Animal Sculptures
Animal Sculptures For Sale
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Large Pair of French 19th Century Bronze Marly Horses After Costou, circa 1870
By Guillame Costou
Located in Central England, GB
This fantastic pair of 19th century finely sculpted, large scale bronze figures are after Guillaume Costou (1677 – 1746. )They each depict a wild prancing horse being restrained by t...
Category
1870s French Louis Philippe Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Models of a Standing Bull and a Running Cow, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of large and finely patinated bronze models of a standing bull and a running cow after models by Isidor-Jules Bonheur, Cast on a Naturalistic Base.
French, circa 1890.
Signed 'I BONHEUR' and stamped 'PEYROL EDITEUR'.
Bonheur was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon and his naturalistic depiction of farm animals, including cattle, was one of his most popular subjects. The bronze was cast by his brother-in-law, Hippolyte Peyrol, who ran one of the most successful art foundries in Paris at this time.
Isidore-Jules Bonheur (1827-1901) was the son of the painter Raymond Bonheur and younger brother of Rosa Bonheur, the famous sculptor. He was born in Bordeaux and studied painting, at first with his father and then with the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, moving on to sculpture in 1848.
He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1848 with a painting and plaster study of the same subject ‘African horseman attacked by a lioness’. From then onwards, Bonheur exhibited regularly at the Salon as well as other exhibitions, winning medals in 1865 and 1869 together with the prized Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889.
He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 1895.
Most of Bonheur’s casts were by his uncle by marriage, Hippolyte Peyrol, whose tiny foundry mark is often very difficult to find.
Bonheur’s studies range from farm animals, bears and tigers in a very naturalistic vein to equestrian groups. Although noted primarily for his small groups he did complete two large scale commissions, one to his sister Rosa, at Fontainbleau and the other, two stone lions at the steps of the Royal...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Elephant Bookends Signed G. H. Laurent, France, 1920s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco silvered bronze elephant figure / sculpture bookends signed G. H. Laurent and stamped 24, France, 1920s. Perfect desk piece. Nice and heavy bronze bookends mounted over Gree...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Finely Cast Asian Bronze Royal Walking Elephant Animal Statue
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Finely cast Asian bronze royal walking elephant animal statue.
Age: Contemporary
Size: Height 27 cm / Width 16 cm / Length 40.5 cm
Condition: Nice...
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21st Century and Contemporary Southeast Asian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Novelty Bronze Cigars / Cigarettes Humidor Formed as a Cat's Head Sculpture
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
For cat lovers, Silvered bronze humidor realistically shaped as a cat's head. Opens to reveal humidor space. Large container for cigards and smaller one for cigarettes or matches. La...
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Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Garden Statue of Two Crocodiles Alligators Late 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive bronze statue of two crocodiles, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century.
This life-like bronze statue features two crocodiles with their jaws open on...
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1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Spelter Pointer Dog Sculpture on Marble Base Signed Masson
Located in Dallas, TX
The antique spelter sculpture was created in France, circa 1870. Set on a rectangular variegated base, the work features an Irish setter poin...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
“Roaring Jaguar” Art Deco French Bronze Sculpture by Adolphe Geoffroy & Susse
By Adolphe-Louis-Victor Geoffroy, Susse Fondeur
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ADOLPHE LOUIS VICTOR GEOFFROY
French, 1844-1915
"Panthére Rugissant" (Roaring Jaguar)
Patinated bronze, signed "J. Geoffroy" and "Susse Fre. Paris / Cir...
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Late 19th Century French Modern Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Austrian Gilded Bronze Desk Set Sculpture Statue Pug Dogs Puppies
Located in Portland, OR
A large and rare antique Austrian gilded bronze desk set/sculpture, modeled as a Pug dogs with her two puppies, documented, circa 1910.
To the center i...
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Elephant with Its Two Baby Elephants by Ulisse Caputo
By Ulisse Caputo
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze statue with dark brown patina featuring an elephant and its two baby elephants. The group rests on a black marble base. This bronze animal sculpture is signed: Caputo Bronze. Art Deco period.
Ulisse Caputo (1872-1948) is a Neapolitan painter who lived in Paris. Student of Domenico Morelli and Gaetano Esposito...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Plated Irish Setter Dog Bookends, circa 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A vintage pair of bronze plated Irish Setter bookends with original felt.
Creator New Art.
Date of manufacture circa 1940s.
Materials and ...
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Early 20th Century Industrial Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Greyhound Whippet Dog Sculpture Figurine, circa 1960
Located in Pearland, TX
A stately French bronze greyhound whippet dog sculpture figurine, circa 1960. This fine dog has a wonderful expression with great details and a l...
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Mid-20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Expressive Bronze Abstract Sculpture of Bird
Located in London, GB
Abstract bronze cast sculpture of bird about to fly, spreading its wings. The sculpture is Expressive in a brutalist manner. It stands on a cast bronze pedestal.
Category
1980s German Brutalist Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Life-Size Expressive French Art Déco Sculpture Leopard with Cobra
Located in Islamabad, PK
The bronze leopard pouncing on a cobra is an exquisite art deco sculpture that captures the intense and dramatic moment of a predator hunting its prey. Crafted with meticulous detail...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Very Rare 19th Century Antique Bronze Cold Painted Eagle Claw Candle Holder
Located in Lisse, NL
Top quality made and highly decorative, bronze eagle claw desk piece.
With the holiday season on our doorstep we will be offering a number of season relat...
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Mid-19th Century European Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Pair of 19th Century Sculptured Marley Horses, After Coustou
Located in Markington, GB
Guillaume Coustou is best known for his two pieces of marble sculpture, each called Horse restrained by a Groom (1739-45, Louvre Museum, Paris), known jointly as the Marly Horses. Or...
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1890s French Baroque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Diminutive French Bronze of a Seated 'Coiffed' Poodle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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...
Category
19th Century French Sporting Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Chinese Bronze Scholar Riding a Horse Incense Burner Sculpture
Located in Charlotte, NC
A vintage Chinese table top incense burner sculpted in bronze depicting a scholar riding a horse. Unsigned, artist unknown. Solid bronze of two p...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Koko Lamp By Barlas Baylar
Located in New York, NY
Description: Koko lamp
Dimensions: Approximate 24” diameter x 47” height
Material: Solid bronze, linen shade
Finish: Polished, (custom finishes available)...
Category
2010s Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze Sculpture/Figure of a Frog
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a patinated bronze medium size sculpture of a sitting frog with its right hand in the chest (it’s heart). This gesture symbolizes dignity and hono...
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cold-Painted Vienna Bronze Entitled "Young Bird"
Located in London, GB
An endearing cold painted Austrian Bronze study of an alert young bird with its head raised. The bronze exhibiting rich brown colour and good hand finished surface detail
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
height: 5.5 cm
width: 4 cm
Condition: excellent original condition
Circa: 1900
Materials: cold painted bronze
SKU: 8712
ABOUT
Vienna Bronze Bird...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quality Pair of Antique Victorian Bronze Storks/Cranes
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality pair of antique Victorian bronze storks or cranes standing on bronze tortoises
A charming pair displaying first class design and craftsmanship ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Lioness & Cubs by Charles Valton, circa 1910
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CHARLES VALTON
French, 1851-1913
Lioness and Two Cubs
Reddish-brown patinated bronze Signed "C. VALTON" to base over foundry cachet
Item # 301HOC20P
A good early cast circa 1910 of Charles Valton's Lioness and Two Cubs, it is a beautifully detailed sand-casting with a rich red-oxide and medium-brown surface patination that highlights the texture of the surface. The two cubs sit at total peace beneath their powerful mother, her head lowered in a low growl as she likely threatens a fellow lion away from the meal of rabbit she has brought for her cubs.
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20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Boar Bronze & Iron Chenet Andirons / Fireplace Decoration
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A 19th century French bronze gilt boar head. The boar with inlaid Glass eyes.
D'ore (Gilt) bronze chenets, cast with the figure of a boar head.
Boar Bronze...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Bronze Leaping Koi Garden Sculpture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A classic Leaping Koi garden sculpture with wide open mouth and curled tail for support, hollow inside. In a weathered and desirable verdigris finish.
Measures: H.26.5”, D. 15” W. ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unique Midcentury Horse Bronze Relief by Mataré Student Gertrud Kortenbach
By Gertrud Kortenbach
Located in Essen, NW
Artist : GERTRUD KORTENBACH 1924 Solingen - 1960 Solingen
Title: 'Jumping Horse' signed with monogram on front
Material: Bronze, brown patina. Part. with traces of oxidation.
Measurements: H. 36 cm, W. 34 cm, D. 1 cm.
GERTRUD KORTENBACH was a German sculptor and painter.
1943 - 1948 she studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy together with Joseph Beuys - to the master class of the sculptor Ewald Mataré...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Dog Sculpture Signed
Located in Tampa, FL
An antique bronze dog on a rouge marble base. Signed P.J. Mene. France, circa 1890s.
Category
1890s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Just Andersen Rhino Merman Sculpture Paperweight Art Deco, 1920
Located in New York, NY
A rare Jus Andersen sculpture or paperweight in patinated bronze called “Disko” of a Merman atop of a rhino head. Signed
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Fox Terrier, circa 1900
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Austrian cold painted bronze Fox Terrier, circa 1900.
£490.00
Austrian cold painted bronze Fox Terrier, c. 1900. A particularly well cast example, with ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Finely Cast Asian Bronze Walking Elephant Animal Statues
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A pair of finely cast Asian bronze walking elephant animal statues.
Age: Contemporary
Size: Height 30.5 - 32 cm / Width 12.5 - 15 cm / Length 29.5 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Southeast Asian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Bronze Entitled "Double Headed Eagle"
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Elephant on Iron Pedestal, Lost Wax Casting Parcel-Gilt Patina Bronze Sculpture
Located in Firenze, IT
Through this bronze sculpture featuring a gold patina the artist takes us into an imaginative and fantastic world, the image of the elephant on the pedestal reminds us of the circus environment and is linked to childhood memories. In this case the artist took the moment when the elephant gets up on its front legs.
This exquisite solid bronze sculpture of an elephant rests on a vintage iron weight...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Polychromed Art Deco Bookends with Drinking Panthers on Red Marble, France 1930s
Located in Ulm, DE
Bookends of Panthers in drinking pose
Chomed Bronze sculptures on red marble base.
Original Art Deco, France, 1930's.
Dimensions:
Width 12 cm
Height 10 cm
Depth 7.5 cm.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Bronze Sculpture of Greyhound and King Charles Spaniel, by P.J. Mene
Located in New York, NY
Dark brown patination on an oval base designed as a carpet with a fan, signed P.J. MÊNE.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair 19th Century Bronze Dog Sculptures of ‘Playful Pets’ by Leblanc Freres
Located in London, GB
A pair of amusing 19th century bronze dog sculptures of ‘Playful Pets’ by Leblanc Freres.
Two whippets misbehave! One pinning a large maine ...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Decorative African Antelope Sculpture from the Tribal People of Benin
Located in Miami, FL
Intricately hand-crafted African antelope, Benin tribal sculpture.
Details in hand-hammered bronze on wood small pieces attached with small nails and numerous carvings.
This object form is one of the best-known examples of Benin art, created from the thirteenth century onwards, by the Edo people, which also included other sculptures in brass, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces of art.
Cast bronze.
Tribal African Art...
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20th Century Beninese Tribal Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Animalier Bronze Sculpture Entitled "Reindeer" by Isidore Bonheur
Located in London, GB
Excellent late 19th century animalier bronze study of a feeding reindeer with rich brown colour and very fine hand chased and etched surface detail, raised on a stepped naturalistic base, stamped with Peyrol Foundry mark and signed Isidore Bonheur
Additional information
Height: 16 cm
Width: 22 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Foundry: Peyrol
circa: 1880
Materials: Bronze
SKU: 8211
DESCRIPTION
Isidore Bonheur
Isidore Bonheur, born in Bordeaux May 15 1827. Isidore was the third child of Christine Dorotheé Sophie Marquis (1797–1833), a musician, and Oscar-Raymond Bonheur (1796–1849) (a landscape and portrait painter and an early adherent of Saint-Simonianism, a Christian-socialist sect that promoted the education of women alongside men). Isidore was the brother of Auguste Bonheur...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Mid-Century Modern Handcrafted Brass Bronze Giraffe Animal Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
In the style of Sergio Bustamante, large 53 inches tall giraffe.
Standing, in brass and bronze hammered handcrafted animal sculpture.
This is a beautiful ...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Garniture of Bronze Figures by Franz Xaver Bergman
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Garniture of bronze figures, depicting a scene of hunters with an elephant with a dead tiger strapped securely on top of it, accompanied with one hunter and another at his side with ...
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Murano Large Vintage White Spots Gold Fleck Italian Art Glass Dove Bird Figure
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white spots and gold flecks Italian art glass figurine / sculpture. Created in the manner of the Barovier e Toso Company. The bird has a pattern m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century, French, Patinated Bronze Hunting Dog and Duck Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a man's desk or office with this antique dog and bird inkwell. Created in France circa 1870 and attributed to Jules Moiniez, the sculpture composition depicts a setter head ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Greyhound / Whippet by Irénée Rochard
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A large sculpture of a greyhound / whippet. The sculpture is made of dark green patinated bronze. On a belgian black marble plinth. The statue is signed on the plinth: Rochard. It is...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Vintage Lost Wax Cast Bronze Statue of a Sitting Cat with Bronze Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage lost wax cast bronze statue of a cat from the mid 20th century, with bronze patina. We currently have two available, priced and sold indi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Animalier Bronze Marble Greyhound Sculpture Desk Paperweight 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A very handsome antique French Animalier bronze greyhound sculpture, paperweight, circa 1900.
The bronze in the style of Emmanuel Fremiet, mad...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Small Signed Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture of Reclining Whippet Dog
Located in Middleburg, VA
Small Signed Early 20th century Bronze of Reclining Whippet dog
Signature located on back of dog, unable to read artist's name
Measures: 1.5" H, 2.5" W, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Decorative Bronze Impala Skull for table accent or wall mount
By Doud Studios
Located in Pebble Beach, CA
A cast bronze Impala skull, this accent piece has been patinated and then burnished to bring out each unique nuance in the material and skull. This decor...
Category
2010s American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Group of Ariadne and the Leopard
Located in Folkestone, GB
Bronze group of “Ariadne on the Panther’ after the original masterpiece by Johann Heinrich von Danneker. representing the taming of the wilderness by beauty. Ariadne lies naked upon ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Parrot Vide Poche, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Modeled as a parrot with pink and yellow feathers mounted to the edge of a basin made from an abalone shell, raised on a circular gilt metal base.
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid 20th Century Bronze Statue Panter and Bamboo Monkey by Coreira
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A cast bronze statue with a panther and a bamboo monkey. It's a nice scene, the panther is surprised by the screaming bamboo monkey. Both animals have a beautiful expression. The scu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair French 19th Century Japonisme Style Gilt-Bronze & Marble Chenets, Bouhon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Japonisme Louis XV style Gilt-Bronze and Marble Figural Chenets (Andirons) by BOUHON FRES, each depicting a flaming dragon atop an "L" shaped base surmounted with an allegorical gilt-bronze and marble urns with floral garlands and paw-feet, the base with a draped ormolu design and raised on tapered feet. Stamped: "B&H". Circa: Paris, 1890-1900.
The bronziers Bouhon et Cie. Bouhon Frers. specialized in bronze-decorated fire-places and fire-fittings. These large and fine chenets are supreme examples of their output. The firm participated in the 1878 and 1900 Paris Expositions Universelles.
Japonisme[a] is a French term that refers to the popularity and influence of Japanese art and design among a number of Western European artists in the nineteenth century following the forced reopening of foreign trade with Japan in 1858. Japonisme was first described by French art critic and collector Philippe Burty in 1872.[3]
While the effects of the trend were likely most pronounced in the visual arts, they extended to architecture, landscaping and gardening, and clothing.[4] Even the performing arts were affected; Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado is perhaps the best example.
From the 1860s, ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock prints, became a source of inspiration for many Western artists.These prints were created for the commercial market in Japan. Although a percentage of prints were brought to the West through Dutch trade merchants, it was not until the 1860s that ukiyo-e prints gained popularity in Europe. Western artists were intrigued by the original use of color and composition. Ukiyo-e prints featured dramatic foreshortening and asymmetrical compositions.
Japanese decorative arts, including ceramics, enamels, metalwork, and lacquerware, were as influential in the West as the graphic arts. During the Meiji era (1868–1912), Japanese pottery was exported around the world. From a long history of making weapons for samurai, Japanese metalworkers had achieved an expressive range of colours by combining and finishing metal alloys. Japanese cloissoné...
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Early 1900s French Japonisme Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Patinated Bronze Group of a Child Holding a Rooster "L'enfant au Coq"
Located in London, GB
The expressive model featuring a toy cannon at the child's feet, all set on a circular marble base
The cannon signed 'Adriano Cecioni', with cartouche to the base inscribed 'ENFANT AU COQ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bofill Silvered Bronze Owl, Hibou Paperweight / Hood Ornament, France, 1910-15
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Bofill silvered bronze owl - Hibou Desk Paperweight / Car Mascot / Hood Ornament. France 1910-15.
Silver plated bronze, signed. Excellent original conditions.
HIBOU
Par Antoine ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Set of Three Miniature Japanese Bronze Dolphins
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of three miniature bronze Japanese dolphins, circa 1970s. The dolphins are about 2.75" long and have a wonderful vintage patina! #1391.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Gilt Copper Full Bodied Horse Directional Weathervane, Fiske, C. 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
American gilt copper full bodied running horse directional weathervane with two gilt circular spheres resting on squared iron stand, J.W. Fiske, late 19th century.
Category
1870s American Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Iron, Zinc, Gold Leaf
19th Century Animalier Bronze Entitled "Chien Et Pigeon" by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
Excellent quality and very rare mid 19th Century French Animalier bronze study of a seated griffon hound looking intently at two pigeons feeding beside him. The bronze with excellent...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Japanese Bronze Okimono of a "Crayfish"
Located in London, GB
An eye catching Japanese Okimono bronze study of a lobster with very fine intricate hand finished surface detail and good rich brown colour, signed to underside of tail
Additional information
Length: 48 cm
Width: 31 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1910
Materials: Bronze
About
Japanese Okimono Okimono is a Japanese term meaning “ornament for display; objet d’art; decorative object”, typically displayed in a tokonoma “alcove” or butsudan “Buddhist altar”.The Japanese okimono compounds oku “put; place; set; lay out; assign; station; leave” and mono “thing; object; article”. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the loanword okimono, “A standing ornament or figure, especially one put in a guest room of a house”, and records the first usage in 1886 by William Anderson. Japanese okimono may be a small Japanese carving...
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Group With Brown Patina Mare And Her Foal By Pierre Jules Mène
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Pierre-Jules Mène Paris (1810 - 1879)
Jument et son poulain à la corbeille d'avoine
Très beau petit groupe en bronze à double patine brun clair et brun foncé. On peut admirer certains détails mis en relief par une ciselure très fine et très habile. Pierre Jules Mène est né à Paris le 25 mars 1810 et il y est mort le 20 mai 1879. Célèbre à travers le monde entier pour ses sculptures animalières, Il était le beau-père du sculpteur Auguste Cain (1821-1894), qui fut son collaborateur.
Cette très belle épreuve est ancienne, elle est d'époque fin du XIXème siècle.
Elle est signée 'P J MENE' sur la terrasse à droite. La patine est authentique et présente de légères nuances.
Hauteur : 8 Largeur : 15 Profondeur : 7,50 cm
Bibliographie en rapport :
Michel Poletti et Alain Richarme, 'Pierre-Jules Mêne, catalogue raisonné', Paris, 2007, p. 83 , modèle référencé sous le n...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
“Walter Scott” Bronze Sculpture of Racehorse by Alfred Barye, French
By Alfred Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
"WALTER SCOTT: CHEVAL DE'SELLE DE L'EMPEREUR" BY ALFRED BARYE (FRENCH, 1839-82)
Patinated bronze, titled to base; signed "Barye Fils"
Item # 001ZKK18W
Orig...
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19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage, Mid-Century, Contemporary and Antique Animal Sculptures
Invite the untamed wonders of the animal kingdom into your home — and do so safely — with the antique, new and vintage animal sculptures available on 1stDibs.
Artists working in every medium from furniture design to jewelry to painting have found inspiration in wild animals over the years. For sculptors, three-dimensional animal renderings — both realistic and symbolic — crisscross history and continents. In as early as 210 B.C., intricately detailed terracotta horses guarded early Chinese tombs, while North America’s native Inuit tribes living in the ice-covered Arctic during the 1800’s wore small animal figurines carved from walrus ivory. Indeed, animal sculpture has a long history, and beginning in the 19th century, the art form started becoming not only fashionable but artistically validated — a trend that continues today. At home, animal sculptures — polished bronze rhinos crafted in the Art Deco style or ceramic dogs of the mid-century modern era — can introduce both playfulness and drama to your decor.
In the case of the frosted glass sculptures crafted by artisans at legendary French glassmaker Lalique, founded by jeweler and glass artist René Lalique, some animal sculptures are purely decorative. With their meticulously groomed horse manes and detailed contours of their parakeet feathers, these creatures want to be proudly displayed. Adding animal sculptures to your bookcases can draw attention to your covetable collection of vintage monographs, while side tables and wall shelving also make great habitats for these ornamental animal figurines.
Some sculptures, however, can find suitable nests in just about any corner of your space. Whimsical brass flamingos or the violent, realist bronze lions created by Parisian sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye are provocative and versatile pieces that can rest on windowsills or your desk. Otherwise, the brass cat shoehorns and bronze porcupine ashtrays designed by Viennese artist Walter Bosse are no longer roaming aimlessly throughout your living room, as they’ve found a purpose to serve.
Embark on your safari today and find a fascinating collection of vintage, modern and antique animal sculptures on 1stDibs.