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antique art: sculpture

Sculpture is the art of making two or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, by carving stone, wood or marble and by using metals such as bronze or plaster.

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  Giovanni Varlese (1888-1922, Italy) – Bronze Figure of a Young Fisherman

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  Giovanni Varlese (1888-1922, Italy) – Bronze Figure of a Young Fisherman. Bronze figure on a marble base, signed G. Varlese. Height: 43 cm. Width: 25cm, Height: 50cm, Depth: 25cm, Weight: 7kg, Condition: Good, Material: Bronze, ID: 11592

  £651.36

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  Pug Viennese bronze.

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  The cutest pug of Viennese bronze. Length 5 cm. Turn of the 19th-20th centuries. Width: 5cm, Height: 4.5cm, Depth: 3cm, Weight: 0.097kg, Condition: Good, with traces of use, Material: Bronze, ID: 6023

  £208.77

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• Figure of the Walking Buddha. 19th century

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  19th century Walking Buddha figure in gilded bronze, left hand raised in abhaya mudra, mounted on a later black painted wooden base. Siam. B. excluding base 26.5 cm. Condition: Crack in the base. Signs of wear due to age and use. Width: 9cm, Height: 28.5cm, Depth: 6cm, Weight: 0.670kg, Condition: Signs of wear commensurate with age, Material: Gilded bronze, ID: 5967

  £1,002.09

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• Brass ashtray Water sleigh. Late 19th century

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  Brass ashtray late 19th century - Water sleigh. Depicts a sledge with an icy tub for delivery and distribution of water. On the upper edge, symmetrically along the line of movement, there are thin holders for pens or cigarettes. Russia. Good preservation with traces of use. Width: 13.5cm, Height: 7cm, Depth: 8.5cm, Weight: 0.572kg, Condition: Signs of wear commensurate with age, Material: Bronze and brass, ID: 5643

  £334.03

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• Vienna bronze miniature Lion, Bergman factories.

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  Vienna bronze painted miniature Lion, Bergman factories. Spectacular plastic of the first third of the 20th century. The hallmark of the factory is the Latin B in a jug on the chest of a lion. Width: 8cm, Height: 4cm, Depth: 3cm, Weight: 0.2kg, Condition: Good, with traces of use, Material: Polychrome painting, ID: 5472

  £192.07

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• Painted Viennese bronze Tiger.

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  Painted Viennese bronze Tiger. Depicts a sitting, bared animal with detailed accuracy. Casting. Painting on bronze. The tiger`s belly bears the Bergman brand, B in a jug and Austrija. Width: 22cm, Height: 12cm, Depth: 10cm, Weight: 1.3kg, Condition: Scuff marks, Material: Painting, ID: 5461

  £668.06

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• Bronze bust of a girl. Italy. The turn of the 19th-20th centuries.

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  Bronze bust of a girl. A lively, expressive portrait of a child, Italian impressionism, the heyday of the style. The master succeeded in creating a bold, asymmetrical composition. The picturesque sculpting of an unusual face and the plastic contrast between tangled fabrics and polished bronze skin. The artist guesses the character, the future of a difficult life, but with all his heart he loves and honors the moment of warm childhood. The lives of those who follow us. Italy. Turn of the 19th-20th centuries. H - 18 cm. Width: 17cm, Height: 18cm, Depth: 15cm, Weight: 5kg, Condition: Good, Material: Patinated bronze, ID: 3798

  £233.82

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• Bronze hunting dog.

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  Bronze hunting dog. The dog is squinting, as if listening. H-21cm. Europe, 20th century. Width: 30cm, Height: 21cm, Depth: 10cm, Weight: 2kg, Condition: As is, Material: Bronze, ID: 3720

  £167.01

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• Sculpture Gallant couple. 19th century

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  Bronze sculpture Gallant couple consisting of the figures of a lady and an officer. 19th century. Width: 18cm, Height: 27cm, Depth: 10.5cm, Weight: 2kg, Condition: Good, Material: Patinated bronze, ID: 967

  £167.01

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• Paired sculptures Horses Marley.

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  Paired sculptures Horse Tamers or Marley Horses. Marble sculptural group Horse Tamers was created in 1740-1745. Guillaume Coustou the Elder (Guillaume Coustou I, 1677-1746) - a famous French sculptor of the first half of the 18th century, who worked on the decoration of the palaces and parks of Versailles, Marly, Tuileries and Trianon. The sculptures were commissioned by Louis XV from Carrara marble to decorate the terrace of the castle of Marly in the suburbs of Paris. Fed up with tense official images, the royal administration commissioned the sculptor to depict figures of naked youths restraining rearing horses. Provenance: Photo archive of a private collection. The sculptures were part of a private collection located in the Liechtenstein Palace. Stadtpalais Wien, Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 1945. Width: 53cm, Height: 66cm, Depth: 48cm, Weight: 50kg, Condition: Excellent, Material: Bronze, ID: 329

  £12,526.10

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• Bronze sculpture Girl with a rose.

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  Bronze memorial complex Girl with a Rose. Demonstrates a girl in romantic memories at the wreckage of a column, sitting on a sarcophagus. She breathes in the vibes of collapsed and buried love. All sensual expression of living memories is expressed in the folds of clothes and hair. The sculpture is set on a stone pedestal. Signature: Carpeaus. From Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). H-45 cm. Width: 51cm, Height: 45cm, Depth: 50cm, Weight: 20kg, Condition: Very good, Material: Stone, ID: 61

  £167.01

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• Boy with Roosters Paul CHEVRE

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  Authors bronze statue Boy with Roosters Paul CHEVRE. H - 75 cm. Represents the work of the famous Franco-Canadian master of the second half of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century. It depicts a Boy taking apart fighting cocks. This gambling and fighting event was conveyed in an anti-censoring manner; a naked young man and in the pathos of gestures represent it. A slightly deviated figure of a young man gives way to angry roosters and their line of aggression crosses the line of the boy and loincloth. Their expressive nature creates energy and strength and also sets off the noble patina of the young man’s smooth body. Width: 52cm, Height: 75cm, Depth: 45cm, Weight: 30kg, Condition: Excellent, Material: Patinated bronze, ID: 59

  £10,020.88

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• Franz IFFLAND oversized sculpture blacksmith

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  19.20 century changed Franz IFFLAND (1862-1935) Sculptures of this size are extremely rare Bronze, signed, height 104cm Width: 40cm, Height: 104cm, Depth: 35cm, Weight: 45kg, Condition: Condition of use, Material: Bronze, ID: 11870

  £7,240.08

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• Bronze figure representing Kinjiro Ninomiya Sontoku, Japan, early-20th century, signed.

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  Bronze figure representing Kinjiro Ninomiya Sontoku, Japan, early-20th century, signed. Ninomiya Sontoku (?? ??, September 4, 1787 – November 17, 1856), born Ninomiya Kinjiro? (?? ???), was a prominent 19th-century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist, and economist. Height: 45 cm. Signed on the base. Width: 25cm, Height: 55cm, Depth: 25cm, Weight: 15kg, Condition: Good, Material: Bronze, ID: 11602

  £2,229.65

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• A Young Boy with Hat – Brass Figure, Early 20th Century.

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  A Young Boy with Hat – Brass Figure, Early 20th. CenturyAn overpainted brass figure of a young boy wearing a hat. Height: 37 cm. Width: 20cm, Height: 40cm, Depth: 20cm, Weight: 10kg, Condition: Good, Material: Brass, ID: 11593

  £467.64

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• Emile Laporte (1858-1907) & Siot Paris Bronze Figure of a Boy with Cross

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  Emile Laporte (French, 1858-1907) – Bronze Sculpture Depicting a Shepherd Boy Holding a Cross. Signed E. Laporte on the side of the base, and further numbered 5066 with Siot Paris. Mainly in good condition, though the cross appears to have been broken into two parts and glued together afterward. Height: 35 cm. Width: 15cm, Height: 40cm, Depth: 15cm, Weight: 5kg, Condition: Wear, Material: Bronze, ID: 11591

  £1,119.00

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• Antonin Carlès (1851-1919) “Youth” Gilt Bronze Sculpture

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  Gilt bronze print representing a naked young woman with a wild rose flower at her feet. Signed on the Antonin Carles terrace and titled “La Jeunesse”. Foundry mark Siot-Decauville Fondeur, Paris and numbered D347. Base in green Algerian onyx marble, very small repair following a slight chip on one corner. History The Plaster acquired at the Salon of 1883 (NO 3426), placed in 1886 in the marble depository, was deposited in 1889 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Grenoble; reductions were produced in marble, in biscuit by the Sèvres factory in three sizes, in bronze and gilded bronze by Siot-Decauville in two sizes; ordered by the state in 1883; statue commissioned at the Salon Exhibitions Salon of the Society of French Artists (Salon 103) – Palais des Champs Elysées – France, Paris, 1885 Prefiguration of the Musée d&39;Orsay – Post-Impressionism – Palais de Tokyo – Musée d&39;Art et d&39;Essai – France, Paris, 1977 – 1986 Period: 1890 Origin: France, Paris Materials: Bronze and onyx Width: 13cm, Height: 32cm, Depth: 13cm, Weight: 1.6kg, Condition: Signs of wear commensurate with age, Material: Bronze, onyx, ID: 8809

  £1,484.76

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• Cheval De Trait Harnaché De Théodore GECHTER (1796-1844)

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  Épreuve ancienne en bronze réalisée selon la technique de la fonte au sable, à patine brune représentant un cheval de trait harnaché. Signature de T. Gechter sur la terrasse et daté 1842. Sculpture en bronze à thème d’effigie équestre de grande qualité, finesse de la ciselure, quantité de détails et d’ornements, mouvements fougueux, caractéristique de ce sculpteur romantique qui affectionnait particulièrement le modelé des chevaux. Fonte d’époque, atelier du bronzier et fondeur-statuaire Jean-François-Théodore Gechter (1841-1844). Musées Le Musée de Versailles conserve de lui : Buste de maréchal de Saint André. Le Musée de Bordeaux : Soldat avec son fusil, 43 cm Paris, Arts décoratifs : Louis Philippe 1er debout, 41 cm Paris, Louvre : La mort de Tancrède, bronze argenté, 16,5 x 41 cm Époque : 1842 Origine : France, Paris Matériaux : Bronze et marbre Width: 13cm, Height: 11.5cm, Depth: 5cm, Weight: 1.5kg, Condition: Very good, Material: Bronze, ID: 8797

  £1,299.37

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• Bronze By Antoine-Louis BARYE (1795-1875) Panthère De Tunis N°1

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  Very beautiful bronze proof with brown patina nuanced with black representing an observing panther, crouching on a rock. Old proof signed BARYE on the side of the terrace, at the front, on the left, published and signed F.Barbedienne Fondeur. Remarkable quality of the patina and carving. First edition: around 1860 Plaster model: Paris, Fabius collection Bibliography: Poletti & Richarme, Antoine Louis BARYE Catalog raisonné, Paris, Gallimard edition, page 221 Period: 1890 Origin: France, Paris Width: 27cm, Height: 12.4cm, Depth: 9.4cm, Weight: 2kg, Condition: Perfect condition, Material: Bronze, ID: 8795

  £2,319.83

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• French, bronzed metal figure on a marble base. Happy holiday.

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  French, bronzed metal figure on a marble base Have a nice holiday. Depicts a playful Parisian - a prankster, with a shocking neckline on her dress and a bunch of flowers. Modeled after V. Bruynce. Made in Paris. Workshop stamp. Height: 46 cm. Width: 20cm, Height: 46cm, Depth: 27cm, Weight: 6kg, Condition: Good, with traces of use, Material: Marble, ID: 7796

  £459.29

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• Bronze sculpture Romantic couple.

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  Bronze sculpture Romantic couple, consisting of figures of a gentleman and a lady. 19th century. There is a small defect in the pedestal. Width: 20cm, Height: 25cm, Depth: 9cm, Weight: 4kg, Condition: Good, Material: Marble, ID: 966

  £83.51

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• Sculpture Romantic couple

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  Bronze sculpture Romantic couple young girl and the soldier mounted on a marble base. Width: 17cm, Height: 18cm, Depth: 10cm, Weight: 3kg, Condition: Good, Material: Marble, ID: 965

  £83.51

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• Circus Dog

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  Miniature stone cutting Circus Dog. Depicts a seated bulldog with a wide clown collar. Despite the entertainment program, the dog looks at the viewer intelligently and somewhat sadly, retaining the deep philosophical meaning of buffoonery. H-12.5 cm. Width: 7cm, Height: 12.5cm, Depth: 10cm, Weight: 1kg, Condition: Good, with traces of use, Material: Stone bordeaux, ID: 3705

  £183.72

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• Carved figurine of an elephant in Faberge style. 20th century

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  A capacious and characteristic figurine of an elephant of a spherical shape made of bloody jasper, with a trunk twisted to the body. 2nd half of the 20th century. Ruby eyes and carved wrinkles emphasize the character and integrity of the image. H-7 cm. Width: 7cm, Height: 7cm, Depth: 7cm, Weight: 0.15kg, Condition: Good, Material: Bloodstone, ID: 3559

  £1,085.59

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• Marble sculpture Bathing of Venus. 19th-20th century.

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  Marble sculpture Bathing of Venus. 19th-20th century. Marble sculpture Bathing of Venus. The textbook iconography dates back to the Roman example of the same name from the 2nd century BC. The goddess sits down and draws water from a sacred spring. Multidirectional movements of the hands and head focus attention on the gaze, as if containing a question about the nature of the divine. The gaze is turned to the water or reflection. Leaving a jug prolongs the time of contemplation. Figure dimensions: 89x50x49 cm. Weight: 120 kg. Width: 50cm, Height: 89cm, Depth: 49cm, Weight: 120kg, Condition: Good, Material: Marble, ID: 8556

  £10,438.41

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