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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Art Deco Roaring Tiger Statue Sculpture Bronze Patina Plaster
Located in Poperinge, BE
Old statue of a roaring tiger, after an antique example, this statue has a bronze patina and is made of plaster, art deco period, first half of the 20th ce...
Category
1930s French Art Nouveau Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Nostalgic 1960's Italian Ceramic Tiger Cub, Adorable Retro
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Undeniably appealing, Italian retro ceramic tiger cub from the 1960's
Hand painted and glazed, vibrant and striking
Circa 1960's
Signed Italy
Height 10 inch, Width 8 inch, Depth 6 in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sergio Bustamente Mixed Metal Cockatoo Hanging Sculpture
Located in Redding, CT
Sergio Bustamente Mixed Metal Cockatoo Hanging Sculpture. Amazing detail and craftsmanship. Perfect for that Boho Coastal vibe.
Category
1980s Mexican Post-Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Vintage large Tonala Mexican Stretching Cat Ceramic and Brass Figurine
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage large Tonala Mexican Stretching Cat Ceramic and Brass Folk Art Figurine.
Vintage handcrafted Tonala pottery cat with brass overlay in Sergi0...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Alberto Dona 1980 Blue Red Yellow Green Murano Glass Aquarium Round Sculpture
By Alberto Donà
Located in New York, NY
This aquarium sculpture in blown Murano glass is signed by Alberto Dona', of flat round shape, decorated with three tridimensional colorful fishes amongst bubbles rising from a blue ...
Category
1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Leaf
Modernist Cast Aluminum Spring Ride On Playground Animals / Sculptures Paris Co
Located in Buffalo, NY
aluminum animal sculptures were originally a playground spring ride located throughout parks.Stamped PARIS.. Spring is not included. It's more sculptural and part of Americana histo...
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1950s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Life Size Hand Painted Long Fiberglass Crocodile
Located in New York, NY
Life size and life like weatherproof crocodile. Hand painted made out of Fiberglas. Complete with open mouth with teeth. Here's looking at you! Please note, this item is located in o...
Category
2010s Animal Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Bear 1920s Germany
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice black forest bear. Hand carved 1920s. Good condition.
Category
1920s German Black Forest Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Unusual and decorative Dog ceramic box , by Jean Roger
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
A unusual and decorative box,
The lid representing a hound’s head, fitting on top of a spiked collar base.
White glazed ceramic.
Jean Roger, France circa 1965
Signed J.Roger. Pa...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Organic Vintage Brown Orange Animal Owl Makramee Beech, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Organic Vintage brown orange animal owl sculpture or wall decoration from vegetable fibres makramee and beechwood 1970s.
A stunning hand made animal wal...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Beech
Turtle Brass Sculpture, French, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice turtle sculpture is made of brass. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Stylized Starfish Sculpture / Paperweight by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized starfish sculpture / paperweight by Baccarat, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clarity. Signed on the un...
Category
Late 20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Brass Marble Kudu Antelope Head Sculpture Karl Springer Style
Located in London, GB
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 ...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
Contemporary Ironia Hand-Blown Transparent Octopus Black Glass Goblet Crestani
Located in Camisano Vicentino, IT
"Contemporary Ironia Hand-Blown Transparent Black Glass Sculptured Goblet #06" by Simone Crestani
Introducing the exquisite Hand-Blown Glass Gob...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Regency Giltwood Eagle
Located in Essex, MA
Standing with wings extended and one claw resting on a turtles back. This piece was intended to be displayed outdoors. Many old layers of pain. From the Bartlett Burnap Collection. P...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
PAIR OF COLLECTABLE LIBERTY'S OMERSA BROWN LEATHER HiPPOPOTAMUS FOOTSTOOL HIPPO
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime and very rare pair of original, circa 1940’s Liberty’s London Omersa brown leather h...
Category
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Unique Murano Glass Dachshund Dog Paperweight Antonio da Ros for Cenedese 1960s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite Murano glass dachshund figurine was designed by Antonio da Ros for Cenedese in the 1960s. The sculpture features a vibrant blue core encased in clear glass, accented b...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Leather Giraffe
Located in New York, NY
Very colorful tall giraffe. Would make a wonderful addition to a safari themed interior. Measures: 6ft. 8in.
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
German Glazed Terracotta Monkey Tile by Karlshrue
Located in Houston, TX
German glazed terracotta monkey tile by Karlshrue.
German glazed terra cotta or Majolica monkey tile by Karlshrue, circa 1920. This gorgeous wall art depicts two monkeys on a tree br...
Category
1920s German Grand Tour Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Moulin-des-Loups, Orchies, French Art Deco Stoneware Gull, 1920
By Orchies
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco ceramic seagull statue by Moulin-des-Loups (Orchies), France, 1920s. Seagull with a fish in its beak. Height : 8.7"(22cm), Width : 9.1"(23cm), Depth : 4.3"(11cm). Mou...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Large Copper Cranes Herons Sculpture Brass Vintage 36cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful large statues, sculptures of a pair of cranes or herons, made of yellow copper, or brass, Hollywood Regency style from the 1970s, Korea, 1 statue still has a sticker 'Made ...
Category
1970s Korean Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
High-Quality Postmodern Pink Sommerso Murano Glass Swan by Elio Raffaeli, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1980s.
This is a high-quality handmade Sommerso glass decorative item.
It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sommerso
Large Elephant Sculpture in White Ceramic 1960 Vivai Del Sud Italy
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large Elephant Sculpture in White Ceramic 1960 Vivai Del Sud Italia
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
H+F Denmark Big 8" Teak Mouse Sculpture With Leather Ears & Tail
By Lisa Larsen
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Fantastic oversized Solid Teak Wood & Leather Mouse by H+F Denmark. It has an untouched original patina; one ear has a fold, and the tip of the nose has a little nick.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Teak
American 1950s Concrete Reclining Deer with Antlers and Weathered Appearance
Located in Atlanta, GA
An American concrete deer from the mid-20th century, with nicely weathered appearance. Made in the US during the 1950s, this concrete deer charms us with...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Wonderful Franz Bergman Standing Dachshund Vienna Austria Bronze Dog Sculpture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Franz Bergman Standing Dachshund Vienna Austria Bronze Dog Sculpture With Wonderful Patina
This Has Been Cold Painted With A Red Colla...
Category
19th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Bar Cabinet 1960' Tansania
Located in Rome, IT
Rare and unique brutalist bar cabinet decorated with hand carved bear. Koncz Vilmos (1932 – 2006). He started painting at the age of 30, using the following techniques: charcoal, pastel, oil. He has had solo exhibitions eight times in Budapest, and his works have been featured in seventeen group exhibitions worldwide. He was an experimental creator. Its more than 420 works include glass mosaics, terracotta, copper embossing and furniture carving. After his death, most of his oeuvre was “lost”. A decade and a half passed from painting to the first carvings. Middle Eastern and African culture had a major impact on his further artistic work. Traveled and created in Baghdad, Kuwait, Beirut and Tanzania. He became acquainted with the ancient folk art of the Makonde tribe, with carvings of ebony and ivory, which changed his creative career. When he made an authentic bracelet out of ivory, decorated with African motifs, the members of the tribe welcomed him among themselves. He became the tribe’s "Mister Vili." An exhibition of his painted paintings was held at the Kilimanjaro Hotel. He learned the machining of copper from the Arabs and the making of glass mosaics, and the tricks of jewelry making from the Hindus. He had forty large sculptures erected in various settlements of Hungary, mostly multi-field, made with a circular carving technique. Everything from ornaments on the table to the three-meter-high monument was found in his oeuvre. The Tiszakürt Arboretum also houses two wooden sculptures made of circular carvings: Tasso and the Tanzanian family tree. Donated works of his hometown: the 1956 headboard, the “Jászok” and “Kunok” (Old Hungarian Tribes), the “Flute”, the “Kolompolás” (Ringing the Bell) and the “Winged Altar”. In the 1980s, he also made carvings for the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden. His Ars Poetic was: “I do what I love, which drives from within, because I want to leave marks behind that I once existed and perhaps not uselessly” (2002). The term "Brutalist" originated from Le Corbusier’s Cité...
Category
1960s Tanzanian Brutalist Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Murano Glass Dove Signed by Barovier and Toso
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant dove in handblown Murano glass with gold inclusion.
Signed by Barovier and Toso
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
19th Century Bronze Sculpture entitled "Setter and Game Bird" by Jules Moigniez
Located in London, GB
An excellent mid 19th Century French Animalier bronze study of a game bird proudly holding its catch of the day with very fine intricate hand chased surface detail and very fine rich...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mario Buccellati, a Rare and Exceptional Italian Silver Goat
Located in New York, NY
Mario Buccellati, a rare and exceptional Italian silver goat
circa 1940.
Made in Milan Italy.
Very fine quality and workmanship and very large in size.
Measures: 12" high x 14" w...
Category
20th Century Italian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Bronze Sculpture of the Big Cat after Fernando Botero, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze sculpture of the big cat after Fernando Botero, 20th century.
Bronze sculpture after Fernando Botero representing the big cat, 20th century.
H: 15cm, W: 8cm, D: 8cm
Category
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Black & Cream Lacquer Penguin w/ Head Down Sculpture by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Penguin w/ head down
Black lacquer
Crean lacquer
Antique copper
Hand repoussé
Limited edition
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Repoussé is the traditional ar...
Category
2010s Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950.
High relief of fish, seaweeds and shells.
Nautical style.
Measure: 9.3" diameter.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Antique figurative pocket knife, France 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique figurative pocket knife, chiseled and guilloché, representing a rabbit lying down with its ears down. Brass handle plates with three rivets, spring and steel blade. Signed Th...
Category
Early 20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
Belle Époque Austrian/Viennese Group of Bronze Sculptures of Band/Musician Frogs
Located in North Miami, FL
Belle Époque austrian/viennese group of cold-painted small bronze sculptures of band/musician frogs
By: unknown
Material: bronze, paint, copper, metal
Technique: cast, cold-painted, hand-painted, molded, painted, metalwork
Dimensions: 1 in x 1 in x 1.5 in
Date: late 19th century, circa 1890
Style: Belle Époque, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Vienna Secession, Arts and Crafts
Place of origin: Austria
This late 19th century austrian bronze sculpture depicts a band of diminutive, hand-painted frog musicians...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
Pair of Maitland Smith Large Bronze and Marble Egret Bird Sculptures, Labeled
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage pair of large sculptures features elegantly rendered standing figures of egrets. The birds are done in patinated bronze with slight verdigris effect; they are mounted on prom...
Category
20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Austrian Bronze Bison, Attributed to Kauba, ca. 1910
By Carl Kauba
Located in Petaluma, CA
This exceptionally large and detailed bronze of a Bison is the work of one of the best artists of his time Carl Kauba (1865-1922). While unsigned it bears the mark "Gesch" which is the first half of the word "Geschuztzt", basically means patented in German. Note the eyes and face of this fabulous animal. We are always on the hunt for antique bison...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Mouse and Hand cart' 1960s 'Masaoka'
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1960s.
The signature is written on the back side 'Masaoka'.
Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th...
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Petite Vintage Hollywood Regency Chinese Ceramic Elephant Ashtray
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Petite mid-20th century glazed ceramic elephant Ashtray. Handmade of ceramic. Nice addition to your home, man cave or bar.
Category
1960s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Marble Camel Sculpture, Zoomorphic Carved Figurine, Morocco 1970s
Located in ROUEN, FR
Marble Camel Sculpture, Zoomorphic Carved Figurine, Morocco 1970s
Folk Art piece from Morocco made of marble.
Hand-crafted object, finely engraved with geometric patterns on both s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Sandstone, Marble
Leather Horse Animal Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful all leather horse animal sculpture, in the Ralph Lauren style, circa late-20th century. This hand-crafted piece is clad in a light ...
Category
Late 20th Century American American Classical Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Outstanding Wooden Carved Fighting Stags by K. Bach, 1946
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A grandiose handcarved wood sculpture of fighting stags. Very detailed natural carving. Carved signature of K. Bach 1946.
Measures: Width: 23.62" (60cm)
Height: 7.48" (19cm)
Depth:...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Lorenz Hutschenreuther-Selb Porcelain Figurine "CROWNED CRANE"
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
The Crowned Crane by Hutschenreuther- Selb is a richly rendered glaze painted in blue grays, maroon, pale yellow, brown and delicately rendered green foliage. In incised marks of the...
Category
1970s German Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Huge Bird Paradise Sculpture Master Designer Eva Fritz-Lindner
Located in South Burlington, VT
A one-of-a-kind monumental Monumental Flamboyant Bird of Paradise -Knuppelhuhn- big sculpture created, handmade, and hand-painted by master designer Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) in about 1992.
Handcrafted and hand-painted in beautiful colors by this artist.
Designer/maker: Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017)
Signed with her stamp i3D.
Glaze: The matte colors in lavender and pink and creams are still vivid and the hand painting is superb
This is the only example we have seen in private hands.
Substantial dimensions: 21.25 inches tall and 31.5 inches length
Handmade / handarbeit and hand glazed
About the artist:
The bold Folk Art sculptress and ceramist Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) studied at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden and Darmstadt and was a master student in the sculptor class by Erich Kuhn.
From 1955 she worked as a master designer at the Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe where she created and designed several hundred highly regarded ceramic folk art animal sculptures...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Black and Amber Murano Glass Fish
Located in Troy, MI
Found in Italy, this large Murano fish sculpture in black and amber glass dates from the 1990s. Excellent vintage condition with no flaws or repairs found. Two other fish in this col...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Oriental Blue & White Large Foo Dog Terracotta Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful vintage blue & white foo dog. No chips or breaks. Incredible details. Dimensions: 18 H x 16 W x 9 D.
Category
1940s Hong Kong Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Italian 60's Silver Plated Clam Shell Duck By Gabriella Binazzi
Located in London, GB
Beautiful clam shell duck designed and made by Gabriella Binazzi, Italy circa 1970s.
Clam Shell mounted on silver plated feet and decorated with silver plated ducks head.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Brass
French Bronze Rare Sculpture of a Panther Bunting Signed André Vincent Becquerel
Located in New York City, NY
A rare and fabulous French Art Deco large bronze signed sculpture of a bunting panther by Andre Vincent Becquerel, French, 1893-1981
This lovely cast, in a warm dark brown patina with green undertones is sculpted with highly stylized anatomical details. The sculpture rests on self base.
Becquerel's favorite subject matter was cats. He often captured them in a natural setting, stretching, stalking, clawing at a tree stump or walking in tandem. The model offered here with the panther bunting/rubbing against a stump of a tree is a rare version. This innate feline behavior is seen as a sign of affection, or of a transfer of their scent to claim territory or marking you as a friend.
Becquerel was born in northern France. He attended the École des Beaux-arts in Paris and studied in the ateliers of Hector Lemaître and Prosper Lecourtier, the Animalier sculptor. He also worked with Charles Valton, who had studied under both Barye and Fremiet, two other renown animalier sculptors. He began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1914 and continued to do so for the rest of his career. In 1944 Becquerel was awarded a bronze medal by The ‘Artistes Français’ and a gold medal in 1945. In 1952 he won the Prix de l’Yser, which made him hors concours and thus above the future competition process.
Cubist, Impressionism, Expressionism, Futurism, Modernism, Realism, Cubism, Piero Palazzolo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Brass Fish Sculpture in the style of Andre Bloc
By André Bloc
Located in Warrenton, OR
Mid-Century Modern Brass Fish Sculpture in the style of Andre Bloc.
UPDATE: Due to agreement with 1stDibs, we'll be staying through the end of the year.
Could this be an Andre Bloc piece? Whether it is or isn't, we really love its minimalist, mid-century modern style!
This MCM fish...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Metal
Murano Blue Octopus Swimming Fish Italian Art Glass Aquarium Block Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Italian art glass double fish and octopus aquarium block sculpture. Created in the manner of the Cenedese and A.Ve.M...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Bronze Cheval De Marly in the Style of Guillaume Coustou, circa 1930
Located in Labrit, Landes
Bronze statue in the style of Guillaume Marly.
The horses of Marly were commissioned by Louis XV to sculptor Guillaume Coustou to decorate the entrance of the park of Marly castle. ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Pair Antique English Staffordshire Pottery Black & White Spaniels Ca. 1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Large pair of antique English Staffordshire pottery black & white king charles spaniels, circa 1870-1880's.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Italian Carved Wooden Polychrome Greyhound Dog Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved near Venice, Italy, circa 1960, this large antique sculpture sits on an integral square red and gilt wooden pillow base; it features a greyhound figure sitting on back le...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Country Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Animal Sculpture of a Bull, Model by Pablo Picasso .
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze Animal Sculpture of a Bull, Model by Pablo Picasso .
Bronze animal sculpture of a Bull, XXI century, lost wax casting, modern work, model by Picasso.
Dimensions: h: 13.5cm, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Continental 800 Silver Pheasant 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique Continental silver pheasant with exceptional detailing to the modelling of the bird, marked silver,circa 1880 in date.
It is an excellent quality example ...
Category
1880s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Bronze Crane Life-Size Animal Sculpture Handcrafted Mid-Century Modern, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Large Mid-Century Modern bronze crane, Animal Sculpture with stylized legs & feet.
Made in the USA in the late 1970s.
A beautiful animal sculpture for indoor and outdoor.
O-511-335
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Attributed to Carl Faberge Russian Smoky Quartz Bulldog with Inset Emerald Eyes
Located in Nottingham, GB
A masterful example of Russian artistry, this captivating bulldog figurine is attributed to the renowned jeweler Carl Fabergé. Expertly carved from lustrous smoky quartz, the piece c...
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Quartz
Vintage Andrea sadek money and ball ceramic statue
Located in Cordova, SC
In great condition
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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.