Marble Antiquities

Octagonal top made of committed marble, with floral decoration and polychrome checkerboard. It belongs to the Indian production made for export to the West, related to the British Ea...

Tibet, circa 1890 An unusual late nineteenth century processional sign in the form of a radiating sun, painted with peaceful resting face to the centre, and a mandala to the the rev...

A pair of carved limestone ovoid or aniconic idol with distinctive holes to the narrow end. Lovely color and patina. Rare to find a matching pair. Fine condition. Bactrian culture, c...

Tibetan sculpture of a seated Buddha from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). A three-dimensional antique sculpture of a seated Buddha (Bodhisattva), realized in the late 18th and early19th century, circa 1800, during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) period of the Imperial China. It is most probably made in the Tibetan region. This delicate sculpture was carved from a single piece of white marble, with the peaceful figure of Buddha in meditation and praying mudra position, seated on a lotus throne. This piece exhibits very smooth surfaces with realistic details and the work on the size is outstanding. Has a measures of 255 mm by 133 mm by 74 mm (10 x 5.25 x 2.9 Inches). Has a weight of 9.5 Pounds (4.31 Kilos). The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was the Manchu-led last dynasty in the imperial history of China. It was proclaimed in 1636 in Manchuria (modern-day Northeast China), in 1644 entered Beijing, extended its rule to cover all of China proper, and then extended the empire into Central Asia. The dynasty lasted until 1912. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multiethnic Qing empire lasted for almost three centuries and assembled the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest Chinese dynasty and in 1790 the fourth largest empire in world history in terms of territorial size. With a population of 432 million in 1912, it was the world's most populous country at the time. Qing Dynasty decorative arts, many craftsmen worked in the imperial court, producing artifacts for palace use: everything from items of jewelry art to beautiful Chinese lacquerware...

A fine early 20th century maybe late 19th century dark green marble pedestal. The pedestal is raised by an octagon base with a mottled circular design with a round top. The pedestal ...

An Italian marble torso of a naked god or warrior in the ancient Roman style. Beautifully carved from gray veined white marble with distressed areas to mimic and excavated classical ...

This torso represents an idealised version of the male form, and as such is both a handsome piece, and an interesting example of Imperial Roman taste of sculpture made in the Greek t...

These finely cast 19th-century figural candelabras were made from gilded and burnished bronze, each mounted on Belgian black marble bases and signed by Charles Cumberworth. The sculp...

This is a bronze sculpture from the 19th century, exactly 1887, by the artist "Salon". In general, the statue is a harmony of sculptural and winding lines. The three characters depic...

This striking figure, thought to be a depiction of Hermes, is a Roman work after a Classical Greek piece attributed to Polykleitos, the original being from the late 5th or early 4th ...

The Bactrian culture existed between the 3rd millennium B.C. and the 6th century in Central Asia comprising modern Afghanistan and bordering India. Its origins as a bronze age civilization was only recently (1970s) discovered by Russian archaeologist. And it was only in the 1990s that Western countries learned about it. At its most famous site, the Bactria-Margiana complex, they found an astonishing amount of remains which still is being researched today. Apart from beautiful metal objects a lot of stone idols...

Bactrian sandstone column idol, circa 3000-2000 BC. It has an elegant tapering form with a undeep groove running on the top. The colomns t has incrustation on the side where it laid ...