Amsterdam Modernism Sculptures

Stunning and unique pair of matching horse sculptures. With a combined experience of almost 30 years in the antiques trade, we were thrilled to once again find beautifully hand-crafted and decorative antiques that we had never seen before. From the density and the weight we can see and feel that these highly decorative horse sculptures are made of a tropical hardwood. Like, for example, with antique mirror frames or church sculptures these horses too were first covered with a mixture of chalk and glue so that the paint would hold longer. And, as so often is the case with antiques, the colors that were used for painting these horses are so much more beautiful than anything you find in this day and age that they truly are an absolute joy to look at. From the colors, the wear, the materials and the techniques that were used to create these horses we can see that these are 19th century antiques. However and unfortunately we lack the knowledge to be able to tell you from which country these highly decorative and sizeable works of art originate. We just can't find matching style horse sculptures anywhere on the worldwide web. They could be Chinese or Nepalese, but they could also be Persian or Arabian. We just have not been able to find out. What we do know is that they are definitely antique, they are in beautiful condition (with some wear, consistent with their age), they are highly decorative, probably unique and they have a look and feel that will instantly change the atmosphere of the room they are in. Mind you, our sharp price for this wonderful pair of horse sculptures...

Fine quality antique carved marble recumbent lions after models by Antonio Canova. Architectural elements most likely part of a larger el...

Very nice and large metal sculpture by the well known artist Michel Anasse. This is one of the musician series, This is one looks like the bass p...

An antique carved sandstone head of a lion, mounted to a custom steel display stand. This interesting looking lion dates back hundreds of years to the Stuart period in the 1600s - a ...

Great sample of the French artist Michel Anasse in this metal welded surrealist sculpture of the series " Musicians ".

Signed vintage mid-century brutalist metal art sculpture by William Friedle, circa 1960s. William worked with his brother, Bruce Friedle creating u...

Antique black forest carved seated bear sculpture An adorable and masterfully hand-carved figure of a seated bear. Switzerland, circa 1900...

A heavily patinated but beautifully designed Viking ship. The piece was originally designed to be an ashtray and now great or 420! However it could be a decorative piece in any spa...

Handcarved and remarkable work of art of the 'Dying Gaul’ or 'The Dying Galatian'. If you are a collector of rare and good quality antiques then this rare and wonderfully hand carve...

Very nice black forest bear. Hand carved 1920s. Good condition.

A beautiful 1970’s carved wood lion sculpture in the manner of Evelyn Ackerman. It’s not marked. But beautifully carved, possibly pine. Measurements: 26” wide, 7” deep and 10.5” high.

Brutalist wall sculpture of patinated metal. Monumental Brutalist wall sculpture of patinated metal inspired by Silas Seandel. Fabulous large Brutalist abstract wall sculpture of patinated metal in the manner of Silas Seandel/Curtis Jere/Tony Melendy...