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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique 18th century Ceramic/Porcelain Pair of Cockfighting Roosters Paris 1780
Located in Doha, QA
One of the national symbols and emblems of France is the Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster) and it was decorated French flags during the Revolution (1789-1799) .
It is the symbol of French people because of the play on words of the Latin Gallus meaning Gaul and Gallus meaning coq- Rooster.
This late 18th century ceramic...
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Late 18th Century French Baroque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
19th Century Pair of Chinese Guardian Lions in Red and Gold Lacquer
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this stunning pair of statues representing Chinese guardian lions, also known as lions of Fo, made in red and gold lacquer and painted wood. Their origins date ba...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Bronze sculpture of two bassets
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze sculpture of two bassets hounds (Ravageot et Ravageode) by Emmanuel Frémiet
Signed
France, early 19th century
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Hand-carved Wooden Wall Relief of the Lamb of God
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hand-carved wooden wall relief of a sheep.
Carved of oak, the Lamb shown standing on the Book of Revelation which is born aloft on a bank of clouds and surrounded by a burst of rays...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Victorian Carved Oak Lion
Located in Essex, MA
A well carved standing lion with front foot on an sphere. Rectangular base. Amherst Massachusetts estate.
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1850s European Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
An English Composition Standing Dog Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
A vintage English composition standing dog sculpture from the 20th century, with glass eyes and red collar. Crafted in England during the midcentury period, this dog sculpture features a pug standing...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Composition
French Late 19th Century Animalier Bronze "Tortue" by Antoine L Barye
Located in London, GB
A delightful mid 19th Century French bronze figure of a tortoise with excellent hand chased surface deail and very fine fine rich brown patina rubbed to a golden hue in areas, raised...
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Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Listening Stag' by Romantic Author A.L. Barye Produced by Barbedienne in Bronze
Located in North Miami, FL
Patinated bronze sculpture 'Listening Stag' by romantic author and sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye and produced by F. Barbedienne Fondeur
By: Antoine-Louis Barye, F. Barbedienne Fondeu...
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Metal, Bronze
Pennsylvania Painted Chalkware Cat
Located in Savannah, GA
A Pennsylvania painted chalkware cat, circa second half 19th century.
These pieces usually painted by German-American folk artisans from Lancaster to Philadelphia were made to be a more accessible household ornament than expensive Staffordshire ceramics. They are more rare today due to their fragile gypsum composition. In the later part of the 19th century and into the 20th century these figures became popular as carnival prizes...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Quality pair of antique Victorian miniature Staffordshire dogs
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of antique Victorian miniature Staffordshire dogs having a quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire dogs with matching black and white coats with brown collars.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A 19th Century Indian Bronze Elephant Toy
Located in London, GB
India, circa 1880
A nineteenth century solid bronze Indian elephant mounted by a Mahout carrying one passenger in a traditional howdah carriage, incised with decoration throughout a...
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Late 19th Century Indian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Group of Carved Cattles with Glass Vase Inset, Brienz ca. 1890
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Group of Carved Cattles with Glass Vase Inset, Brienz ca. 1890
A rare group of naturalistically carved cattles - bull, female cattle and young cattle standing around a stump. ...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cut Glass, Wood
Pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire lions
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire recumbent lions having glass eyes painted in wonderful orange and brown colours
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Hound Dog by Pierre Jules Mene
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PIERRE-JULES MÊNE
French, 1810-1879
"Chien Limier" (1869)
Patinated bronze signed in cast "P.J. MÊNE" almost certainly cast in Mêne's personal atelier circa 1875
Item # 309MWP02...
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze, Bergman style 19th Century Arab hounds man.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This wonderful quality late 19th Century cold painted bronze statue of an Arab, Houndsman, mounted on a Rouge marble base, in the manner of Franz Bergman.
Franz Xaver Bergman (or Bergmann) was a celebrated owner of a Viennese bronze foundry...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gilt and Patinated Bronze Jockey on A Horse, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A french "Jockey à cheval" in patinated bronze figure of a gil jockey and his faithful mount on a marble base.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake and large lizard searching through mossy tuft, signed Jose Alves Cunha (...
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19th Century Portuguese Rustic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of hunting Dogs by Pierre-Jules Mêne circa 1870
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Superb bronze animal group with brown patina representing two dogs, a greyhound and a King - Charles , by Pierre - Jules Mêne .
Signature of the sculptor "P.J.MÊNE" on the naturalist...
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19th Century French Arts and Crafts Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Dog with Rabbit by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PIERRE JULES MÊNE
French, 1810-1879
"Chien Braque Assis Gardant un Lapin"
Sand-cast patinated bronze signed to base "P.J. MÊNE" circa 1880, atelier Mê...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Sculpture By J.Berré, Resting Cow, France, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful lifelike sculpture by J.Berré.
Depiction of a resting cow, nicely chiseled on a marble base.
Signed by the artist "J.Berré" on the plinth.
Category
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair Antique Late 19th Century French Signed "Horses of Marley" Bronze Castings
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Large Antique Late 19th Century French Signed Bronze Castings of the "Horses of Marley."
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Famous Bronze Sculpture Entitled “Panthère Saisissant Un Cerf” by Barye
Located in New York, NY
The Famous Bronze Sculpture Entitled “Panthère Saisissant Un Cerf” By Barye
Antoine-Louis Barye
Depicting a Panther Seizing a Stag.
Signed A L Barye...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Meiji Okimono of a Rat Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made artifact/Okimono of a Rat. In bronze with brown patina, representing a rat.
Okimono (置物, oki-mono) is a Japanese term meaning "ornament for display; objet d'art; decorat...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lion of Forge, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Lion of Forge, Spain, 16th century
In forging, measurements: 10 x 17 x 5 cm
Good condition
Spanish private collection.
Category
16th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Walking stick ivory knob with greyhound head, United States 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick, knob carved ivory, depicting the head of a greyhound dog. Eyes in glass paste. Silver band. The shaft made out of fruitwood. Iron tip. USA circa 1890
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Iron
Lovely 19th Century Victorian Gold Gilt Bronze Recumbent Lion Laying Down
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning late 19th century Italian grand tour Recumbent Lion
A very good looking and decorative piece that looks expensive and important in any set...
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Horse Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century sheet iron silhouette horse weather vane with original iron mounting rod. Mounted on a more modern base. 32"H x 44"L base 29" x 6" x 6"...
Category
19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
A silver plated bronze sculptural group of a Cockerel By Christofle
Located in London, GB
This silver plated bronze sculptural group of a Cockerel and a chicken an a gilt-bronze mounted hard-stone base was made in Circa 1890 by Christofle
Category
19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of antique Victorian quality porcelain dogs
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of antique Victorian quality porcelain dogs having a quality pair of antique Victorian dogs sitting on an oval base wearing matching blue collars in white and light brown colours.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large pair of Victorian seated Staffordshire spaniel dogs
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large pair of Victorian seated Staffordshire spaniel dogs, having a large pair of antique Victorian seated spaniel dogs with matching white coats with gold detail with gold collars a...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Sculpture Mastiff by Charles Valton Dog Bronze Statue Animalier Antiques
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Bronze Sculpture Mastiff Charles Valton Dog Bronze statue animalier Antiques . Signed and stamped . Valton was known for his big cats but probably his most ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of Swans
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of Swans. This pair of swans portrays the graceful form of these birds with a level of artistry that is truly exceptional. The...
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1840s German Rococo Revival Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Staffordshire Russet Spaniel Dog
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique 19th-Century English Staffordshire diminutive russet spaniel dog figurine. This fine fellow is hand painted with fine details and would be perfect for the dog lover ...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century French Painted Iron Bird Wall Trophies on Walnut Plaques
Located in Dallas, TX
These large heavy antique trophy plaques were created in France, circa 1880. Set on oval walnut board, each wall hanging decor feature a detailed spelter carved bird in high relief, ...
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Mid-19th Century French Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Antique C. 1770 Derby Porcelain Squirrel Figure
Located in Baltimore, MD
Rare Antique white squirrel with brown accents, clasping a nut between its paws and perched on a green base, 2.5 high by 1.5 inches wide, made by the Derby factory in the eighteenth ...
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19th Century British Georgian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of Antique Victorian Staffordshire figures having a pair of quality Victorian Staffordshire figures of two fox hunters on horseback going hunting, hand painted in wonder...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Carved Marble Lion Sculpture Signed P. Ruggeri
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a man's office desk with this stately antique marble lion sculpture. Created in Italy circa 1890, and hand carved of variegated...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th C. French Bronze of a Hunting Dog in Landscape in the Style of PJ Mene
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C French Bronze of a Hunting Dog in Landscape Style of PJ Mene
France, Circa 1880s
A fine example of late 19th Century of sporting art with this noteworthy French bronze of a ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Sporting Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Bronze
47" Three Dimensional 19th Century Eagle Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Copper eagle form weather vane. Very large, hollow body, spread wing eagle form with open beak, resting on a ball for support above a directional arrow. Rotating later iron base. Min...
Category
19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Patinated Bronze Of a Hunting Dog Having brought back its Hare
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture, crafted from patinated bronze, is a remarkable representation of a hunting scene from history. It depicts a hunting dog triumphantly standing next to its prize, captu...
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Serpentine Carving of 'The Dying Lion' After Bertel Thorvaldsen
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully carved Italian Grand Tour serpentine copy of Bertel Thorvaldsen's monumental sculpture 'The Lion of Lucerne' also known as 'The Dying...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Serpentine
Small Antique Decorative Water Buffalo, Malayan, Bronze, Victorian, Circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique decorative water buffalo. A Malayan, bronze figure, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1900.
Distinctive stance with a nicely patinated appearance
Display...
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Late 19th Century Asian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quality antique brass Chinese lidded incense burner
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique brass Chinese lidded incense burner having a quality brass incense burner with a pierced removable lid decorated with a deer, going down...
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Early 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique Bronze Sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye, circa 1870
Located in Greven, DE
Antique bronze sculpture by the french sculptor and artist Antoine-Louis Barye.
Signed at the plinth.
Category
1870s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Charles X Palais Royal Ormolu and Mother of Pearl Equestrian Statue
Located in London, GB
A very fine and rare Charles X period Palais Royal ormolu and engraved mother of pearl Statuette Sculpture of a horse. With an engine-milled ormolu mounted mother-of-pearl base
Prove...
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1830s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu
Antique 18-19th Century Wooden Horse
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Indian 18-19th century hand-carved wooden horse decorated with polychrome colors.
In original untouched condition with a beautiful age-related patina, showing the antique authentic...
Category
18th Century Indian Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Cast Sculptures Bronze Lions, after Antonio Canova, 19th Century
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Italian, 19th century, after a model
by Antonio Canova (1757-1822) A pair of Sculptures lying lions
These beautiful lions possibly bookends or doorstops are in good condition!
Me...
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19th Century Italian Georgian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Bronze Entitled "Deux Chiens en Arret" by A L Barye
Located in London, GB
"Deux Chiens en Arret" by A L Barye
A dramatic mid 19th Century French bronze animalier group of a pointer and setter as they iflushing pheasants in a naturalistic undergrowth. The bronze with excellent autumnal (green, brown, and orange) patina and intricate hand chased surface detail, signed Barye. A rare bronze subject from the artist’s own atelier (workshop).
Additional information
Measures: Height: 12 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 8 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1860
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref BARYE Catalogue Raisonne des Sculptures by
Michel Poletti – Alain Richarme
Page no. 150
Description
Antoine Louis Barye
“The Michelangelo of the Menagerie”
These are the words of Théophile Gautier in praise of Barye’s genius. Throughout his life Barye endeavoured to capture the fundamental nature of the animal kingdom in all its diversity, wild or tame, exotic or familiar, cruel or gentle, bringing to life the roaring, trembling, living beasts.
The son of a goldsmith, apprenticed to a steel engraver at a young age, Barye found himself making moulds for ornaments, acquiring knowledge that he would later build on to produce his exquisitely chased bronzes. When he was called up at seventeen, he joined the army’s topographic brigade where he used clay to model raised relief maps...
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Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Carved Marble Parrot Sculpture with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a man's office desk with this stately antique marble parrot sculpture. Created in France circa 1880, and carved of white marble, the figure stands on an integral ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century Trotting Horse Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large trotting horse weather vane/stable sign. Hand forged metal cutout figure painted black. On a more modern base. 42"H x 49"L base 39" x 7 1/2"
...
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19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Chinese Blue and White Cat Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, w...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Rooster Vase Signed Jerome Massier
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring the country French style into your home with this large, colorful, antique rooster figure with side vase. Crafted in France circa 1890, the chicken sculpture is a Classic Frenc...
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Late 19th Century French Country Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875) 'Lion marchant'
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875)
'Lion marchant'
bronze with dark brown patina
signed 'BARYE' on the base and with the foundry mark 'HB / C' to underside for Maison H. Brame.
France, Circa 1880.
Antoine-Louis Barye’s remarkably lifelike depictions of wild animals made him the most famous animal sculptor of the nineteenth century and he is credited with making small animal bronzes cast in bronze a recognised genre. Such artists became known as ‘animaliers’.
Given the associations with power and strength it is befitting that Barye cemented his reputation with his depeiction of ‘Un lion assis...
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19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Very Fine Russian Antique Bronze “Resting Bear” after Nikolai Lieberich
Located in Shippensburg, PA
NIKOLAI LIEBERICH [after]
Russian, 1828-1883
A Resting Bear
Sand-cast patinated bronze with concrete core signed in Cyrillic to the underside (editeur ...
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19th Century European Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875) 'Tigre qui Marche'
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875) 'Tigre qui Marche'
Bronze with dark brown patina.
Signed 'BARYE' and with the foundry mark 'F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur' on the base.
France, C...
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19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vienna Bronze Walrus Inkwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wonderfully charming and boasting a high level of detail, this bronze walrus also serves as an inkwell. The incredible artistry of Viennese bronze work i...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quality pair of large antique Victorian Staffordshire lions
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of large antique Victorian Staffordshire lions having the original glass eyes, tan coloured coats resting on a green and brown coloured base, unusual large size.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th CENTURY HORSE MODEL
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful horse model in papier-mâché covered in hand-crafted leather. You can see the attention to detail in the reproduction of the animal, and in its accessories such as the bridl...
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19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Paper
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.