Nodding Head Figures
Pair Italian Chinoiseries Porcelain Nodding Head Figures, Mottahedeh, Italy.
By Mottahedeh
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair Italian Chinoiseries Porcelain Nodding Head Figures, Mottahedeh, Italy.
A pair of Chinese
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20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 15.75 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
Pair Italian Chinoiserie Porcelain Nodding Head Figures, Mid 20th Century, Italy
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Austin, TX
A fine pair of Italian porcelain chinoiserie nodding head figures of a Chinese Mandarin couple
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Vintage 1960s Italian Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 15.25 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
Scaled model of Chinese Ceramic workshop with 17 polychromed figures.End 19th C
Located in brussel, BE
figures date from the 19th C. Some have nodding heads and are portraits of individuals, and others served
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Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
H 81 in W 129 in D 80 in
Chinese 19 th C Workshop-Scaled model with 17 polychromed figures.World exhibit
Located in Leuven , BE
figures date from the 19th C. Some have nodding heads and are portraits of individuals, and others served
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Materials
Terracotta
H 31.89 in W 50.79 in D 31.5 in
Two Meissen Porcelain Chinese Nodding Pagode Figures
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
robes, decorated with colorful flowers. Characteristic of ‘pagode’ figures, the figures' heads nod, and
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Antique 19th Century German Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of German Chinoiserie Porcelain Figures of Seated "Nodders"
Located in Essex, MA
Each with articulated heads, tongues and hands. Marked on reverse with a blue crossed X mark
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Antique 1750s German Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Style of Nodding Pagoda Figures
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable
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Antique 1850s German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 12 in W 12 in D 12 in
Pair 19th Century Meissen Nodding Pagodas
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
figures'' heads nod, and their hands and tongues move. The pair are designed to surprise and delight all
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Antique 19th Century German Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Nodding Sculpture of Court Ladies
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely pair of Chinese export porcelain figures of court ladies with nodding heads, late Qing
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Carved & Painted Troubadour or Minstrel, Nodder Figure with a Violin
Located in Nantucket, MA
waistcoat pocket, the other arm extended with his hand out, palm up. The figures head nods when touched
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Black Forest Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Abalone, Gesso, Pine, Paint
Rare Regency Polychrome Painted Diorama of Card Players
Located in San Francisco, CA
traditional dress and with nodding heads seated at a circular table with cards also strewn across the
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Antique 1810s British Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
An Impression in Blue - figurative, female, polymer, gypsum, tabletop sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
separating the body into distinct sections. With this tabletop piece, a figure is lying on its side, its head
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polymer, Resin
H 12.25 in W 28 in D 9.25 in
Apple II by Sharon Hockfield, Oil on Canvas Square Abstract Still Life Apple
By Sharon Hockfield
Located in Atlanta, GA
their heads are barely evoked. With a nod to Cezanne's 'Bathers" in the post-impressionist style leaning
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Louis IX: A Portrayal of French Royalty in Medieval Attire, Published in 1847
Located in Langweer, NL
"Costume du Moyen Age" series from 1847, which illustrates the fashion and historical figures of the Middle
Category
Antique 1840s Prints
Materials
Paper
H 10.63 in W 7.09 in D 0 in
Moses and the Pillar of Cloud by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Studio
By Lucas Cranach the Elder
Located in New Orleans, LA
together. Cranach depicts Moses with his traditional iconography, rendering the rays of light on his head
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 12.88 in W 22.5 in D 2 in
Rare Bronze Sculpture “Charles VII, The Victorious” by Antoine-Louis Barye
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
, his head crowned in the laurel wreath that nods in the motif towards victory and glory. The pony is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 11.75 in W 9.25 in D 3 in
Becoming the Clown
By Hector Ruiz
Located in Phoenix, AZ
black as a color (in sushc a way that it is an unmistakable nod to Beckmann) makes way for his subject
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Copper
Daybed Daydream
By Hector Ruiz
Located in Phoenix, AZ
black as a color (in sushc a way that it is an unmistakable nod to Beckmann) makes way for his subject
Category
Early 2000s Outsider Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Copper
Cainus fratri necem molitur (Cain kills his brother), Plate I from Battles from
By Antonio Tempesta
Located in Middletown, NY
flight by the violence, and in the recess between the figures of Cain and Abel we see a hound, a symbol
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Laid Paper
Cap of Many Colors
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
, with each stripe representing a different aspect of that experience. Others see them as a nod to the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Alexander Kosolapov "Mickey Lenin Malevich" Bronze and Wood Sculpture N° 2/3
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
which he links with political and religious figures central to Russian culture, including Stalin, Lenin
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 51.97 in W 21.26 in D 23.63 in
Early 19th Century Belgian Genre Painting of a Wedding
Located in Nantucket, MA
, and nodding their heads together in gossip. Behind them is another room crowded with revelers, a
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Belgian Rococo Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Deborah Kass Feminist Jewish American Pop Art Silkscreen Screenprint Ltd Edition
By Deborah Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
, political realities, film, Yiddish, art historical styles, and prominent art world figures, Deborah Kass
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Deborah Kass Feminist Jewish American Pop Art Silkscreen Screenprint Ltd Edition
By Deborah Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
, film, Yiddish, art historical styles, and prominent art world figures, Deborah Kass uses appropriation
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Walking View, Left
By Ron Pokrasso
Located in San Francisco, CA
, Tulsa, OK
123456Portraits From Head to Toe: Santa Fe Children’s Museum, Santa Fe, NM
123456Grand Opening
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
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Chinese Millefleur Dragon vase, Republic Period.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Chinese porcelain ‘Millefleur’ Dragon vase, Republic Period. The bottle shaped vase, well painted in vibrant famille rose enamels, with a profusion of flowers on a gilt ground.
The n...
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Chinese Porcelain Sage Green Urns or Vases - A Pair
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental pair of vintage Chinoiserie urns decorated with ornate brass ormolu style handles, bases and rims, circa 1970s.
The body of the large urns are heavy porcelain with intric...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Louis XVI Urns
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
H 17.5 in W 17 in D 10 in
Pair of Vintage Chinese Porcelain Baluster Table Lamps with Linen & Silk Shades
By Chelsea House
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of vintage Chinese porcelain ceramic table lamps baluster shaped with a heavy textural glaze. The bodies of the lamps are thick colorful porcelain with turquoise, pink, yellow, ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 33.5 in W 8 in D 8 in
Pair of Vintage Chinese Porcelain Ceramic Table Lamps with Pink Lamp Shades
By Chelsea House
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of vintage Chinese porcelain table lamps with vintage pink shades.
The bodies of the lamps are a gray/blue color with pink roses and butterflies on the front and lavender flowe...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Blue and White Porcelain Tulipiere Vase
By Bo Jia for Middle Kingdom
Located in Manassas Park, VA
This vase is a traditional porcelain tulipiere from Jingdezhen, a town long distinguished by imperial patronage. In the 17th century tulipiere were used to grow tulip bulbs indoors ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Early 18th Century Japanese Imari Vase
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A rare Japanese late 17th-early 18th century Imari vase of beaker-type, porcelain of elongated ovoid shape with flaring neck, painted in the Imari palette of underglaze blue with ove...
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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Baroque Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Pair Hand Carved Red Hardstone Mounted Foo Dogs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful and well carved pair Chinese red hard stone dog of Foo figures of miniature size dating from the first half of the 20th century. The figures stand raised on a solid hand...
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20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases
Materials
Spruce
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H 88.59 in W 145.67 in D 39.38 in
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Over the years, British design company Linley has
developed expertise in creating scaled versions of famous
architectural buildings including the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, the R...
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2010s British Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Maple
Barr Flight & Barr Set of 10 Plates, Neoclassical Orange Vines, 1804- 1813
By Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous set of large plates made by Barr, Flight & Barr between 1804 and 1813. The plates are decorated with a beautiful and famous pattern of bright iron red/orange vines...
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Antique Early 1800s English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
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H 0.75 in Dm 9.5 in
18th century allegorical painting of The Triumph of Beauty
Located in London, GB
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93
What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Famille Rose/Verte 'Fish' Dish, Qing Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
During the Qing Dynasty, depictions of fish on ceramics carried several symbolic meanings. Fish are traditionally associated with abundance and prosperity in Chinese culture. The wor...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Small Qingbai Pear-Shaped Vase, Song-Yuan Dynasty(13-14th century)
Located in seoul, KR
This exquisite piece is a Qingbai ware from the Song to Yuan dynasty, and it appears to be an excavated artifact given its earthy encrustations, suggesting it has rested in the groun...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Meissen Mandarin Duck Max Esser Art Deco
By Meissen Porcelain, Max Esser
Located in Newark, England
Chinese Mandarin Duck
From our Ceramics collection, we are delighted to offer this Meissen Mandarin Duck Modelled by Max Esser. The Meissen Mandarin Duck beautifully sculpted in nat...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose/Verte 'Chicken' Ewer, Qing Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Beautiful 'chickens and flowers' painted familie rose/verte ceramic ewer from Qing dynasty. Excavated from cargo underwater.
This piece is from the early Qing dynasty, and it is not...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
By Societé anonyme francaise
Located in Perpignan, FR
Designed in 1972 by architects Michel Hudrisier and M. Roma for Studio Rochel, the Nova House came to fulfill the fantasy of those dreaming of living in space. While that type of arc...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
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The Beatles, Fabulous Four as head nodding figures
Located in Berlin, DE
from the mid 60´s these smart head banging collectors items with great patina can move their
Category
Vintage 1960s British Models and Miniatures
Pair of Large Meissen Style Figures of Nodding Pagodas Late 19th century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
articulated 19th century Meissen Style figures. Nodding pagoda figures with action moveable head, hand and
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Antique Late 19th Century German Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Dearly Beloved- Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil, Landscape, Figure
By John Paul Kesling
Located in Nashville, TN
This abstract contemporary painting shows a landscape with several figures clustered in the center
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
18th century Portrait of Playwright William Congreve in a Blue Velvet Jacket.
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
identification of this portrait is confirmed by the use of an identical head that appears in a 1709 portrait of
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Extremely Rare Pair of George III Chinese Export Standing Nodding Head Figures
Located in New York, NY
An extremely rare pair of George III chinoiserie or Chinese export standing Nodding Head Figures
Category
Antique 1790s Chinese Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
H 7.25 in W 8.25 in L 7.25 in
Pair of Nodding Figures, China Trade Papier Mache, Rare Chinese
Located in Vero Beach, FL
majority of nodding head figures was imported into England from Canton from the late 18th century into the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Lacquer
Meissen Porcelain Nodder
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
set the figurine into motion with the slightest tremor — she not only nods her head up and down, but
Category
Antique 19th Century German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Style Porcelain Nodding Head Mandarins by Mottahedeh, Italy, Pair
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
heads attached to weighted poles to facilitate movement. The porcelain figures feature great
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
H 15 in W 5 in D 5.5 in
Rare Derby ‘Nodding’ Figure, Frölich, circa 1840
By Derby
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
, to enable the head to ‘nod’.
Incised model number ‘No. 22’ to the base.
Height – 18 cm, 7 1/8
Category
Antique 1840s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of Porcelain Famille Rose "Nodding" Court Ladies
Located in Austin, TX
A large pair of Chinese export porcelain figures of court ladies with nodding heads.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures
Vintage Bust of a Young Women, Signed David Gilmore, USA, 2019
Located in Los Angeles, CA
custom made by James English.
There’s nods to the Victorian Era, Santos figures, Maori face tattoos
Category
2010s American Revival Busts
Materials
Metal
Vintage Bust of a Young Women, Signed David Gilmore, USA, 2019
Located in Los Angeles, CA
custom made by James English.
There’s nods to the Victorian Era, Santos figures, Maori face tattoos
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Revival Busts
Materials
Metal
Vintage Bust of a Young Women, Signed David Gilmore, USA, 2019
Located in Los Angeles, CA
custom made by James English.
There’s nods to the Victorian Era, Santos figures, Maori face tattoos
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Revival Busts
Materials
Metal
Bosc by Sharon Hockfield, Oil on Canvas Square Abstract Still Life Pear
By Sharon Hockfield
Located in Atlanta, GA
their heads are barely evoked. With a nod to Cezanne's 'Bathers" in the post-impressionist style leaning
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
D'Anjou by Sharon Hockfield, Oil on Canvas Square Abstract Still Life Pear
By Sharon Hockfield
Located in Atlanta, GA
their heads are barely evoked. With a nod to Cezanne's 'Bathers" in the post-impressionist style leaning
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gays in the Church
Located in Kansas City, MO
anthropomorphized churches act as the heads to two homoerotic figures.
Ryan Wilks is a self-taught artist based in
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Portrait of Patrizia Anichini
By John MacWhinnie
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. MacWhinnie can flesh out parts of his figures, like the head, with a plastic assertiveness, while the rest of
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meissen Nodder
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
set the figurine into motion with the slightest tremor — she not only nods her head up and down, but
Category
Antique 19th Century German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Nodding Head Figurines by Ernst Bohne Söhne
By Ernst Bohne Söhne
Located in London, GB
figures' heads nod, and their hands and tongues move. The pair are designed to surprise and delight all
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Original 1964 Beatles Car Mascots Bobblehead Set with Box and Instruction Sheet
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
any vibrating surface to activate the nodding of the figures so one could enjoy the "Beat" of the
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Ceramic
H 2.5 in W 11.5 in D 8.5 in
Pair of French Chinoiserie Candelabra Attributed to Samson, Early 20th Century
By Samson & Cie
Located in Austin, TX
18th century Qianlong period nodding head court lady candle holders (except for the fact these heads
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Candelabras
Materials
Metal
H 13.5 in W 10.75 in D 4 in
1970s Kinetic 'Yes Man' Sculpture by Gordon Bradt
By Gordon Bradt
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Kinetico Studios. Unlike many examples of Bradt's later works (particularly his sports figures), the 'Yes
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Pair of Chinese Nodding Head Famille Rose Figures
By G. None
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of Chinese nodding head Famille rose porcelain court figures on bases in the
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Castellani (Attr.) Etruscan Necklace and Brooch, Lava & Gold, Italy, circa 1850
Located in Berlin, Berlin
elegant clasp. The brooch shows a ram's head and golden amphoras, as well as a flat relief with the carved
Category
Antique 1850s Italian Etruscan Revival Brooches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Nodding Head Figures For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of nodding head figures for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, porcelain and metal, all nodding head figures available were constructed with great care. Nodding head figures have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of nodding head figures to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Rococo nodding head figures are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made nodding head figures over the years, but those made by Meissen Porcelain and The Marbro Lamp Company are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Nodding Head Figures?
Nodding head figures can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,475, while the lowest priced sells for $993 and the highest can go for as much as $48,500.