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.

16th century

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16th Century Carved Oak Madonna and Child

From Oliveri Antiques Ltd

£2,475

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Beautiful French Carved Alabaster Sculpture of a Female, Signed Greuze

1900 - 1920

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Beautiful French Carved Alabaster Sculpture of a Female, Signed Greuze

From Burgett Langfield Decorative Antiques

£1,895

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Alabaster Sculpture of Girl with Harp, French C. 1880

19th century

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Alabaster Sculpture of Girl with Harp, French C. 1880

From Judy Fox Antiques

£2,900

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Antique Large 83cm Tall Alabaster Sculpture P. Emilio Fiaschi Circa 1890 19th C

19th century

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Antique Large 83cm Tall Alabaster Sculpture P. Emilio Fiaschi Circa 1890 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£10,750

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19th century

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19th Century Italian Alabaster Group of Children Pushing a Cart

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£15,000

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17th century

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Rare 17th Century Marble Head of Juno, Italian Sculpture

From Spitalfields House

£8,500

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A Superb Antique Baroque Carved Oak Panel, Allegory of Faith, Flemish or German, Circa 1680.

17th century

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A Superb Antique Baroque Carved Oak Panel, Allegory of Faith, Flemish or German, Circa 1680.

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£800

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6 Very Old Carved Figures of Buddhist Immortals

18th century

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6 Very Old Carved Figures of Buddhist Immortals

From Elmgarden

£6,000

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Large Antique Chinese Quality Carved Hardwood Figure

1900 - 1920

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Large Antique Chinese Quality Carved Hardwood Figure

From London City Antiques

£885

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Large Sculpture of Stampeding Cape Buffalo

19th century

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Large Sculpture of Stampeding Cape Buffalo

From John Howkins Antiques

£6,500

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Odd one-offs turn up: a cork model of an Indian temple, a leather life-size horse, a milliner's head, and an Inuit kayak group in sealskin, wood and bone.

1900 - 1920

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Asian Jade Rooster Sculpture

From BN Art

£500

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19th century

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19th Century Carved Black Panther

From Shackladys Antiques

£26,750

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Large Antique Chinese Carved Hardwood Buddha

19th century

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Large Antique Chinese Carved Hardwood Buddha

From Rams Head Antiques

£495

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16th century

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15th Century Carved Madonna and Child

From Oliveri Antiques Ltd

£1,150

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19th century

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Religious Figure

From D J Green Antiques

£950

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19th century

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Japanese Meiji Bronze Tiger

From Beechmount Antiques

£3,500

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Antique Carvings

16th Century Carved Oak Madonna and Child

Beautiful French Carved Alabaster Sculpture of a Female, Signed Greuze

Alabaster Sculpture of Girl with Harp, French C. 1880

Antique Large 83cm Tall Alabaster Sculpture P. Emilio Fiaschi Circa 1890 19th C

19th Century Italian Alabaster Group of Children Pushing a Cart

Rare 17th Century Marble Head of Juno, Italian Sculpture

A Superb Antique Baroque Carved Oak Panel, Allegory of Faith, Flemish or German, Circa 1680.

6 Very Old Carved Figures of Buddhist Immortals

Large Antique Chinese Quality Carved Hardwood Figure

Large Sculpture of Stampeding Cape Buffalo

Asian Jade Rooster Sculpture

19th Century Carved Black Panther

Large Antique Chinese Carved Hardwood Buddha

15th Century Carved Madonna and Child

Religious Figure

Japanese Meiji Bronze Tiger

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