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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Mid-Century Modern Cubist Brutalist "Repose" Figurative Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This brutalist Mid-Century Modern sculpture in the style of the Cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz stands at 19.5" tall. The solid sculpture is made of gypsum with a painted copper ext...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Vintage Mid-Century Alabaster Lamp with Alabaster Shade
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully carved alabaster marble lamp that is striking and beautiful. This lamp is composed of a marble body and a marble shade and together stand not ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$516 Sale Price
20% Off
Nude Male Bronze Sculpture Fountain
Located in Malibu, CA
Bronze male sculpture signed. Fonderia Giorgio Sommer Calabritto Napoli
Thomas, sculptor, lived and worked in the Naples area, and especially on Capri, from 1889 to 1906. Given this ...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$7,598 Sale Price
60% Off
Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
Large Grand Tour circa 1860s patinated bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or The Pancrastinae...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tiger
s Eye Water Moon Guan Yin Avalokiteshvara Buddha Statue
Located in Somis, CA
A magnificent natural Tiger's Eye sculpture depicting the compassionate Bodhisattva Water Moon Guan Yin, Avalokiteshvara. Backed by a lotus leaf and on top of water wavers, Avalokiteshvara is shown seated in rajalilasana, the ‘posture of royal ease...
Category
2010s Chinese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Quartz
$2,550 Sale Price
32% Off
Vintage Mack Truck Bulldog Chrome Hood Ornament / Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool vintage Mack Truck bulldog chrome hood ornament / sculpture with mounting base, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
Roark Gourley – Time And Money, 1990s Signed Resin Contemporary Sculpture 5/50
By Roark Gourley
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A dynamic resin sculpture titled "Time and Money" by contemporary artist Roark Gourley. Hand signed on the lower right with an annotation of 5/50 on the lower left. This vibrant reli...
Category
1990s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Antique Italian Marble Sculpture of Foot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Neoclassical Italian marble sculpture of a Roman foot. Sculpted with great attention to detail.
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Balance Act, Otto Geyer (Berlin 1843-1914), Bronze sculpture on marble base
Located in Dresden, DE
Otto Geyer (1843 Berlin - 1914 Berlin)
BALANCEAKT (Boy balancing on a turtle)
Bronze on marble base
Height with base: 18.5 cm
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 17th Century Weathered Carved Oak Christ Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Very nice carved oak fragment of a Christ figure with a strong expression. Beautiful weathered , France circa 1600-1700. Weathered, and losses. Measurement with the base
Category
17th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
$825 Sale Price
49% Off
Hans Müller, Austrian Early 1900s Petite Jugenstil Bronze and Gilt Bust
By Hans Muller
Located in Miami, FL
REDUCED FROM $950....Here you have a delicate and finely chased Jugenstil bust of a young lady with turn of the century upturned hair resting on a pedestal of what appears to be a vine of holly leaves and berries. Lovely period Art Nouveau form. The shouldered bust is a beautiful patinated greenish brown bronze and the stepped base gilt bronze...a wonderful contrast.
Hans Müller...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$650 Sale Price
31% Off
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Figure of Christ on Red and White Crystal Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian figure of Christ and metal sword with large red and white crystal quartz clusters and phantom quartz.
The figure of Christ was originally part of a c...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Metal
Decorative Sculpture Ornament Rose Blossom Solid Block Rose Quartz Hand Carved
Located in Ancona, Marche
Rose blossom sculpted entirely by hand starting from a solid block of rare rose quartz.
Dimensions: approximately D 12 x H 12 cm. Available in different...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rose Quartz
Rudolf Marcuse - The Swordsman, Bronze, Germany (Berlin), circa 1910
Located in Greven, DE
Rudolf Marcuse - The Swordsman
Germany (Berlin)
bronze, marble
circa 1910
Dimensions: H x W x D: 24 x 19 x 6 cm
Description:
Bronze figure standing on a two-tiered base made of bl...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Brutalist Brass Bonsai Ikebana Lily Flower Sculpture by Gerd Scharrelmann 1970s
Located in Melbourne, AU
Torch-cut brass sculpture of lillies, mounted on a burlwood base, by Gerd Scharrelmann. This elegant sculpture has a delightful kinetic effect. The flowers and stems shiver, producin...
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Asian Carved Jade Hard Stone Fruit Grape Bunch w/Leaves Decorative
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a realistically carved jade bunch of grapes with darker jade carved leaves. The stem network is wire wrapped with blue satin cord and the end where it would have been cut fro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Jade
$352 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Continental Carved and Polychromed Wooden Cornucopias, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Continental Carved and Polychromed Wooden Cornucopias, 19th Century
These finely carved and polychromed wooden cornucopias exemplify the enduring symbolic power of the horn of plenty in European decorative arts. Each composition is rendered in high relief, the ribbed horn issuing an abundant cascade of fruit and vegetables—pomegranates, grapes, melons, pumpkins, gourds, citrus, corn, and floral sprays—arranged with exuberant Baroque fullness. Now mounted on forged iron bases for display, the pair measures 20" high × 28" wide × 3.5" deep, including stands 12.5" x 6" (carvings alone 28" wide × 17" high × 3.5" deep).
The Cornucopia in History
Originating in antiquity, the cornucopia (Latin cornu copiae) was first associated with Amalthea, the goat who suckled the infant Zeus, whose horn became a miraculous source of nourishment. In Roman culture it was carried by deities of abundance—Fortuna, Abundantia, and Ceres—as an emblem of civic prosperity and the cycles of nature. Revived in the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the cornucopia became a favored motif in architecture, painting, and decorative arts, symbolizing divine blessing, seasonal plenty, and the wealth of the natural world.
Iconography of the Fruits and Vegetables
The profusion of produce is not merely decorative but encodes symbolic meanings rooted in both classical and Christian traditions:
Pomegranates—fertility, eternal life, and resurrection.
Grapes—festivity, vintage, and the Eucharistic blood of Christ.
Melons and Watermelon Slices—sensual abundance, refreshment, and ephemeral pleasure.
Pumpkins and Gourds—autumn harvest, transformation, and the cycles of plenty.
Corn (Maize)—sustenance and prosperity, reflecting New World influence on European symbolism.
Citrus Fruits—health, luxury, and Mediterranean prosperity.
Floral Sprays—seasonal beauty and the transience of life, underscoring vanitas themes common in still-life art.
This allegorical language aligns the carvings with the broader European tradition of abundance imagery found in still-life painting, silverwork, and architectural ornament.
Continental Style and Possible Origin
The sculptural density, dramatic overlapping of forms, and naturalistic rendering suggest a Continental origin, likely Austrian, German, or Italian, c. late 19th century. While Swedish decorative carving of the same era tends toward flatter surfaces and folk stylization, these examples embody a more theatrical Baroque and Rococo inheritance, later enhanced with a polychrome or silver-toned surface to heighten their decorative impact. Originally conceived as architectural appliqués...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Boy Flying Kite Bronze on Wood Block Sculpture by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Diego, CA
A really cool boy flying a kite bronze on black wood block sculpture by Curtis Jere, circa 1969. The piece is in very good vintage condition and m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Bronze
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
French bronze dancers sculpture from the 1930s
Located in Cantù, IT
French bronze dancers sculpture from the 1930s
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Asian Carved Jade Plum/Peach Hard Stone Fruit Carved Leaves
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a sweet carved hard stone fruit, I'm not sure whether it's a green plumb or peach? It has carved stone leaves but I am not which stone they are made of but it would be fabulo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Jade
$48 Sale Price
20% Off
Diego Giacometti style bronze statue "le chat maitre d
hotel" France 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Diego Giacometti style bronze statue "le chat maitre d'hotel" made in France around 1970
The Butler Cat, 1961-1964 is one of Diego Giacometti's most iconic works. He created it in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Large Terracotta Garden Gnome with Flower Pot, Germany ca. 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Terracotta Garden Gnome with Flower Pot, Germany ca. 1920s
A large garden gnome from Germany, ca. 1920s. The gnome holds a flower pot. Good used antique condition with signs o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
STELIO MOLA - Hand Painted Majolica Sardinian Figure - Italy - Mid 20th Century
By Mola
Located in Chatham, ON
STELIO MOLA - Vintage hand painted majolica figure of a Sardinian gentleman - medium size - featuring elaborate hand crafted and hand painted details throughout - signed on the base ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$665 Sale Price
30% Off
Carl Auböck Model #4867
Egg
Polished Brass Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Aubo¨ck Model #4867 'Egg' brass paperweight. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly clean and refined Viennese paperweight is hand fabricated in polished brass by Werkstätte Car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Crystal Angels Playing Instruments by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous set of three crystal angels playing various instruments (harp, cello, horn) by Baccarat, circa 1970s. The sculptures are in very good condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Antique German Yard or Garden Gnome Statue with Wheelbarrow, 1910s or older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous character ceramic figural gnome statue - attributed to Griebel in Germany, a well known manufacturer of this kind of figures. This character statue has been made in German...
Category
1910s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Wood
1980s Italian Pop Art Sculpture of a Purse, Museum Mounted
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1980s Italian Pop Art Sculpture of a Purse, Museum Mounted
A striking and possibly one-of-a-kind 1980s Italian Pop Art sculpture, designed as a purse and expertly mounted on a muse...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Austrian Diminutive Bronze Statuette of Napoleon Bonaparte Signed KAUBA.
By Carl Kauba
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Austrian Diminutive Bronze Statuette of Napoleon Bonaparte Signed KAUBA.
19th century Austrian bronze statuette of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. It was created in the works...
Category
19th Century Other Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Sculpture Of The Goddess Hygieia Early 20th Century
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Early 20th Century Italian Plaster Sculpture of Hygieia on Green Marble Plinth
A finely crafted early 20th-century Italian plaster sculpture depicting Hygieia, the revered Greek and...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Vintage Chalkware Cherub Statue by Borghese
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage chalkware cherub statue by Borghese of Italy, circa 1950s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 3.5"W x 3"D x 8.5"H. Ret...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Antique Clodion Bronze Cherub Musician Sculptures Signed C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of Antique Clodion Bronze Cherub Musician Sculptures Signed C1880
Measures - 13.5"H x 5.25"W x 5.25"D
Category
19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Midcentury Abstract Bronze Sculpture Signed Yone Di Alerigi
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning Mid-Century Modern abstract bronze sculpture on a granite base by Yone Di Alerigi. This bronze sculpture has a plaque with the title, ballerina or ballet dancer and is artis...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
A Pair Of Antique Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Cherubs
By Capodimonte
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of lovely figures of young children with beautiful hand painted facial features. One holds a bell and is leaning on a tree stump base and the other child with floral leaves. S...
Category
1920s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$440 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Unique
Large Hand Carved Sculpture / Mephisto Floor Lamp / Faust Opera Statue
Located in Lisse, NL
Extra large and extremely rare, antique sculpture of Mephistopheles from the Faust Opera.
This striking and famous historical work of art depicting Mephistopheles is another one of ...
Category
19th Century European Other Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Jorge Marín "Equilibrium" Bronze Figure on a Ball with Carnival Mask (Signed)
By Jorge Marín
Located in New York, NY
Created by Mexican artist Jorge Marín, this bronze statue illustrates his signature themes of balance, flight, and mythic masculinity. A muscular, winged male figure perches with ele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Baroque Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Max Le Verrier Art Deco Sculpture by Le Faguays
Located in NANTES, FR
Large model of art deco sculpture "Danseuse aux cerceaux" pati. Subject in spelter with green patina on black marble base, signed on the base.
Model by Le Faguays published by Max Le...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Italian Mid Century Marble Sculpture of Grapes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Mid Century Marble Sculpture of Grapes
Italy, 1970s
A Italian mid-century marble sculpture of grapes from the 1970s is a striking example of craftsmanship and natural beauty...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Macaw Parrot Porcelain Bird Figure
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Deco tall Italian animal Figurine Ceramic Parrot Macaw on a tree trunk
Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed
Design: Cacciapuoti style...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
Vintage Freudian Erotic Brass Wall Plaque
Whats on a Mans Mind
, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A whimsical interpretation of Sigmund Freud's 'Whats on a Mans Mind'. A wall plaque with an optical illusion. The face of a man in which 3 naked w...
Category
1950s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$318 Sale Price
20% Off
African Gabon Kota Mahongwe Hongwe Bwete Reliquary Guardian Figure Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly fantastic, engaging, and uniquely made African Kota Mahongwe Hongwe Reliquary Guardian Figure/ Sculpture made by the Kota (Bakota) pe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Carving Wooden Sculptures Book End Set Of 2 Decorative Figurine of Book Holders
Located in Wembley, GB
Book Ends Wooden style acrylic Sculptures A Set Of 2 Decorative Figurines of Human Book Holder
Beautifully stylized a set of figurines with a great ba...
Category
1990s Turkish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Fruitwood, Driftwood, Pine, Bog Wood
$391 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze entitled "Ecstasy" by Josef Lorenzl
Located in London, GB
An attractive early 20th Century Art Deco cold painted silver bronze figure of a young energetic beauty in a stretched pose, raised on a decorative black and green onyx base and sign...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Antique Wooden Shoe Forms c.1920-Multiple Sets Available
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Price is per collection. 4 collections available. (1st set, image #1 has sold) Please specify which set to purchase. Decorative only.
Original cobbler's wooden shoe forms. S...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Maple
$50 Sale Price / set
23% Off
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Statues of Greco-Roman Males, Set of Three
Located in Bradenton, FL
Grand Tour Bronze statues of three nude males from mythology, all in various poses. These small statues range in height from 5.5" to 5.75" and in width 2 to 2.5". These would have be...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Double-Mounted Cross on Hematite with Pyrite Inclusions
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded double-mounted cross on hematite with pyrite inclusions and adorned with pyrite rosettes. A matching smaller cross is mounted onto the bigger cross...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Pyrite
Pair of Art Deco Life-Size Bronze Pharaoh Verdigris Lamp Statues with Torchieres
Located in Lomita, CA
At the base of a staircase, or in front of a fireplace, the silhouettes of this pair has a lifelike quality. Pharaohs light the way from atop their geometric base. The bronze Egyptian-style statues will dominate the entryway and the conversation. The silhouettes are stunning, on or turned off. The Art Deco style parcel verdigris bronze figural floor lamps...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$9,023 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1980 Italy Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture Ottorino Tonelli Adamo
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Ottorino Tonelli. Title "Adamo" translated "Adam"
Ottorino Tonelli was born in 1948 in Carrara, where h...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1960s Volkswagen T1 Camper Van Lego Model #10220 with Instructions
By Lego
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool 1960s Volkswagen T1 camper van Lego model #10220 with instructions, circa 2011. The set is in very good condition, complete of all pieces and includes the instruction ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Brass Etruscan Horse and Chariot Sculpture, Greece Italy vintage 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a bronze sculpture, which may have been done by Frederic Weinberg.
It is an incredibly stylized Roman Chariot and has a patina finish. Italian-made and great for any Mid-Cent...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Pair of
Folies Bergeres
Wall Plaques
Located in Devon, England
This is a super rare opportunity to acquire a pair of these beautifully reduced versions of the facade bas-relief of the Folies-Bergères cabaret.
One time designer, Pico who created ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$1,564 / set
Important 14th Century Polychrome Limestone Virgin from Lorraine
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Provenance :
- Kunsthaus Heinrich Hahn, Frankfurt am Main, sale 16, June 17, 1930, lot 16.
- Sotheby's, Amsterdam, Feb. 26, 2006, lot 201.
HISTORIC
Located between Moselle valley and Meuse valley, framed by the Vosges Mountains on the south side and the duchy of Luxembourg on the north side, the duchy of Lorraine is the result of several partitions. It starts with the 9th century when the Carolingian empire is divided, with Lothar 1st inheriting Lotharingia. In 959 this territory was in turn divided in two; Lower and Upper Lotharingia, the latter being the forebear of the duchy of Lorraine. This duchy was under the rule of the Holy Roman Germanic Empire until 1736 when it was absorbed by the kingdom of France.
All along its history the duchy of Lorraine has found itself in the midst of many conflicts. Alliances and feuds marking European history were always particularly sensible in Lorraine where instability was frequent. Because of its geographic position the duchy of Lorraine was also an artistic crossroad.
Hence the duchy of Lorraine becomes from the 13th century onwards an important artistic centre where a particular type of Virgin and Child appears. According to professor J. A. Schmoll the characteristics of Lorraine sculpture burgeon around 1280-1300 in the Aube region. It presents “vigorous volumes, restrained movements, rare but solemn gestures and a strong interiorised and stern expression”. Those Virgins look similar with a wide forehead, a shield- or oval-shaped face, large neck, small lips and a cleft chin.
This model is particularly in favour during the 13th century because of the revival for Marial worship and for the theme of the Virgin and Child. It bears witness to a new religious sensibility with a more intimate vision of religious practice.
DESCRIPTION
The important 14th century Virgin we present to you is one of the most beautiful examples of sculptural art from Eastern France, with her fascinating distant gaze.
Her contrapposto posture is induced by the weight of the child she carries high on her left side. The child has a chubby face framed by blond hair with well defined curls and he wears a long red V-collared tunic from which emerge his feet. The fabric is animated by long folds. The position of the right foot turned to the back is a detail we can notice on several Virgins from Lorraine. He holds a bird that seems to be pecking his thumb.
“The bird /held by the child in his hands/ has been read as a reference to an episode from Christ’s childhood when he has moulded sparrows with clay before giving them life. It appears in the apocryphal gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (ch. 27) and later in the Quran (III, 43, v. 110). However the iconography seems to be more influenced by the concept of Redemption or of Eucharist, the bird symbolising the soul of the Christian about to be redeemed or revitalised.”
Mary wears a long dress with two rock crystal cabochons remaining from the original five. She is covered by a red cloak enriched with old-gold motifs draped as an apron falling in long pleats along her left hip. The relief treatment and the volume of the cloak developing a network of concentric pleats contrast with the the flat pleating of her dress. They nevertheless suggest the curve of her bent right leg.
She wears a floret crown securing a short thin veil carved in very low relief. From it emerges her blond curled hair characteristic of the 13th century. The large face with almond-shaped eyes, straight nose, small lips and cleft chin casts its gaze afar in a fashion typical of 13th century Virgins.
In her right hand she holds a lily flower. In a very refined manner the artist has carved a band on her right ring-finger.
In the back, carefully sculpted, spreads the minutely detailed short veil.
COMPARATIVE STUDIES
This sculpture of great quality presents obvious similarities with Virgins from Lorraine, designated by William Forsythe...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Mid-century "Hawaiian" Hula Girl in Grass Skirt Ceramic Statue
Located in Van Nuys, CA
1955 Mid-century Era pink and yellow hula girl ceramic statue. The statue features a beautifully detailed hula girl holding a flower in her hair with the word "Hawaiian" along the ba...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$99 Sale Price
44% Off
Pre-Columbian Style Terracotta Ritual Figure with Raised Arms
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This Pre-Columbian style terracotta sculpture is a remarkable representation of early Mesoamerican artistic traditions, handcrafted in a primitive yet evocative manner. The figure, d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Buscuit Porcelain Sculpture, Young Shepard, after Thorvaldsen
Located in Dresden, DE
Shepherd Boy
after Bertel Thorvaldsen
Biscuit porcelain
Late 19th century
33.5 x 14 x 18 cm
After Thorvaldsen's plaster model from 1817 in the Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen, inve...
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Dancer with Thyrsus Pierre Le Faguays, Etling 1930
Located in Antwerp, BE
This authentic Art Deco bronze sculpture depicts a graceful nude dancer holding a Thyrsus, created by the renowned French artist Pierre Le Faguays around 1930. Cast in gilt and patin...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Cowboys " Coming Through the Rye " Frederic Remington Mid 20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
American bronze cowboy sculpture resting on oval molded marble base depicting cowboys on horses coming in to town from cattle drive. Bronze sc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Marble Bust of Hermes of Olympia, Italy
Located in New York, NY
A refined white marble bust of Hermes of Olympia, inspired by the ancient original housed in the Museum of Olympia, Greece. The original sculpture is attributed to the renowned Cla...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Gaddi Torso Plaster Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
This is a plaster bust reproducing the Torso Gaddi, the famous fragmentary sculpture displayed in the Uffizi Museums in Florence, which inspired many great artists of the Renaissance, including Michelangelo. The piece, handcrafted by the skilled artists of Galleria Romanelli...
Category
2010s Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$8,655 / item
1970s Carved Horn Sailing Ship
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970s Carved Horn Sailing Ship on Horn Base
String and metal rods. - cork for tops
Colors: Brown, White, Cream
Sailing ship
Nautical
Handmade with real Horn bone, it has great detail...
Category
1970s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ancient Roman Bronze Herm on Stand, 1st-4th Century AD
Located in Bradenton, FL
Ancient Roman Bronze Herm Statue dating from the 1st to 4th Century A.D. A herm was a statue consisting of a a head atop a square pillar, originally an artifact to honor the god Herm...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique, New and Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor.
Realistic representation in visual art has a very long history. And while figurative artists, whether figurative painters or sculptors, find inspiration in humans, animals and real-life objects, good figurative sculptures can make us think differently about how the real world should look. Just as figurative paintings might include Photorealistic human likenesses, they can also include elements of Surrealism and can suggest a creative and alternative reality. Figurative sculptures aren’t always realistic impressions of our world — depictions of the human form in classical Greek sculpture, for example, might emphasize beauty and physical perfection.
There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.
When decorating your living room, dining room, home office and study areas with figurative sculptures, don’t be afraid to choose bold colors to inject brightness into neutral spaces. Texture is another factor to consider when purchasing figurative sculptures. A highly textural work of ceramics or wood will catch the eye in a sleek modern space, whereas a smooth, flat glass sculpture can offer an often much-needed contrast in a room that already has many textures.
On 1stDibs, find antique, new or vintage figurative sculpture or other kinds of sculpture for your home decor today.