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Pelican - shaped glass sculpture, Pino Signoretto, Murano, circa 1973
Pelican - shaped glass sculpture, Pino Signoretto, Murano, circa 1973

Pelican - shaped glass sculpture, Pino Signoretto, Murano, circa 1973

By Pino Signoretto

Located in Milano, IT

Pelican - shaped glass sculpture Pino Signoretto Murano, circa 1973 Engraved signature "Pino Signoretto" on the front of the base It measures: 10.04 in in height x 7.28 x 17.32 (2...

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Vintage 1970s Italian Other Animal Sculptures

Materials

Murano Glass

Monkey - shaped glass sculpture, Vetreria Salviati & C, Murano, circa 1960
Monkey - shaped glass sculpture, Vetreria Salviati & C, Murano, circa 1960

Monkey - shaped glass sculpture, Vetreria Salviati & C, Murano, circa 1960

By Salviati

Located in Milano, IT

Monkey - shaped glass sculpture Salviati & C Glassworks Murano, circa 1960 It measures: 7.48 in in height x 3.86 x 4.53 in (19 cm x 9.8 x 11.5) It weighs: 5.29 lb (2.4 kg) State of ...

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Vintage 1960s Italian Other Animal Sculptures

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Pair of Glass Cat Sculptures by Archimede Seguso, Murano, Circa 1960
Pair of Glass Cat Sculptures by Archimede Seguso, Murano, Circa 1960

Pair of Glass Cat Sculptures by Archimede Seguso, Murano, Circa 1960

By Archimede Seguso

Located in Milano, IT

Pair of glass sculptures Cats Archimede Seguso (attr.) Seguso Vetri d’arte Murano, circa 1960-1970 Dimensions: achrome cat: height 9.45 in x 4.49 in x 5.24 (24 cm x 11.4 x 13.3); ...

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Vintage 1960s Italian Other Animal Sculptures

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Murano Glass

Greyhound - Shaped Glass Sculpture, Flavio Poli, I.V.A.M.  Murano, Circa 1930
Greyhound - Shaped Glass Sculpture, Flavio Poli, I.V.A.M.  Murano, Circa 1930

Greyhound - Shaped Glass Sculpture, Flavio Poli, I.V.A.M. Murano, Circa 1930

By Flavio Poli

Located in Milano, IT

Greyhound - shaped glass sculpture Flavio Poli I.V.A.M. Murano, circa 1930 It measures 4.72 in in height x 12.59 x 3.74 (12 cm x 32 x 9.5) It weighs 2.42 lb (1.1 kg) State of conse...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Murano Glass

Murano Glass Rooster Sculpture by Dino Martens, Aureliano Toso, 1954
Murano Glass Rooster Sculpture by Dino Martens, Aureliano Toso, 1954

Murano Glass Rooster Sculpture by Dino Martens, Aureliano Toso, 1954

By Dino Martens

Located in Milano, IT

Rooster- shaped sculpture Galletto Dino Martens (1894 - 1970) Vetreria Artistica Rag. Aureliano Toso, 1954 It measures 9.25 inches in height x 8.18 in x 4.4 in (23.5 cm x 20.8 cm x 11.4 cm) It weighs 2.57 lb (1.169 g) State of conservation: intact. The small glass sculpture...

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Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Glass Parrot-Shaped Sculpture, Dino Martens, Venice, Aureliano Toso, 1953-1956
Glass Parrot-Shaped Sculpture, Dino Martens, Venice, Aureliano Toso, 1953-1956

Glass Parrot-Shaped Sculpture, Dino Martens, Venice, Aureliano Toso, 1953-1956

By Dino Martens

Located in Milano, IT

Parrot-shaped sculpture Psitaccus Dino Martens (1894 - 1970) Vetreria Artistica Rag. Aureliano Toso, 1953-1956 It measures 9.055 inches in height x 4.13 in x 5.90 in (23 cm, 10.5 cm x 15 cm) It weighs 1.997 lb (906 g) State of conservation: intact. The small glass sculpture...

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Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures

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Meissen Porcelain Bear by J.J. Kaendler, Baroque Style, Circa 1735
Meissen Porcelain Bear by J.J. Kaendler, Baroque Style, Circa 1735

Meissen Porcelain Bear by J.J. Kaendler, Baroque Style, Circa 1735

By J.J. Kaendler

Located in Milano, IT

Hard porcelain bear modeled and painted in gray-brown and black Manufacture of Meissen, by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner and Johan Joachim Kaendler, 1735 It...

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Antique 1730s German Baroque Animal Sculptures

Materials

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Boxwood Micro Carving Deposition Sculpture, Central Europe, Circa 1740
Boxwood Micro Carving Deposition Sculpture, Central Europe, Circa 1740

Boxwood Micro Carving Deposition Sculpture, Central Europe, Circa 1740

Located in Milano, IT

Boxwood micro carving Deposition Central Europe, first half of the 18th century It measures: the sculpture 7.40 x 5.31 x 0.6 in (18.8 x 13.5 x 1.6 cm); w...

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Antique 1740s European Baroque Figurative Sculptures

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16th Century Italian Carrara Marble Sea Monster Fountain Sculpture
16th Century Italian Carrara Marble Sea Monster Fountain Sculpture

16th Century Italian Carrara Marble Sea Monster Fountain Sculpture

Located in Milano, IT

Sea monster Carrara marble mouth fountain Italy, late 16th century It measures 13.8 x 31.5 x 18.9 in (35 x 80 x 48 cm) State of conservation: some small evident gaps and widespread signs of wear due to outdoor exposure. The gray marks crossing it do not come from restoration, but are rather the natural veins of the marble. This work has some morphological characteristics typically associated with the iconography of the sea monster: an elongated muzzle, sharp teeth, protruding eyes, elongated ears, and a coiled serpent's tail. An in-depth series of studies on artistic depictions of the sea monster attempted to verify how this symbol evolved in antiquity in the European and Mediterranean contexts and how it gradually changed its image and function over time. The iconography itself is mutable and imaginative and its history is rich with cultural and artistic exchange, as well as the overlapping of ideas. This occurred so much that it is difficult to accurately pinpoint the "types" that satisfactorily represent its various developments. However, we can try to summarize the main figures, starting from the biblical Leviathan and the marine creature that swallowed Jonah (in the Christian version, this figure was to become a whale or a "big fish", the “ketos mega”, translation of the Hebrew “dag gadol”). Other specimens ranged from the dragons mentioned in the Iliad (which were winged and had legs) to "ketos” (also from Greek mythology), the terrifying being from whose Latinized name (“cetus”) derives the word "cetacean". See J. Boardman, “Very Like a Whale” - Classical Sea Monsters, in Monsters and Demons in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds, in Papers presented in Honor of Edith Porada, Mainz am Rhein 1987, pp. 73-84). In Italy the monster underwent yet further variations: it can be found in Etruscan art on the front of some sarcophagi representing the companion of souls, while among the Romans we find the “Pistrice” (cited by Plinio in Naturalis Historia PLIN., Nat., II 9, 8 and by Virgilio in Eneide: VERG., Aen., III, 427), which appeared in the shape of a stylized hippocampus or a very large monstrous cetacean and evolved into a hideous being with a dragon's head and long webbed fins. During the Middle Ages, the sea monster was the object of new transformations: at this time, it is often winged, the head is stretched like a crocodile, the front legs are often very sharp fins - sometimes real paws - until the image merges with dragons, the typical figures of medieval visionary spirituality widely found throughout Europe (on this topic and much more, see: Baltrušaitis, J., Il Medioevo fantastico. Antichità ed esotismi nell’arte gotica, Gli Adelphi 1997). In Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries, the revival of classicism - representative of the humanistic and Renaissance periods - led to a different reading of these "creatures". Indeed, the sea monster was also to find widespread use as an isolated decorative motif, especially in numerous fountains and sculptures where dolphins or sea monsters were used as a characterizing element linked to water (on this theme see: Chet Van Duzer, Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps, London, The British library, 2013). From the morphological point of view, the "sea monsters" of this period are mostly depicted as hybrid figures, in which the body of a mythological or real being (a hippocampus, a sea snake, a dolphin), is joined to a head with a rather indistinct appearance. It was usually characterized by large upright ears, an elongated snout, sharp teeth and globular, protruding eyes; a complex and indefinite figure, both from the symbolic point of view and from that of its genesis. The work we are examining is placed as a cross between the medieval sea serpent and the Renaissance dolphin, with stylistic features which recall the snake as often used in heraldry (such as the "snake" depicted in the coat of arms of the Visconti - the lords and then dukes of Milan between 1277 and 1447 - and which, for some, may be derived from the representations of the “Pistrice” that swallowed Jonah). In the search for sources, Renaissance cartography and in particular woodcuts should not be neglected. See for example the monsters of Olaus Magnus, from the editions of the “Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus” (“History of the peoples of the north”) and the natural histories of Conrad Gesner, Ulisse...

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Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Animal Sculptures

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Carrara Marble

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