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Historic Sculptures

A collection of sculptures including a leopard with a shield, a bird jar, and various figurines, showcasing intricate craftsmanship from different cultures.

Statue of a rider on a myth animal, c. 1800 - c. 1875 Statue of a rider on a myth animal. China soapstone (metamorphic rock). voet: wood (plant material) Statue of a rider on a myth animal. China soapstone (metamorphic rock). voet: wood (plant material)
Statue of a rider on a myth animal, c. 1800 - c. 1875 Statue of a rider on a myth animal. China soapstone (metamorphic rock). voet: wood (plant material) Statue of a rider on a myth animal. China soapstone (metamorphic rock). voet: wood (plant material)
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Maker: Unknown, Vessel in the Shape of Tlaloc, God ofRain, A.D.150-350, Ceramic with pigment, 24.13 × 19.685 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/4in.), Made in Mexico, Mexico, Teotihuacanculture, Early ClassicPeriod, Containers -CeramicsChina, Hunan province, Chang-Sha, Stone sculptures, Warring States periodTomb guardian beast (Zhenmushou) late 7th-early 8th century China. Tomb guardian beast (Zhenmushou) 51990Burial Figure, 10th-13th century, 16 x 9 1/2 x 7 in. (40.6 x 24.1 x 17.8 cm), Terra cotta, Nigeria, 10th-13th centuryVASOS Y UNGUENTARIOS DE ALABASTRO Y PIEDRA. EGIPCIO. (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).Seal Amulet, 2300-2124 BC. Egypt, Late Old Kingdom, Dynasties 5-6, 2647-2124 BC. Bone; diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.).Woman Carrying a Basket, early 1900s. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). Ivory; overall: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.).Crucifix, 1500s. Spain, 16th century. Silver; overall: 22.7 x 21 cm (8 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.).Feature, equestrian farm FortiaPaul Louis Georges Filhastre. Madame chest. Marble, 1893. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 79437-27 Tie, bust, curl hair, woman, marble, portrait, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th centuryIberian bronze votive offering, Valladolid Museum - Provincial Museum of Antiquities, Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon, Spain.Engraved Gem with a Bearded Comic Mask. UnknownNetsuke of Child with a Turtle 19th century Japan. Netsuke of Child with a Turtle. Japan. 19th century. Ivory. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). NetsukeHead, Horus ca. 1295-1070 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside. Head, Horus 555482sick African couple mask, Congo, 20th century,. polychrome wood, Sa Bassa Blanca Museum (msbb). Yannick Vu and Ben Jakober , Alcudia, Majorca, Spain.Minimalistischer Bonsaizweig im Keramiktopf Dry decorative branch ikebana in rustic ceramic pot on white tablecloth against light gray wall. Natural shadow creates artistic composition minimalist style. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/NATASHAxBREENx 23381476Katsina Doll design painted on a large hopi polychrome storage jar. Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff AZMannenkop, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699 A bearded men's head in terracotta. Coming from Breda where he was dug up with the Grote Kerk with other fragments. unknown terracotta (clay material) A bearded men's head in terracotta. Coming from Breda where he was dug up with the Grote Kerk with other fragments. unknown terracotta (clay material)FO FO figurine with a rider on the back; 18th century (1701-00-00-1800-00-00);Typical artisan mask for traditional masquerade celebration, Iberian Museum of Masks and Costume, Braganza (Bragança),Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal.Bronze and silver Gayer-Anderson Cat. From Saqqara. Dated 600 BCThe Workman's Head Bronze Gareavi Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgChinese medical diagnosis doll made of ivory. Mid 18th - early 19th centuryMiska jug, 1828. Mezocsat, Borsod county. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary.Alf Bruseth, Hitching Post, c 1937 Hitching PostHeita. Kimura Ryūmin (Japan, active mid- to late 19th century). Japan, mid- to late 19th century. Costumes; Accessories. WoodVietnam,Vietnam,Ho Chi Minh City,History Museum,Sandstone Sculpture of Buddha 13th CenturyGlass art by Dale Chihuly deYoung Museum San Francisco CaliforniaHalf moon crescent with face - free on black background copyright: xzoonar.com/heikexbrauerx 1017108Helmet in the form of a court hat, c. 1575 - c. 1600 Helmet in the form of a Hofthoed that turns to one side in the wind, with two diagonally excellent, elongated decorations at the back. Japan iron (metal). leather. lacquer (coating). gold (metal) Helmet in the form of a Hofthoed that turns to one side in the wind, with two diagonally excellent, elongated decorations at the back. Japan iron (metal). leather. lacquer (coating). gold (metal)Mushroom slice with reflectionTwo kneeling prophets (from a reliquary châsse), anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1410 The cast and subsequently accompanying figure is opposed to his counterpart in posture (of head, arms and legs) (BK-16925-A). His clothing consists of pip, cloak and hood. Hair and beard completely cover the neck. It has a reinforcement at the back, in which a rectangular hole has been saved and in which the original pin is still present. France bronze (metal). gilding (material) casting / gilding The cast and subsequently accompanying figure is opposed to his counterpart in posture (of head, arms and legs) (BK-16925-A). His clothing consists of pip, cloak and hood. Hair and beard completely cover the neck. It has a reinforcement at the back, in which a rectangular hole has been saved and in which the original pin is still present. France bronze (metal). gilding (material) casting / gildingGilded statue of King Tutankhamen, From his tomb. 1323 BC. 18th dynasty, New KingdomAmulet of the God Horus. Egyptian. Date: 780 BC-343 BC. Dimensions: 1.5 × 1 × .25 cm (9/16 × 3/8 × 1/16 in.). Faience. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.Two knights of jousts from the imperial collection.German 16th Century (Possibly Nuremberg), A Child with a Crow, first half 16th century A Child with a CrowPorcelain angel sleepingNetsuke of Bird Cage Japan 19th century View more. Netsuke of Bird Cage. Japan. 19th century. Ivory. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). NetsukeDiscus Thrower 480-336 B.C. Artist Unknown Roman Marble Musee du Louvre, Paris Blue-glazed commemorative scarab of Amenhotep III from the 18th Dynasty. Deathmask, 1st-5th century AD, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum,gold figure of the Egyptian Goddess Isis 715-332 BCTwo Chinese Terracotta Krieger two Chinese Terracotta Krieger, looking to the left and illuminated from left, in portrait format.Caponic jar with falcon-headed lid (Qebehsenuf). Saite period. 26th Dynasty. Calcite. Egypt. Barracco Museum of Antique Sculpture. Rome. Italy.Churchill China teapot to commemorate Winston Churchills role in the development of the tank while he was First Lord of the Admiralty. The teapots were again produced during the Second World War. Tanks were first used in action in 1916.Stone Vessel 900 A.D. Carved ritual figureNetsuke of Young Boy at Writing Desk, Dreaming 19th century Japan. Netsuke of Young Boy at Writing Desk, Dreaming. Japan. 19th century. Wood. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). NetsukeAfrica, West Africa, Togo, Lome. Close-up of traditional mask at fetish market.Marble statuette head of a bearded man 2nd century A.D. Roman Bearded.. Marble statuette head of a bearded man. Roman. 2nd century A.D.. Marble. Imperial. Stone SculptureWeibliche Figur Female figure, Valdivia, Ecuador coast, 3,000 to 1,500 BC, ceramic, MuEC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23171459Vase. Culture: American. Designer: Designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, New York 1848-1933 New York). Dimensions: 8 x 13 1/2 in. (20.3 x 34.3 cm). Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902-32). Date: 1904-ca. 1914. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Decorated terracotta statuette of female figure, rear viewYoruba culture altar, Nigeria, 19th century, wood and pigments,, Anthropology National Museum, Madrid, Spain.Historical chess set, Chess Museum Löberitz, Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyHead - figurine fragment. unknown, craftsmanA Hypocrite and a Slanderer. Culture: Austrian, probably Pressburg (Bratislava). Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): 14 9/16 x 9 5/8 x 11 5/8 in., 25lb. (37 x 24.4 x 29.5 cm, 11.3399kg). Maker: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (German, Weisensteig 1736-1783 Pressburg). Date: ca. 1770-83.Messerschmidt, the leading sculptor at the court in Vienna in the 1760s, was forced, for personal and professional reasons, to leave for the provinces and by 1777 had settled in Pressburg (today Bratislava). There he concentrated on a private series of heads, completing more than sixty in his preferred medium of tin alloy or in alabaster.While acknowledging the artistic tradition of exploring facial expressions and emotions, these Kopfstücke, or head pieces, as he called them, were highly original for their combination of realism and abstraction. Visitors to his studio observed the artist studying himself in a mirror. Some of the heads are straightforward self-portraits, smiling or frowning; others are satiriSconce; wood, gildedWine Jar: Cizhou Ware, 1271-1368. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Glazed stoneware; diameter: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); overall: 32.2 cm (12 11/16 in.).Inca skull showing signs of surgery at the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru, Lima, PeruFIGURAS INCAS DE TURQUESA - PROCEDEN DE PIKILLACTA (CUZCO) - CULTURA HUARI - 600-1000 DC. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.A model of a human skull in the form of a candlestick on a white background. A model of a human skull in the form of a candlestick on a white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/OvchinnikovaxOlgax 10950504Cast of a female face. Dated 21st CenturyRetracted turtle, late 18th-19th century, Unknown Japanese, 1/2 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (1.27 × 4.76 × 3.18 cm), Ivory, Japan, 18th-19th centuryHotei, late 18th-19th century, Unknown Japanese, 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (2.22 × 3.81 × 6.03 cm), Ivory, Japan, 18th-19th centuryPyramid of three turtles, late 18th-19th century, Unknown Japanese, 1 3/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (3.02 × 3.81 × 3.49 cm), Ivory, Japan, 18th-19th centuryVestal and Boy Made 1775-1800 Burslem. Bronze, marble, stoneware . Wedgwood Manufactory (Manufacturer)Engraved Portrait of Aurelian; Rome (), Italy; 260 - 280; Amethyst; 1.8 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm (3,4 × 9,16 × 1,4 in.)Seated Shiva, Chola period Bronze statuette, 1000 AD INDIA.Head of Christ 15th century French. Head of Christ 473849Sleeve Button ca. 1876 Union Porcelain Works. Sleeve Button. American. ca. 1876. Porcelain. Made in Brooklyn, New York, United StatesVoodoo dolls with sea shells & nails at Lome Voodoo Fetish Market, TogoLower Mesopotamia, Iraq, Jasper cylinder and clay relief from Nippur, 2330-2150 B.C.Miniature seal in the form of a dog 18th century Possibly Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory. Miniature seal in the form of a dog. British, possibly Chelsea. 18th century. Soft-paste porcelain. Possibly Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1745-1784, Transitional (Brown Anchor) Period, ca. 1758-1759). Ceramics-PorcelainToy Bank: Frog. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 29.5 x 22.4 cm (11 5/8 x 8 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" high; 4 3/8" in diameter. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Chris Makrenos.Close-up of a statue of a woman, MontenegroAfrica, Sierra Leone, Freetown. Hand carved wooden mask in the Sierra Leone National Museum.Bliżej KulturyHandbag made from the skin of a dwarf crocodile from West Africa. Dated 20th CenturyClassic male and female 'Shi-sa' guardian lion-dog ceramics displayed in gift shop in Naha, Okinawa, Japan.Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland National Museum, 15th century Greenlandic MummiesRitueller Tanz Helm Maske Ritual dance helmet mask, Ejagham, Cross River region, Nigeria, 20th century, carved wood, antelope skin, fibers, metal applications, and pigments, MEB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23171300Greece, Epirus, Parga, souvenir figures of figures from Greek mythologyA girl with a bear, a girl with a pot PackersNetsuke 19th century Japan. Netsuke. Japan. 19th century. Ivory carved and stained. Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912). NetsukeFlowerpot with a face on a house wall and planted with a cactus, Sicily, Italy, EuropeJade Carving in Restaurant, Factory near Beijing, ChinaDragon statue, close-upClay masks and hat hanging on wallThe Woman's Face by Pablo Picasso, painted ceramic, 1881-1973Close-up of three ram statues in a temple, Temples Of Karnak, Luxor, EgyptPrzeszo Przyszoci unknown