Zawadi

Bronze Warthog sculpture

2022

Their name comes from their ‘warts’ or protrusions on the sides of their face, these protrusions are a combination of bone and cartilage. It protects their face when they fight. They...

African Wild Hunting Dog – With an impressive 80 percent success rate, wild dogs are among Africa’s most effective predators. Lions only prevail around 30 ...

This Rhino & Baby sculpture has been dedicated to celebrate the birth of Blizzy, the first rhino calf in history born from orphaned rhino parents. Both ...

In order to maintain sales with our USA customers, I have had to reduce all prices by 20%, to offset the tariffs placed upon South Africa. Giraffes grow to nearly their full height ...

JeanLéon GEROME (1824-1904) Cheval Pur-Sang Bronze with brown patina Numbered P 314 Signed “GEROME” on the front of the terrace and stamp of the founde...

19th century bronze group of a standing and sitting hare by French animalier sculptor Alfred Dubucand (1823-1894). Finely detailed bronze with good dark brown patination. Signature '...

Promised Land- Bronze Sculpture with an ingenious method for inserting a miniature into the eye of a fish, evoking the Vision of a Magical Destination Description:u2028With poetic ...

A large late 19th century bronze figure of a recumbent greyhound after French animalier sculptor Christophe Fratin (1801-1864), with a warm brown patina on a rouge griotte marble base. Signed 'FRATIN' on collar. Bronze length: 37cm Base length: 41cm Bronze height: 18cm Total height: 22cm Christophe Fratin was born in Metz in France in 1801. He first studied sculpture under Pioche in Metz under whom he honed his technical skills. He then became a pupil of the painter Theodore Gericault in Paris where he pursued his career as a sculptor. Fratin first exhibited at the Paris Salon as early as 1831, where he showed ‘Fermer – An English Thoroughbred’. The popularity of Fratin’s sculpture in England had a significant impact on his career. His modelling style reflected his imaginative mind and sense of humour, particularly in his humorous modelling of bears. Fratin was asked to sculpt life-size monuments for French cities, including his home town of Metz. At the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London he was considered the greatest animalier sculptor of the day. Fratin’s bronzes...