Ceramic Animal Sculptures

This Amazing and rara Austrian Midcentury Elefant Ceramic sculpture was manufactured by Wienerberger Keramik Austria in the 1950s. TheWienerberger Keramik company, executed the work...

A lovely pair of Art Deco crackled earthenware chicks in the style of Jacques Adnet, in good condition. Numbered under the base. Excellent quality.

"Overweight", 2016, glazed earthenware, approx. 38 x 56 x 36cm. Ceramic sculpture, unique piece. Andrea Salvatori (Italy, 1975) is an internationally renowned visual artist workin...

A rare and beautiful example of the porcelain sculptures of Waylande Gregory, this depiction of a fantail pigeon in deep, dusty pink and white dates to ...

1950s Italian Capricorn Zodiac figure by Cacciapuoti - fully signed.

French modern white ceramic greyhound dog sculpture by Roche Bobois, 1980s Sculpture representing a greyhound dog in white ceramic with glossy finish. The dog appears seated, with a ...

ceramic cat by ceramiche Boxer. Signed has a few chips visible in the photos

1930s Art Deco French Craquelè sculpture.

Finest quality, vintage retired, handmade and hand painted in Germany, Rosenthal porcelain German Shepherd dog figurine by artist Theodor Kar...

This vintage Italian midcentury white porcelain sculpture, artfully depicts an obedient greyhound dog. The greyhound, known for its slender, streamlined body and swift agility, is po...

Pair of Wedgwood Elegant Black Basalt Lion Bookends or Paperweights Sculptures, with impressed marks to base. From a private collection Free international shipping.

Made by the KPM, Real Porcelain Factory in Berlin, Germany, this beautifully crafted figure features a monkey eating bananas. The attention to detail and fine glaze are outstanding. ...

Pair of Chinese Sancai Glazed Ceramic Pho Dogs, each realistically modeled with raised paw on auspicious symbols, on a rectangular rockwork base. 23.5" H x 10" W x 12" D.

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...

French Art Deco ceramic fish sculpture by Santiago Rodriguez Bonome, France, 1920s. Superb work with Bonome's specific colors : green, red and blue. Height: 15.6"(39.5cm) , Width: 14...

Sculpture tiger candleholder in hand-painted ceramic, with black candle holder in ceramic.

Pair of Glazed Ceramic Flower Vases by Delphine Massier, France, circa 1890.

Ceramic swan sculpture on travertine base by Ports-Celi, circa 1970s.

Exotic parrot in multi-color ceramic by Royal Dux production from late 1950s.

Sculpture Polar Bear with structure in white matte ceramic. Subtle piece.

Vintage white-painted Italian terracotta sculpture of a Borzoi Hound, 1970s. This life-size terracotta sculpture of a stunning white Borzoi hound was crafted in Italy during the 1970...

Rare and highly decorative, 1980's owl sculpture. This stunning barn owl will look great on any mid-century design piece of furniture. It is beautifully made and in perfect condi...

Mid-Century Glazed ceramic puppy dog, Made in Italy 1960s Intact and in good condition.

Austrian cold painted terracotta model of a bulldog in standing position. Nice decorative collector’s item in very realistic and naturalistica...

Classic early 1910s characterful pair of antique German porcelain poodle 'wally' dogs holding baskets filled with gilt piggies. In a hand painted finish. Nice to place these items on...

- Hand built decorative fish sculpture - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - decorative motifs painted with a goat hair brush made by the potter to apply natur...

Circa 1960, We offer this MidCentury Mexican Ashtray made in Ceramic by Ceracto, Tlaquepaque Jalisco, Mexico.

Early antique federal eagles [pair] beautiful glaze. ca 1900, came from an antique collectors personal collection, you can see a repair on one of the eag...

Lofty life size porcelain parrot hand decorated in vivid tropical colors, glazed and perched on a tree trunk. Signed with crossed arrows on the back.

A fabulous collection of 7 vintage Boho frogs. A chic hand painted set of different various of the coveted green and white frogs. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate. Frog sugar bowl ...

Hard porcelain bear modeled and painted in gray-brown and black Manufacture of Meissen, by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner and Johan Joachim Kaendler, 1735 It...

This is a charming pair of vintage ceramic fish figurines from the 1960s, designed with versatile functionality to be wall-mounted or displayed on a flat surface. Each fish showcases...

An innovative porcelain and metal creation inspired by one of the fascinating creatures in nature. Part of the Awesome Insects collection. This origi...

Royal Copenhagen porcelain figurine. Siberian Husky. Model number 038. Measures: 14 x 14 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 2nd factory quality.

Vintage white glazed porcelain bulldog figurine by Russian Lomonosov Porcelain Factory LFZ. Marked on the bottom.

Anthropomorphic Terracotta Dog wearing a Plague Dr Mask by Laurence Lenglare Measures 17" x 14" x 26.5" H Weighs: 32 lbs Due to the fragile nature of this piece we only offer whit...

This creation is based on a contemporary vision of Mickey Mouse. The creative approach taken is based on the cartoon technique and contains black ink strokes on white. And so, Mickey...

A fine mid-century Rosenthal porcelain figurine. In the form of a rooster. Designed by J. Feldtmann in the 1950s for Rosenthal. S...

This is a very rare pair of large Staffordshire bull and cow animal figures that date to circa 1810. Both figures are in exceptionally good conditio...

Leopard Sculpture Introducing the breathtaking Leopard Sculpture, a striking ceramic artwork from Love Art Ceramic, crafted in South Africa in 2024. Standing at an impressive 15 inch...

White porcelain polar bear coin bank designed by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk.

Sculpture Boyington dog all in painted ceramic.

Vintage Mexican Handpainted Duck Figurine by Jorge Wilmot Tonala, 1970s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It h...

Mid-20th century modern german glazed and painted porcelain frog sitting on a rock by manufacturer Nymphenburg By: Nymphenburg Porcelain Material: porcelain, paint, ceramic Techniqu...

Terrific ceramic glazed frog with a Chinoiserie flair. Great proportions with a meaty presence. Wonderful coloring. Signed, Jason.

Jeanne Grut, Danish 1927-2009. Large figurine of a musk ox calf. Designed by Jeanne Grut for Royal Copenhagen, 1960's. Unglazed earthenware, 37 x 42 cm. Signed J.G

Lovely and very detailed piece. Unigned. Japan 19th or early 20th century. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Period: 18th century Japan D...

Bing and Grøndahl, kitten in porcelain. Model number 2507. Mid-20th century. The stamp. In great condition. Measurements: D 16.0 x H 13.5 cm.       

A fantastic Japanese Aote type Kutani incense burner, koro, in the form a phoenix, Showa era, circa 1930's, Japan. The censer, koro, gracefull...

Bing & Grøndahl, porcelain figurine of a Pekingese puppy. Model 1987. Approximately from 1930. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Marked. Dimensions: L 6.0 cm x H 5.0 cm.

This solid agateware cat was hand-crafted in Staffordshire, England, around 1770 from laminated salt-glazed stoneware. An exceptional example of 18th-century English ceramics, it co...

Waylande Gregory Art Deco ceramic rooster sculpture, glazed, 1940s, USA Literature: Folk, Thomas, Waylande Gregory: Art Deco Ceramics and th...

A small French terracotta sculpture from the 19th century depicting a walking elephant with trunk raised, tusks and great expression. Created in France during the 19th century, this ...

Porcelain Figure of a Dog, 20th Century. Made in Japan

Rosenthal, Germany. Cockatoo in porcelain. Art Deco style. Model: K654 Dating: Ca. 1930s. Stamped. In perfect condition. Dimensions: H 25.0 cm. x W 15.0 cm.

This large leopard figure, probably was made in Italy during the 1970s. The figure is made of high-quality hand-painted ceramic in intense shades of orange, densely speckled with bla...

Limited edition ceramic part of "The Pop Will Eat Himself" designed by Massimo Giacon and produced by Superego Editions. Signed and numbered. Biography Massimo Giacon was born in...

Majolica Model of a Cat, Earthenware with Majolica Glaze, Possibly William Brownfield, 19th Century The figure of a cat is modeled as an orange-brown cat with almost a mane. It is p...