Daschund Ceramic Blue & White Vintage Life Size Sculpture Garden

A folk art, life-size, fox, wirework, garden sculpture Hand-sculpted using multiple layers of painted galvanized wire in red, white and black. Each sculpture is unique. This fox is very realistic and often mistaken for the real thing, creating humour in the landscape. “These beautiful, life-size, wire-work animals bring charm and character to any garden ..” This fox can be customised and ordered individually length 91cm., 3ft height 28cm., 11" depth 15cm., 6" WIREWORK SCULPTURE...

The Thinker Mid-Century Modern, sandstone sculpture depicting a seated man, artist unknown This Mid-Century Modern interpretation of The Thinker interprets the pain, release and liberation associated with free-thinking. The man conveys vulnerability, tenderness and acceptance, his body yielding into the support of the chair creating a sense of rest and peace. Provenance: Private Collection acquired from The Hidden Gallery, Scotland Measures: Height 50cm.,20" Length 33cm., 15" Depth 22cm., 81/2" The Thinker - Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917). Cast made by Fonderie Alexis Rudier in 1904. Transfered to the musée Rodin in 1922. When conceived in 1880 in its original size (approx. 70 cm) as the crowning element of The Gates of Hell, seated on the tympanum, The Thinker was entitled The Poet. He represented Dante, author of the Divine Comedy which had inspired The Gates, leaning forward to observe the circles of Hell, while meditating on his work. The Thinker was therefore initially both a being with a tortured body, almost a damned soul, and a free-thinking man, determined to transcend his suffering through poetry. The pose of this figure owes much to Carpeaux’s Ugolino (1861) and to the seated portrait of Lorenzo de’ Medici carved by Michelangelo (1526-31). While remaining in place on the monumental Gates...

Large ceramic sculpture of a Siamese cat, hand-painted, life size. Detailed, very realistic item, very accurately painted, with beautiful eyes, it looks like alive! A very high quality sculpture with many fine details. In very good condition. Impressed under the bottom. Siamese cats are best known for their sleek, distinctive appearance. No one is certain when Siamese cats were first bred and domesticated, it's commonly believed that they originated in Thailand around the 14th century, when they first appeared in a Thai manuscript...

Pair of life-size ceramic whippet or greyhound dog sculptures of the ribbed dogs in alert sitting positions. The dogs are hand-painted and made in Italy. The dogs nicely detailed wit...