sécurité" (The Security - Protection) after a model by Eugène Delaplanche (French, 1836–1891). Depicting a sitting young Maiden in a gilt-decorated armored suit and helmet, a lion skin on her back, holding a resting child on her arm. Raised on Rouge-Royal marble plinth inscribed "La Sécurité - Par E. Delaplanche - Salon des Beaux-Arts de Paris". Signed: E. Delaplanche and stamped with the importer's seal - Alberto Vignes y Ca - Buenos Aires, circa 1890.
Measures: Height: 28 3/4 inches (60.3 cm).
Width: 16 inches (40.7 cm).
Depth: 14 inches (35.6 cm).
Eugène Delaplanche (February 28, 1836 – January 10, 1891) was a French sculptor, born at Belleville (Seine).
He was a pupil of Duret, gained the Prix de Rome in 1864 (spending 1864-67 at the Villa Medici in Rome) and the medal of honor in 1878. His "Messenger of Love" (1874), "Aurora" (1878), and the "Virgin of the Lillies" (1884), are in the Luxembourg. Other works by him are "Music - La Musique" (1878, Paris Opera House), called his masterpiece; "Eve After the Fall" (1869); "Maternal Instruction" (1875, Square of Sainte-Clothilde, Paris). He is also noted for his decorations in relief on vases of Haviland faience. His best work is naturalistic, but at the same time dignified and simple in line and shows sound mastery of technique. He is represented by 15 works in the Glyptothek, Copenhagen and in many other French museums and in churches.
This sculpture of La Sécurité is after his 1884 sculptures...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$18,450 Sale Price
47% Off
Scultura, Venere, Marmo, metà del XX secolo
Located in Rome, IT
Scultura, Venere - 64 cm - Marmo - metà del XX secolo
Italia
Scultura, Torso di Venere, meta del xx secolo, provienienza villa di Viterbo
Sculpture, Torso of Venus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Busts
Materials
Marble
$3,968 Sale Price
20% Off
Alabaster Bust of Judith with Marble Column After August Riedel Painting
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a heavy alabaster bust sculpture of Judith after the painting of August Riedel. It depicts the bust of a light brown wavy hair female who is wear...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
$3,400 Sale Price
32% Off
French Early 20th Century Art Deco Marble Figure "Kneeling Nude Girl"
By Affortunato Gory
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French early 20th century Art Deco white marble figure of a kneeling nude beauty, attributed to Affortunato Gory (Gori) (Italian, 1895-1925). The kneeling nude figure of a you...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$11,955 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 19th Century Carrara Marble Sculpture of a Boy by Raffaele Belliazzi
By Raffaele Belliazzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 19th century carved carrara marble sculpture Group Titled "LA GIOIA NELL'INNOCENZA DOPO IL LAVORO" (The Joy of Innocence After Labour) by Professor Raffaele Belliazzi (Italian, 1835-1917). The slender figure of the young boy, seated and resting on a rock with his hanging legs crossed and joyfully eating a cluster of grapes picked from his hat that is resting on his lap. The intricate carving of his shirt, jacket, pants, hat and boots with fine attention details such at the stitching, buttons, the hem on his pants, the wear on the soles of his boots and the features on his face makes this one of Belliazzi's finest known works. The sculpure rests on a dark green serpentine marble pedestal with a rotating top. Signed: Profor. Belliazzi, Carrara. Florence, circa 1870-1880.
It may be possible to identify the present marble sculpture of a boy eating grapes...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
$58,950 Sale Price
30% Off
Sculpture in Marble Powder from France Woman Body, in a White Color 20TH Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is a Body of a woman, with one hand in the hairs. This is in marble powder, in a White color, and has been made in France in the 20th Century.
Art Deco Style.
Category
20th Century African Art Deco Busts
Materials
Plaster
$425 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Oversize Asian Round Decorative Figural Head with Chinese Calligraphy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Large oversize round Asian decorative head in red and gold. This piece is perfect for a bookshelf, or as a statement piece for a side table. Painting i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Folk Art Busts
Materials
Plastic, Plaster
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Art Nouveau Gilt Plaster Portrait Bust Sculpture of Woman, C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Art Nouveau sculpture offers plaster construction depicting portrait bust of a woman on plinth, c1910
Measures: 23.5" H x 11" W x 1...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Plaster
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
18th C. French Marble Bust of Dancer Marie-Madeleine Guimard, Antoinette Style
Located in Madrid, ES
This expressive 18th century marble portrait bust is of Marie-Madeleine Guimard (1743-1816), a successful dancer and one of the most famous courtesans of pre-Revolutionary France. The bust is unsigned, but identical to one in the collection of London's V&A museum carved...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Marble
$16,536 Sale Price
24% Off
Neoclassical Style Male Marble Torso
Located in Southall, GB
Handsomely hand carved marble male torso in white marble. The body is contoured and defined twisted into a classically inspired pose that emphasises ...
Category
Late 20th Century European Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Marble
$923 Sale Price
20% Off
Larger-Than-Life Patinated Bronze Bust of President William H. Taft
By Frederick Ernst Triebel 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and larger-than-life and very realistic museum quality patinated bronze bust of President William H. Taft (1857–1930) by Frederick Ernst Triebel (American, 1865-1944) cast by Nelli Foundry in Rome, Italy. William H. Taft, the 27th President of the United States and Jurist, is depicted with his renown thick mustache and wearing a bow tie, vest and coat. Inscribed on the back: F.E. Triebel. Sculp and Fond. Nelli, Roma, circa first quarter 20th century.
Due to its size, subject and high quality, this bust was probably commissioned for a Museum or public exhibition, such as an embassy or government building, the same way as other similar works by the sculptor.
The Roman foundry operated by the Nelli family during the last quarter of the 19th century cast works for many leading sculptors of the day, including Alfred Gilbert and Anton van Wouw...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian American Classical Busts
Materials
Bronze
$22,950 Sale Price
49% Off
Antique Hermes Bust in Carved Biscuit French Origin
Located in Buxton, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Sculpture of Hermes. The sculpture is hand carved from Biscuit.
Circa Late 20th and of French Origin
Dimensions - 19 H x 13 x 7 cm
We have...
Category
Late 20th Century French Classical Greek Busts
Materials
Pottery
$456 Sale Price
51% Off
Bronze Statue Hans Peisser and Pankraz Labenwolf, Attributed to, Warrior
Located in Milano, IT
The bronze statue depicts a Turkish warrior with shield and sword. the warrior is shown bare without veils, with a base also made of oval-shaped bronze, acting in a war scene.
Detai...
Category
Antique 16th Century German Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,614 Sale Price
20% Off
Life-size Roman Bust Sculpture, 20th Century
Located in Southall, GB
A life-size hand carved 20th century Roman Torso. The torso is carved from weathered statutory marble on a travertine base.
One of the most striking objects on display in the Mary a...
Category
20th Century European Busts
Materials
Marble
$7,059 Sale Price
20% Off
Carlos Gardel Tango Bronze & Marble Plaque Desk Portrait / Sculpture 1950´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Carlos Gardel Tango Polished Bronze & Marble Plaque Desk Portrait / Sculpture.
Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
$719 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Italian 19th-20th Century Lifesize Carved Marble Bust of a Posing Lady
By Antonio Frilli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian 19th-20th century lifesize carved marble bust of a lady wearing a hat, the beautifully carved marble bust of a lady posing with a gaze to her right, wearing a bonnet w...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Romantic Busts
Materials
Marble
$9,850 Sale Price
21% Off
Art Nouveau Bust of a Young Lady Sculpture 1900 Latour
Located in Berlin, DE
-Art Nouveau bust
- Alabasta with marble pedestal
- Signed latour
- Good condition
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Alabaster
$2,069 Sale Price
20% Off
Wooden Head, Edo People, Benin Nigeria with Stand
Located in Hamburg, DE
Carved from reddish brown hardwood, the hollow form rises from a cylindrical neck, the lowest part being a rounded base, then surrounded by diagonal sections. The neck is surrounded by nine rows of coral beaded necklaces (odigba) that extend to a thread motif on the back of the head. Face in full relief with straight lips, flared, flattened nose and oval eyes with set shell (nut) for the pupils. Along the forehead are six frontal scars treated with rectangular cavities in which should have inserts nutshells. In this case there is only one left
Small ears on each side of the head, each C-shaped. A headband consisting of three rows of almost completely distroyed.
On the right side of the head, a single feather extends upward from a beaded rosette. Behind the ear, two long braids of hair hang down to the beaded collar and then become bows that reach the roots. The left side of the head has a long, single braid behind the ear that hangs down to the beaded collar and becomes a bow that ends at the base. On each side, three strands of hair appear at the temples under the headband. Featuring an open hole with a circular motif on the top of the head and a rectangular open slit down the back. Insect damage in different areas; very old worn finish showing a lot of age.
Very heavy insect damage in all areas; very old worn finish showing a lot of age.
“Wooden shrine heads were permitted to sit on the altars of chiefs and important figures, in contrast to the copper alloy heads used exclusively by the kings of Benin. (Frederic Backlar, Bonhams, New York, 2012, lot 172)
Osemwede (reigned 1816-1848) was the first Oba to decree that human heads could be carved for the altars of chiefs of royal lineage, rather than just wooden antelope and perhaps goat heads. Therefore, chiefs of blood enjoyed in Benin City (but not throughout the Kingdom of Benin, where antelope heads continued to be placed on the altars of their ancestors well into the 20s. Thus, the (wooden) human heads are said to be later than ca. 1816, but the actual age depends condition, insect damage, etc." (Fagg, William, Christie's, London, 1988, lot 206)
"Feathers were worn by chiefs as a sign of status. The heads have a hole at the top intended to hold a large carved ivory tusk...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Beninese Busts
Materials
Hardwood
$4,630 Sale Price
20% Off
Grégoire Calvet 'French, 1871-1928' 19th Century Marble Sculpture of a Nude Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grégoire Calvet (French, 1871-1928) A Fine Late 19th Century Life-Size White Marble Sculpture representing "Peace & Love". The beautifully carved white...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
$32,950 Sale Price
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Set of Two Antique Hand-Painted Wooden Duck Figures circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of two hand-painted antique figures of two ducks made of wood. Made by unknown manufacturer in Barcelona, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consiste...
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Wood
$513 Sale Price / item
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