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Italian 18th/ 19th Century Carved Giltwood Neo Classical Ornament With Birds
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handcarved giltwoodornament depicting two birds.
Italy circa 1780-1820 . Weathered and small losses
Measurements individual and include the wooden base.
H:28,5cm W:56cm D...
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$587 Sale Price
49% Off
French Late 19th Century Neo Gothic Gilded Metal Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful gilded metal saint statue with beautiful expression.
France, circa 1880-1900.
Weathered. Measurements include the wooden base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$290 Sale Price
50% Off
Italian 17th/ 18th Century Giltwood Baroque Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful carved giltwood baroque ornament.
Italy, 17/18th century. Weathered and small losses.
Measurement includes the wooden base.
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$539 Sale Price
53% Off
Italian 18th Century Carved Wooden Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Baroque angel. Unique period piece made out of wood . Hand-carved
Italy, circa 1750
Weathered.
Measurement here below includes the wooden base.
H:25,5cm W:23cm D:7,5cm
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$800 Sale Price
41% Off
Italian 17th 18th Century Carved Giltwood Baroque Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful giltwood angelhead.
Italy, circa 1650-1750
Weathered and small losses.
Measurement here below inclusive the wooden base.
H:18,5cm W:11cm D:11,5cm
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$385 Sale Price
45% Off
19th C. French Empire or Napoléon III Patinated
Gilt Bronze Sarcophagus Mount
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Empire or Napoléon III Patinated and Gilt Bronze Sarcophagus Mount, Egyptian Revival, circa 1800–1860
A finely cast and parcel-gilt French bronze furniture mount in the form ...
Category
19th Century French Egyptian Revival Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Temple Lion Gilded Bronze Statue Thailand Foo Dog 27cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Heavy and very nice quality statue of an imperial temple lion, or Singha or foo dog, partly gilded bronze, partly green patinated, Thailand or Cambodia, circa mid 20th century or lat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Chinoiserie Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th-Century Ormolu
Paste Gem ‘Corona’ – Ecclesiastical Statue Crown
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th-Century Ormolu & Paste Gem ‘Corona’ – Ecclesiastical Statue Crown with Acanthus Finial
An exquisite late 19th-century Continental ormolu corona (ecclesiastical statue crown), r...
Category
19th Century European Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu
Gilt Bronze Tibetan Buddha Statue Vajrasatwa 14"
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, 7 lb, gilt bronze Tibetan sculpture of Buddha Vajrasatwa. Seated dhyana asana on double lotus throne, left hand holding a ghanta bell, right hand holding vajra thunderbolt, scepters of combined male and female energy to conquer evil. Dressed in a tight fitting dhoti and a shawl covering the shoulders, wearing layers of necklaces. The head tilted downwards adorned with an elaborate crown anchoring a high chignon. The face with downcast eyes...
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20th Century Tibetan Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$755 Sale Price
46% Off
Pair of 18th Century Italian Dancing Angels with Baroque Pearls on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian dancing angels with coordinating baroque pearls on aragonite crystal clusters.
The dancing angels are hand-carved wood, polychromed and gilded, original...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Polychrome Papier-mâché Madonna and Child
Located in Queens, NY
Polychrome and gilt papier-mâché Religious Madonna and child depicting the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. Figures stand on a gilt rectangular base with painted description by the a...
Category
17th Century Mexican Renaissance Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
19th C. French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Bow
Garland Appliqué Tabletop Fragment Swag
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique 19th-Century French gilt bronze ormolu bow and garland appliqué tabletop fragment or swag with an easel back. This stunning piece is finely cast and heavy with a l...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Rosenthal Porcelain Pierrot Clown Figurine No. 436 by A. Caasmann
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique German Jugendstil porcelain figurine.
Designed by Albert Caasmann for Rosenthal in 1916.
In the form of a Pierrot clown playing an acc...
Category
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Gilded Tabernacle with a Hand-Carved Chalice Fragment
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved tabernacle adorned with an 18th century Italian gilt chalice and Sabina Faye Braxton gaufrage fabric. This tabernacle once belonged in a h...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Polychrome Painted Saint
Located in Toronto, CA
A stunning polychrome figure of a Saint from the late 18th century or early 19th century, from France. This is one of the most beautifully carved Saints we have ever featured, with t...
Category
Early 19th Century French Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Baroque Angel Figure
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful angel figure
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered , losses
Measurement includes the wooden base.
Treated against woodworm.
H:36cm W:19cm D:19cm
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$800 Sale Price
45% Off
French Belle Époque Patinated and Gilt Bronze
Metal Hovering Cherub Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Belle Époque three light patinated, gilt bronze and gilt-metal figural chandelier pendant. The dark patinated bronze figure of a hovering cherub enwra...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain Figure, Russian Dancer designed by Dimitri Iwanow for Lomonosov
By Dimitri Ivanov, Lomonosov
Located in Bochum, NRW
Tamara Karsavina, a Ballets Russes Dancer, impersonating the "Firebird" in the Ballet by Igor Strawinsky. Porcelain Figure by Dimitri Iwanow for Lomonosov, St. Petersburg Manufactory...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Art Deco Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
SELKET - Art Deco Gilt Bronze Egyptian Goddess on Marble Base, Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
SELKET - Art Deco gilt bronze Egyptian Revival Goddess on marble base - mid 20th century.
Good vintage condition - as found/photographed - bends and gilding loss from age and use.
Size - 2" Square x 5" High.
SELKET - Selket (Selkit) was the divine scorpion who ruled over medicine and magic and protected the coffins of the dead. Selket was the wife of Ra and aided Isis, Nephthys, and Neith in guarding the canopic jars...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Egyptian Revival Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
17th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures Pair of Angels with Cornucopia
Located in Milano, MI
A pair of antique Italian angels carrying a cornucopia, two exclusive Baroque polychrome hand painted and hand carved giltwood armorial sculptures dating back to late 17th century and coming from an private villa of Siena, a Tuscan city in Central Italy.
This pair of hand carved, painted and gilded Cembran pinewood figurative sculptures represent two standing angels...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
$5,695 Sale Price / set
20% 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 Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$650 Sale Price
31% Off
Bronze, 2 Young Children Riding on Sled on Carved White Marble Base ca. 1895
Located in Petaluma, CA
This whimsical little bronze shows 2 young children on a sled riding down a hill of snow and with one youngster waving to us. The bronze is finished in gilt and the sled is mounted on carved marble. That is marble, not alabaster, and if you ever tried to dig your thumb nail into marble vs. alabaster you will see how much harder that stone is comparatively. The bronze is signed by the noted German artist Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Cherubs
Rooster Mantel Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and white marble figural mantel clock. The finely chased ormolu body, with its original two-tone mercury gilt, centered with a circular enameled porcelain clock face with Roman and Arabic numeral dials and inscribed 'A. Thomas - Fabt de Bronze - 56, Rue de Turenne - Paris', surmounted with a pair of playful seated cherubs amidst clouds and wreaths, the case crowned with a figure of a Gallic Rooster (Coq Gaulois...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$14,950 Sale Price
21% Off
21st Century Contemporary Gigantic Hand Sculpture, Goldleaf Plated, AT 2021
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
One of a kind, contemporary modern golden hand sculpture crafted by the renowned Austrian wood artist M. Treml. An absolutely extraordinary, gigantic floor standing hand sculpture (...
Category
2010s Austrian Modern Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sculpture "Scarab Dancer" by Demetre Chiparus
Located in London, GB
An exquisite early 20th Century Art Deco cold painted and gilt bronze figure of a Ballets Russes dancer wearing a two piece outfit and a stylish head dress, exhibiting excellent col...
Category
Early 20th Century Romanian Art Deco Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
EUTROPE BOURET 1870 Napoleon III French Sculpture of Cupid In Gilded Bronze
Located in Miami, FL
Sculpture of cupid by Eutrope Bouret (1833-1906).
This is a fantastic sculpture created in Paris France during the Napoleon III period, by Eutrope Bouret, back in 1860-1870. The scu...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold
Classical Gilt
Patinated Bronze of a Woman
Located in Astoria, NY
Classical Gilt and Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Greek Woman, 20th century, the standing figure adjusting her dress, on a square plinth. 31.5" H x 8.5" W x 8.5" D.
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Late 19th Century Neo Gothic Gilded Metal Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful gilded metal saint statue with beautiful expression,
France, circa 1880-1900.
Weathered. Measurements include the wooden base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$290 Sale Price
50% Off
SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY MEISSEN PORCELAIN CRUCIFIX
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful polychrome porcelain crucifix from the Meissen factory, one of the oldest and most prestigious European porcelain manufacturers. The brand...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Wood, Paint
Stunning Pair of Bronze Table Picture Frames with Lion Sculptures
Royal Crowns
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and artistic pair of gilt bronze picture frames.
If you are an antiques enthousiast and you also enjoy looking at the most majestic beast in the animal kingdom then you will lo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique Bronze Patinated Putti Angel Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair antique bronze patinated angel putti sconces. Italian late 17th century bronze putti with exceptional modeling seated on scrolled arms each ex...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Circa 1800 Giltwood Angels from Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in Italy, circa 1800, this pair of giltwood angels is depicted in a double genuflection, or kneeling, stance. Both angels are completely gil...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
$3,200 / set
Antique Frieze in Gilded Wood
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant 17th century frieze in gilded wood, very rich, mounted on a simple plexiglass base: to be admired.
ref. O/3325 .
Category
Late 17th Century French Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Charles Korschann Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Nude
Located in Dallas, TX
Charles Korschann Czechoslovakian
Art Nouveau Gilt-Bronze Figural Bud Vase. Cast from a model by Charles (Karl) Korschann, circa 1899, of urn form, with a handle in the form of a...
Category
1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair 18th C. Louis XVI Patinated
Gilt Bronze Sphinx Motif Andirons/Chenets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning Pair 18th C Louis XVI French Bronze Recumbent Sphinx Chenets
France, circa 1790
A stunning pair of 18th-century Louis XVI French bronze chenets featuring recumbent sphinxes...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Sculpture by Auguste Moreau “Nuit d
Été ”, France 1894
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
"Nuit d’été",
dated 1894 and signed by Louis-Auguste MOREAU
Famous French sculptor, 1855-1919
A superb French parcel gilt patinated bronze group depicting a semi-clad maiden on n...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Very Fine Spanish Carved Polychromed Saint Santos Statue c. 1720-50
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FIGURE OF A PENITENT SAINT
Probably Spanish, circa 1720-50
14" H x 6" D x 5 1/8" W
A carved wooden figure of a bearded saint, richly polychromed and gilded in the estofado techniqu...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Carved Wood Bodhisattva Guanyin, Late Ming Dynasty, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive carved wood figure of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, known as Guanyin in China, late Ming Dynasty, early 17th century, China.
Guanyi...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Large Antique Standing Bronze Buddha 24 Carat Gold Rattanakosin 63cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful and rare authentic and antique bronze standing Buddha from Thailand from the Rattanakosin period, a large specimen gilded with 24 carat gold leaf, circa mid 19th century, t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Thai Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
$860 Sale Price
50% Off
"Giuditta" by Ezio Ceccarelli, Italy, Circa 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
Great female statue of Judith in bronze with brown patina and white marble from Carrara. This young woman holds in her hands, stretched over his head, a scimitar in its scabbard, ready to draw it. The weapon is fitted with a hilt decorated by a stylized lion on the top of the sword guard...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Beaux Arts Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$332,235 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 18th/ 19th Century Carved Giltwood Neo Classical Style bird Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handcarved giltwood bird ornament.
Italy circa 1780-1820 . Weathered and small losses and old repairs
Measurements include the wooden base.
H:23cm W:41cm D:6,5cm
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$468 Sale Price
50% Off
19th Century French Two-Tone Bronze "Children Reading Book" Children Composition
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf in an office or study with this elegant two-tone antique bronze composition. Created in France circa 1890, the composition depicts two young kids kneeling and reading a large book together. The large art work...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Venetian Polychromed Figures
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Venetian (19th Cent) polychromed and gilt kneeling Blackamoor pedestals with fluted column base
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
Tibetan Buddha of Protection Udanaya 13" Gilt Bronze
Located in Somis, CA
A magnificent gilt bronze statue of Tibetan Buddha Udanaya. Poised upon a large lotus plinth, the Buddha is depicted in the "no fear" abhaya mudra gesture, symbolizing the dispelling...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$750 Sale Price
37% Off
Bronze Sculpture – The Anthropomorphic Cabinet – Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The Anthropomorphic Cabinet is a bronze sculpture inspired by Salvador Dalí, depicting a stylized human body transformed into a cabinet with multiple drawers. Each drawer, positioned...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Chinoise” Sculpture by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
By Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Located in New York, NY
"Chinoise” Sculpture by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. This sculpture, a self portrait which stylistically mixes Art Nouveau and orientalism, is among her earliest successes. This piec...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Antique Second Empire French Doré Gilt Bronze Vases or Urns
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique French gilt bronze vases.
Decorated with an assembly of musical instruments, a gourd, and even a hat.
Extremely solid and finely cast, these urns or vas...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Scroll Fragment on a Red and White Hematoid Quartz Heart
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded scroll fragment mounted on a polished red and white hematoid quartz heart. The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in Catholic art history which symbo...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Leon Pilet "Cleopatra" Patinated Bronze, 19th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
Leon Pilet (French, 1840-1916) "Cleopatra" Patinated and Gilt Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the seated queen holding a fan, signed to urn, on a Portoro marble plinth.
12.5" H...
Category
Late 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Italian Sunray on a Blue Celestite Sphere with Blue Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray mounted on a blue celestite sphere and wrapped in perfectly coordinating blue preserved coral.
The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a par...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
$1,387 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century Petite Bronze Sculpture by Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Adrien-Étienne GAUDEZ (1845-1902). A classical 19th century statue in patinated bronze of a seated young woman, dressed in flowing robes, her attention caught by a fluttering bird pe...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Important Art Deco Silver
Gilt Bronze Goddess G. Lavaroff
Located in New York City, NY
An exceptionally large and rare French Art Deco original bronze sculpture circa 1927 by a well known artist Georges Lavaroff (1895-1991)
It's quite uncommon to find this very large size and notably featuring the silver and parcel gilt finish.
The artwork features a majestic female nude, adorned with a stylized cloak in alternating stripes of gold and silver, which showcases a pyramid shape. The Egyptian goddess is depicted as an undraped figure with arms outstretched above her head, holding a crescent moon. She wears a north star headdress that adds to her regal appearance. The cloak is embellished with stars and a comet, and the female figure rests on a bed of stylized clouds. The sculpture is presented on its original black and gold marble base.
All of these attributes add to the uniqueness and value of the artwork, making it even more remarkable and sought after by collectors and art enthusiasts.
Water bottle shown for scale.
Documentation :
Les bronzes Art Deco de Georges Lavaroff, sculpteur Russe a Paris 1930
Kastelyn et Mazzucotelli.
Georges Lavaroff was born in Sibera in 1895. He studied medicine and painting. After the revolution of 1917 he moved to Moscow and became a member of the Russian artists association where he began to exhibit his work and take part in shows as a member of the Association of artists of Revolutionary Russia.
He then worked in France from 1927 until 1935. This period was the richest point of his profession where he produced his most famous works of Art Deco figures...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Bronze
Italian 18th/ 19th Century Carved Giltwood Neo Classical Style bird Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handcarved giltwood bird ornament.
Italy circa 1780-1820 . Weathered and small losses
Measurements individual and include the wooden base.
H:23,5cm W:41cm D:6,5cm
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$468 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Gothic Revival Silvered Bronze Crucifix with a Gilt Bronze Corpus Christ
Located in Lisse, NL
Good size and impressive make, Gothic church altar crucifix.
This ornate and all hand-crafted, bronze table crucifix comes with a good quality made a...
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
18th Century Spanish Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception, Handcrafted Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
Completely hand-crafted in 18th century Spain, this sculpture of the Virgin stands 1.5 meters / 5 feet tall and was most certainly created for devotional purposes, to be displayed in a church or chapel.
Besides its impressive size this sculpture is an excellent, museum-quality example of the Spanish “Estofado” polychrome technique, developed during the Gothic period to imitate rich brocade fabrics. The finely carved “fabric” areas of the sculpture would be first covered in gesso, and then a layer of gold leaf would be applied. The gold leaf would then be painted over with various colors of tempera paints. Once dry, the painted surface would be incised or scratched away in patterns, revealing the gold beneath.
The sculpture was professionally restored in 2022 by a firm that is often hired by the Spanish government to work on historic building interiors and museum pieces. The virgin was carefully cleaned, repaired and its condition stabilized. A complete and fully-illustrated restoration report will be included with purchase.
Often confused with the virgin birth of Jesus, the belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary herself was conceived “immaculately” without original sin has been variously defended and debated within the Catholic Church since the pre-Middle Ages. For centuries, artists struggled to create an acceptable visual representation of this highly abstract concept, in part taking inspiration from the Book of Revelation and other scriptural sources.
We see the Virgin standing on a half moon (biblically inspired, though also an ancient symbol of chastity) with her long natural hair loose down her back, another indication of purity. Both her white tunic and flowing blue mantle...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
$30,375 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Neoclassical Handcarved Wooden Mythical Figure, 1780-1820
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handcarved wooden mythical Figure.
Italy circa 1780-1820 . Weathered and small losses.
Measurements include the wooden base
H:17cm W:29cm D:7cm
Category
18th Century Antique Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$468 Sale Price
50% Off
Chinese Carved Zitan Figure of a Bodhisattva, Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A finely carved Chinese zitan wood figure of an unidentified bodhisattva, possibly Guanyin, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China.
The androgynous figure has a plump, almost matronly face, with downcast eyes and a gentle smile. The hair in long tresses, gathered and tied in a high chignon.
The enlightened being is portrayed seated in dhyanasana, bare feet resting on crossed legs, both soles pointing up.
Thick robes billow and drape around the full figured body. The hands display...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Pair Early 20th Century Empress Fu Dog Cloisonné Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Empress Fu Dogs cloisonné. Each figure is shown seated on top of a mythical beast, one holding a flowering vase and one holding a ruyi scepter, decorated with brightly colore...
Category
20th Century Chinese Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Bronze
Thai Bronze Warrior Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Cast with graceful proportions and intricate detail, this bronze figure of a princely warrior is a lovely example of traditional metalwork of Thailand. The cast bronze figure depicts...
Category
20th Century Thai Gilt Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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