Antique Sculpture Collection

Antique Sculpture Collection

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Antique Sculpture: Masterpieces of Form and History

At Nicholas Wells Antiques, our Sculpture Collection offers a curated selection of museum-quality works spanning the Classical, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, and Grand Tour periods. Each piece has been carefully sourced for its artistic merit, provenance, and craftsmanship, appealing to discerning collectors, institutions, and connoisseurs of fine decorative art.

From rare Roman-inspired marble busts to commanding Japanese temple guardians, from delicate Grand Tour bronzes to monumental vases and pedestals, the collection reflects centuries of human creativity, spirituality, and devotion to form. Whether your interest lies in the mythological grace of the Callipygian Venus, the intellectual weight of a portrait of Julius Caesar, or the allegorical imagination of Carrier-Belleuse, each sculpture tells a story that bridges antiquity with modern interiors.

Our collection is anchored by treasures such as:

  • Black Basalt Statue ‘The Scraper’ Torso after Lysippos Apoxyomenos – A powerful fragment echoing Classical Greek ideals of proportion.

  • Japanese Temple Guards (Shūkongōshin) – Life-size cedarwood figures with exquisite naturalism and polychrome detail, circa 1850.

  • Italian Neoclassical Marble Vase – Rome, late 18th / early 19th century, an elegant example of classical revival carving.

  • Royal Coat of Arms, 19th Century – A heraldic sculpture rich in national symbolism.

  • Grand Tour Marble Bust of Eros di Centocelle – Circa 1800, finely carved with exquisite curls, on Siena marble plinth.

  • Pair of Bronze Sculptures by Massimiliano Soldani BenziApollino and Mercury, circa 1720, epitomising Italian Baroque refinement.

  • Renaissance Terracotta Devotional Panel – Virgin and Child with Saints, a 15th-century masterpiece.

Each object is meticulously described and accompanied by high-resolution photography. Prices range from £1,200 to £175,000, with selected pieces available by request (POA).

Discover the Sculpture Collection

Browse our full offering of marble, bronze, terracotta, wood, and silver works below – from Renaissance devotional art to 20th-century editions by Dalí and beyond.


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What types of sculpture do you offer?
Our collection encompasses Classical marble busts, Renaissance terracotta reliefs, Baroque bronzes, Neoclassical vases and tazzas, Japanese temple figures, Art Deco bronzes, and Grand Tour works, among others. Materials range from Carrara marble and bronze to rare woods, silver, and ceramics.

How do I know if a piece is authentic?
Nicholas Wells Antiques has decades of expertise in sourcing and vetting objects of exceptional quality. Each sculpture is carefully researched, catalogued, and where possible supported by provenance, maker attribution, or stylistic scholarship. We provide detailed descriptions and certificates of authenticity.

Are these suitable for display in modern interiors?
Yes. Antique sculpture, whether monumental or intimate, brings timeless presence to contemporary spaces. A marble bust can anchor a library or entrance hall, while a pair of pedestals or cherubs can enliven a dining room or gallery.

Do you work with museums and institutions?
Absolutely. We frequently source and place objects with leading museums, historic houses, and private collections worldwide. Institutional enquiries are most welcome.

Can I request additional photographs or condition reports?
Yes. We can provide further images, close-up details, and condition notes upon request to assist with acquisition decisions.

Do you ship internationally?
We arrange professional, insured shipping to clients worldwide, using trusted fine art logistics partners to ensure safe handling of delicate and valuable objects.

Can I view the sculptures in person?
Viewings are available by appointment at our London location or in Gloucestershire. Selected pieces may also be shown privately at international fairs and events.

Do you offer pedestals or display mounts?
Yes. Many works are presented on original or period bases. We also offer antique and bespoke pedestals to complement your chosen sculpture.

What is the price range?
Our sculptures range from under £5,000 for smaller decorative works to over £150,000 for museum-level masterpieces. Selected pieces are available on a “Price on Application” basis.


Explore the Nicholas Wells Antiques Sculpture Collection – where beauty, history, and craftsmanship converge.

Black Basalt Statue : ‘The Scraper’ Torso : after Lysippos Apoxyomenos life-sized classical torso sculpture in black basalt.
Black Basalt Statue ‘The Scraper’ Torso after Lysippos Apoxyomenos, large carved black basalt torso in contrapposto pose.
Black Basalt Statue : ‘The Scraper’ Torso : after Lysippos Apoxyomenos
Collection CK40
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Japanese Temple Guards Shūkongōshin life-size Kamakura cedarwood statues detailed naturalism circa 1850
Japanese Temple Guards Shūkongōshin life size Kamakura cedarwood statue with polychrome detailing circa 1850
Japanese Temple Guards | Shūkongōshin
Collection CK40
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Italian neoclassical carved marble vase, Rome, late 18th century/early 19th century
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19th Century Royal Coat of Arms sculpture by Collection CK10 featuring lion and unicorn supporters in Victorian style
Close-up of a 19th Century Royal Coat Of Arms sculpture by Collection CK10 showcasing detailed heraldic shield and figures
19th Century Royal Coat Of Arms
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Lorenzo Bartolini Neo-Classical marble tazza with entwined snake handles on a decorative column base.
Lorenzo Bartolini Neo-Classical marble tazza with entwined snake handles on a decorative column illustration.
Lorenzo Bartolini Tazza & Column
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Eros Di Centocelle marble bust on Siena marble plinth, antique style, Italian Grand Tour sculpture circa 1800.
Eros Di Centocelle marble bust with intricate curls on Siena marble plinth, Italian antique style from circa 1800.
Grand Tour Statuary Marble Bust of Eros di Centocelle
Collection CK40
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Callipygian Venus marble statue of a graceful woman draped in cloth, classical Roman art, 1800 Italy.
Callipygian Venus marble statue showing a draped female figure from Ancient Rome with detailed folds.
Callipygian Venus
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Pair of bronze sculptures Apollino and Mercury by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, Italy, circa 1720, 32.5 cm tall.
Massimiliano Soldani Benzi bronzes Apollino and Mercury, Italy circa 1720, standing male figures with classical attributes.
Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
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Italian Renaissance Terracotta Devotional Panel depicting Virgin and Child with Saints and angels, 15th century masterpiece.
Italian Renaissance Terracotta Devotional Panel
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Grand Tour Breche Sanguine & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella, rare 19th-century marble Roman galley sculpture with gilded mounts.
Grand Tour Breche Sanguine & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella, 19th century marble sculpture of Roman Galley on ornate plinth.
Grand Tour Breche Sanguine & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella
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Large carved porphyritic granite gadrooned oval vase on stepped base by Collection EE20, circa 1800 Italy
Large carved porphyritic granite gadrooned oval vase on stepped base by Collection EE20, circa 1800.
Large Carved Porphyritic Granite Gadrooned Oval Vase
Collection EE20
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19th Century Bust of Paris carved from Carrara marble featuring mythological figure wearing a Phrygian cap on pedestal.
19th Century Bust of Paris carved from Carrara marble featuring Paris with a Phrygian cap, signed N Cocchi.
19th Century Bust of Paris
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Bacchanalian Bronze Faun After Soldani antique bronze sculpture of a faun with detailed muscular form circa 1800
Bacchanalian Bronze Faun After Soldani antique bronze sculpture showing detailed upper torso and drapery close-up.
Bacchanalian Bronze Faun After Soldani
Collection CK40
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Napoleon III Marble Bust of a Lady carved in Carrara marble, elegant 19th-century portrait sculpture, France circa 1880.
Napoleon III Marble Bust of a Lady, detailed Carrara marble sculpture of an elegant 19th-century young woman.
Napoleon III Marble Bust of a Lady
Collection NE10
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Giambologna Late Renaissance bronze walking bull sculpture, Italy circa 1650, detailed and antique decorative art piece.
Giambologna
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Bronze Bust of Lysimachus Grand Tour depicting a detailed antique sculpture on a round base from circa 1800.
Bronze Bust of Lysimachus Grand Tour depicts the ancient ruler with detailed features and textured hair on a pedestal base.
Bronze Bust of Lysimachus | Grand Tour | After the Antique
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Pair of 17th Century North European Baroque Cherubs carved wooden painted animated triumphant figures circa 1640.
Pair of 17th Century North European Baroque Cherubs carved wooden painted cherub on ornate base circa 1640
Pair of 17th Century North European Baroque Cherubs
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PIETRO BAZZANTI bust of Minerva in alabaster on circular plinth, signed verso, Italy circa 1900, 66 cm high
PIETRO BAZZANTI bust of Minerva in alabaster on circular plinth, Italy circa 1900, 66 cm tall.
PIETRO BAZZANTI
Collection CK40
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Dalí Melting Watch Bronze Sculpture 42/300 limited edition circa 1980 bronze melting clock art piece.
Dalí Melting Watch Bronze Sculpture 42/300, limited edition bronze melting clock circa 1980 with distorted numbers.
Dalí Melting Watch Bronze Sculpture 42/300
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Carrier-Belleuse bronze sculpture depicting allegory of hunting and fishing, French art circa 1865, 55 cm tall including base.
Carrier-Belleuse bronze sculpture Allegory of Hunting and Fishing, detailed textured garments, circa 1865, France.
Carrier-Belleuse
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Pair of Regency Scagliola Columns, early 19th-century tapered columns with feather capitals on black marble bases.
Pair of Regency Scagliola Columns
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Bronze mask of a Satyr Fountain Head with curled horns and detailed face, Italian, patinated bronze, circa 1800.
Bronze mask of a Satyr Fountain Head with curled horns and detailed facial features, patinated bronze, Italy circa 1800.
Bronze mask of a Satyr Fountain Head
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Marble bust portrait of a woman Minatia Polla after the Roman original, Italy circa 1880, 46.5 cm tall sculpture.
Minatia Polla
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A Pair Of Bronze Cherubs On Marble Bases, 18th-century Flemish sculptures of cherubs with musical and oyster shell details.
A Pair Of Bronze Cherubs On Marble Bases, 18th-century Flemish sculptures of cherubs with instrument and oyster shell.
A Pair Of Bronze Cherubs On Marble Bases
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Pair of bronze cherub groups playing with a monkey and dog, holding garlands and feeding grapes, circa 1700.
Pair of bronze cherub groups depicting cherubs playing with a dog and monkey, holding garlands and grapes.
Pair of bronze cherub groups
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Italian 18th Century Marble Bust of a Girl, late 18th century, detailed sculpture of a smiling girl in marble.
Italian 18th Century Marble Bust of a Girl
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Carlo Uboldi mid 19th-century Italian marble relief plaque of four boys playing with a donkey.
Carlo Uboldi antique marble relief plaque signature on verso dated 1864, mounted on a bronze stand.
Carlo Uboldi
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Pair of Salt Glazed Eagles with open wings and opposing heads, 19th century English pottery, circa 1880.
Salt Glazed Eagles close-up of 19th century pottery eagle head with incised decorated wings and open beak.
Salt Glazed Eagles
Collection NE10
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Benjamin Robert Haydon life mask cast of John Keats mounted on wooden base circa 1816 England.
Benjamin Robert Haydon life mask of John Keats cast in 1816 mounted on wooden base England circa 1816.
Benjamin Robert Haydon
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19th Century Grand Tour Bust of Julius Caesar marble portrait sculpture circa 1850 Rome Italy 49 cm tall
19th Century Grand Tour Bust of Julius Caesar marble portrait sculpture on pedestal against black background
19th Century Grand Tour Bust of Julius Caesar
Collection CK40
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Memento Mori Italian 17th-century carved wooden skull sculpture with original paint, detailed 17.5 cm tall.
Memento Mori
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Alabastro Stalactite Gilt Bronze Mounted Pedestal Column in reddish marble with gold bronze detailing for display use.
Alabastro Stalactite Gilt Bronze Mounted Pedestal Column with intricate stone top for displaying antiques and decorative objects.
Alabastro Stalactite Gilt Bronze Mounted Pedestal Column
Collection CK40
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Pierre Le Faguays Art Deco bronze sculpture The Wheel, dynamic male figure pushing a large wheel, circa 1930.
Pierre Le Faguays
Collection NE10
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Leda and the Swan | Marble Bust carved in white marble, Italian Risorgimento style, late 19th century, 72 cm tall
Leda and the Swan marble bust depicting a woman embraced by a swan, Italian Risorgimento circa 1880.
Leda and the Swan | Marble Bust
Collection NE10
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Vincenzo Gemito bronze bust of Il Filosofo, Italian antique philosopher sculpture with brown gold patina, circa 1890.
Vincenzo Gemito black and white photo circa 1888, showing men outside a foundry in Naples with sculpture Il Filosofo on ground.
Vincenzo Gemito
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Bronze Hippo Antique Sculpture on carved giltwood gadrooned marble base, European circa 1900, 21x36x23 cm size.
Bronze Hippo Antique Sculpture on marble base with carved giltwood edges, European, circa 1900, 21x36x23 cm.
Bronze Hippo Antique Sculpture
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Antique Bronze Statue of Zeus riding an Eagle, 19th century French sculpture, 40cm tall on decorative base.
Antique Bronze Statue of Zeus riding an Eagle, detailed 19th-century bronze sculpture of Zeus with textured hair and beard.
Antique Bronze Statue of Zeus riding an Eagle
Collection CK40
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A Fine Richly Figured Breche Violette Marble Pedestal with purple, black, and white marble on Carrara base.
A Fine Richly Figured Breche Violette Marble Pedestal with purple, black, white marble on Carrara and fossil base.
A Fine Richly Figured Breche Violette Marble Pedestal
Collection CK40
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Pair of classical Faux Marble Painted Pedestals with fluted column design, circa 1900, 84 cm height, England style.
Pair of classical Faux Marble Painted Pedestals with fluted design, circa 1900, 84 cm tall, 31 cm diameter.
Faux Marble Painted Pedestals
Collection CK40
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Giambologna bronze sculpture of Cesarini Venus, early 19th century classical revival, Italy circa 1830, 35 cm tall.
Giambologna early 19th century bronze Venus statue, classical revival, Italy circa 1830, 35 cm tall on stand 46 cm.
Giambologna
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