This is an Italian work by Pierino Pisapia, an Italian Artist who worked in the ancient art of high relief Porcelain Sculpture. This work is 38” inches in diameter and some of the elements are 4-5 inches high

Spartacus was Foyatier's most highly regarded model and led to much of the success he enjoyed throughout his career. Originally conceived whilst he was still training at the French Academy in Rome, the plaster version was exhibited at the Salon of 1827. Here it won such acclaim that the state commissioned a marble version for the Tuileries Garden, which is now in the Louvre...

French artist François-Joseph Duret 1729-1816, bronze Sculpture of Eleutherios ("the liberator") or Bacchus with a Lute. Extremely important work with signature also of Delafontaine foundry. Françoise-Joseph Duret (12 November 1729 – 7 August 1816) was a French sculptor. He was the father and teacher of Francisque Joseph Duret. Born at Valenciennes, the son of Charles Durez, of Spanish origin, Duret was prince of the Academy of St...

Beautiful gilded bronze sculpture by master artist Charles Paillet, “two German Shepherds”. The work is signed “Ch. Paillet Médaille d’or” on the base. Charles Paillet (1871-1937) studied sculpture with Georges Gardet. From 1897 to 1921 he regularly exhibited at the Salon in Paris. His bronzes, mainly animals, are made by the foundries of the Thiébaut brothers and the famous Barbedienne foundry...

Bronze Oval Sculpture Signed Müller of George Washington 12x10 in...

A beautiful abstract bronze Sculpture signed Fidel, circa 1990 measuring 14.5” tall and 4.5x4.5 base

This is an Italian work by Pierino Pisapia , an Italian Artist who worked in the ancient art of high relief Porcelain Sculpture. 16” diameter

LEDA ANDTHE SWAN , bronze, by Edward Fenno Hoffman 1916-1991...measuring 18” high,12” Wide, 5” deep.....signed Ned Hoffman 1953 on back, the artist nom de plume

Papua New Guinea Sculpture Sacred Totem measuring 30x15” in carved and polychrome wood circa 1970, Chief's Shield for bow of ship

Papua New Guinea Large Life Size Important Sculpture measuring 82x15” Beautiful polychrome piece of a warrior circa 1960

Caroline Baker Washington DC Artist,Abstract Revolving Sculpture in Lucite measuring 16x13” Ms Baker is well know for her work in lucite and has been in the Washington art scene since the 1970s

A beautiful Probably mahogany,Kabuki Wooden carved sculpture circa 1890

An incredible intriguing wood sculpture of Temple Guardian measuring 35 inches tall on a wood base measuring 11x10 inches. Circa 1940s

A free form abstract lucite sculpture by Washington artist Caroline Baker, known for her use of lucite. Circa 1990

Pair of Japanese garden pagodas each and stones Carved with removable tops that can have a candle or light installed. Measuring 39 x 16”, The other measuring 30 x 16“ early 20th century. The larger one is $3,500 and the smaller one is $2,500. Sold separately or as a pair.

A very rare and exquisitely carved ivory CICADA NETSUKE, signed, Meiji period, Japan. Excellent condition, no damage or restorations whatsoever. The signature on the bottom is in red on an oval piece of mother of pearl. Details of the cicada's body are incredibly fine and exact. Size: length 5.3 cm x width 1.9 cm x height 1.3 cm. Price: open to serious offers only.

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Late 1800s

12.5 "tall 24" wide 2.5" deep, mounted on an ebonized wood base

Porcelain measuring 9 inches tall, 8 inches wide, and 5 inches deep. Karl Gerhardt was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 7, 1853.[1] He attended Phillips School in Boston. By 1870 he was apprenticed to a house painter in Chicopee, Massachusetts, where he later became a machinist at Ames Foundry. He showed considerable talent in mechanics, and later became a designer of machinery at Hartford, Connecticut.[2] In 1874, he went to California...

Buddha Sculpture Info & Price Pending, Chinese

Saarinen's model 61 "Grasshopper " chair was the first lounge chair he designed for Knoll in 1946. Responding to what he saw as the relaxed posture a sitter desires, he sought to support the seat, back, shoulders, and head in an organized way. His desire to simplify a form to its fewest elements resulted in the arms and legs all being connected and formed of laminated birch. This is a rare prototype example in original condition that as its original upholstery Dimensions Height: 34.75 in...

From our African Collection: An Old Base with Yoruba Spiritual Figure, the base measures 12" across x 30" h. Circa 1940. "The Yoruba people (Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá) are an ethnic group that inhabits western Africa, mainly the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The Yoruba constitute around 30 million people in Africa...

From our African Collection: A Nigerian Eket Figure, circa 1950. 5 x 18". "The Eket are a people who live in this region. They are a sub-group of the Ibibio people. Eket is also the name of the main sub-language that they speak, a Benue–Congo language. Both languages are similar, but sufficiently distinct to give away the precise district the speaker originates from...

From our African Collection: A Luba (Lubua) figure from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 7 x 27"h. "The Lulua tribes people, also known as Bena Lulua, migrated from western Africa during the 18th century and settled in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). They number 300,000 and live in small regional chiefdoms and in times of crisis elect a single common leader. The role of the village chief is to ensure juridical, political and social cohesion...

From our African Collection: A Nkondi nail figure from Congo, circa 1950. 12" x 24" h. Nkondi (plural varies minkondi, zinkondi, or ninkondi)are mystical statuettes made by the Kongo people of the Congo region. Nkondi are a subclass of minkisi that are considered aggressive. The name nkondi derives from the verb -konda, meaning "to hunt" and thus nkondi means "hunter" because they can hunt down and attack wrong-doers, witches, or enemies...

From our African Collection: An Ibibio Movable Jaw Mask from southeastern Nigeria. Ibibio, people of southeastern Nigeria, mainly in the Cross River state. They speak dialects of Efik-Ibibio, a language now grouped within the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The Ibibio comprise the following major divisions: Efik, Northern (Enyong), Southern (Eket), Delta (Andoni-Ibeno), Western (Anang), and Eastern (the Ibibio proper). Mainly rainforest cultivators of yams, taro, and ca...

From our African Collection: A Male Rhythm Pounder of the Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast Africa, circa 1960. The Senufo people, also known as Siena, Senefo, Sene, Senoufo, and Syénambélé, are a West African ethnolinguistic group. They consist of diverse subgroups living in a region spanning the northern Ivory Coast, the southeastern Mali and the western Burkina Faso.One sub-group, the Nafana, is found in north-western Ghana. The art of Senufo people inspired twentieth-century European art...

From our African Collection: Ivory Coast Figure, circa 1960. Côte d’Ivoire was inhabited in the Neolithic era and possibly earlier, although the humid climate has effaced most traces of the country’s earliest civilizations. Portuguese explorers arrived in the early 1600s, and French missionaries landed near the Gold Coast (Ghana) border in 1637. European contact was limited until the 19th century, mainly due to inhospitable geography along the coastline. Akan peoples fleeing the Asant...

From our African Collection: An Eastern Congo Stool, circa 1950.

From our African Collection: Salampasu Ceremonial Mask with Rafia straw, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Circa 1950. '“The 60,000 Salampasu people live on the frontier between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Angola. They maintain strong commercial and cultural relations with their southern neighbours, the Tschokwe (Chokwe) and the Lunda, to whom they pay tribute. The Salampasu are ultimately governed by a few high-ranking chiefs who are, in turn, assisted...

From our African Collection: A Zande figure, circa 1960. From Northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 16" h. Zande, also called Azande, also spelled Asande, a people of Central Africa who speak a language of the Adamawa-Ubangi branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Extending across the Nile-Congo drainage divide, they live partly in South Sudan, partly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and partly in the Central African Republic. The regions they inhabit, savanna in the nort...

From our African Collection: African Teke Figure from the Republic of Congo. 18" h. “The Teke people settled in a territory lying across the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Gabon. During the 15th century, they were integrated into the Tio kingdom, but attained independence in the 17th century. Today, they live in villages led by a clan elder known as the Mfumu, who answers to a hereditary land-chief called Mfumu na tzee. Their economy is mainly based...

African Drum Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24" long.

From our African Collection: A 3 Part Dogon Wooden Sculpture from Mali, circa 1960. 24" h. The Dogon are best known for their religious traditions, their mask dances, wooden sculpture, and their architecture. Since the twentieth century, there have been significant changes in the social organisation, material culture and beliefs of the Dogon, in part because Dogon country is one of Mali's major tourist attractions The Dogon (or Kaador, Kaado) are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plat...

From our African Collection: African Baule Statue , circa 1960. Colon statues, a term derived from the French statues colon ("colon" is the French noun for a colonist), are a genre of wooden figurative sculpture within African art which originated during the colonial period. The statues commonly depict European colonial officials such as civil servants, doctors, soldiers or technicians or Europeanised middle-class Africans. They are often characterised by recurrent decorative motifs, such as pit...

Danish maker MIK Pair of Carved figure all lamps 16 inches tall

An African Makonde Kneeling Figure, circa 1900. 1.5" w , 10" h. The Makonde are known as master carvers throughout East Africa, and their statuary can be found being sold in tourist markets and in museums alike.The name Makonde art refers to East African sculptures or, less frequently, to modern paintings created by craftspeople or artists belonging to the Makonde people of northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania, separated by the Ruvuma river. Art historians, dealers and collectors have c...