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These two terracotta heads of smiling children stem from excavations at Bulandi Bagh in Patna, India. The molded figures, about 10 cm. (4 in.) high, are rare and significant, both because of their naturalistic facial expressions and technical artistry. Among the figurines and other sculptures from the site are several smiling boy and girl statues with elaborate headdresses, identified by art historians as such because they clearly show the physiognomy of children. Other statues include dancing figurines with elaborate headdresses, animal figurines, and other artistically excellent pieces. The heads were produced from molds, a technique that reflects Hellenistic influence stemming from the invasion of Alexander the Great. Art historians question whether the molds were imported or whether the artisans were exposed to prototypes, to what extent Indian court artisans who produced these pieces fused foreign influences with unique Indian elements. They have been dated to the 3rd century B.C.E., during the Mauryan Period. The location is part of the modern city of Patna, containing the site of the ancient city of Pataliputra.SourceLeft: Smiling Child Head Molded, Patna Museum, Maurya, C.250 B.C., Indian Terracottas-Brooklyn Museum of Art. Right: Head of a Boy from Bulandibagh (Patna), Bihar c.250 B.C.E.,Mauryan, Creveland Museum of Art

Smiling Phrygian statue of Kybele, Great Goddess of the Mountain and the Animlas, Mother of the Gods. She is flanked by two musicians. Unfortunately her breasts have been destroyed.

The smile that appears on all Archaic Greek statues from about 570 to 480 BCE. The smile is the Archaic sculptor's way of indicating that the person portrayed is alive.

Queen Tjye, the favorite wife of Amenhotep III recently found at Luxor

Angkor Wat- Bayon Temple

Stone Sculpture of a Skull - PF.4752, Origin: Costa Rica, Circa: 500 AD to 1000 AD, Dimensions: 10.25" (26.0cm) high, Collection: Pre-Columbian, Medium: Stone. The belief that death is a crucial element in the continuation of life is a belief shared by many Meso-American people. The Maya and Aztecs both regarded the 'other world' as an integral part of the physical world, and that the barrier separating the two was like a revolving door.

Isis and Horus

Kore with Archaic Smile. By definition, Kore (maiden) refers to statues depicting female figures, always of a young age, which were created during the Archaic period (600 – 480 BCE) either as votive or commemorative statues. Wealthy patrons commissioned them either to serve the deities in place of the patron, or as less often was the case, to become commemorative grave markers for members of a family. 

Antique Japanese Daikoku Statue Shichifukujin Luck God

Sister's archaic smile

This ancient roman statue is one of a set from one of the big gardens in Rome and can be seen on the first floor of the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome. She is carved in the archaic style, with its characteristic enigmatic smile

Signed French Bronze Statue on Marble Base

This charming antique bronze statue depicts a gentleman in period dress, smiling and clapping his hands.  He is on a shaped, round, bronze and marble base.  The signature of the artist is on the bronze, but is indecipherable to us. Condition:  Very Good

Eastern Han Terracotta Sculpture of a Smiling Chef - H.649

Smiling statues/totem poles- Gyeongbokguna Palace-Seoul, South Korea

The Volomandra Kouros (Κούρος της Βολομάνδρας), Athens

National Museum since 1906, c. 560 BC, 1.79 m, discovered in 1901 (Ennea Pyrgoi),  Some

consider the Kouros something like a grave marker that was used by Aristocrats that could afford these very expensive sculptures. Why their form remained for a long

period relatively unchanged before the sudden revolution towards

realism (mimesis) has been discussed by many specialists.

Getty Kouros

BACCHUS- ITALIAN GARDEN

Eastern Han Terracotta Sculpture of a Smiling Dancer - H.650

Remojadas Sculptural Fragment of a Smiling Head

Origin: Veracruz Mexico,Circa: 500 AD to 900 AD,Dimensions: 6" (15.2cm) high

RAMSES II STATUE

Egyptian archaeologists located the pink,

granite monument at a site in Tell Basta,

once the capital of the ancient state 50

miles north of Cairo.

The great king's nose had been broken

and his beard was missing, said Zahi

Hawass, the head of the country's

supreme council of antiquities.

STATUE OF A ROYAL PERSONAGE OR OFFICIAL OF NON-SEMITIC ORIGIN

Babylonia/Assyria- British museum

 RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE 15TH CENTURY

Rossellino,AntonioMadonna and smiling child. Statue Inv. 4495-1858Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain

The Mermaid statue near Dragon’s Head Rock on

Jeju

The South Korean island of Jeju is famous for its mermaid divers (haenyo) – women who dive for abalone, seaweed, sea urchins, octopi, shellfish and other treasures, in a tradition dating back centuries.   As a symbol of the island’s haenyo, on the north shore of Jeju, near the famous  Dragon’s Head Rock, sits a smiling mermaid statue

Château d'Azay-le-Rideau - Smiling child sculpture

The smile of Daniel, Portico de Gloria, St.James Compostella- late 12th century

SPHINX GRAVE MARKER of a Youth & Little Girl, ca. 530 B.C.