Animal Sculptures

This 1980s Italian handmade Murano glass sculpture depicts an elephant in clear glass. This sculpture is in excellent condition and has no scratches or ch...

1940s "Face". Lost wax bronze. Signed. Biography Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Umberto Mastroianni was born in Fintana Liri, Italy, on September 21, 1910. His formal training be...

"Contemporary Ironia Hand-Blown Transparent Black Glass Sculptured Goblet #06" by Simone Crestani Introducing the exquisite Hand-Blown Glass Goblet "Ironia #08" from the Façon De Ve...

Hand crafted bird sculpture by Jacob Hermann Denmark 1950s A rare zebrawood example with ebony tail and eyes on brass feet Impressed signature to underside 5.5 inch width 2 inch dep...

Life Size 1980s Crouching Monkey Sculpture Representing Pop -Art of of the 1980s, we are pleased to offer this remarkable life-size monkey sculpture that embodies both artistry and...

Kay Bojesen articulating and jointed teak monkey. Bought from the original owner who had it in the early 1960s. Nice color and patina the cords are loosely sold AS/IS.

Introducing a Unique Masterpiece: Heron Silver Plated Cutlery Sculpture by Gerard Bouvier Elevate your space with a captivating blend of artistry and elegance - the one-of-a-kind He...

The piece is a unique representation of a Pelican in a modern way. The animal is gently painted with a brown color. Our designer creates these pieces comp...

A couple of nice Tapio Wirkkala bronze bird paper weights. Both items are in beautiful original condition with nice vintage patinas. Although origina...

Step into the enchanted world of Edna Cataldo's imagination with her bighorn ram creation. A captivating sculpture that blurs the lines between art and function. Inspired by the icon...

Very impressive, hand made and mouth blown in Italy, Murano art glass figure or sculpture of a shark in a very vibrant Caribbean blue color, wi...

Very impressive, hand made and mouth blown in Italy, Murano art glass figure or sculpture of a shark in a very vibrant hot pink color, with cle...

Beautiful Gustavsberg Sweden style racehorse piece in black with orange and veige painted details Measures: Height: 20 centimeters Length: 25 centim...

Dimensions: 8cm W, 6.5cm H, 2.5cm D Condition: Mint Period: 1990’s Material: Glass Color: Orange

Bertil Vallien for Kosta Boda miniature sculpture Bird , 1990’s

Dimensions: 9cm W, 4.5cm H, 2.5cm D Period: 1990’s Condition: Mint Material: Glass

Two 1960s Modernist Clear and Gold Murano Glass Sculptures of Swans are a delightful representation of the artistry and craftsmanship associated with...

Introducing a rare, signed brass "Birds in Flight" sculpture by Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels for Curtis Jeré. The now iconic and emblematic "Birds in Flight" sculpture was first pro...

Large porcelain frog sculpture. A 1950s French advertising object - advertising sign in the shape of a frog. This frog is also designed as an ashtray or counter display. Made for L'Héritier - Guyot, A french brand of Creme de cassis in Dijon France since 1845. This large frog sculpture...

Gorgeous stylized polar bear sculpture by Baccarat, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clarity. Signed on the underside, the...

"Verso la vita", artwork by Clelia Bertetti, Lenci school, signed "Le Bertetti", Turin, 1930s. Glazed porcelain figurine depicting a woman blowing in the wind on the bow of a boat. S...

This Scandinavian Modern earthenware hedgehog from the 1960s exudes charm with its glazed zigzag pattern on beige fur. The unglazed brown face adds a distinctive touch to its feature...

"Contemporary Leggerezza Hand-Blown Glass Sculptural Flute Gold leaf #05" by Simone Crestani Introducing the exquisite Hand-Blown Glass Flute "Leggerezza #05" from the Façon De Veni...

Gorgeous small art glass bird paperweight / sculpture by Nuutajarvi of Finland, circa 1980s. The sculpture is mouth blown and is in great vintage condition with no chips or cracks. T...

A hard to find porcelain owl sculpture by Lillemor Mannerheim for Arabia of Finland, circa 1980s. Signed on the underside by the artist, the p...

Introducing the Wiseman Ceramics Rhino Bust, a stunning piece hand-sculpted by Thabo Mbhele and painted by Wiseman Ndlovu. Part of the prestigious Big Five Collection, this captivati...

A magnificent limited edition bronze study of a lime green and black enamel tropical frog in a seated position with its head turned exhibiting very fine enamel colours and excellent ...

An attractive limited edition bronze study of a green frog in a stretched position with its head raised exhibiting very fine enamel colours and excellent tactile surface, signed Tim,...

A real vintage classic - the elephant by Kay Bojesen. Made in Denmark. Early example from the second half of the 20th century.

Introducing the Wiseman Ceramics Leopard Bust, a stunning piece hand-sculpted by Thabo Mbhele and painted by Wiseman Ndlovu. From the revered Big Five Col...

An attractive limited edition bronze study of a variegated blue metalic frog in a seated position with its head raised exhibiting very fine enamel colours and excellent tactile surfa...

"Modern Prezioso #05 Hand-Blown Glass Sculptural Goblet Gold leafed Dolphin Stem" by Simone Crestani Introducing the Prezioso #05 Goblet, a captivating embodiment of elegance and gr...

Pablo Picasso designed Stone Vase Faience in white clay with blue and black painting, glazed. Ex. 129/500. Madoura, Edition Picasso. Madoura Plein Feu. 16 H x22 W x 10.5 D cm. Ramie ...

Unique granite sculpture with embedded fossils that are more than 280 million years old. This beautiful, black granite tower with its beautiful Orthoceras fossils is a sculpture that...

Introducing the Wiseman Ceramics Elephant Bust, a stunning piece hand-sculpted by Thabo Mbhele and painted by Virginia. Part of the Big Five Collection, this ceramic masterpiece capt...

Introducing the Wiseman Ceramics Buffalo Bust, a stunning piece hand-sculpted by Thabo Mbhele and painted by Wiseman Ndlovu. From the celebrated Big Five Collection emerges a captiva...

'A Hand Blown Glass Bottle by Simone Crestani' Antelope Bottle is one of the pieces from the Africa Trophy Bottles. "A collection of bottles with lin...

Handmade sheep in curly white fur and black colored wool. Designed by German artist and designer Hans-Peter Krafft, produced in Germany by Meier Germany. Originally used as a stool...

Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...

Three lions in varying sizes designed by noted designer and ceramicist Lisa Larson. The lions are from the Afrika series, designed in 1964. The set consists of a mini, large and giga...

Kristian Solmer Vedel Family of Oak Birds, circa 2006. Measures: Large: 4.88" Deep x 4" Wide x 4" Tall Medium: 4.38" Deep x 2.75" Wide x 4.75" Tall Small: 2.63" Deep x 1.75...

Decorative object medium in brass "The rabbit is the latest iconic object I have designed. For Ghidini it has turned into a family of precious metal objects: salt and pepper, paper...

A stunning and unique stoneware rooster sculpture with amazing glaze. Made by Tyra Lundgren. Executed in her own studio in Sweden, 1955. Great condition, but with a couple of chips to the base (pictured). Signed by the artist in two places, and dated 1955-06-20. Provenance: bought from the estate of the artist in 1979. Tyra Lundgren (1897-1979) was one of the most multifaceted artists and modernists of the twentieth century. She was a painter, drawer, sculptor, ceramist, glass- and textile designer, as well as an author and an art critic. She was the first woman who designed glass for Paolo Venini at Murano in Venice and she also served as the artistic leader at Arabia in Helsinki at a time when men tended to hold those kinds of positions. Tyra Lundgren grew up in Djursholm, near Stockholm. Her parents were John Petter Lundgren, professor at Veterinärinstitutet (institute of veterinary sciences) in Stockholm, and Edith Lundgren née Åberg, who was a housewife and raised their six children. The bourgeois home also comprised a nanny and a female cook. The family were very socially active, travelled often, and enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle. Tyra Lundgren’s schooling began at Djursholm coeducational school, where her teachers included Natanael and Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér. Her school friends included Greta Knutson-Tzara, Stellan Mörner, and Ingrid Rydbeck-Zuhr. Tyra Lundgren knew from the time she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. She first became aware of the profession through Axel Fahlcrantz, who rented a studio on the plot of land where she lived with her family. In 1913 she began to attend Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now known as Konstfack, college of arts, crafts and design) where she studied decorative art as well as handicrafts in various forms until 1917. One of her fellow students and friends there was Estrid Ericson, who later founded Svenskt Tenn AB in 1924. Whilst attending HKS Tyra Lundgren also took painting lessons at the Althin school of painting. In 1917 she was accepted as a candidate at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where, apart from breaks during which she undertook studies abroad, she remained until 1922. She spent a couple of months taking lessons from Anton Hanak in Vienna and from 1920–1923 she was a student of André Lhote in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was primarily active in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France, and Italy. She spent much of her professional life travelling and considered herself to be a European. Greece and Mexico also formed important centres in her artistic life, as did the USA. She had an extensive social network which included focal individuals within twentieth century-European and American artistic and cultural circles. Tyra Lundgren’s main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and materials. Her artistic expression involved a variety of different directions and styles. She was a pioneer of the 1920s Swedish Grace style, the name of which had been coined by the art critic Morton Shand at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. This was a Swedish Art Deco style, characterised by elegance and traditional art which contrasted with the current artistic ideals of functionalism. Tyra Lundgren made her debut at a group exhibition held at Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in 1921. She went on to show her work at various exhibitions throughout the 1920s. After that period she only very rarely exhibited her paintings. Tyra Lundgren’s painted output can be divided into different periods or stylistic directions. The first of these, and the most extensive, was her post-Cubist period which began in 1920 on her arrival in Paris. Her paintings from this time and right up to the mid-1930s typically comprise portraits, self-portraits, live-model painting, still-lifes, interiors, and landscapes in the Cubist style. Many of the great number of self-portraits she painted were produced in the New Objective style, displaying broad variation in terms of clothes, poses and techniques. Two of these – Huvud med vit duk and Självporträtt both from 1921 – can be seen at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, although the majority of these works are at Gotlands Museum. Tyra Lundgren’s second artistic period comprises the years of 1927 to 1929 and is characterised by the New Objective style inspired by medieval techniques and materials (Giotto, Piero della Francesca). Her motifs were still-lifes and landscapes. At this point she was living in Rome and was close to the circle involved in the Valori plastici: rivista d’arte art journal. This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style. Using light pastel colours her paintings sought light in a sometimes non-figurative expression, but often depicting abstract bird-shapes or other nature-inspired imagery. Her paintings from this period are outsized and display powerful colours, in yellows, reds, and blues. Tyra Lundgren maintained a constant production of drawings, both in terms of individual artworks and sketches for patterns and designs. She also produced the illustrations for her book Fagert i Fide. Årstiderna på en gammal gotlandsgård, published in 1961. During her early years she also produced advertising illustrations. She spent the final years of her life primarily working with lithographs which were printed at Galleri Prisma and depicted images of doves, swallows, magpies and crows. Tyra Lundgren is meanwhile best known for her work as a ceramist and in this sphere she was one of Sweden’s leading exponents. She worked in the porcelain industry as a designer and as an artisan and ceramic sculptor. Her first job was at St Eriks Lervarufabrik in Uppsala from 1922–1924, she then worked at Arabia from 1924–1937, and at Rörstrand and Lidköping Porslinsfabrik. She was the artistic leader at Arabia ahead of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition and she exhibited her work at the World’s Fairs. During the 1934–1938 period she was connected to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was a pioneer when it came to giving ceramic art a public space in Sweden. She produced around 20 outsized reliefs in stoneware, so-called monumental reliefs. One of these is Märkeskvinnor, from 1947, for the former girls’ school at Bohusgatan in Stockholm. From the 1940s onwards Tyra Lundgren produced sculptural objects in Chamotte clay and stoneware, with various glazings. Her small birds are well-known and popular with many. When her ceramic efforts became too much for her during the 1970s she then produced models for sculptures in bronze. There are six of these in various places around the globe, including Solfågel in Almedalen, Visby. Tyra Lundgren began to work as a glassware designer at Moser in Karlsbad in 1922 where she designed new table services and modernised older ones. She also worked freelance for Riihimäki factory in Finland during the 1924–1929 period. From 1934 to 1938 she was employed by Kosta glass factory where she mainly designed thick-walled bowls and vases, engraved with classical motifs. She was introduced to the glassmaker Paolo Venini at Murano during the Triennale di Milano of 1936 and they began a collaboration that lasted into the 1950s. As part of this collaboration Tyra Lundgren became the first woman to design glassware and, in conjunction with the glassblower Arturo Biasutto, she developed new techniques of glass production. Her motifs at this point were birds, fish, snail-shaped designs and leaf-patterned bowls using traditional techniques as well as in new designs. It was during this time that she created the so-called tissue-shaped bowls and it remains unclear as to who specifically came up with the design but Tyra Lundgren claimed it was of her making. Tyra Lundgren was active as textile designer for Licium (now HV Licium), the sacred textiles...

Delightful Vintage Set of 3 Mid Century Modern Red and Black Enamel Sterling Silver Ladybugs. Beautifully Hand crafted in solid Sterling Silver, enameled in Red and Black. Raised des...

Horse sculpture / model made of genuine leather from the 1960s or 1970s. Well made with good proportions and details. Very decorative and would be a fun and cool piece for any kind o...

Gorgeous limited edition (265/300) art glass bird sculpture signed by Oiva Toikka for Nuutajarvi of Finland, circa 1990s. This sculpture is...

Majestic semi-peculiar and possibly up-cycled/repurposed sculpture. It depicts a detailed crane in carved dark brown wood with glass eyes holding a suspended skull in white bone from...

PAIR OF TERRACOTTA RHINOS BY ALBRECHT DURER 20th Century HEIGHT 37 cm WIDTH 80 cm DEPTH 27 cm WEIGHT 22 kg ARTIST / CREATOR / ARCHITECT Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg, 21 May 1471 – Nure...

THE INDIAN TUSCANY TERRACOTTA RHINO FROM ASSAM 20th Century Florence - Italy Typical Indian Rhinoceros from Assam. HEIGHT 35 cm WIDTH 27 cm LENGTH 37 cm WEIGHT 15 Kg MATERIAL Terracotta

Pair of Cats in Black Lacquered Wood by Laurids Lønborg, 1960's Additional Information: Material: Black lacquered wood Style: Mid century, Scandinavian Produced in Denmark Dimension...

PAIR OF DRAGONS IN PORTUGUESE SILVER 20th Century with ‘eagle’ contrast of 833 thousandths, dated 1938-1984. Approx total weight: 888 g Dim.: 16 x 17 cm good conditions

"Pässi" sculpture by Kaija Aarikka in charcoal-painted wood, an emblematic piece of Finnish design created in 1973, vintage Aarikka edition. "In 1954, Aarikka co-founded together wi...

Modern Landscape Bronze of Tree Frogs Circa 1970s Of larger size and scale, a unique well cast, highly detailed bronze of four tree frogs in situ, balanced...

Large Frederick Weinberg Attributed Archaic Etruscan style brass horse sculpture. 17" H x 14" L x 2.75" D.

ITALIAN SCULPTURE "SEAL" began 20th Century in silver metal and shell, eyes in colored glass. Slight wear. Dim.: 39 x 50 cm

Modern large ceramic sculpture of a seated cheetah, apparently unsigned, older restorations to tail. 23.25" H x 21" W x 11" D.

Sculpture 'Puppy in the World' by Sonja Petterson, Sweden, 2000. Signed. Sonja Petterson was a Swedish sculptor. She studied at Konstfack—the Stockholm University of Arts, Crafts a...

Coniglieschio model glazed ceramic sculpture from The Pop Will Eat Himself Collection by Massimo Giacon for Superego Editions. Limited edition of 50 pieces. Signed and numbered. Bio...