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Adoration of the shepherds - Large high-relief, Northern Italy Circa 1500
Located in PARIS, FR
Large high relief in carved and gilt wood, with many traces of polychromy, representing the Adoration of the Shepherds.
The evangelist Luke first mentions that the scene takes place at night. A sudden light, which frightens the shepherds, signals the arrival of an angel who announces "great joy". He gives them a sign: they will find "a newborn baby wrapped...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Religious Sculpture Representing the Nativity, Carved Wood from the 16th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Religious sculpture representing the nativity, carved wood from the 16th century.
Carved wood sculpture, walnut wood and oak wood base, sculpture representing the nativity, circa 16...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Chinese Carved Boxwood Figure of Guanyin, Mid-Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Chinese carved boxwood figure of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, called Guanyin in Chinese, mid-Qing dynasty.
The an...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
Epidote
Located in London, GB
An exceptional cluster of lustrous epidote crystals from Casca, La Libertad, Peru, rising in sharp, elongated formations with a deep green tone that shifts to almost black in subdued...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
$3,500
Late 15th Century Polychrome Wood Carving Depicting the Nativity
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
While the birth of Christ is briefly told in the Gospel of Luke (2, 7) it is in the apocryphal texts that we find most of the elements and details that have then inspired artists. As of the 14th century and even more of the 15th century the subject of the Adoration of the Child replaces in Western art the scene of the Birth, much favoured in Byzantine art. Instead of being depicted lying with the new-born swathed in the manger, the Virgin is now kneeling, her hands joined in prayer in front of the naked child. This change was probably hastened by the popularity of the visions of Saint Bridget of Sweden to whom the Virgin allegedly appeared to show how she had given birth to Jesus (Visions, VII, chap. 21).
Sheltered by a thatch-roofed structure the Virgin is kneeling in front of the Child Jesus. She wears a magnificent red dress under a large gold cloak. Her curled blond hair is partially veiled. The newborn is lying on a straw mat. Joseph is depicted with a parted beard and stands opposite from the Virgin. He wears a tunic and a coat with a purse hanging from the belt. His costume reminds us of the long journey him and Mary have accomplished to reach Bethlehem.
Two other women are present. One is looking through the stable’s window to observe the Holy Family while another one kneels in prayer in front of the divine child. The rich costume of the lady might indicate she is a donator.
However they could also both represent the women who took part in the birth of Christ, Zelemi and Salome. Salome, incredulous did not believe in the virginal conception of Mary and she is represented far from the scene. The artist has depicted her with an expression of doubt on her face. Zelemi, on the contrary, is a believer. She is rewarded by a place of honour at the heart of the scene, close to Mary.
To the left the donkey and ox that have accompanied Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem observe quietly the scene.
On the foreground two angels hold a scroll reading an excerpt from the Gloria : “/Gloria/ in excelsis /Deo/.” One of the angels wears a blue cape while the other’s is red Those two colours are very significant as during Middle-Ages blue symbolises hope and red charity. Together they express the hope in redemption thanks to the advent of Christ and his sacrifice to come.
Above the main scene, up a cliff, a small shepherd lets his herd of sheep graze amidst the trees. He is framed by two walled cities.
This wood carving is the work of a very skilled and inventive artist. The piece bears witness to his exceptional talent. The realism of the scene is emphasised by the amount of details depicted. The refinement of the carving itself is highlighted by the well preserved polychromy.
This key moment of the New Testament is set in a contemporary context thanks to the clothes of the characters and the scenes of rural life. The universal dimension of the scene is intensified while allowing contemporary viewers to grasp its meaning more easily.
This care for details, the picturesque realism as well as the extraordinary rendition of the cloths suggest it was made by a Flemish artist during the late 15th century.
This relief can be compared with the panel of the Nativity from the Saint-Vaast altarpiece made by Jacques Daret between 1433 and 1435, today in Madrid’s Thyssen-Bronemisza Museum.
Literature
Louis Réau, Iconographie de l’Art chrétien...
Category
Dutch Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th-19th Century White Italian Carrara Marble Satyr Mask, Antique Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A hand carved late 18th/19th Century mythological marble Satyr mask with horns, weathered patina in good condition. The hand sculpted Italian Carrara marb...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
1048 Gram Marvellous Aquamarine Specimen With Muscovite From Nagar, Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
1048 Gram Marvellous Aquamarine Specimen With Muscovite From Nagar, Pakistan
Weight: 1048 Gram
Dimension: 12.5 x 12 x 9 Cm
Origin : Nagar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltista...
Category
Pakistani Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Amazing 16th Cent. Castilian Virgin of Sorrows with an 18th-century Silver Crown
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing 16th Century Castilian Virgin of Sorrows with an 18th-century Silver Crown, Virgin of Peñaranda
Exceptional 16th-century Castilian school Virgin of Sorrows of Peñaranda, car...
Category
Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Cretaceous Period Calcite Septarian Nodule on Custom Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A Cretaceous period calcite septarian nodule, from Utah, resting on custom marble & brass plated stand. Exceptional crystaline interior shapes. Mid century modern stand...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
$236 Sale Price
47% Off
Antique Carved Stone Lion Head Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique carved sandstone head of a lion, mounted to a custom steel display stand. This interesting looking lion dates back hundreds of years to the Stuart period in the 1600s - a ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Collection of 7 Ammonite Fossils
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A superb set of 7 ancient prehistoric ammonite fossils presented on our small turned painted plaster bases. This group showcases ammonites of varyi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
A Baroque Hand-Carved Polychrome Italian Cherub
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A lacquered wood sculpture of a sitting Cherub hand carved and painted in Italy in the early 18th century. The cherub has been mounted on late 19th century on a wood base. It's in or...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Bronze Sculpture of Youth Wrangling a Horse by Guillaume Coustou
By Coustou
Located in Middleburg, VA
French Bronze Sculpture of Youth Wrangling a Horse by Guillaume Coustou (1677-1746). Best known for his monumental statues of horses, Coustou was the royal sculptor for Louis XIV an...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ming Warrior Statue
Located in Somis, CA
An all original, 18th century, hand carved, solid wood statue of a young Ming warrior on horse. Warrior wears a full, elaborate armor fronted with a shield under a large circular col...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 17th Century "Mannequin De Presentation"
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning 17th century "Mannequin De Presentation" from Northern Italy. Wonderfully constructed from polychromed wood with a very handsome face, articulating body and sulfur eyes. T...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment with Elestial Quartz and Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment with elestial quartz and mounted on an agate slice.
The fragment was originally from a historical Italian church. It is mounted with the ele...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Agate, Quartz
A pair of branches of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), Sicily 1790
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of large branches of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum). Gilt bronze bases with phytomorphic calyx stem. Connection with an oval element in Lapis Lazuli and two spirals ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Quartz Cluster
Located in London, GB
This exquisite quartz cluster from the Cabaçaco Claim, Minas Gerais, Brazil, features a stunning arrangement of perfectly transparent crystals of varying sizes, intertwined and grace...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
$2,100
Olmec Pre-Columbian Jade Erotic Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Olmec Pre-Columbian Carved Jade Erotic Sculpture, depicting a male figure embracing a female figure. 1.75" H x 3.25" W x 1.75" D. Provenance: From the Upper East Side Apartment of a ...
Category
Central American Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Jade
$1,800 Sale Price
23% Off
18th Century Chinese Qing Bronze Duck Incense Burner Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
18th Century Chinese bronze duck incense burner, Qing period
Please note that one foot is missing, broken off, see detailed image.
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$760 Sale Price
49% Off
18th-19th Century Neoclassical Multi-Marble Bust of Roman Emperor Titus Domitian
Located in New York, NY
A striking late 18th-early 19th century bust of the Roman Emperor Titus Domitian. The head is made from hand carved white Carrara marble, the tunic and t...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble
Virgin and Child in Majesty
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Virgin and child in majesty
Origine: castille
Epoque: early 14th century
Measures: Height: 72cm
Length: 30cm
Depth: 25cm
Polychrome and gi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$41,737
Genuine Cluster Trilobite (Ptychopariida) Fossil on Matrix
Located in New York, NY
This incredible cluster of trilobites is found in it's original matrix and displays 4 complete or partial fossils throughout. This cluster comes with an acrylic stand so you can prop...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Other
Nymph and Satyr Sculpture by Clodion, Bronze, Rococo, Circa 1780
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sculpture "Nymph and Satyr", made by the author Claude "Clodion" Michel (1738-1814). Made of bronze and patinated in brown. Signed Clodion.
France, CIRCA 1780.
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wooden baroque sculpture of a saint made around 1630
Located in Aachen, DE
Vollplastisch geschnitzte Heiligenfigur des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts, polychrome originale Farbfassung.
Höhe 83cm, Farbe bereichsweise stark blättrig bzw. fehlend. Ausdrucksstarker G...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$3,696 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Italian Carved Wood Polychrome Virgin Mary Sculpture
Located in Doha, QA
This is an outstanding Italian 18th century carved wood polychromed sculpture of Virgin Mary. The Sculpture is hand painted with some remains of a gold gilt in few places and originated until lately in a private Villa in Tuscany (Italy). The colors are typical red, blue and green are spectacular on this large figure. The Virgin's hands are joined together in a prayer, while standing on a pedestal on the both sides of which are devil's horns (bottom left side horn missing ) symbolising Holly Mary defeating the Evil, protected by the Holly Ghost and an Angel. A story tells the pose of the Virgin Mary sculpture...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Pine
18th Century French Carved Oak Panel Depicting Two Angel With Coat Of Arms
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered oak panel depicting two baroque angels holding a coat of arms.
Weathered and small losses, most likely it was once part of a larger panel.
France circa 1750. trea...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Oak
$685 Sale Price
27% Off
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
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Pine
$5,724 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pink Fluorite on Smoky Quartz, Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
PINK FLUORITE ON SMOKY QUARTZ
Tiefengletscher, Furka, Uri, Switzerland
28.5 cm tall x 12.7 cm wide
In the mineral kingdom there are hierarchies, not all of them actually correct. Bu...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Antique French Romanesque 12th century Enthroned Madonna and Child
Located in Doha, QA
This extraordinary museum piece Enthroned Virgin Mary/Madonna with child on her lap comes from the Rhone region in France. The saint symbol and protec...
Category
French Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Bronze Figure of Narasimha, South India, 16th-17th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The lion-headed deity seated on round base over a stepped platform. Lakshmi seated on his left thigh, his principal hands holding a mace and lotus bud and upper hands holding a chakr...
Category
Indian Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Giant Diplomytus and Cockerellites Fish Fossil Plate
Located in New York, NY
This large fossil plate is incredibly unique, featuring a long Diplomystus dentatus along with two Cockerellites (Priscacara) liops, fossilized in its natural matrix. The entire piec...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
18th Century
Florence Fragment
with Fossil Coral on a Fossil Coral Cluster
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" with a fossil coral head on a fossil coral cluster base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Coral
Unusual Filipino representation of Saint Roch in a Spanish colonial style.
Located in Leuven , BE
Unusual representation of Saint Roch in a Spanish colonial style. A Filipino work in exotic wood from the period of evangelization under the Spanish Crown. The type of wood used and ...
Category
Philippine Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Horse Head
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Horse Head. Crisply modelled with sharp features, including a gaping mouth, nostrils, eyes, ears and an alert exp...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Smoky Quartz Gwindel, Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
SMOKY QUARTZ GWINDEL
Les Courtes, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
12 cm tall x 12 cm wide
This Alpine region is most well known...
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Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Chrome Diopside Samax Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
Chrome Diopside
Samax Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns.,
Simanjiro Dist., Manyara Region, Tanzania
6.3cm wide x 4.5cm tall
In 2007, some of the highest quality chrome diopside sp...
Category
Tanzanian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth in Display Box
Located in New York, NY
This authentic Carcharodontosaurus tooth represents a remarkable specimen from the Tegana Formation of North Africa, dating back approximately 65 million years to the Cretaceous peri...
Category
Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Orange Brown Crystals Amethyst Citrine Decorative Object Sculpture
Located in London, GB
This pleasing open geode contains a bed of orange-brown amethystine
quartz of moderate size with a frontal rosette of several small calcite crystals.
The borders polished.
This ...
Category
Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Antique Italian Baroque Marble Angel, 1680-1720
Located in Kastrup, DK
Italian baroque marble angel. Partly painted, in original untouched condition.
Is missing a few fingers. Previously repaired (see photos).
Italy, 1680...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Huge Prehistoric Fossilised Whale Bone
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Standing at over 120cm (47 inches) tall, this rare prehistoric fossilised whale bone is a fascinating sculptural artefact for an interior or live-in museum....
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Ming Dynasty Period Male Foo Dog Guardian Lion Hand-Carved Sculpture
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Ming Dynasty period (1368 - 1644) hand-carved stone Foo Dog guardian lion sculpture depicting a male placing his paw atop a ball. Created in Ch...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
18th Century Italian Silver and Gold Crucifix with Mica and Calcite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian silver and gold leaf crucifix adorned with baroque pearls and mounted on a mica cluster and a calcite crystal. The mica specimen is from the Great Smoky Mountain...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
French Medieval Carved Stone Fragment Depicting A Dragon/ Mythical Figure
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing period piece. Beautiful hand-carved fragment depicting a dragon / mythical creature. Once had its place in wall of a medieval church or chapel in the South of France. Weather...
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French Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$5,068 Sale Price
37% Off
Vanadinite on Barite, Mibladen, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Prov., Morocco
Located in New York, NY
VANADINITE ON BARITE
Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
12.7 cm tall x 14 cm wide
The Drâa-Tafilalet Region of Morocco, best...
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Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Pair of Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Soldiers
Located in Austin, TX
A well modelled pair of Tang dynasty painted pottery soldiers.
The warriors portrayed standing, dressed in form fitting, elaborate layered Armor with fitted helmets. The breastplate...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$25,000 / set
Fossilised Dinosaur Skin with Hexagonal Scales
Located in London, GB
This exceptional specimen of fossilised dinosaur skin preserves the hexagonal scales of a Brachylophosaurus (‘short-crested lizard’), giving us a rare snapshot of life 80 million yea...
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American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Ancient Greek Terracotta Antefix in Form of the Head of Artemis Bendis, Taranto
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ancient Greek mould-made terracotta antefix decorated with the female head of the Goddess Artemis Bendis.
Western Greek, Italy, Taranto, early 4th century BC.
Two small feathered win...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Pair of Tang Dynasty Sancai Glazed Tomb Guardians, Zhenmushou, 7th-8th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic and powerful pair of Chinese Tang Dynasty three-color (sancai) glazed zhenmushou, tomb guardian figures, late 7th or early 8th century. TL t...
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Chinese Tang Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
441 Gram Exquisite Aquamarine Specimen With Mica And Feldspar From Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Exquisite Aquamarine Specimen With Mica And Feldspar From Pakistan
Weight: 441 Gram
Dimension: 8 x 8.5 x 7.5 Cm
Origin: Skardu Valley, Pakistan
Aquamarine helps us to gain insigh...
Category
Pakistani Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Carved Wooden Female Bust Polychrome Lacquered Sculpture
Located in Firenze, IT
This masterfully carved and lacquered Italian wooden female bust exemplifies the exquisite artistry of 18th-century religious artistry. Crafted with exceptional skill and precision, ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Large 395 Million Year Old Fossilized Orthoceras Marble Finish Statues
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning pair of fully polished limestone circa 395-million-year-old Fossilized Orthoceras statues
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a gui...
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Swedish Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Wood Sculpture Depicting John the Baptist
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This wood scultpure showing fine traces of polychromy depicts John the Baptist, one the Old Testament’s last prophets and the first martyr of the New Testament. He is easily recognizable with the lamb he is carrying in his left hand. The way the artist has carved the face exudes a spiritual strenght inherited from previous centuries.
Description
Saint John the Baptist is depicted bare feet, seated in a hieratic manner. His elongated face is marked by a beard and a moustache. The straight nose and wide eyes indicate a Spanish origin. This asumption is reaffirmed by the Saint’s resigned expression.
His parted hair frames his face while uncovering his ears.
He wears a round collar red-orange tunic, draped onto the body and belted at the waist. A flap of his green coat covers his knees and falls down in stylized pleats.
Following iconographic rules Saint John the Baptist is pointing with his right hand the lamb seated...
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Spanish Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls
Located in London, GB
An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls to the underside, a carved ‘Dragonfly’
Marble
16th / 17th Century
England
Size: 36cm high, 28cm w...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large Polished Labradorite Freeform
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A spectacular large polished labradorite freeform sourced from Madagascar. Characterised by its iridescent colours, principally blue, this huge high grade labradorite is a stunning specimen, the lustrous colours fluctuating as it is observed from different angles. It is freestanding, making a striking sculptural piece for an interior, with a polished face to one side and a naturalistic reverse.
Labradorite is named after the region of its discovery at Paul Island in the Canadian province of Labrador, first discovered here in 1770. Madagascar is currently the main source of labradorite. To expose its stunning colours, the stone is highly polished, revealing its natural beauty. This in itself is a talented skill, with only a small percentage of labradorites yielding positive results, making this specimen a rare discovery.
We also have two other large labradorite...
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Malagasy Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Sculptural Oriented Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Oriented Chondrite Meteorite Circa 4.56 Billion y/o
Chondrite
24 x 20 cm, 28 cm tall on base
7.1 kg
A sculptural and beautifully weathered chondrite meteorite; upon entering the atmosphere, this extraterrestrial stone would have heated the surrounding air to a temperature of over 1700 C, higher than that of the hottest lava on the planet, and enough to melt away its outer layers, leaving its surface rippled with regmaglypts, thumb-shaped impressions formed as superheated rock streaked off of the main body as it careened toward the earth. The last layer of the rock to melt would have re-solidified as the meteorite made impact, forming a charcoal coloured fusion crust, which has taken on a deep ochre-tinted patina.
Chondrite meteorites such as this example were formed at the very beginning of our solar system, by the accretion of various types of dust and small grains, adrift in the vacuum of space and, as such, provide important clues about the birth of our own planet. This piece is an especially rare specimen, known as an oriented meteorite...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Sculpted Clay Head of African Woman
Located in Dallas, TX
Sculpted clay head of a beautiful African woman. Light sandy brown with rough texture. A hand sculpted piece. Head adorned with a decorative circular pattern...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Genuine Natural Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth in Display Box
Located in New York, NY
This authentic Carcharodontosaurus tooth represents a remarkable specimen from the Tegana Formation of North Africa, dating back approximately 65 million years to the Cretaceous peri...
Category
Egyptian Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth in Display Box
Located in New York, NY
This authentic Carcharodontosaurus tooth represents a remarkable specimen from the Tegana Formation of North Africa, dating back approximately 65 million years to the Cretaceous peri...
Category
Egyptian Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Other
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Groups in Dore Bronze Mounts, circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
This pair of Meissen groups portray scenes of playful lovers in bowers of flowers embellished with mercury gilded bronze. The bowers are crowned with additional nosegays of porcelain...
Category
German Rococo Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Meissen
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Vintage Black Cat Figurines
Vintage Ceramic Mushrooms
Vintage Chinese Ceramic Foo Dogs
Vintage Hand Carved Wooden Elephant
Vintage Wood Sculpture Stand
Vintage Wooden Mannequins
White Glazed Terra Cotta
3 Dolphins
Antique French Bronze Horse
Art Deco Bronze Deer
Art Deco Ceramic Horses
Arthur Court Brass
Austria Bulldog
Bear Marble Sculpture
Big Cat Sculptures
Bird Sculpture Sterling Silver