Ceramic Animal Sculptures

Painted clay sculpture depicting two dogs. Decorated in pastel green, it depicts one dog lying down with its mouth slightly open, while the other is seated with its ears erect and an...

Lonitz Majolica wall plaque which features a snipe. Coloration: Cream, grey, brown, are predominant.  

Green glazed ceramic bear figure made by ceramic art studio Johgus, on the Island of Bornholm, Denmark. Studio founded in 1944 by Johannes M. Pedersen and Gustav Ottosen.

Pair of rare Staffordshire lion figures from England. The figures are lying lions on beds of grass, with their tails curling back around their bodies. The figures are richly hand pai...

An exquisite sculpture of a lion in white glazed earthenware, from the first half of the 20th century and originating in Italy, a sculpture with beautiful details of the mouth, the l...

"It is easy to understand why the rabble dislike cats. A cat is beautiful; it suggests ideas of luxury, cleanliness, and voluptuous pleasures." - Charles Baudelaire Iridescence, which changes in every angle of reflected light, is the perfect complement to a cat’s capricious nature. Zsolnay introduced its patented shiny metallic glaze, known as eosin, in 1893. The small family ceramics workshop begun in Pecs, Hungary by Miklos Zsolnay in 1853 had evolved into a world-class ceramics factory by this time. Zsolnay walked away with the Grand Prix at the 1878 World’s Fair in Paris for its art pottery. Under the stewardship of Vilmos Zsolnay...

1970's Large Italian Ceramic Cheetah. This fabulous Hollywood Glam sculpture would be the perfect centerpiece. Unmarked but most likely Italian.

Add a whimsical touch to your décor with this vintage boho painted ceramic dog. Handcrafted with vibrant colors and intricate details, this charming piece brings a playful, artistic ...

Impressive Collection of 19th century English Staffordshire Dogs. Instant collection including some rare examples. Eleven total. Note: Measu...

White ceramic box animal sculpture in the shape of a monkey by Vivai del Sud. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The original label is still attached on ...

Large ceramic sculpture features tabby cat or kitten, sitting with its head turned to a side. The figurine is decorated with majolica glaze with hand-painted black markings on white...

Rare Bing & Grøndahl porcelain figurine. Lying cat. Model number 2236. Early 20th century. Measures: 18 x 9.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 2n...

Large Danish ceramic giraffe, 1960s. In beautiful blue and brown tones.

Hand-painted pheasant figure in beautiful bright colours. Handmade by Ens Germany. Ens porcelain is one of the most oldest manufactories for porcelain ...

Terracotta sculpture by Irénée Rochard, 1930, Art Deco period. Art Deco sculpture, circa 1930 by Irénée Rochard in terracotta representing two deer heads. H: 43cm, W: 26cm, D: 25cm

A ceramic decoration from 1960s France in the shape of an elephant. A saddle seat and blanket are glazed with pale blue and white, the elephant’s skin painted a rich burnt umber and ...

This handcrafted and hand painted Tucan was designed by Luise Terletzki Scherf. She was a master of capturing the character of the animals and has created a menagerie of animals for ...

Bitossi fish tray, ceramic, white, matte brown, pink, blue, incised, signed. Large scale hand thrown pottery tray with white glaze over raw claw. The body...

Celebrate the spirit of ancient artistry with this Vintage Asian Temple Horse. Exquisitely crafted with graceful lines and intricate detailing, this sculptural figure reflects the ti...

Antique English Parian King Charles Spaniels Group, by Copeland , Two lounging pooches on a tasseled cushion. Rare model.

Ceramic Italian goose with metal legs.

Magical imaginative tabletop sculpture made from a vintage toaster having white porcelain base and metal wire appliance. Artist has created a scene of found antique folk art sheep...

Antique Chinese (Mid 20th Century) porcelain sculpture of a pheasant with colorful, gold-outlined plumes perched on a rocky formation of green and brown.  

Discover the exceptional artistry of this exquisite Tiffany & Co decorative wolf sculpture, crafted in the early 20th century by the esteemed Nymphenburg Porcelain in Germany. This beautiful sculpture showcases the mastery of white bisque porcelain, a specialty of the renowned Nymphenburg porcelain company. The wolf sculpture...

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...

Royal Dux group of a setter hunting dog with a pheasant in its mouth, raised on a naturalistic base. Dimensions Height 7.5 Inches Width 13.5 Inches Depth 6 Inches

Large scale partridge bird created by Aldo Londi for Bitossi of Italy. Bird has great coloration of blue and green with golden yellow and black accents...

Exquisite Meiji period Japanese Kutani sculpture of a sleeping cat in fine porcelain, inspired by the small wooden sculpture at the entrance of...

Polar bear at ice POOL, a ceramic bowl manufactured by Ditmar Urbach in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. The bowl was designed to celebrate Nora, the first polar bear in the Prague Zoo. ...

Highly decorative modern pair of grand size ceramic stallion heads, made in Italy. Realistic representation with flowing ruffled mane, the black and white colors highlighted by the q...

Large German Porcelain Goose by Hutschenreuther A.G. Selb Beautiful goose figurine in an imposing pose displaying the glory of nature. Beautifully rend...

Italian modern Sculpture of standing bulldogge dog in beige black ceramic, 1970s Sculpture of standing olde english bulldogge dog, in beige an...

Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Horse Sculpture. Tang Dynasty era style.

A well-articulated pottery sculpture of a parrot perched upon a tree branch, the body of the parrot is cast in glazed porcelain, while the bottom remains bisque. raised on a ceramic plinth...

Earthenware sculpture "Sheep" (H 28 X L 35 X L 20 cm) One of a kind hand made signed by William Byl 2025 W. Byl is a french contemporain artist ceramicist.

Dahl Jensen, figurine of a bowfinch in porcelain. Model number: 1249 Dating: 1920/30s. Marked with royal crown and DJ Copenhagen. In perfect condition. First factory quality. Dimensi...

Dahl Jensen for Bing & Grondahl. Large porcelain figure of a falcon, model no. 1531. 1920/30s. H 37.0 cm. x D 16.0 cm. In excellent condition. Second factory quality for no obv...

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...

Mandrill sculpture designed by Vicke Lindstrand for Uppsala Ekeby Sweden, 1940s Stoneware. Signed. H: 31 cm / 1'' L: 43 cm / 1'' 1' 3 / 4

Fantastic relief plate made of glazed stoneware by the Danish artist Noomi Backhausen for Søholm in the 1960s, numbered and stamped, representing an open...

This amazing pair of life sized pugs are realistic and beautiful. We feel they are as good as one could hope for in a sculpture of this breed. They were meticulously detailed to look life- like. They were hand painted with the appropriate colors and the glass eyes really enhance the look. We feel they were done by the great Austrian sculptor...

Bring history to life with this Vintage Boho Ceramic Tang Dynasty Horse. Expertly crafted with intricate details, this piece captures the spirit of ancie...

Majestic large lion sculpture in white glazed earthenware, crafted in the early 20th century and reflecting an exquisite Romanesque style. This pi...

Aldo Londi, Bitossi petroleum blue and green pottery horse. Beautiful color and glaze. Circa late 1960. Fully marked, numbered on the bottom.

Sculpture white parrot on ring in hand painted white porcelain with brass details.

19th century - pair of Bennington Pottery lions holding baskets in their mouths. (Unmarked) in excellent condition.

Sculpture Toucan made with white ceramic.

Eartehnware sculpture depicting two gazelles. Polychrome decoration in shades of brown and green. The larger gazelle has horns and an upright posture, while the smaller one, without ...

Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers. Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase. Royal Copenhagen, porcelain figurine of two Poin...

A fantastic 19th century Meissen Porcelain orientalist/Turkish figure of a Malabar Man seated on a rhinoceros. This is a rare and beautiful group made by...

Pair of Diminutive Bennington Style Rockingham-Glazed Figures of seated Poodles USA, 20th 1950s A charming later version of Bennington pottery works, Each diminutive seated pood...

Glossy porcelain sculpture racing in the racetrack limited series represented by three horses with jockey of intense red and blue colors, combination of different glazes. Base includ...

Italian Life-Size Ceramic Dachshund - stamp CB

A very nice and large sculpture of a Rams Head - perfectly suited as a bookend for large books, or a Stand-alone decorative piece. No Chips or Cracks.

This 'modern family' consisting of two ducks and is made by the French ceramist Georges Cassin. Signed. Each bird is unique and sits in a different position. The color white that Cas...

A magnificent Rosenthal "King Penguin" signed F. Heidenreich Designed by Fritz Heidenreich in 1939, signed, green stamp with the addition "Germany" by the Selb Art Department in 194...

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

Massive vintage cotton elephant, covered in Indian textiles, retailed in the 1950s by Harrods. Exterior decorated in embroidered designs, tassels, tiny mirrors...

English Victorian brown marbleized glaze terra cotta life size horse head figure on round base (two sections)

19th century glazed ceramic figure of dog from Portugal. signed "Fabrica de Sto Antonio Porto" some over paint and age cracks but very sound.