Mid-19th Century Carved Stone Building Fragment

This sage green carved stone Buddha was purchased from an upstate NY garden where it has resided for the last 120 years. The family began the house and garden in the late 1890s and traveled through China, Southeast Asia and Europe acquiring objects to create a complete retirement home for themselves and their family from New York City. Sculptures like this are a typical form found at Angkor of numerous sizes representing Nagas and used as guardians of temples. This figure was a favorite motif of Angkorean sculptors from the 12 century...

A charming and unusual early 19th Century carved stone model of a Scotsman wearing a beret playing his bagpipes. In good condition with weathered surface. Circa 1830. H: 35 cm (13 ...

A European carved stone lion from the 19th century, or potentially older. This antique stone lion statute features nice hand carved details, includ...

This magnificent Chinese Antique Carved Stone Heracles Head originally from Shaan Xi Province, in north east of China. It features beautiful hand carving works on the head. It shows ...

A good 19th century carved stone bust. The handsome figure in Greco-Roman attire with toga draped across the chest and a laurel wreath around his head. ...

A charming French 19th century Stone warrior statue. This charming Stone statue of a warrior wearing his helmet is raised on a square base with a mottled edge. He wears a coat displa...

Impressive pair of 19th-century griffins sculpted from Vicenza stone, a renowned Italian limestone prized for its fine grain and durability. These majestic mythological creatures are...

Impressive wood carved angel with amazing detail. Certainly the work of a master carver. Found among the entire contents of a Catholic Church in the Midwest which was said to have cl...

A large & important pair of rare antique 19th century Indian Polychromed & hand carved stone Dvarpala (temple door guard) statues, circa 1850. Each statue is hand carved as a male Hindu four armed temple guard, the guards holding a mace (Gada) and one hand on a dagger (Katar), another hand holding a lotus flower to represent spiritual enlightenment. Each guard stands crossed legged on a plinth decorated with an elephant, both statues retaining old and yet brightly colored polychromed decoration, the statues are approximately 3/4 lifesize. They are a true pair facing each other and would have flanked either side of the temple door entrance, they are large and very heavy, each figure weighs about 300lbs. A rare & important pair of carved 19th century stone temple guards...

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period carved stone foo dog guardian lion from the 19th century, on square base. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this st...