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Material: Wood
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Lacquer
Giltwood Zushi Shrine, Traveling Alter
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Lacquer & Giltwood Zushi Shrine, Traveling Alter
Made of fine quality black lacquered case, internally gold leafed and ha...
Category
Early 20th Century Wood Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
American Painted
Carved Wood Figural Statue of General Santa Anna, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
American painted and carved wood figural statue of General Santa Anna in full military dress attire. General during the time of Mexican-American War and later became President of Mex...
Category
1840s American American Empire Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Taxidermy marine specimen: a Stingray fish, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed Stingray (Raja Clavata). The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a base that rotates 360 degrees on its own axis and tilts a...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Chinese Ming Celestial Mingqi Horse Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand carved Chinese wooden horse is a type of centuries-old burial figurine known as míngqì. Depicting the pleasures of daily life, míngqì f...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Charming Vintage Handcarved Wood Compote
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Delightful carved wood and naturally distressed compote with fruit motife.
Category
1970s American Vintage Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Signed Curtis Jere Brass Floral Table Sculpture Mounted on Board
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a lovely floral brutalist table sculpture by C. Jere dated 1967. It sits on a ebonized wood board. It is impressive in size.
There are some imperfections to the base (see ...
Category
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Wood Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Central African Buffalo Slit Drum
Located in Chicago, IL
This large animal sculpture is actually a traditional African slit drum, a percussive instrument commonly carved from a single block of wood. Comprised of a hollow resonance chamber ...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Hand Turned Exotic Wood Bowl
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Out of an estate collection of hand turned bowls including some by Edward Moulthrop comes this unique beautiful hand turned bowl out of some exotic wood. ...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Big Fish Tale: Jeff Raymond’s Legendary Hudson River Sturgeon- 74" Long
Located in New York, NY
This hand-carved folk art wooden Hudson River Sturgeon is an exceptional piece by Jeff Raymond (1949-2022, Poughkeepsie and Red Hook, NY), a self-taught artist known for his passion ...
Category
20th Century American Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Hollowed Out Teak Wood Organic Sphere
Located in New York, NY
Impressive hollowed out sculptural sphere. Finished with a natural oil revealing the beautiful wood grain. This organic sculpture is stable resting on either side.
This sculpture wa...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
16th C. Polychromed Carved St. Florian, Former N. Rothschild Collection
Located in Doha, QA
From the esteemed former collection of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, this exquisite early 16th-century polychromed carved wood figure of St. Florian stands as a rare example of late...
Category
16th Century German Gothic Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Four carved, carved and gilded wooden panels, Piedmont, early 19th century
Located in Milano, IT
Four carved, carved and gilded wooden panels, Piedmont, early 19th century, depicting baskets of flowers, within ebonized wood and maple frames, total measurements: 47x57x12 cm
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Putto Carved In Gilded Wood, Italy, 18th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Beautiful sculpture representing a chubby putto in gilded wood, with wings, a branch ending above his head.
Italian work from the 18th century
Iron hook on the back, some missin...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Gong Mounted on Custom Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
A bronze gong from mounted on a black custom base. This circular bronze gong is tied through a rope to a black metal arm resting on a rectangular wooden base. Boasting a nicely weath...
Category
19th Century American Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Natural size pair of african sculptures in noble wood representing giraffes
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible and huge sculptures representing a couple of giraffes polychromed. Fantastic.
Category
1950s Kenyan International Style Vintage Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Full Size Nyala Taxidermy on Naturalistic Base
Located in New York, NY
This full-sized Nyala taxidermy is an impressive and striking piece that captures the beauty and majesty of this magnificent African antelope. Mounted on a naturalistic green grass b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Wood Sculptures
Materials
Fur, Wood
Bust Pope Gilt Metal Bust on Hand Carved Wood Base Sculpture Antique Dealer LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Bust Pope Gilt Metal Bust on Hand Carved Wood Base Sculpture Antique Dealer LA . An amazing 19th Century bust depicting figure of Pope of Rome Leo XIII compo...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Painted Abstract Sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri
Located in Milano, IT
This sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri, created in the 1990s, stands out for its bold presence and intense use of color. The base, made of wood and mounted on small wheels, provides stabil...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Patent Leather, Wood
19th c Rare folk brazier wooden hook. Edo-Meji period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Rare wooden brazier hook.Such hooks were traditionally used in relatively wealthy farmers houses and were suspended from the ceiling over the traditional iron hearth. Beautifully ca...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Belle Epoque Statue by Victor Rousseau
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Belle Epoque statue by Victor Rousseau (1865-1954) displays the artist's talents in emulating the style that glor...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Belle Époque Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Tribal Sculpture Of A Squatting Man
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A compact figural sculpture of a man squatting with hands clasping his thighs, and is likely a protective charm or Guardian figure. Faintly smiling, the figure displays well defined ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
Large Mid-18th Century French Hand Carved Olive Wood Bust of A Bishop
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This large mid eighteenth century French hand carved olive wood bust depicts a bishop clad in liturgical vestments. The bishop with full beard and curly hair wears a distinctive mitr...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Olive
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Brass and Copper Marsh Grass, Cattails and Driftwood Curtis Jere Style 1970s
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Camden, ME
A freestanding sculpture over six feet in height in the style of Curtis Jere from the 1970s.
An interesting marsh vignette of copper and brass seagrass with cast bronze cattails and ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper, Bronze
$4,237 Sale Price
35% Off
Life Size Swan Decoy by Frank Finney
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Swan decoy by Frank Finney (1947 - ) of Cape Charles, Virginia. This large swan is made in the style of the famous John Williams. Frank is considered one ...
Category
20th Century American Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese "Tree Jade" Petrified Wood Specimen
Located in Chicago, IL
Like scholars' rocks, petrified, or fossilized, wood is appreciated for its natural beauty. Sometimes called "Tree Jade," petrified wood is thought to bring peace and prosperity to i...
Category
20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Petrified Wood
$616 Sale Price
30% Off
Ainun Black Bear Hand Carved Wood Sculpture with Glass Eyes
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A traditional Ainu bear carving typically depicts a black bear with stylized features, often emphasizing its strength and significance in Ainu cultur...
Category
Early 1900s Neoclassical Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$165 Sale Price
40% Off
Carved 19th Century English Ship
s Figurehead of a Classical Male
Located in Essex, MA
Life-size draped classical male ship's figurehead of English 19th century origin. The carving is quite similar to that of the figurehead rescued from the HMS...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro - No. 14
signed Mario Dal Fabbro
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture de...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Carved Stylised Bison Designed by Laszlo Hoenig Circa 1930
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A carved wooden sculpture of a Bison by Laszlo Hoenig (1905-1971). Stamped 'LAHO London' to base and 'Made in England'.
Dimensions: H 19cm W 30cm D 9.5cm
Origin: English
Date: Cir...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Gabon Punu Granary Door Panel on Custom Stand with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful Punu wooden door panel (one of the original pair) with the iconic carved female figure circa mid-20th century. These door panels were used for granary in Gabon. The door ...
Category
20th Century Gabonese Tribal Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Hardwood Recumbent Camel
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A late 19th century carved hardwood camel.
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
African Congo 20th Century Carved Wood Songye Kwfebe Figural Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
African Congo 20th Century wood Songye Kwfebe plaque carved in flattened figural form with a rectangular shape features a horned, incised head with beaded necklace, 2 smaller relief ...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Wood Sculptures
Materials
Ash
Set of 5 White Painted Wooden Geometric Molds
Located in South Salem, NY
Mid to Early 1900's set of 5 wooden geometric molds. Great modular accessories. 12"h x 6"w. Sphere is 7"diameter.
Category
20th Century British Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$2,350 / set
Sculptural 18th Century Chalice with Calcite Crystals in Sphalerite on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian wood chalice decorated with calcite crystals in sphalerite on a Lucite base. The hand carved and painted chalice is from a...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
19th Century Italian Peditment Fragment with Pectin Shells and Crystal on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian pediment fragment decorated with pectin shells and red phantom crystal points on a lucite base.
The piece is put together by ...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Jewelry Art Carved Carousel Bunny Sculpture on Pedestal
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Handmade carving of a carousel rabbit carved out of bone by jewelry artist Chris Miller from his Pal Moon studio. Can be used as a ring and jewelry sta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Wood Sculptures
Materials
Bone, Wood
$270 Sale Price
40% Off
Pair Of Chinese Hardstone Guardian Lions
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of hand carved Chinese Jade hardstone Foo Lions or Fu Dogs. This pair of Chinese spinach jade appears to be a nephrite, covered vases having a figural foo lion design with raise...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Jade
$3,550 / set
19th-20th Century Orientalist Terracotta Bust of Girl Attributed to Goldscheider
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Austrian 19th-20th century Orientalist terracotta bust of a young girl in Middle-Eastern Garb. The young smiling beauty wearing a head scaft and shawl tied with a broche-pin brooch pin and jewlry around her neck, raised on a circular ebonized wood stand. Probably by Friedrich Goldscheider (Goldscheider'sche Porzellan-Manufactur und Majolica-Fabrik) - The backside stamped: "T - No. 258". circa 1900.
The Goldscheider Manufactory and Majolica Factory (German: Goldscheider'sche Porzellan-Manufactur und Majolica-Fabrik, (now) Goldscheider Keramik) is an Austrian ceramic manufactory.
In 1885, Friedrich Goldscheider came from the small Bohemian city of Pilsen to Vienna and founded the Goldscheider Manufactory and Majolica Factory. It became one of the most influential ceramic manufactories of terracotta, faience and bronze objects in Austria with subsidiaries in Paris, Leipzig and Florence. For over half a century Goldscheider created masterpieces of historical revivalism, Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) and Art Deco. Famous artists such as Josef Lorenzl, Stefan Dakon, Ida Meisinger and the two perhaps best known Austrian ceramic artists Michael Powolny and Vally Wieselthier worked for Goldscheider. Several of the artists who worked for Goldscheider also worked for other Viennese studios, such as Augarten, Keramos or for the German brands Rosenthal and Meissen.
The Goldscheider family emigrated in 1938 to United Kingdom and USA. Walter Goldscheider startet a new factory in Trenton, New Jersey and returned to Vienna in 1950. Marcel Goldscheider went to Stoke-on-Trent and produced figurative ceramics for Myott and opened his own studio in the 1950s in Hanley. Both brothers died in the early 1960s.
More than 10,000 different models were created over a period of three generations. Since the very beginning many of these won first prizes and gold medals at innumerable world fairs, exhibitions and trade fairs. Goldscheider figures...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Agra Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
$4,547 Sale Price
29% Off
Oriental Carved Wood Group Of Fisherman And A Carp
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A portly fisherman dressed in robe and cap stands on a rocky base and spears a carp below in the waves. Mounted on a separate shaped base. Red character marks on the base.
Dimensio...
Category
20th Century Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Post Modern Italian Sculpture
Located in Milano, IT
This 1980s sculpture is a powerful testament to contemporary abstract modern art, an artwork that embodies the essence of industrial design transformed into visual poetry. Created by...
Category
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Wood Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Abstract Wood Sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri
Located in Milano, IT
This sculpture by Aldo Guarnieri, created in the 1990s, speaks with the strength of the material and the delicacy of form. Crafted from wood, its surface resembles a mosaic of interw...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Metal
An ostrich egg from a wunderkammer, with a red painted wooden base, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of Naturalia an ostrich egg (Struthio camelus) mounted on a wooden base painted red. The upper part, mounted on the summit, in the shape of a pinnacle, always of the same ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Wood Sculptures
Materials
Ostrich Eggshell, Wood
Midcentury American Modern Live Edge Trapezoidal Douglas Fir Bookends
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking sculptural douglas fir live edge bookends (circa 1970s USA). Solid 'blocks' of stained douglas fir have been sculpted into trapezoidal forms and finished to reveal soft, pol...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Decorative Circa 1750 Italian Giltwood Finials
Located in Dallas, TX
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Dating to circa 1750, these decorative giltwood finials are from Italy. Each finial has a shaped console background, surrounded by volutes, curled lea...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Vintage School Teaching Display Wheat Corn and its Products
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage School Teaching Display Wheat Corn and its Products
A vintage glass showcase illustrating the wheat corn and products made out of wheat...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Equestrian theme hand carved wood horse sculpture with hidden compartment
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely hand carved somewhat stylized figure of a horse . Hidden compartment on the underside .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Balinese Floral-Carved Wood Rice Barn Door on Custom Base, Stands 4 Ft Tall
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Balinese smaller-sized carved wood rice barn door from the early to mid-20th century on custom iron stand. This wooden door from Bali is embellished with hand carved accents in an ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Wood Sculptures
Materials
Metal
1950s Large Teak Polar Bear Sculpture Norway Mid-Century Scandinavian Tjomsland
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Very rare large version (full grown) Polar Bear Sculpture by Arne Tjomsland, who was a Norwegian sculptor in the Scandinavian modern golden age, or Mid-Century Modern Era. This was p...
Category
1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Sculptures
Materials
Teak
$5,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 18th Century Italian Finial Bases with Agate Coral on a Lucite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian finial bases with coordinating polished agate coral on a Lucite base. Florida’s state stone, agatized coral, began as li...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Shadow Box Sculpture "La Cirque de La Loba" by Bob La Bobgah, 1985
Located in North Miami, FL
Presenting "La Cirque de La Loba," a captivating sculpture from the 1980s crafted by the accomplished artist Bob La Bobgah, also known as Robert Hamilton...
Category
20th Century American Wood Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$14,963 Sale Price
24% Off
Pair of Kiakavo Wooden Clubs from Fiji on Custom Metal Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Kiakavo wooden clubs from the Fijian Islands of Oceania on custom stands. These vintage tribal wood clubs, carved by stone, are a beautiful examp...
Category
20th Century Fijian Tribal Wood Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Stacked Solid Wood Bookends
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage solid wood bookends made of ash, walnut, mahogany and maple. Glued together in a stacked design then shaped in a curved pattern. They make nice decorative sculptures.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Maple, Oak, Walnut
$650 / set
English Country Papier Mache Horse
Located in Queens, NY
English Country style papier mache life size model of horse on rectangular platform base. (19/20th Cent.)
Category
Late 19th Century British Country Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Wood
Small 18th Century French Baroque Carved Giltwood Angel Head on Wings
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered giltwood winged angel head,
France, circa 1750
Weathered and small losses.
Measurements include the wooden base.
H:20cm W:17cm D:7cm
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$436 Sale Price
49% Off
20th C. Thai Temple Buddhist Hand Carved Terracotta Figural Sculpture Statue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
20th C. Thai Temple Buddhist Hand Carved Terracotta Figural Sculpture Statue. Item featured is a Thai buddhist figural carving of solid terracotta, raised on oak wood base. Circa Mid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Carved Mahogany Cat with Secret Compartment
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Anglo Indian carved mahogany cat with ebonized stripes and a curious expression, featuring a secret compartment on the bottom.
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Wood Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Russell Secrest Bronze Kinetic Sculpture
By Russell Secrest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-Century Modernist Bronze and Teak Sculpture by Russell Secrest, American, circa 1970s. Russell Secrest (1935-2010) is known for both his sculptures and modernist jewelry designs....
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Neapolitan Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Fabric
Hand Carved Indian Temple Carving Statue from Gujarat Depicting Mother and Child
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian early 20th century hand carved architectural temple carving from Gujarat, depicting a mother and her child with nicely weathered patina. Crafted in the Western portion of India, in the culturally rich state of Gujarat, this early 20th-century hand-carved temple sculpture captures the tender bond between a mother and her child. The mother, adorned with a delicate headdress and detailed clothing and jewelry, stands in a dignified, frontal position. Her small child, clinging affectionately to her flank and grasping her dress, turns his head back towards us, a big smile illuminating his face. This heartwarming scene is beautifully rendered with a keen attention to detail, showcasing the artisan's skill and devotion.
The sculpture's nicely weathered patina, along with traces of polychrome, lends it an air of antiquity and authenticity. The piece's unfinished back hints at its original architectural context, meant to be viewed from the front as it adorned a sacred space.
Ideal for a variety of settings, this temple carving will enliven any wall, bringing a touch of historical and cultural depth to your home. Its charming depiction of maternal love, combined with its rich textures and colors, makes it a captivating focal point. Whether displayed in a living room, hallway, or study, this early 20th-century Indian temple carving...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Wood Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wooden Sculpture of a Monk, Probably 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Expressive wooden sculpture of a Franciscan monk, likely from the 19th century. The figure depicts the monk with a lowered gaze, wearing a traditional robe with a rope belt. He holds...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Wood Sculptures
Materials
Velvet, Wood
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