From our African Collection: an African Ewe Figure from Eastern Ghana from the mid 20th century. The Ewe are one of Ghana's five main ethnic groups (United States Jan. 2002) and reside mainly in the southeast region of the country (Ethnologue July 2002) but also inhabit the southern half of Togo (Ewe Culture 2002). According to an article by professor D.E.K...

From our African Collection: African Bronze Horse with Figures Riding from the Niger Delta, 9" x 5.5"h.

Natural low table with leveled round flat stop surface. Table surface is round in form and scalloped equally on all sides, flaring at the base. Flowing ribbon edge finishes out on four steady and sturdy base touch points. Circular grain mixing tones of dark and light.
Natural mat finish

Dimensions 21 1/2" high X 26 1/2" Wide

A splendid bronze sculpture of Diana, Roman - Greek goddess of the hunt, along with her faithful hunting dog, created in the 20th century after Antoine Coysevox sculpture of Diana the Huntress. The sculpture is superbly executed with stunning hand finished details. The Diana, dog, leash and base were casted separately and then affixed together; spear is removable...

Original unique sculpture in clay or terra cotta, 11 1/2" by 6" by 6", mounted on a black 3" high base, signed on the sculpture "E. BARR", not dated but likely circa 1960's. I cannot to date find information on the artist but he/she was certainly a talent who was familiar with modern giants like Henry Moore, Jacques Lipchitz, Alexander Archipenko and others who worked in this manner, simplifying and glorifying the human form...

The larger-than-life-sized figure was sculpted by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (1834–1904), who also designed the Statue of Liberty (1886), another gift from the French government that figures prominently in New York Harbor. The granite pedestal designed by H.W. DeStuckle was donated by French citizens living in New York. Lafayette appears in another Bartholdi sculpture at Lafayette Square in Upper Manhattan that depicts him shaking General George Washington’s hand...

A beautiful carved wood standing figure of a Siamese Thailand deity gilded wood, sitting atop a lotus leaf standing 27 inches tall

Two antique French statues: first one depicting a violinist, signed "A. Moreau"; 9 3/4 inches in height, second one, three putti, signed "Peylo", 5 1/2 inches high, both from late 19th century period and each mounted on marble base, conditions consistent with age. Provenance: NH Estate.

The Flute Player, by German Artist N. Schmidt,is a very fine work depicting pan playing his flute and his dog near him. The work signed, and in bronze, mounted to a marble base, measuring 10” x 8” x 5” without the pedestal.

A beautiful vintage bronze suclpture titled "The Bather" by Ernesto Tamariz signed and dated 1974. Bronze on black marble base. Artist Biography Born on January 11, 1904 in the Villa de Acatzingo, Puebla, Ernesto Tamariz Galicia was a Mexican sculptor who found in Greco-Latin art the elements to exalt his nationalist vision...

Antoniucci Volti, French, 1915-1989. This outstanding bronze is a nude woman sitting on the ground and bent over. It is bronze dark brown/black patina with touches of green. Inscribed "Volti" and Epreuve d' Artiste 2/2" and "Susse Fond Paris." Width 9" Hight 5 1/2." It is in perfect condition and has excellent provenance from Galerie Cardan, Paris, 1976. He has an extensive listing in Benezit. He worked in France and his work is in the Musee D'Art Moderne in Paris...

Buddha Sculpture Info & Price Pending, Chinese

Very well crafted patinated bronze figure. Depicting a man tending the field, signed H. Bouchard 1901. Raised on a 1.25" marble base, figure height is 7.5 inches with length of 12 inches, no condition issues noted.

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)...

Length: 5.4 cm (2.2 in)
Width: 4 cm (1.6 in)
Depth: 1 cm (0.4 in)
Weight: 31.7 gm (1.13 oz)

Fine Chinese green jade Guan Yin pendant; documentation available; very good condition

Mercury tying his talaria by Jean Baptiste Pigalle Pigalle was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to obtain the Prix de Rome, after a severe struggle he entered the Académie Royale and became one of the most popular sculptors of his day...

From our African Collection: Fante Akuaba Doll, circa 1960. Akua'ba (sometimes spelled Akwaba or Akuba) are wooden ritual fertility dolls from Southern Ghana and nearby areas. The best known akua'ba are those of the Fanti people, “Fanti Dolls” whose akua'ba have large, disc-like heads. Other tribes in the West Africa region (f.ex...

Beautiful squash bowl, thinly potted of black clay and with mud glaze volcanic glaze, Signed Lovera; James Lovera (American, b. 1920) modernist potter. Age: c. 1985. James Lovera exhibited at the Crocker Museum in Sacramento in 2006: "Craters of Fire: Ceramics by James Lovera". Size: 10.75" length x 9.5" width x 4.25" Height

Alexander Ney Russian American sculptor "Brown Bee Pendant" red brown clay sculpted pendant or object with 2 top holes for wearing or mounting , This was most likely made as a pendant signed N3 size nearly 3.75" by 2.25" incised bee on a leaf this was also cast in sterling silver listed in a separate lot picture included for reference only. This is from a very rare group of early miniature pieces ...

Classical Carved stone Goddess figure Archeologist estate Piece . Nice small stone carving in a unknown stone alabaster or something similar, when handling it it sounds like your handling glass. I cant figure out the culture nearly Greek in style. Selling as is . 1.25 by 1.25 by 7.50"

wood mask 20”x4” 2662 Sepik Valley circa 1950s Berlin Estate

A sculpture in Terra Cotta fired and painted with a high glaze measuring 8.5 inches…….Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culminated his idea of abstraction in space. This is part of the collection we have at the gallery...

Wooden Buddha Figure, Shan State Burma, 19th Century, with nice quality gilding, backside has cavity where relics were kept, size: H.50cm x W.18cm x D. 15cm, mounted, unusual specimen

Contemporary hardwood console table. Made of naturally formed root wood. The back edge is flat but also finished so it can either sit flush against a wall or be left free standing. The natural finish of the wood is a light blond color with an attractive grain pattern.

Dimensions: 31 1/2" high x 59" long x 16 3/4" deep

Katherine King, WI,Paris and NY...

Michael Lee Ford Outsider folk Prison art "skullpture" . "Skullpture" news paper pulp sculpture with polychrome colors and blue green painted eyes size 5.5" 3.5" 4" signed dated titled.The photographs don't do them justice. The sculpture is very well done from the sculpt to the color work by a fantastic outsider folk artist Michael Lee Ford. News paper pulp sculpture of a skull done while in 23 hour lock down at Telford New Boston prison in Texas. Michael Lee Ford was in prison, serving a 35-yea...

German composer Felix Mendelssohn 1809 - 1847 known for many songs including “The Wedding March”. The bust in white Carrara marble measuring 15” x 9” x 6” Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy[n 1] (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music. His best-known works in...

(Consignment)For the past 22 years, Massimo Righini has sculpted “STORIES IN STONE” and has exhibited them primarily in the Washington, DC, area at l’Enfant Galerie. His sculptures can be found in some 30 private collections in Italy, France, the UK, and the US. Pronoun: He Full Bio: ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT The curriculum of the “Liceo Classico” in Italy included heavy doses of philosophy, mythology and history of art, and Righini’s family had a long tradition of involvement in the figu...

A beautiful Sculpture in Faience by the Renowned Artist and sculptor Ampofo-Anti. Kwabena Ampofo-Anti is an African artist from Mampong-Akuapem, Ghana. A celebrated visual artist whose education includes a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Science and Technology (Kumasi, Ghana), Master of Fine Arts degree from Howard University (Washington, DC) and further studies at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana (Accra). Ampofo-Anti works in a variety of media including cer...

Large contemporary carved sculpture "The Pearl" made of acacia wood and fashioned from a natural knot formation. Natural light color and finish.

Dimensions: 37" high x 36" wide x 26" deep

Japanese copper 10-pronged antler shaped meadate from a kabuto (samurai helmet). On custom stand.

Heisei Period

Dimensions: 9" total height (6 1/4" high meadate only)

A Southern India Chola style Bronze Sculpture of a Goddess Or diety measuring 11 in. Height by 4 inch width

GUNTHER EAGLE PRESENTED TO GENERAL POWELL BY LISLE-WOODRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT, 2006 14 1/4 X 12 In.

A fine cold-painted Vienna bronze eagle of the highest quality and unusually large size. The painted decoration is wonderfully complex and detailed. The bronze is marked "Austria" under the tail feathers. We have seen this exact bronze with Franz Xavier Bergmann marks.

Origin: Austria, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, only the faintest paint nicks are the tips of a few features and beak. Dimensions: 9-1/4" x 6-1/2" x 5-1/4" high.

The finely carved sculpture in exotic wool from the Muromachi period ( 1392-1573) with beautiful patina measuring 13” high and on a stand total height is 16”. This piece was collected at the opening of trade in 1853 by Thomas Green, a pilot on Commodore Perry's ship.

Papua New Guinea Indigenous Tribal Mask Circa 1960s measuring 8 1/2“ x 8“ Polychrome ceramic

From our African Collection: a Red Guro Mask from Guinea, circa 1970. This work measures 7 x 17' h, and is available for purchase. Between the Baule and the Yaure to the west, the Malinke to the north and the Bete and We to the south, the Guro people live surrounded by savannah and forest. They migrated from the north during the 16th century and number about 200,00. Guro villages have rounded houses in the northern area and rectangular houses in the southern region. Village life is regulated by ...

A beautiful Probably mahogany,Kabuki Wooden carved sculpture circa 1890

(Consignment). For the past 22 years, Massimo Righini has sculpted “STORIES IN STONE” and has exhibited them primarily in the Washington, DC, area at l’Enfant Galerie. His sculptures can be found in some 30 private collections in Italy, France, the UK, and the US. Pronoun: He Full Bio: ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT The curriculum of the “Liceo Classico” in Italy included heavy doses of philosophy, mythology and history of art, and Righini’s family had a long tradition of involvement...

METAL WALL BAMBOO

Hanging aluminum wall ornament of auspicious red bamboo. Late 20th century, Japan. In used condition as is. approx. 50.5 x 37 x 0.5cm (19.88 x 14.56 x 0.19in).


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Length: 5.8 cm (2.15 in)
Width: 4 cm (1.6 in)
Depth: 1.5 cm (0.6 in)
Weight: 49.1 g (1.72 oz)

Fine Chinese Green Jade lotus and koi pendant; includes a jadeite bead; very good condition

African Lega Bone Figure from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, circa 1940. Measures 12" tall. The Lega peoples live on the southeastern edge of the central African rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From the mid to late 1800s, the Lega and adjacent peoples were raided for the Indian Ocean trade in slaves and ivory. In 1885, the Lega were brought into the Congo Free State, which became the Belgian Congo in 1908. Still, the Lega live in an isolated and mountainous region...

Alexander Ney Russian American sculptor "Silver standing Nude" early 1970s figure cast sterling silver clad female figure in an modern style. 1 hole at base for mounting , this piece is unsigned but we have listed and an image included in this listing showing the same figure in brown clay that is signed N3 size 3.75" by 1.25" . This is from a very rare group of early miniature pieces most all were initialed in this way. Developing several individualistic styles in modern art, he is most famo...

AFTER CLODION, A PATINATED BRONZE YOUNG SAYTR AND PUTTO, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY. Raised on white marble pedestals with gilt bronze mounts. Each appear to have once been fitted with candle arms at verso. Height 12.75 inches (32.5 cm).

Beautiful vintage JFK silver painted bust with the Presidents famous quotation “Ask not what your country can do for you…” done circa 1965 when silver paint was used as a metaphor for modern, as was used by NASA and artist such as Andy Warhol. Measuring 12” height

A finely carved wooded sculpture of a warrior with remnants of polychromed pigments from the Chinese period of the Qing Dynasty. More information coming soon

Large metal art sculpture by Jim Gary

Jim Gary 1939 - 2006, American sculptor. Well listed

This item measures approx 58" x 44" and is in excellent condition

Signed lower left

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Exceptional Naturalistic Bronze Covered Compote, urn form with extremely fine decoration of bugs, leaves and flowers. Probably French, mid 19th Century.

Height 10"

Alexander Ney Russian American contemporary sculptor "Brown Mask" brown clay mask in an African style 4 holes at sides for wearing or mounting , This was most likely made as a pendant signed N2 size 2.5" by 1.5" . This is from a very rare group of early miniature pieces most all were initialed in this way. Developing several individualistic styles in modern art, he is most famous for his unique work in terra cotta sculpture, involving heavily perforated surfaces and intriguing forms. Notable co...

Chita Lovemode ,Zimbabwean Stone sculpture 10” signed 2677 Verdite Shona Peoples Berlin Estate

Original black-painted terra cotta sculpture of the head of an apparently African-American man, signed at the base "Marion Goodman". To date I have not located a listing for an artist by this name. The sculpture, which has some age (circa 1950's to 1970'?) measures roughly 18" high by 11" by 8"(including base) and weighs 22 pounds. The artist worked the clay with great skill to create a very life-like face, and the curls of the hair are also treated with care. The clay was then painted with...

(Consignment). For the past 22 years, Massimo Righini has sculpted “STORIES IN STONE” and has exhibited them primarily in the Washington, DC, area at l’Enfant Galerie. His sculptures can be found in some 30 private collections in Italy, France, the UK, and the US. Pronoun: He Full Bio: ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT The curriculum of the “Liceo Classico” in Italy included heavy doses of philosophy, mythology and history of art, and Righini’s family had a long tradition of involvement in the f...

Interesting, well-crafted panel, the design very Art Deco in style, featuring a male nude in reddish brown silhouetted against a silvery background. The panel measures 11 1/2" by 9 1/2" plus 1" wide frame, and is signed in the wet clay at lower right by artist HAL ALTMAN (1922-2011). There is a fine three-dimensional quality to the panel, the hardened clay painted in these two tones, which are so reminiscent of the Deco era. At first I thought the artist might be the Harold Altman who is know...

Japanese porcelain vase approximately 9” in height depicting a flying crane in flight done in a variety of rare glazes Berlin Estate

Eye-catching patinated bronze swan statue on a black marble base.. This curvilinear design is reminiscent of the Art Deco period. The edges of the marble base are beveled and the corners are rounded; it all feels very smooth. Unsigned, there was green felt on the bottom that was removed, but enough remains that it will protect a wood surface from scratching. In excellent condition, it measures 16.12ʺ long × 4.12ʺ deep × 11.75ʺ high.

NINETEENTH CENTURY, CHINESE NANKING “OPERA” CARVED AND FRAMED WALL SCULPTURE, Measuring 21” x 32”. The carving done circa 1840 and mounted and framed in the 1940’s. The work was typically done for export to the Irish market…..please also see # 3582

Genuine GANDHARA Stucco Head of a handsome YOUTH from the Indus Valley, ca. 4-5th Century A.D. This lovely sculpture is 8 cm. high (3 1/4") and the expressive face is delicately sculptured and is framed by his wavy coiffure held in place by a broad headband. Excellent condition, with good mineral deposits and pigment remnants. Mounted on a stand. Price does not include shipping costs.

Miniature Bronze Buddhist Monk holding alms bowl, 19th Century, mounted on wooden base, size: H. 6cm x 2cm x 0.5cm

The Splendid Buddha Sakhyamuni figure, standing on a stylized lotus throne. With both hands raised in vitarkamudra and dressed with a long diaphanous sanghati. His face with deep serene expression, downcast eyes, arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes. His hair arranged in tight curls over the ushnisha. Height 100cm (34 1/2 In) Don't hesitate to send your offer, we always do our best to offer the most attractive pieces for the best price. SATISFACTION GUARANTEE - We have been offering SE As...

Pal Kepenyes brass/bronze sculpture of an elephant crafted from milagros

20th century

Milagros are charms used for protection and for good luck. The word Milagro in Spanish means “miracle” or “surprise” and people in the past and present use milagros as symbols to wish others good luck, good health, and hope for the future.

The sculpture stands 7 3/4" at tallest point 6 1/2" across x 2 1/2" wide at base.

Excellent unrestored condition

Signed in...