What materials are antique carvings made from?

Wood dominates, with oak the most common named timber, then hardwood, walnut and the soft pale limewood used for Alpine figure carving. Stone is the other half of the category: marble and alabaster lead, with soapstone, serpentine, jade and limestone behind them. Small Japanese work here is boxwood, bone, antler or wood rather than ivory.

How old are most of these carvings?

Dealer-entered dates run from 1700 to 1950 on the listings that carry a clean year, and the largest single bucket is the 19th century. The decade buckets show a real late-Victorian to inter-war body of work, with the 1920s, 1930s, 1890s, 1910s and 1880s all well represented. Earlier pieces are a minority, though 18th-, 17th- and 16th-century carvings appear, and a handful of listings reach back further still.

Are antique carvings mostly English?

No. Nationality words in titles are led by Chinese and then Italian, so the two largest identifiable origins in this archive are Chinese work and Florentine alabaster. English carving is named only occasionally. Much of the European religious and architectural material is Continental and catalogued without a nationality at all.

Which subjects come up again and again?

Figures and busts first, then animals. Lions appear in 31 titles, bears in 27 and dogs in 21. Bears are almost a category in themselves, running from Japanese kibori kuma from Hokkaido to Black Forest examples made as double stick stands, and one lot is a set of fifteen miniature bears.

How large do antique carvings get?

Scale swings widely. The same archive carries netsuke a few centimetres across and life-size figures, some standing on their own columns. At the top end there are pieces measured at 93cm and 169cm, a marble bust on its pedestal, a 99cm pair of Kashmiri lacquered elephants and a Tibetan temple lion weighing 25kg.

Do carvings usually carry a maker's name?

Rarely. Only 44 titles say signed, and the anonymous oak and limewood religious figures are catalogued without a workshop or school attached. Just one name clears three dealers across the whole archive: Pugi, on Florentine alabaster and marble figures of women. About 109 carvings are listed on Sellingantiques in a year, and 195 different dealers have handled one, so no single specialist defines the field.

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Hand-carved sculpture in wood and stone, sold as free-standing figures, busts, animal studies, panels and architectural fragments, made for churches, houses, souvenir trades and scholars' desks.

A Very Fine and Naturalistically Carved Wood Netsuke in a Rare and Exotic Wood a Very Tactile Object

19th century

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A Very Fine and Naturalistically Carved Wood Netsuke in a Rare and Exotic Wood a Very Tactile Object

From Gerard Robinson Fine Art and Antiques

£475

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Yoruba Oyo Ibeji Triplets, Master Carver Abegunde of Ede African Tribal Art Prestigious Provenance Nigeria Antique Ibedji

1920 - 1940

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Yoruba Oyo Ibeji Triplets, Master Carver Abegunde of Ede African Tribal Art Prestigious Provenance Nigeria Antique Ibedji

From Skippings Fine Arts

£1,800

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Early 20th Cent. Alabaster Sculpture of Young Lovers, French, C.1910

1900 - 1920

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Early 20th Cent. Alabaster Sculpture of Young Lovers, French, C.1910

From Judy Fox Antiques

£2,900

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Huge Rare Ecclesiastical Oak Gothic Carving of an Angel. Circa 1700s.

18th century

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Huge Rare Ecclesiastical Oak Gothic Carving of an Angel. Circa 1700s.

From Dragoncharger Antiques

£3,750

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19th century

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19th Century Folk Art Branch Figure

From The House of Antiques

£345

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19th Cent. Alabaster Sculpture of a Boy by Mieczyslaw Leon Zawiejski, Polish, Circa 1890

19th century

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19th Cent. Alabaster Sculpture of a Boy by Mieczyslaw Leon Zawiejski, Polish, Circa 1890

From Judy Fox Antiques

£3,000

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Bogorodskoe Carving, Russian Folk Art Very Fine Carved Troika.

1900 - 1920

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Bogorodskoe Carving, Russian Folk Art Very Fine Carved Troika.

From Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland

£3,750

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Antique Art Deco Alabaster Sculpture of a Pair of Lioness C1920

1900 - 1920

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Antique Art Deco Alabaster Sculpture of a Pair of Lioness C1920

From Regent Antiques

£2,450

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Art Deco Alabaster Sculpture ‘Oriental Dancer’, Signed, Italian, C. 1920

1900 - 1920

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Art Deco Alabaster Sculpture ‘Oriental Dancer’, Signed, Italian, C. 1920

From Judy Fox Antiques

£6,000

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19th century

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19th Century Marble Bust of Madame Récamier.

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£5,500

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Chinese leads the nationality words in carving titles on Sellingantiques, with Italian just behind, so the two largest origins aren't European church work.

Burmese Temple Carving, Polychrome Monkey and Elephant

18th century

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Burmese Temple Carving, Polychrome Monkey and Elephant

From Elmgarden

£3,000

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Late C18th /Early C19th Italian Carved Gilt-wood Swan .

18th century

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Late C18th /Early C19th Italian Carved Gilt-wood Swan .

From M Lees and Sons

£2,400

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1900 - 1920

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White Marble Bust of a Gentleman

From Georgian Antiques

£1,950

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An Expressive and Very Impressive Beautiful Medieval Gothic Carved Oak Pieta Sculpture.

16th century

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An Expressive and Very Impressive Beautiful Medieval Gothic Carved Oak Pieta Sculpture.

From Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland

£9,500

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19th century

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Large Qing Dynasty Chinese Soapstone Monkeys Group Carving , 19th Century

From School House Antiques

£850

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Alabaster Sculpture of a Female Holding a Wheatsheaf, Early 20th Century, French.

1900 - 1920

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Alabaster Sculpture of a Female Holding a Wheatsheaf, Early 20th Century, French.

From Judy Fox Antiques

£2,500

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Antique Carvings

A Very Fine and Naturalistically Carved Wood Netsuke in a Rare and Exotic Wood a Very Tactile Object

Yoruba Oyo Ibeji Triplets, Master Carver Abegunde of Ede African Tribal Art Prestigious Provenance Nigeria Antique Ibedji

Early 20th Cent. Alabaster Sculpture of Young Lovers, French, C.1910

Huge Rare Ecclesiastical Oak Gothic Carving of an Angel. Circa 1700s.

19th Century Folk Art Branch Figure

19th Cent. Alabaster Sculpture of a Boy by Mieczyslaw Leon Zawiejski, Polish, Circa 1890

Bogorodskoe Carving, Russian Folk Art Very Fine Carved Troika.

Antique Art Deco Alabaster Sculpture of a Pair of Lioness C1920

Art Deco Alabaster Sculpture ‘Oriental Dancer’, Signed, Italian, C. 1920

19th Century Marble Bust of Madame Récamier.

Burmese Temple Carving, Polychrome Monkey and Elephant

Late C18th /Early C19th Italian Carved Gilt-wood Swan .

White Marble Bust of a Gentleman

An Expressive and Very Impressive Beautiful Medieval Gothic Carved Oak Pieta Sculpture.

Large Qing Dynasty Chinese Soapstone Monkeys Group Carving , 19th Century

Alabaster Sculpture of a Female Holding a Wheatsheaf, Early 20th Century, French.

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