Marble Animal Sculptures

XVII Century Lion Marble, 30 x 43 x 25 The object under consideration is configured as a marble sculpture referable to the 17th century, characterized by a strong, visceral langua...

A bronze sculpture of an eagle about to take off mounted on a green marble base finely detailed, with foundry marks. this wonderful Model of an Eagle, is bronze cast, modelled perche...

After Christophe Fratin (French 1801-1864), a majestic 12 point stag in brown patinated cast bronze, modeled with head turned to towards hind, inscribed "FRATIN", and mounted to a re...

Art Deco bronze sculpture whale in the waves by Marcel André Bouraine Bronze with silver patine, alabaster waves, on a Belgian Black marble bas...

This is an exquisitely carved pair of Indian marble elephants. Standing foursquare, these magnificent creatures embody elegance and power. Sculpted ...

Beautiful 20th century Art Deco Period Bronze "Hunting Dogs" by Clovis Masson (1838 – 1913, France),circa 1930, France This Signed Sculpture by the French Artist Clovis Edmond Masson (1838-1913), is a spirited depiction of two hunting Dogs. The 'Hunting Dogs' is in moulded Bronze and depicts a Pointer and an Irish Setter set on a rectangular Marble Base. Extraordinary details of the dog's expression and coats showcase the high quality of this bronze. The bronze and marble present in very fine condition with superb patination. Very Heavy. No damage. Masson was a pupil of the famous French animal bronzier, Antoine-Louis Barye. He exhibited in the Paris Salon (Salon des Beaux Arts) in 1867 – 1881. More than 50 pieces of sculpture were exhibited by Masson thru 1909. Examples of his sculptures can be found in the Municipal Museum in Nimes. In early 1907, King Chulalongkorn of Thailand, known as Rama V, decided to erect a monument to his glory on a vast empty esplanade on which the parliament would soon stand (not to be completed until 1915). Rama V sailed for Europe in 1907. Chulalongkorn had the idea early on to erect an equestrian statue. His visit to the Palace of Versailles in the spring of 1907 finally convinced him. Like that of Louis XIV, whose statue is in the main courtyard of the castle, Rama V would also leave his mark in Bangkok with his equestrian statue. Therefore, it is in France that Rama V has the statue of him made. In mid-June 1907, the Thai king...

La scultura in marmo rappresenta una testa di cavallo stilizzata. Carcino Design ha cercato di cogliere il momento esatto in cui il cavallo risulta "ril...

A vintage marble and ceramic hand-carved mushroom sculpture / objet d’art, circa 1970s. Ceramic base is dove gray, whilst marble cap is pine green. A rare and unique little sculpture.

Eros is the Greek god of love and desire. In ancient Greek, four separate words were used for love or amity one of which being “Eros” which meant passionate love. Eros, who is accep...

A majestic Art Deco bronze study of a walking panther with excellent deep green patination and a very fine smooth tactile surface, raised on a polished black marble rectangular base and signed I Rochard ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Width: 45 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1925 Materials: Bronze and Marble SKU: 8978 ABOUT Irénée René Rochard (French, 1906 ~ 1984) – born in Villefranche sur Saône in 1906, his mother was a painter and his brother was the actor-singer Armand Mestral. Rochard chose the course of an artist’s life and turned to animal sculpture in order, as he used to say “pay tribute to animals”. On leaving the École des Beaux-Arts at the age of 22, he won first prize for a life-size panther sculpture and many other prizes and awards followed throughout his career. In the 1920’s Rochard frequently met with other animal sculptors, including François Pompon and Edouard Sandoz.

A tropical fish sculpture in Italian Emperador marble and brass. The fish covered in marble using the tessellation technique. A tessellation or tiling is t...

This small well executed sculpture is signed by an unknown artist and presumed to date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The sculpture is composed of cast ...

The ancient city of Ephesus, which dates back to 6000 BC, has been a coastal city belonging to the Romans, Greeks and Turks at different times. The city is known as the place where C...

Antique bronze sculpture by the french sculptor and artist Antoine-Louis Barye. Signed at the plinth.

Very impressive Art Deco style sculpture of a walking lion by the famous French sculptor Max Le Verrier. Art metal with beautiful dark brown patina on a black marble base. Contem...

Bronze and marble rod of Aesculapius, France, 1990s It is an ancient Greek symbol associated with medicine. It consists of a snake coiled around a rod. It symbolizes the health arts,...

Art Deco Birds Statue by Rochard is a unique treatment of two pheasant birds in contrasting positions. Both figures are mounted on a beautiful base that ...

The pair is identical, showing a pale marble base with two elements at 90 degrees. Over the base, two white metal sculptures, color finished, depicting Sealyham terrier dog. England,...

A fine quality pair of early 19th Century Regency period well-cast bronze Models of Greyhounds, having engine-turned gilt-brass collars, on moulded edged red marble bases.

Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris, 1795-1875). Lion crushing a Leopard. Bronze with a brown patina signed Barye on the left hand side of the base. The bronze sculpture is sitting on a blac...

A Fine Pair of French 19th/20th Century Gilt-Bronze Sculptures of "The Marly Horses" (Now turned into lamps) After the original by Guillaume Coustou (French, 1677-1746). The large pair of equestrian bronze sculptures, finished in a gold patina, each depicting rearing horses with their groom, both raised on oval a black slate and Bardiglio marble bases and fitted with modern electrical twin-light brass fittings and cream colored shades. The base on an ebonized wooden platform. Circa: Paris, 1900-1920. Sculpture & Base Height: 31 1/4 inches (79.8 cm) Base Width: 21 3/4 inches (55.3 cm) Base Depth: 12 3/4 inches (32.4 cm) Height to top of (Adjustable) shade fitting: 48 1/4 inches (122.6 cm) Shade Height: 15 inches (38.1 cm) Shade Width: 26 inches (66.1 cm) Shade Depth: 20 inches (50.8 cm) The original Marly Horses are two 1743–1745 Carrara marble sculpted groups by Guillaume Coustou. They were commissioned by Louis XV of France for the trough at the entrance to the grounds of his château de Marly. Coustou's last works, they were intended to replace two other sculpted groups, Mercury on Pegasus and Pegasus, Renown of Horses, both by Antoine Coysevox, which had been removed to the Tuileries Gardens in 1719. Louis XV chose the modellos in 1743 and the full-size sculptures were completed in only two years, being installed at Marly in 1745. They proved highly successful in reproduction, particularly on a smaller scale, and prefigured Théodore Géricault and other Romantic artists' obsession with equestrian subjects. The Marly horses were later also used as the central motif of the monochrome 819-line RTF/ORTF test card which was used on TF1 from 1953 until 1983. The originals were moved to the place de la Concorde in Paris in 1794 and Louis-Denis Caillouette (1790–1868) restored them in 1840. In 1984 it was concluded that the annual military parades on 14 July were damaging the sculptures and they were replaced by marble copies produced by Michel Bourbon in the studio of a subsidiary of Bouygues. The latter also gained the right to an extra copy, which was placed in Bouygues's social building. The original sculptures were moved to a former courtyard in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre Museum, which was renamed the 'cour Marly' in their honour, whilst Bourbon's two main copies were moved to the originals' first site near the trough at Marly, with work overseen by the architect Serge Macel. Guillaume Coustou the Elder (29 November 1677, Lyon – 22 February 1746, Paris) was a French sculptor of the Baroque and Louis XIV style. He was a royal sculptor for Louis XIV and Louis XV and became Director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1735. He is best known for his monumental statues of horses made for the Chateau of Marly, whose replicas now stand in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Coustou was a member of a family of famous sculptors; his uncle, Antoine Coysevox, was a royal sculptor; his elder brother, Nicolas Coustou was a sculptor, and his son Guillaume Coustou the Younger also become a noted royal sculptor. Like his older brother, he won the (Prix de Rome) of the Royal Academy which entitled him to study for four years at the French Academy in Rome. However, he refused to accept the discipline of the academy, gave up his studies, set out to make his own career as an artist. He worked for a time in the atelier of the painter Pierre Legros, and eventually returned to Paris. Upon his return to Paris, he assisted his uncle Coysevox in making two monumental equestrian sculptures, Fame and Mercury, for the Château de Marly, the new residence of Louis XIV near the Palace of Versailles, where he went to escape the crowds and ceremony of the Palace. He later (1740–1745), made his own horses, The Horses of Marly, his most famous works, to replace them. The horses reinvent the theme of the colossal Roman marbles of the Horse Tamers in the Piazza Quirinale, Rome. They were commissioned by Louis XV in 1739 and installed in 1745 at the Abreuvoir ("Horse Trough") at Marly. The horses were considered masterpieces of the grace and expressiveness of the French Late Baroque or Rococo style. After the Revolution they were moved from Marly to the beginning of the Champs-Élysées on the Place de la Concorde. The originals were brought indoors for protection at the Louvre Museum in 1984. In 1704 Coustou was received into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The work he made to mark his entrance was Hercules on the Pyre, now in the Louvre. It displays the special hallmark of the Baroque, a twisting and rising transverse pose, as well as highly skillful carving. He rose to become Director of the academy in 1733. Another of his major works from his later career, the statue of Maria Leszczynska, (1731)is on display at the Louvre. Coustou also created two colossal monuments, The Ocean and the Mediterranean among other sculptures for the park at Marly; the bronze Rhone, which formed part of the statue of Louis XIV at Lyons, and the sculptures at the entrance of the Hôtel des Invalides. Of these latter, the bas-relief representing Louis XIV mounted and accompanied by Justice and Prudence was destroyed during the Revolution, but was restored in 1815 by Pierre Cartellier from Coustou's model; the bronze figures of Mars and Minerva (1733–34), on either side of the doorway, were not interfered with. In 1714 for Marly he collaborated in two marble sculptures representing Apollo Chasing Daphne (both at the Louvre), in which Nicolas Coustou sculpted the Apollo and Guillaume the Daphne. About the same time he was commissioned to produce another running figure in marble, a Hippomenes designed to complement an Atalanta copied from the Antique by Pierre Lepautre...

Art deco bronze with double patina, mercury gilding and silver. Representing 3 swallows on a pond. Signed M Buzelin and Gauthier estr Paris for the founder. In very good shape. Heig...

Pair of bookends in bronze, yellow Siena marble base, representing jumping goats. Signed Pierre Laurel. France circa 1900.

Art Deco bronze sculpture of a fish signed by De Roche. Bronze with silver patina on a Belgian Black marble base. France 1930.

La scultura in marmo rappresenta una testa di cavallo stilizzata. Carcino Design ha cercato di cogliere il momento esatto in cui il cavallo risulta "ril...

La scultura in marmo rappresenta una testa di cavallo stilizzata. Carcino Design ha cercato di cogliere il momento esatto in cui il cavallo risulta "ril...

Pair of Vintage Foo Dogs made of Marble - both are of nice weight and can also serve as either bookends, or paperweights. The age and years of use they ...

Pair of bookend with enameled metal, depicting Pomeranian dogs sit on marble bases. England circa 1920.

Exceptional Art Deco sculpture/lamp by Max Le Verrier (1891-1973) representing a monkey under an umbrella. It is titled La Pluie "The Rain" or Le Singe au Parapluie "Monkey with an U...

A huge sculpture of two German or Belgian Shepherds, made of patinated spelter (zinc alloy). On a marble plinth made of 'Porto Nero' marble and Sienna...

Louis Carvin Cubist bronze prowling panther silver-plated on a black marble base. Louis Carvin was a renowned French sculptor known for his contributions ...

A very handsome antique French Animalier bronze greyhound sculpture, paperweight, circa 1900. The bronze in the style of Emmanuel Fremiet, mad...

Art Deco Max Le Verrier / Artus Bird Hood Ornament / Paperweight - France. Hard to find circa 1925 famous Pelican by Artus. (Pseudonym for Max...

French sculpture of a bird standing proud on a polychromed marble pedestal. The statue is in a two-toned patinated bronze, representing a pheasant walking with its wings tucked in an...

Beautiful antique bookends signed by the french artist "Franjou". Zinc Cast on a marble base.

Neoclassic French large and very heavy solid bronze lion on a marble base. No markings. Very detailed and lovely made.

This striking brass antelope/kudu bust is very reminiscent of noted designer Karl Springer's work. An impressive and heavy brass sculpted antelope's head sits on a double ogee black ...

Elegant and proud, the horse has always meant valor and strength. His powerful musculature has accompanied man on feats and adventures, sealing an eternal bold. The combination of es...

A haughty, loyal and proud animal, the Crowned Crane has always been recognized in several cultures as a pure and regal entity. Its tall and slender appearance accentuates its elegan...

Bronze sculpture with brown patina L'accolade featuring two hugging horses and a dog on a naturalist base highlighted with flowers. The dog is barking at the horses. The group rests on a gilt bronze fluted base...

Considered since ancient times the guardian animal of devotion, memory and wisdom, the Elephant is even now a revered entity, which has become a symbol of its most intrinsic values. ...

Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris, 1795-1875). Lion crushing a Snake. Bronze with a brown patina signed Barye on the left hand side of the base. The bronze sculpture is sitting on a black m...

A beautiful pair of bronze greyhound sculptures on marble created by sculptor Pierre Jules Mene (1810-1879). Impressed signed "P.J. MEN...

Beautiful and unique addition to your desk. This beautiful horse bust rests on a marble base making it an understated elegant part of your décor. The base i...

A wonderfully impressive pair of 19th century Italian, carrara Marble statues of the Medici Lions, having fine detailed carving and raised on plinth bases, circa 1810. Batch 7...

Early 19th century Diminutive French Bronze of a Seated 'Coiffed' Poodle France, Possibly late 18th century/ early 19th century The early 19th century French bronze of a seated 'C...

Hand carved storks, sold as a set of 3. Wenge stork with teak base measures 4.125 x 27.875 x 16.375". Oak stork with marble eye measures 3.875 x 3.375 x 20....

Italian 18th C Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, Specimen Marble Base Italy, Later 18th Century A Italian 18th Century Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, displayed on ...

Ashtray in green Alps marble with a sculpture of a bronze setter. England circa 1890.

Antique bronze sculpture, depicting a sitting bulldog. Nicely chiseled bronze work o a marble base.

Beautiful sculpture in marble base of roaring deer after Josef Franz.

Beautiful romantic Art Deco spelter sculpture by Louis Albert Carvin (1875-1951) of two lovebirds standing atop some grapes and a quiver filled wit...

Italian gilt bronze sculpture of an eagle on a rectangular white Carrera piece of marble. The high quality of the gilt work and the early age makes the eagl...

Art Deco silvered bronze duck bookends G.H. Laurent France 1925. Pair of Art Deco silvered bronze bookends by the famous French artist G.H. Laurent. Signed and numbered, circa 1925....

A decorative hand made pair elephant sculptures or statues. Some wear but this is old-age. Made of brass or bronze. We think it is from Asia and was mad...

The antique spelter sculpture was created in France, circa 1870. Set on a rectangular variegated base, the work features an Irish setter poin...

A mid-19th century bronze sculpture of a wolf, set upon a green marble plinth.

An interesting French bronze study of a two headed eagle with its wings outspread. The bronze exhibiting excellent hand chased surface detail and very fine rich brown patina, raised on a Italian marble...