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Rattan Wicker Donkey Head, 1960s Italy
Rattan Wicker Donkey Head, 1960s Italy

Rattan Wicker Donkey Head, 1960s Italy

Located in Nürnberg, Bayern

Rattan Wicker Donkey Head, 1960s Italy The proportions are perfect, very decorative.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Rattan

A woven wicker donkey head wall mask – 1970s - France
A woven wicker donkey head wall mask – 1970s - France

A woven wicker donkey head wall mask – 1970s - France

Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR

A beautiful wall mask made from woven esparto grass, depicting a donkey’s head. This rare piece of folk art from the South of France dates back to the 1970s.

Category

Vintage 1970s French French Provincial Masks

Materials

Natural Fiber

Ciuco Donkey Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic
Ciuco Donkey Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic

Ciuco Donkey Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic

By Scarlet Splendour, Matteo Cibic

Located in Kolkata, IN

The Ciuco Donkey Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic has a large brass donkey head that sits atop a brass and resin lined shirt.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Ciuco Donkey Blue Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic
Ciuco Donkey Blue Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic

Ciuco Donkey Blue Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic

By Scarlet Splendour, Matteo Cibic

Located in Kolkata, IN

The Ciuco donkey blue bar storage cabinet with brass inlay by Matteo Cibic has a large brass donkey head that sits atop a brass and resin lined blue shirt.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Signor Ciuco Donkey Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic
Signor Ciuco Donkey Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic

Signor Ciuco Donkey Bar Storage Cabinet with Brass Inlay by Matteo Cibic

By Matteo Cibic, Scarlet Splendour

Located in Kolkata, IN

Signor Ciuco cabinet has large brass donkey head on a wooden body, finished with brass and resin details.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Grand Armoire Cabinet by Matteo Cibic x Denino Interiors London
Grand Armoire Cabinet by Matteo Cibic x Denino Interiors London

Grand Armoire Cabinet by Matteo Cibic x Denino Interiors London

By Matteo Cibic, Scarlet Splendour

Located in Kolkata, IN

Signor Ciuco cabinet has large brass donkey head on a wooden body, finished with brass and resin details.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Metal

1974 Lunt Sterling Christmas Ornament — “Journey by Starlight”
1974 Lunt Sterling Christmas Ornament — “Journey by Starlight”

1974 Lunt Sterling Christmas Ornament — “Journey by Starlight”

By Lunt Silver

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The lightly engraved details—such as the donkey’s head and the folds of the travelers’ cloaks—add subtle depth

Category

Vintage 1970s American Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Terracotta sculpture depicting a donkey, Italy, second half of the 19th century.
Terracotta sculpture depicting a donkey, Italy, second half of the 19th century.

Terracotta sculpture depicting a donkey, Italy, second half of the 19th century.

Located in Milan, IT

Terracotta nativity sculpture depicting the neck and head of a donkey. The sculpture is made of terracotta entirely by hand, finished in stick and color.

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Other Animal Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

"Nuit d'été (Summer's Night)" Lithograph, Colors, Linear Figures on Black Ground
"Nuit d'été (Summer's Night)" Lithograph, Colors, Linear Figures on Black Ground

"Nuit d'été (Summer's Night)" Lithograph, Colors, Linear Figures on Black Ground

By Marc Chagall

Located in Detroit, MI

Though titled "Summer Night" it could just as easily be identified as a scene from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" especially as the subject dressed as a male also has a do...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Lithograph

"Testa d'asino" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 - Acrylic on Canvas,  Colorful Words
"Testa d'asino" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 - Acrylic on Canvas,  Colorful Words

"Testa d'asino" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 - Acrylic on Canvas, Colorful Words

By Enzio Wenk

Located in Bresso, IT

Entire title: "Testa d'asino tagliata che grida e brucia nel fuoco" Translated title: "Head of a donkey that screams and burns in a fire" Acrylic on canvas.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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Sterling Silver Donkey Head Blue Sapphire Eyes Cufflinks
Sterling Silver Donkey Head Blue Sapphire Eyes Cufflinks

Sterling Silver Donkey Head Blue Sapphire Eyes Cufflinks

Located in Dallas, TX

These sterling cufflinks have a lifelike donkey head design, with showcasing the intricate details of the ears, mane, and sapphire blue eyes.

Category

Early 2000s Modern Cufflinks

Materials

Blue Sapphire, Sterling Silver

Vintage Spanish Woven Spanish Esparto Straw Mule/ Donkey Head
Vintage Spanish Woven Spanish Esparto Straw Mule/ Donkey Head

Vintage Spanish Woven Spanish Esparto Straw Mule/ Donkey Head

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H 10.24 in W 4.73 in D 11.03 in

Vintage Spanish Woven Spanish Esparto Straw Mule/ Donkey Head

Located in Antwerp, BE

Spanish folk art hand woven esparto straw mule head with textile fringe, circa 1970. In really good condition ready to hang. Esparto is a type of fibrous grass used in the making of...

Category

Late 20th Century Spanish Bohemian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Straw

Large Painted Wooden Donkey Head
Large Painted Wooden Donkey Head

Large Painted Wooden Donkey Head

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H 35 in W 24 in D 10 in

Large Painted Wooden Donkey Head

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Wonderfully animated painted donkey head. Likely from a carnival or amusement park environment.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Pair of Donkey Heads, Handcrafted, Spain, 1960
Pair of Donkey Heads, Handcrafted, Spain, 1960

Pair of Donkey Heads, Handcrafted, Spain, 1960

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H 21.26 in W 7.49 in D 7.09 in

Pair of Donkey Heads, Handcrafted, Spain, 1960

Located in Paris, Ile-de-France

Pair of animal heads in "halfa." Donkey heads, hand braided in esparto grass (halfa).

Category

Vintage 1960s Spanish Country Animal Sculptures

Vintage Hand Woven Spanish Donkey Head Wall Mount 1970's
Vintage Hand Woven Spanish Donkey Head Wall Mount 1970's

Vintage Hand Woven Spanish Donkey Head Wall Mount 1970's

Located in Hastings, GB

A delightful 1970's wall mounted Spanish Donkey Head, hand woven in Esparto grass these fabulous items were crafted for tourists and not many have survived the test of time.

Category

Vintage 1970s Spanish Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Straw

Whimsical Italian Walnut Carving of a Man with a Donkey’s Head
Whimsical Italian Walnut Carving of a Man with a Donkey’s Head

Whimsical Italian Walnut Carving of a Man with a Donkey’s Head

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

A whimsical Italian walnut carving of a man with a donkey’s head, the naturalistically carved head of the donkey, with furry ears and a curly mane growing to a point beyond his coll...

Category

Antique 1890s Italian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Menton Majolica Donkey Wall Pockets
Pair of Menton Majolica Donkey Wall Pockets

Pair of Menton Majolica Donkey Wall Pockets

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H 9.8 in W 6.5 in D 4.1 in

Pair of Menton Majolica Donkey Wall Pockets

Located in Chelmsford, Essex

Pair of Menton Majolica wall pockets which feature a donkeys head, citrus fruits (oranges and lemons) and tree blossom.

Category

Antique 1880s French Victorian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Majolica

Pair of Wood Donkey Bookends
Pair of Wood Donkey Bookends

Pair of Wood Donkey Bookends

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H 6.75 in W 4.75 in D 2.25 in

Pair of Wood Donkey Bookends

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A pair of solid wood bookends hand carved into the shape of donkey heads. Each donkey has ears that stand at attention and a dark walnut finish.

Category

Early 20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Wood

Antique Carnival "Donkey" Ball Toss, , hand painted, , mechanical folk art
Antique Carnival "Donkey" Ball Toss, , hand painted, , mechanical folk art

Antique Carnival "Donkey" Ball Toss, , hand painted, , mechanical folk art

Located in Buffalo, NY

Most Unusual Little Item,,LARGE 1920's Carnival, Fair, Ball Toss Game..Appears to be all hand made,, painted,,Hit the center red target and the left leg of the donkey kicks back as ...

Category

20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Dian Malouf Sterling Silver Texas Donkey Ring
Dian Malouf Sterling Silver Texas Donkey Ring

Dian Malouf Sterling Silver Texas Donkey Ring

Located in Washington Depot, CT

This vintage piece features a donkey head on a wide tri-rope band. Band measures approx 3/8"" wide.

Category

20th Century Cocktail Rings

Materials

Sterling Silver

Head of a Young Roguish Child by Francesco Griffo, Italy 1900
Head of a Young Roguish Child by Francesco Griffo, Italy 1900

Head of a Young Roguish Child by Francesco Griffo, Italy 1900

Located in Milan, IT

On the base rests the bust of the child wearing an apron held around his neck by a lace. On the apron, a donkey's head is engraved in bas-relief and Under the word: "In Punishment".

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Barbizon School Antique Painting of Village Life, Signed Perret, 19th Century
Barbizon School Antique Painting of Village Life, Signed Perret, 19th Century

Barbizon School Antique Painting of Village Life, Signed Perret, 19th Century

Located in Shippensburg, PA

Under UV shows inpainting to donkey’s head (center) and a large space of inpainting in brook (lower-left quad).

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Vintage Dmitri Omersa Leather Donkey Figure
Vintage Dmitri Omersa Leather Donkey Figure

Vintage Dmitri Omersa Leather Donkey Figure

By Dimitri Omersa

Located in Downingtown, PA

This donkey has the early nail heads under its feet, and is covered in beautifully aged brown leather.

Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Leather

H. Murray - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Donkey by the Stream
H. Murray - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Donkey by the Stream

H. Murray - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Donkey by the Stream

Located in Corsham, GB

A charming early 20th Century watercolour depicting two figures propping a young child up on a donkey who reluctantly heads into the stream. Painted in fine detail.

Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Satyr conversing with a Nymph, a drawing attributed to Claude Mellan
Satyr conversing with a Nymph, a drawing attributed to Claude Mellan

Satyr conversing with a Nymph, a drawing attributed to Claude Mellan

By Claude Mellan

Located in PARIS, FR

We find, for example, the broad hatching of the satyr's legs in the neck and the toupee on top of the donkey's head in The Flight into Egypt. The representation of the nymph whose l...

Category

Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Meissen Figurines Group The Drunken Silen by Ernst A.Leuteritz Model 2724
Meissen Figurines Group The Drunken Silen by Ernst A.Leuteritz Model 2724

Meissen Figurines Group The Drunken Silen by Ernst A.Leuteritz Model 2724

By Ernst August Leuteritz

Located in Vienna, AT

The figurines' painting as well as modelling are of finest quality: Look at various details, for example (at the figurines' features as well as at their muscles, at the wine wreath...

Category

Antique 1870s German Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

West Indies Elders & Fyffes Cruise Line Poster

West Indies Elders & Fyffes Cruise Line Poster

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H 40.16 in W 25.01 in D 0 in

West Indies Elders & Fyffes Cruise Line Poster

Located in London, GB

Great image of the back of a West Indian lady wearing traditional clothing and holding a basket of oranges on her head, with a donkey laden with bananas at her side as she looks acro...

Category

Vintage 1920s British Posters

18th Century Italian Maiolica Madonna with Child Nativity Relief Wall Plaque
18th Century Italian Maiolica Madonna with Child Nativity Relief Wall Plaque

18th Century Italian Maiolica Madonna with Child Nativity Relief Wall Plaque

Located in Milano, MI

The kneeling Virgin with a blue mantel (fireplace), in an attitude of prayer, with her clasped hands in front of the child; behind him, we find the donkey and ox heads and two more f...

Category

Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Art

Materials

Maiolica

Gold Oil Rig Cufflinks with Motion
Gold Oil Rig Cufflinks with Motion

Gold Oil Rig Cufflinks with Motion

Located in Palm Beach, FL

A pair of oil derrick cuff-links in 14K yellow gold with moveable "donkey head" and shaft. These handsome pump jacks measure 1 inch wide and 7/8 of an inch tall.

Category

Mid-20th Century Cufflinks

Materials

14k Gold

Kinetic Metal Donkey Sculpture Signed TIHANY
Kinetic Metal Donkey Sculpture Signed TIHANY

Kinetic Metal Donkey Sculpture Signed TIHANY

By (after) Pablo Picasso

Located in San Diego, CA

A charming kinetic metal donkey sculpture. The head, tail and middle yellow zig zag section swing back and forth.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculp...

Materials

Metal

Retro Diamond Ruby Platinum 18 Karat Gold Donkey Charm
Retro Diamond Ruby Platinum 18 Karat Gold Donkey Charm

Retro Diamond Ruby Platinum 18 Karat Gold Donkey Charm

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Designed as a donkey with it’s head turned back Featuring applied platinum bow with two single cut diamonds, weighing approximately 0.03 carat total, eye-clean and white With two t...

Category

Vintage 1940s Unknown Retro Charm Bracelets

Materials

Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold

Meissen Nicest Figurines Group The Drunken Silen by Leuteritz Model 2724, c.1870
Meissen Nicest Figurines Group The Drunken Silen by Leuteritz Model 2724, c.1870

Meissen Nicest Figurines Group The Drunken Silen by Leuteritz Model 2724, c.1870

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in Vienna, AT

The figurines' painting as well as modelling are of finest quality: Look at various details, for example (at the figurines' features as well as at their muscles, at the wine wreaths ...

Category

Antique 1870s German Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Carved and Painted Wood DonkeyHead
Art Deco Carved and Painted Wood DonkeyHead

Art Deco Carved and Painted Wood DonkeyHead

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H 8.5 in W 6 in D 2.25 in

Art Deco Carved and Painted Wood DonkeyHead

Located in Essex, MA

An Art Deco hand-carved and painted wood figure of a donkey head with stylized geometric features, mane, ears, nostrils, mouth, in pine with terra cotta colored painted surface.

Category

Vintage 1930s American Animal Sculptures

Materials

Hardwood

Staffordshire Riddle Loving Cup
Staffordshire Riddle Loving Cup

Staffordshire Riddle Loving Cup

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H 5.25 in W 9.25 in D 6.5 in

Staffordshire Riddle Loving Cup

Located in Essex, MA

When the cup is turned upside down, the image is transformed into a donkey's head. The bottom of the cup, interior rim and outside of the handles are decorated with bands of black...

Category

Antique 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Beth Carter, Clown Head with Donkey Ears, Jesmonite, 2014, Unique
Beth Carter, Clown Head with Donkey Ears, Jesmonite, 2014, Unique

Beth Carter, Clown Head with Donkey Ears, Jesmonite, 2014, Unique

By Beth Carter

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

Origin: English Period: 21st C Provenance: Direct from the Studio of Beth Carter; Unique Date: c 2014 Measures: Height 12.75” Depth 9” Width 10.5” (all at extremities).

Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

STYLIZED CONCRETE DONKEY
STYLIZED CONCRETE DONKEY

STYLIZED CONCRETE DONKEY

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H 30 in W 28 in D 10 in

STYLIZED CONCRETE DONKEY

Located in Cathedral City, CA

WHIMSICAL GARDEN/INDOOR DONKEY WITH OVERSIZED HEAD.

Category

Vintage 1950s Garden Ornaments

Franz Bergman cold painted bronze Donkey, c. 1900.
Franz Bergman cold painted bronze Donkey, c. 1900.

Franz Bergman cold painted bronze Donkey, c. 1900.

By Franz Bergmann

Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire

The donkey beautifully modelled, with his head to the right, his hair finely cast, then detailed in cold painted enamels.

Category

Antique Early 1900s Austrian Victorian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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Donkey Head For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the donkey head you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each donkey head for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using fabric, wood and metal. If you’re shopping for a donkey head, we have 19 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect donkey head — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A donkey head is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern, folk art and modern styles are sought with frequency. Abercrombie & Fitch, Dimitri Omersa and Scarlet Splendour each produced at least one beautiful donkey head that is worth considering.

How Much is a Donkey Head?

Prices for a donkey head can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $235 and can go as high as $46,489, while the average can fetch as much as $3,677.