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Qing Dynasty Chinese Carved Green Jade Chilong Dragon Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
carved, with intricate detail throughout. The mythical beast lying ready on all four, head raised, mouth
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19th Century Antique Beast

Materials

Jade

Antique Brass Indian Betel Nut Cutter from Collectible Asian Mughal Artifact
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
technique, depicts a stylized beast dragon hunting a peacock. A scissor-style cigar and betel nut shell
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19th Century Indian Folk Art Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Nihonga Painting 19th c Edo Scroll by Tonomura Chokunyu River landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
landscapes, people, birds, beasts, animals, and flowers, and among these, his masterpieces remain in the
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19th Century Edo Antique Beast

Materials

Silk

Doris Leslie Blau Antique Turkish Hereke Hunting Rug
Located in New York, NY
which riders on horseback, mythical beasts, deer, leopards, and birds are dynamically rendered in motion
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Early 20th Century Turkish Antique Beast

Materials

Wool

19th Century Victorian Cast Iron Griffin Fire Grate
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Greek Mythology-the beast being half lion, half eagle, signifying strength and vision, the strength of
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1890s English Victorian Antique Beast

Materials

Iron

English 19th Century Cast Iron Unicorn
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
enveloping the iron beast.
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19th Century English Antique Beast

Materials

Iron

Exceptional Quality and Rare Central European Nero Portoro Serpentine Marble
Located in Benington, Herts
feet, raised upon a moulded plinth with carved mythological beasts and medallions having a faux marble
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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Beast

Materials

Marble

Untitled
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Norwich, GB
critic in 1905 who compared the artists to fauves (‘wild beasts’). Vlaminck enjoyed painting in primary
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Antique Beast

Materials

Watercolor

Set of two 19th Century Chinese porcelain vases
Located in London, GB
flared rims. Each of the vases features twin handles in the form of mythical beasts to the necks. The
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Beast

Materials

Porcelain

Bronze Statue of the Roman Greek Wrestler Milo of Croton After Dumont
By Jacques-Edme Dumont
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
trapping his hands. He was left a helpless prey to the wild beast who soon finished him off.
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Monkey Group Sculpture Okimono Shosai
Located in Newark, England
(Japan’s indigenous religion/nature religion) legendary mythical beasts known as raiju sometimes appeared
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

Hand Signed in Pencil Etching Cafe de Paris Visage de Maisons Maurice Vlaminck
By Maurice Vlaminck
Located in Surfside, FL
beasts), thus giving their movement the name by which it became known, Fauvism. In 1911, Vlaminck
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1920s Modern Antique Beast

Materials

Etching

Rare Lion Figurine Pillow, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
sculpted mythical beast—likely a lion or bixie—serving as the base, surmounted by a flat slab. The surface
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15th Century and Earlier East Asian Tang Antique Beast

Materials

Stoneware

Dahl-Jensen Porcelain Figurine Arabian Girl #1129 Royal Copenhagen
By Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
. Between 1901 and 1925 Dahl-Jensen modeled numerous small sculptures of beasts of prey in bronze that were
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1920s Danish Antique Beast

Materials

Porcelain

Paysage du Vivarais avec une Ferme, French Post-Impressionist, Signed Painting
Located in London, GB
disparaging term of ‘Fauves’ (French for ‘wild beasts’) to describe artists using strong, separate, unnatural
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Beast

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Map of Spain and Portugal by Thomson, 1815
Located in Langweer, NL
elements such as elaborate title cartouches and fantastic beasts in favor of detail and accuracy. Thomson's
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19th Century Antique Beast

Materials

Paper

Antique Decorative Vase, Continental, Ceramic, Baluster Urn, Dragon, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
mythical beast Displaying a desirable aged patina - in good original order Green ceramic ground with
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Late 19th Century British Antique Beast

Materials

Ceramic

Fleurs et Papillons - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Fauves (the wild beasts). What they had in common was a desire to innovate, but they felt constrained
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1920s Fauvist Antique Beast

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

19th Century French Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
paterae throughout, with winged beasts and urn to centre. The jambs with shaped panel surmounted by end
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Beast

Materials

Marble

Qing Dynasty Chinese Sancai Temple Guardian Figure
Located in Forney, TX
each shoulder in the form of horned mythical beast masks, his face left in the biscuit and
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18th Century Antique Beast

Materials

Pottery

Japanese bronze Koro
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
the feathers of the mythical beasts only add to the striking effect of this extraordinary piece. This
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19th Century Japanese Antique Beast

Materials

Brass

Japanese bronze Koro
Japanese bronze Koro
$2,468 Sale Price
20% Off
2 Rare Antique Manchester English Stained Glass Palladian Windows Coat of Arms
Located in Dayton, OH
• The lion is a symbol of bravery and strength, while the antelope (referring to a mythical beast, not
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19th Century High Victorian Antique Beast

Materials

Lead

Antique French Tapestry Rug 2 0 x 3 9
Located in New York, NY
battling beasts with a hayfork and a stick while a mother and child cower to the right. The rustic
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1860s French Antique Beast

Materials

Wool, Silk

Vintage Buddhist Bronze Protector Deity Statue Door Handle
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
and frogs on the toes. Gorgeous lion beast Asian bronze door handle with lovely brownish. It is an
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Early 20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

Pair Japanese Bronze Pagoda Temple Lanterns, Taisho Period, circa 1920, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
the six corners feature a fantastic shachihoko, mythical beasts with the face of a tiger and body of a
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1920s Japanese Taisho Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Nihonga Painting 19th c Edo Scroll by Seiki Yokoyama Landscape Shijo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
techniques. He excelled in all painting subjects, including birds and beasts, flower petals, landscapes, and
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19th Century Edo Antique Beast

Materials

Silk

Woodblock of Karashishi Lithograph by Kano Eitoku, Kano School
Located in Pasadena, CA
concentrating on the oversized and fierce beast reflects the heroic spirit of the Momoyama period. Kan Eitoku is
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16th Century Other Art Style Antique Beast

Materials

Lithograph

Boucheron Guilloché Enamel Bracelet, French, circa 1890
By Boucheron
Located in London, GB
on the back of a hound, a cherub sat astride a mythical winged beast and a cherub sat on the head of
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Beast

Materials

Rose Gold, Enamel

Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Seated Lion No.4”After Antoine-Louis Barye
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
and Barye's Lion of the July Column, both beasts with notable similarity in the multiple layers of
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

Ancient Greek 5th Century BC Griffin Coin 22K Gold Ring
Located in Soquel, CA
considered the king of the beasts, and the eagle the king of the birds. Since classical antiquity, it was a
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15th Century and Earlier Balinese Classical Greek Antique Beast

Materials

22k Gold

Bronze Tibetan Couple Statue Vajrasattva Yab Yum
Located in Somis, CA
on this finely made statue. The male is depicted in a beast like form, carrying an elephant on his
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19th Century Tibetan Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Ming period Dynasty Buddhist Incense Burner with a Rock Crystal Finial
Located in Hudson, NY
covered in Buddhist monks, the handles are dragons and the feet issue from beasts' mouths while the
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16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Beast

Materials

Rock Crystal

Le Secret Professionnel - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by Jean Cocteau - 1925
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Orpheus (1949) are
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1920s Antique Beast

Materials

Paper

Two Chinese Style Enamelled Gilt and Patinated Bronze Urns
Located in London, GB
beasts, joined by a champlevé enamel relief panel decorated with sea motifs. The patinated bronze bodies
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Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
('Wild Beasts'). Van Dongen was also briefly a member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke. In
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Early 1900s Fauvist Antique Beast

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Hercules Bronze
Located in Southall, GB
monster, the multi-headed beast. As one head was severed by Hercules, two more took its place. Hercules
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Mid-19th Century Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

Louis Valtat (1869-1952), Nature Morte Aux Pigeons
By Louis Valtat
Located in Dallas, TX
beasts", so named for their wild use of color), who first exhibited together in 1905 at the Salon
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1920s Antique Beast

Materials

Paint

Pair of 1615 English Polychrome Painted Heraldic Lion Newel Banisters Finials
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
measurements are taken at the widest point Heraldic beasts were used in many different interiors: country
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1610s English Jacobean Antique Beast

Materials

Oak

Berenice
By Louis Valtat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
printmaker associated with the Fauves ("the wild beasts", so named for their wild use of color), who first
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Early 1900s French School Antique Beast

Materials

Woodcut

Antique Burmese Sadaik  Manuscript Chest.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
frame with reserve cartouches of birds, beasts or men within.  The scenes may be from the Mahajanaka
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Late 19th Century Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Beast

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Antique Pottery Jar /1868-1920/Charcoal Bowl / Vase / Brazier
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
, this has a floral pattern on the knob of the lid, and the face of the beast is designed on the left and
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Beast

Materials

Pottery

Empire Style Ibach Model 2 Grand Piano Mahogany Case Ormolu Mounts
Located in Leeds, GB
from the Classical World and war. Gods and Goddesses and mythical beasts are often featured. Laurel
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Early 20th Century German Empire Antique Beast

Materials

Mahogany

Paysage du Viviers, French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
rather disparaging term of ‘Fauves’ (French for ‘wild beasts’) to describe artists using strong, separate
Category

Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Beast

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Arbre en Fleurs, Oil Landscape, French Post-Impressionist
Located in London, GB
disparaging term of ‘Fauves’ (French for ‘wild beasts’) to describe artists using strong, separate, unnatural
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Beast

Materials

Oil, Board

19th-Century German Bronze Footed Urn with Avian Reliefs and Gargoyle Motifs
Located in Wainscott, NY
feet resembling stylized gargoyles or mythical beasts, their expressive visages lending a dramatic
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Early 19th Century German Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

"Mlle Landsberg" (grade planche, pl. 16)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Missouri, MO
became known as Les Fauves (the wild beasts). By 1907, Matisse moved on from the concerns of Fauvism and
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1910s Fauvist Antique Beast

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Japanese Style Gilt Bronze and Enamel Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in London, GB
with handles in the form of mythical beasts. The candelabra stand on square bases, decorated with
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Chinese Carved Jade Bird Grouping
Located in Hudson, NY
. The carving also displays a snail and a small mythical beast all resting on a leafy tree branch. The
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Beast

Materials

Jade

Antique Enameled Gilt Bronze Carriage Clock
Located in London, GB
, interspersed with depictions of birds, wild animals and mythical beasts.
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Beast

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

19th Century English Finials Carved as Heraldic Lions
Located in Baambrugge, NL
The beast are portrayed sejant each with the forepaws supporting a shield. They are sitting on
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19th Century Great Britain (UK) Gothic Antique Beast

Materials

Sandstone

Early 20th Century Gilt Metal Thai Khon Dancer
Located in Dallas, TX
either monstrous Beasts, or kinds of Devils. The Show which they call Lacone is a poem intermix with Epic
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Early 20th Century Thai Country Antique Beast

Materials

Metal

19th Century Burmese Jewel Inlaid Bronze Temple Guardian
Located in Forney, TX
looking beast depicted in traditional Burmese iconography and important architecture, especially as a pair
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Late 19th Century Asian Antique Beast

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Casting Lost Wax Decorative Object
Located in Miami, FL
the father of the race of mythological beasts known as the centaurs or Ixionidae. The centaurs are
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19th Century French Antique Beast

Materials

Other

Antique Indian Mughal Brass Betel Nut Cutters with Dragon Motif Areca nut Cutter
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
handles. Employing a casting technique, it portrays a stylized beast dragon hunting a peacock. Measure: 8
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Late 19th Century Indian Islamic Antique Beast

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Framed Japanese Futon Cover Textile Art with Resist Yuzen Dye
Located in Atlanta, GA
cover) or Yutan (covering cloth) for domestic use. It showcases a dramatic design of a mythical beast
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Beast

Materials

Cotton, Wood

Fontainbleau Renaissance Cabinet Bearing the Dodieu’s Family Coat-of-arms
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Fontainebleau’s production. Fantastic beasts, eagles about to fly off with their wings restrained by the
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16th Century Renaissance Antique Beast

Materials

Walnut, Ebony

Mason s Ironstone Chinese style Deep Blue Bowl with Gilt Animal Decoration
Located in Palm Desert, CA
the outer body, auspicious mythical beasts embodying imperial power. Also known as English porcelain
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Early 20th Century English Antique Beast

Materials

Ironstone

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Antique Beast For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique beast for your home. Frequently made of metal, bronze and wood, every antique beast was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique beast — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique beast made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Folk Art — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique beast over the years, but those crafted by Flemish are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Beast?

An antique beast can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,383, while the lowest priced sells for $366 and the highest can go for as much as $75,000.